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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHope Hicks' totally ridiculous explanation for why she quit
From Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
"She told colleagues that she had accomplished what she felt she could with a job that made her one of the most powerful people in Washington, and that there would never be a perfect moment to leave."
Conclusion:
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Resigning to spend more time with her wife beating boyfriend would have sounded more plausible.
magicarpet
(14,175 posts)She lost all Hicks.
Just take a power darling.... disappear.
Skittles
(153,202 posts)demmiblue
(36,898 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Oh yeah, nothing untoward here. Same old, same old. Business as usual. One of the most powerful people in Washington (that 75% of Americans couldn't identify) who has accomplished everything she felt she could accomplish. You almost expect to see her walking out of the White House with a pussy hat on, fist in the air, shouting "Girl Power!"
iluvtennis
(19,876 posts)Paleologue
(76 posts)but let's be real here. Everyone in politics tells "white lies", even if nothing worse. In fact, every human being does.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)calimary
(81,511 posts)She told the truth about being paid to tell lies.
Fancy that.
Paleologue
(76 posts)to know that lying under oath is a wee bit different. If not, I'm sure her lawyers told her.
RiverStone
(7,228 posts)Of course, how do you lie for a pathologically sick man wh rarely tells the truth!?
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)that job wasn't gonna get any better.
Who'd want to go down with the ship.
It may be messy from here on out
to incarceration day.
FSogol
(45,529 posts)I wish I could create a It gets better spoof directed at WH and Executive Office Officials.
yonder
(9,678 posts)Perhaps in May rather than June? Sunny day, not too hot. Promenading at the park, near the bandshell from where we can hear some light jazz, maybe some gypsy swing, too. Families lounging on the grass, young lovers here and there, picnic baskets, blankets and kids running all about. A few folks fishing the nearby river and still fewer small boats drifting aimlessly downstream. Yep, Incarceration Day.
Holiday anyone?
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Pi Day. When we get Two Scoops.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)She's lawyered up for a reason. There are probably some damaging emails she's authored.
Hopefully she is able to give Mueller some useful information. That's why I think she's leaving -- she's cooperating with Mueller's team.
She is going to be a key figure in this,
1) having been around 45 more closely than anyone else.
2) FAR too haughty to even stand the thought of spending time in prison.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)She's basically turned against Trump because because she doesn't want to go down with him.
That means that she doesn't believe Trump can protect her so she has to protect herself. That's pretty telling. Even before he was President he was powerful and probably could have protected her easily. Very telling indeed.
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)She'll flip at warp speed.
localroger
(3,631 posts)She knows Mueller's coming and the "executive privilege" ploy won't work with him. Now as a civilian she won't even have to pretend to use it. She can just answer the questions and not worry that her boss will be pissed off at her.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)and say, " I left because I was tired of being called stupid".
FSogol
(45,529 posts)Well, not in Trumpy's case, I guess.
fierywoman
(7,695 posts)calimary
(81,511 posts)With looks like hers, it would have been inevitable. And I'll bet she used her good looks for her own purposes, as well.
I must admit, I've found myself wondering how much she spends on cosmetics every month.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)on the press pool too. Not a very nice person, IMO.
lastlib
(23,309 posts)I'd break a few things before I left if I was her.......
nolabear
(41,991 posts)She went off in a huff. Or was it a tizzy?
FSogol
(45,529 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)nolabear
(41,991 posts)And that it's "dudgeon" and not "dungeon."
Love you back!
fierywoman
(7,695 posts)Definition of dudgeon
: a fit or state of indignation often used in the phrase in high dudgeon
lunatica
(53,410 posts)It's great fun to know not so common words and phrases and use them creatively. It's one of the things I like to do most.
fierywoman
(7,695 posts)native language (SO many words!)
annabanana
(52,791 posts)English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and rummages through their pockets for loose grammar.
- Paraphrase of a quote by James Davis Nicoll
fierywoman
(7,695 posts)I was speaking with a Bulgarian cellist friend (we played in an orchestra together, and we were speaking Italian.) We were (as usual) bitching about the (new-to-us) conductor -- and I said to her: in English, we have this word, "mish-mosh..." She answered, Darling, we have that word in Bulgarian! I asked what it meant. She said, it's a way of throwing together a lot of food you have left over, I'll make it for you ... and I said: Exactly!
efhmc
(14,732 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)an unknowing participant in that endeavor. Thank you.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)That made me feel appreciated.
mercuryblues
(14,543 posts)her family used to deprogram her.
FSogol
(45,529 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorodango
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)I think she's getting out so she can talk to Mueller about how to save her butt, stay out of jail and then go on to write a book, movie and do a tour.
calimary
(81,511 posts)New Pox Noise "anchor"?
struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)TheSmarterDog
(794 posts)calimary
(81,511 posts)Yeah, I think there's a lot of that in operation here. Gettin' outta Dodge. I'd want outta there, too, even as the uber-loyal and long-serving trumpette that she's described as being.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)Initech
(100,105 posts)Thanks Putin, the GOP, Fox News, and conspiracy theorists! Oh and fuck you!
Cha
(297,728 posts)choices for boyfriends.
moondust
(20,006 posts)Last edited Thu Mar 1, 2018, 01:24 AM - Edit history (1)
Maybe she sensed from the omniscient nature of Mueller's and Congress' questions that the ship is going down.
dchill
(38,547 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Yeah, whatever, Hope.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Cha
(297,728 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)We can imagine that most staffers have felt the same helplessness in dealing with a petty, erratic president who blames others for his own intemperance.
What she said is how a professional exits.