Haha, Crowley stepping down as spokesman

[Fury]

Careful though, common sense is like his kryptonite.

Hahaha! Here's another revelation for super genius Straw Man:

spokesman [ˈspəʊksmən], spokesperson [ˈspəʊksˌpɜːsən] feminine, spokeswoman [ˈspəʊksˌwʊmən]
n pl -men, -persons, -people, -women
           a person authorized to speak on behalf of another person, group of people, or organization

[Dos Equis]

Yessir, spokesmen are there to be something other than a "yes man". Here I am thinking it was his job to relay the information his boss wants him to. I, and I suspect the majority of the public falls in the same boat, couldn't give a fuck about P.J. Crowley's opinion or ideas.  

Agree.  And he didn't work for the DOD, so he didn't make any comments about his boss. 

[Soul Crusher]

UPDATE: Remember when the Bush administration punished Gen. Eric Shinseki for his public (and prescient) dissent on the Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz plan for Iraq, and all good Democrats thought that was so awful, such a terrible sign of the administration's refusal to tolerate any open debate? And then there was that time when Bush fired his White House economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey, for publicly suggesting that the Iraq War might cost $100 billion, prompting similar cries of outrage from Democrats about how the GOP crushes internal debate and dissent. Obama's conduct seems quite far from the time during the campaign when Obama-fawning journalists like Time's Joe Klein were hailing him for wanting a "team of rivals", and Obama was saying things like this: "I don't want to have people who just agree with me. I want people who are continually pushing me out of my comfort zone."

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/...


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2banon (146 posts)      Sun Mar-13-11 04:31 PM
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37. There's a terrible dull aching pain deep in my gut, tears rolling...
 disappointment is not even the word I would use to describe the level of sorrow and horror I feel towards the one that I voted for, (with awareness that he wasn't actually a progressive).. it's the same feeling of severe betrayal from a close family member or friend or lover.

There simply are no words...

I won't forgive it & won't forget it.

No more illusions. Never Again.
 

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spooked911  (1000+ posts)        Sun Mar-13-11 11:17 PM
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78. just freaking ridiculous
 I just can't see how Obama is better than Bush at this point.

[Straw Man]

Hahaha! Here's another revelation for super genius Straw Man:

spokesman [ˈspəʊksmən], spokesperson [ˈspəʊksˌpɜːsən] feminine, spokeswoman [ˈspəʊksˌwʊmən]
n pl -men, -persons, -people, -women
           a person authorized to speak on behalf of another person, group of people, or organization

what's your point?

I said his duties, among many, were to act as Spokeperson for the State Department

clearly his statements was not an official policy position or he would still have the job