Sean Spicer 'spent several minutes literally hidding in the bushes

[miketx]

 

[guno]

Lord, I hope this really is Fake News.

If only it were!

Sean Spicer 'spent several minutes hidden in the bushes'

There are plenty of popular political television shows set in Washington, D.C. – “Scandal,” “House of Cards,” “Madam Secretary,” etc. – and for people who’ve never worked in Beltway politics, it’s only natural to wonder which shows best capture real life.

The answer, of course, is “Veep.” In fact, it’s not even a close call.

Last night at the White House, for example, Press Secretary Sean Spicer didn’t seem altogether prepared for reporters’ questions about his boss firing the FBI director for reasons that don’t make sense. The Washington Post captured the scene:
After Spicer spent several minutes hidden in the bushes behind these sets, Janet Montesi, an executive assistant in the press office, emerged and told reporters that Spicer would answer some questions, as long as he was not filmed doing so. Spicer then emerged.

“Just turn the lights off. Turn the lights off,” he ordered. “We’ll take care of this…. Can you just turn that light off?”

Spicer got his wish and was soon standing in near darkness between two tall hedges, with more than a dozen reporters closely gathered around him. For 10 minutes, he responded to a flurry of questions, vacillating between light-hearted asides and clear frustration with getting the same questions over and over again.
Let that sink in for a minute: the chief spokesperson for the president of the United States hid in the bushes, only to emerge after journalists agreed to talk to him in “near darkness.”

If we saw this on HBO, we’d laugh at the absurdity. Knowing that it happened in reality, it’s a lot less funny.

The Washington Post recently added “democracy dies in darkness” to its masthead. I had no idea that would turn out to be so literal.

And the rubes don't know how to spin it

 

[EverCurious]

Yeah, it's always a bummer when the WH press secretary is in the Navy reserves...

 

[miketx]

Lord, I hope this really is Fake News.

If only it were!

Sean Spicer 'spent several minutes hidden in the bushes'

There are plenty of popular political television shows set in Washington, D.C. – “Scandal,” “House of Cards,” “Madam Secretary,” etc. – and for people who’ve never worked in Beltway politics, it’s only natural to wonder which shows best capture real life.

The answer, of course, is “Veep.” In fact, it’s not even a close call.

Last night at the White House, for example, Press Secretary Sean Spicer didn’t seem altogether prepared for reporters’ questions about his boss firing the FBI director for reasons that don’t make sense. The Washington Post captured the scene:
After Spicer spent several minutes hidden in the bushes behind these sets, Janet Montesi, an executive assistant in the press office, emerged and told reporters that Spicer would answer some questions, as long as he was not filmed doing so. Spicer then emerged.

“Just turn the lights off. Turn the lights off,” he ordered. “We’ll take care of this…. Can you just turn that light off?”

Spicer got his wish and was soon standing in near darkness between two tall hedges, with more than a dozen reporters closely gathered around him. For 10 minutes, he responded to a flurry of questions, vacillating between light-hearted asides and clear frustration with getting the same questions over and over again.
Let that sink in for a minute: the chief spokesperson for the president of the United States hid in the bushes, only to emerge after journalists agreed to talk to him in “near darkness.”

If we saw this on HBO, we’d laugh at the absurdity. Knowing that it happened in reality, it’s a lot less funny.

The Washington Post recently added “democracy dies in darkness” to its masthead. I had no idea that would turn out to be so literal.

And the rubes don't know how to spin it

You liars are doing all the "spinning".

 

[ABikerSailor]

Wow...............just when I thought we had hit the crazy barrier limit, someone in the Trump camp manages to break through it.

 

[miketx]

Wow...............just when I thought we had hit the crazy barrier limit, someone in the Trump camp manages to break through it.

Never any proof....you just blindly swallow everything shoved in your face if Trump is involved.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Wow...............just when I thought we had hit the crazy barrier limit, someone in the Trump camp manages to break through it.

Never any proof....you just blindly swallow everything shoved in your face if Trump is involved.

I guess you missed the link to the Newsweek story.

If someone takes the time to post a link, I take the time to check it out and see where the information came from, as well as read it.

 

[bodecea]

 

[bodecea]

Yeah, it's always a bummer when the WH press secretary is in the Navy reserves...

Fascinating...what weekend is today?

 

[EverCurious]

Yeah, it's always a bummer when the WH press secretary is in the Navy reserves...

Fascinating...what weekend is today?

So now the WH is lying? In the press brief on Tuesday (5/9) when they said that Spicer is on reserve duty "for the rest of the week."

Don't you think your bullshit is getting a bit deep with this concocted story, or are you determined to go /all/ the way down the rabbit hole?

 

[ABikerSailor]

Yeah, it's always a bummer when the WH press secretary is in the Navy reserves...

Fascinating...what weekend is today?

So now the WH is lying? In the press brief on Tuesday (5/9) when they said that Spicer is on reserve duty "for the rest of the week."

Don't you think your bullshit is getting a bit deep with this concocted story, or are you determined to go /all/ the way down the rabbit hole?

Yeah, they ARE lying if they are saying he's doing reservist duty. Reservists only drill one weekend per month, and they also have a 2 week active duty period that they must serve once a year.

And no, you cannot divide your two weeks active duty into two one week periods. You have to do it all in one shot. How do I know this? On occasion, reservists would come onboard our ship to drill.

 

[EverCurious]

Yeah, it's always a bummer when the WH press secretary is in the Navy reserves...

Fascinating...what weekend is today?

So now the WH is lying? In the press brief on Tuesday (5/9) when they said that Spicer is on reserve duty "for the rest of the week."

Don't you think your bullshit is getting a bit deep with this concocted story, or are you determined to go /all/ the way down the rabbit hole?

Yeah, they ARE lying if they are saying he's doing reservist duty. Reservists only drill one weekend per month, and they also have a 2 week active duty period that they must serve once a year.

And no, you cannot divide your two weeks active duty into two one week periods. You have to do it all in one shot. How do I know this? On occasion, reservists would come onboard our ship to drill.

See other thread same topic. Either way on 5/9 it was stated that Spicer was on "reserve duty" and I saw it mentioned he was headed to the Pentagon for his duty. And on 5/5 it was announced to the press that he was doing his reserve duty. I've provided the links.

No idea, I'm just saying this rabbit hole game is silly. As to the point of the OP - on 5/10 when this occurred it is well documented that Spicer was on "reserve duty" (whatever that means or entails) and so really him not speaking to the press is a whatever because he was /excused/ from the job - not hiding from it, excused from it. Reading ill intent or cowardliness into it is silly.

 

[The VOR]

This is hilarious, what a bunch of assclowns in the white house

SNL will have a field day with this asshattery



SEAN SPICER HAD A MELTDOWN AFTER TRUMP FIRED COMEY, HIDING IN BUSHES AND DEMANDING DARKNESS

White House press secretary and former Easter Bunny Sean Spicer has a real tough job sometimes. And on Tuesday night, when President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey, it apparently became too much to handle.

Sean Spicer employs 'if I can't see you, you can't see me' tactic in bushes after Comey firing

I almost feel sorry for the guy. I'm betting he wishes he never took this job, and can't wait until it is over and done with.

 

[EverCurious]

Sean Spicer absent from White House press briefings for Navy Reserve duty

See also (from my brain file sorry no linky but it's Dailymail uk):

Including the two days last week, today is the fourth known day that reserve service has kept the president's press secretary out of commission.

He did respond to an email from DailyMail.com asking about his whereabouts and the timing of his service.

According to the Navy's website, reservists have make a 'commitment to serving a minimum of one weekend a month plus two weeks a year.'

'There are flexible drilling options that can enable service on weekdays or in an extended mission capacity to meet annual commitment requirements,' it says.

Assuming that no days were fulfilled in early January, he must complete 10 more days of service this year once his shift is finished Wednesday to remain in proper standing in the Navy.

He is reportedly knocking two more days off his tally this week on Thursday and Friday. At the end of next week he's expected to accompany the president on his eight-day trip abroad - the first foreign trip of Trump's presidency.

EDIT - confirmed that they can indeed split their time - Roles & Responsibilities for Navy Reservists : Navy.com (under "How often do Reservists serve?")

 

[ABikerSailor]

Yeah, it's always a bummer when the WH press secretary is in the Navy reserves...

Fascinating...what weekend is today?

So now the WH is lying? In the press brief on Tuesday (5/9) when they said that Spicer is on reserve duty "for the rest of the week."

Don't you think your bullshit is getting a bit deep with this concocted story, or are you determined to go /all/ the way down the rabbit hole?

Yeah, they ARE lying if they are saying he's doing reservist duty. Reservists only drill one weekend per month, and they also have a 2 week active duty period that they must serve once a year.

And no, you cannot divide your two weeks active duty into two one week periods. You have to do it all in one shot. How do I know this? On occasion, reservists would come onboard our ship to drill.

See other thread same topic. Either way on 5/9 it was stated that Spicer was on "reserve duty" and I saw it mentioned he was headed to the Pentagon for his duty. And on 5/5 it was announced to the press that he was doing his reserve duty. I've provided the links.

No idea, I'm just saying this rabbit hole game is silly. As to the point of the OP - on 5/10 when this occurred it is well documented that Spicer was on "reserve duty" (whatever that means or entails) and so really him not speaking to the press is a whatever because he was /excused/ from the job - not hiding from it, excused from it. Reading ill intent or cowardliness into it is silly.

Any veteran who has worked with reservists (I have), will know that statement is bullshit. You don't go on reserve duty for just one week, and in your post you stated that the WH released a statement on 5/9 saying that Spicer was on reserve duty for the rest of the week.

You don't go on reserve duty one week at a time. It's two weeks per year, and they are served all at one time.

And, if you expand this particular little conversation, nobody here said that Spicer was hiding. We just said that the reservist excuse was a wee bit thin because of the timeframe involved.

However...............if you do want to talk about Spicer hiding, wanna talk about his bush incident where he wanted all the lights turned off before speaking?

 

[Bush92]

Yeah, it's always a bummer when the WH press secretary is in the Navy reserves...

Fascinating...what weekend is today?

He is making up time by working at Pentagon.

 

[EverCurious]

Any veteran who has worked with reservists (I have), will know that statement is bullshit. You don't go on reserve duty for just one week, and in your post you stated that the WH released a statement on 5/9 saying that Spicer was on reserve duty for the rest of the week.

You don't go on reserve duty one week at a time. It's two weeks per year, and they are served all at one time.

And, if you expand this particular little conversation, nobody here said that Spicer was hiding. We just said that the reservist excuse was a wee bit thin because of the timeframe involved.

However...............if you do want to talk about Spicer hiding, wanna talk about his bush incident where he wanted all the lights turned off before speaking?

SEE above post 34 and understand that they've apparently changed their rules son

 

[Bush92]

Yeah, it's always a bummer when the WH press secretary is in the Navy reserves...

Fascinating...what weekend is today?

So now the WH is lying? In the press brief on Tuesday (5/9) when they said that Spicer is on reserve duty "for the rest of the week."

Don't you think your bullshit is getting a bit deep with this concocted story, or are you determined to go /all/ the way down the rabbit hole?

Yeah, they ARE lying if they are saying he's doing reservist duty. Reservists only drill one weekend per month, and they also have a 2 week active duty period that they must serve once a year.

And no, you cannot divide your two weeks active duty into two one week periods. You have to do it all in one shot. How do I know this? On occasion, reservists would come onboard our ship to drill.

See other thread same topic. Either way on 5/9 it was stated that Spicer was on "reserve duty" and I saw it mentioned he was headed to the Pentagon for his duty. And on 5/5 it was announced to the press that he was doing his reserve duty. I've provided the links.

No idea, I'm just saying this rabbit hole game is silly. As to the point of the OP - on 5/10 when this occurred it is well documented that Spicer was on "reserve duty" (whatever that means or entails) and so really him not speaking to the press is a whatever because he was /excused/ from the job - not hiding from it, excused from it. Reading ill intent or cowardliness into it is silly.

Any veteran who has worked with reservists (I have), will know that statement is bullshit. You don't go on reserve duty for just one week, and in your post you stated that the WH released a statement on 5/9 saying that Spicer was on reserve duty for the rest of the week.

You don't go on reserve duty one week at a time. It's two weeks per year, and they are served all at one time.

And, if you expand this particular little conversation, nobody here said that Spicer was hiding. We just said that the reservist excuse was a wee bit thin because of the timeframe involved.

However...............if you do want to talk about Spicer hiding, wanna talk about his bush incident where he wanted all the lights turned off before speaking?

Your a fucking ding-dong.

 

[Bush92]

Sean Spicer reports to Pentagon for Navy Reserve duty

 

[EverCurious]

Sean Spicer reports to Pentagon for Navy Reserve duty

That was April's weekend there. I guess he's splitting up this months.