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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Biden versus Trump: the Effectiveness of Their Press Secretaries

Jeff Davidson Jeff Davidson Mar 15, 2021

  The contrast couldn't be more stark: The difference between Jen Psaki and Kayleigh McEnany reveals a great deal about the respective presidents who hired them. Jen Psaki is unaware of Joe Biden’s positions on a large number of issues, but then so is he. She often answers reporters by saying that she'll have to ‘circle back’ to that. By now, she must be quite dizzy. 

In contrast, Kayleigh McEnany upheld the position with aplomb. She appeared at each press conference with high energy. She walked with purpose, stepped on the podium, opened her notebook, and was ready for action. 

Dazed and Confused

Besides making dubious flat-footed statements, Jen seems to have a weak grasp on a wide variety of topics. She is often confused and she tries to BS her way out of reporters’ concerns that she does not understand or for which she has no cogent answer........To Read More..

My TakeOn March 12, 2021 I published this commentary, Transparency and the Press Secretary: Biden Versus Trump asking:

So then why does Psaki have to circle back so often?  Is she lazy? Is she incompetent?  Is she stupid? Is she surrounded with stupid and/or incompetent staff?  I don't think any of that is the real issue.  I think she has to circle back because she has no idea what her boss really thinks. 

Well, I still agree she has no idea what Biden's views really are since as this author point out, "neither does he".  However, I have to wonder if I was being too kind my evaluation of her and her staff.  Why?  Now that we're finding she's totally disorganized, so the question her work ethic becomes important.  Which of course brings her competence and her intelligence into question, not to mention the quality of the people she's surrounds herself with.   


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