By Rich Kozlovich, Tags: My Media Commentaries
On March 5th Charlie Kirk posted this piece, McEnany On Psaki 'Circling Back' To Reporters: 'I Always Knew Where My Boss Stood.
If Kayleigh McEnany or any of the Trump media people had done what Psaki has done it would have been 24/7 headlines of how Trump was hiding and unwilling to be "transparent" to the American people, and the first thing that comes out of their mouths is - The American people have a right to know. But that's only true when it's a Republican or a conservative. For leftists and Democrats that doesn't apply.
McEnany was very gracious to Psaki wishing her the best and noting that being Press Secretary is:
"a very hard job. But
that being said, we took great pains in our administration to do hours
and hours and hours of research beforehand, days sometimes, calling
(former Secretary of Health and Human Services) Secretary (Alex) Azar
sometimes, calling (former Department of Justice spokesperson) Kerri
Kupec over at the Justice Department to get answers.”
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. This article, Psaki Claims The Border Is Not The WH's Problem, I think is instructive as to how clueless she is, and it isn't her fault. I doubt she has easy access to Biden and worse yet, even if she did, for all practical purposes he's confused and just about drooling.
As Kurt Schlichter notes in his piece, The Emperor Is Naked and Senile Too:
We now have an entire media blissfully
watching Dictator Demento stagger about with a trail of spit stretching
from his piehole.......You’d think they might mention that the guy is manifestly in decline, since we all see it. But they won’t. It’s bizarre. No, the emperor’s new clothes are fantastic. Look at that tailoring on his bib!
He goes on to note, and I think this is an important point in understanding what Psaki has to deal with:
But there are no people close to Joe Biden who care
more about Joe Biden’s dignity than their own selfish interests, so
they’ll all try to ride this elderly nag until he drops. Maybe
literally. But to get them to act voluntarily, he’ll have to be in a
coma – well, more of one than usual – before the refs call the 25th
Amendment penalty and send Sleepy Joe back to Delaware and his friend
Nutsy the Squirrel, who lives in the sycamore in the backyard and
sometimes talks to him..............We all know Biden’s senile. The people who
should have told us do too, but instead of telling us the truth they are
lying to us, even though they know we know they are lying to us. Ask
yourself what else they are lying about. Wait, I’ll help you out – the answer is “Everything.”
What does all of that mean? It means Joe Biden's not making the decisions and nothing they say can be trusted. Who are making the decisions? Is it Kamala Harris, Susan Rice, or Jill Biden? Who knows how many others surrounding Biden are making policy decisions while jockeying for power, possibly making policy decisions arbitrarily and not even bothering to tell Biden or the rest what they're doing.
How does a Press Secretary keep up under those circumstances?
Whereas in McEnany's case, “I
always knew where my boss stood.” Furthermore, as Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade asked:
“Let’s talk about the job you used to
have for a second. You had those big binders in front of you; I
understand it. You had answers almost every single time. You knew
roughly where they were gonna go."
Her response:
“You can’t anticipate every question, but is that
acceptable? You’re like a crossing guard.....“And the great thing about being in the
Trump White House was I always knew where my boss stood,”... “Unlike other press secretaries that maybe didn’t have
walk-in privileges to the Oval, I could walk in at any time. I always
knew where he stood. Before every press conference, I would go in with a
list of items that I thought the press would ask and go through one by
one. I always knew where his head was at, so I didn’t have to do a ton
of circling back because President Trump gave a lot of access to me.”
There's a huge difference between Biden and Trump. McEnany notes:
He
was always willing to take questions, always willing to go to the
podium, always willing to stop on his way to the helicopter.
Transparency is what he offered, and Joe Biden vowed transparency. Now
he’s set a 100-year record for not going to the podium.” That’s -what President Trump offered.
He gave transparency.
When this first started being an issue over Psaki's "I'll circle back to you" comments, my first thought was: "Where did they find this loon?" So let me circle back by saying: Then you
quickly dismiss that knowing how insane this administration really is and then realize it's doubtful she has much access to Biden, let alone the ready access McEnany had. However, even if she has that kind of access, Biden could say one thing to her and an hour later say something diametrically opposed, and believe both are correct.
After coming to that conclusion this question has to come to mind: "Could anyone else do any better job at turning crap into ice
cream"? Answer? No!
I expect to see this Press Secretary job turn over faster
than for any President in the last fifty years.
Jeff Davidson
Mar 15, 2021
