Selling Out

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“The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official, whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the Administration. The current Press Secretary is Robert Gibbs, who assumed the role on January 20, 2009.”
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What's it like to be a senior White House official and, simultaneously, a complete douchebag? Ask any Secretary of State. The Secretary of State, who happens to be the fourth in line to succeed to the Presidency, along with the Press Secretary, both have the unenviable task of constantly parroting and making excuses for the absurd statements and actions of their President, who, by definition of the Secretaries' job descriptions, must be treated as infallible. Mind you, they must treat the President not just infallible on matters of State, but strictly infallible on any and all issues (a concept that far exceeds the mind-boggling infallibility attributed to the Pope on Church issues only).

There is no escaping the pathetic daily utterances of Robert Gibbs, and the frequent pathetic utterances of Hillary Clinton, both of whom have to explain to the skeptical world why their boss has done and/or said something outrageous or just plain stupid. In Clinton's case, she not only has to choke on the stupidity but also on the complete opposite of her own position during the Presidential campaign.

I can not comprehend why anyone would subject himself to constant ridicule on the world stage. Don't these people have any self-respect? Can their lust for money and fame (or infamy) be so enticing that they would sell out so cheaply?

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