Twitter/@jearnest
Posted on 05/30/2014 11:49:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Josh Earnest is about to inherit the hardest media relations job on the planet.
Earnest, a long-time aide to President Obama, will be the next White House press secretary. He’ll succeed Jay Carney, whose resignation President Obama announced Friday, and be at the podium each day for the White House press briefing.
Here’s what you need to know about Earnest:
Twitter/@jearnest
Earnest is a trusted aide to Obama, and has worked for the President since Obama’s campaign in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, which Earnest joined in March 2007 as Iowa communications director.
In that role, he led Obama’s messaging in the Hawkeye State as the Illinois senator took Hillary Clinton by surprise and won the caucuses, launching his improbable run to the White House.
Earnest married Natalie Wyeth from Oakton, Virginia, in August 2012. The wedding took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in D.C. According to their New York Times wedding announcement, Wyeth is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Her grandfather, Nathanial Wyeth, was an engineer who invented the plastic bottle.
The pair met at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Wyeth was the press secretary for the convention whereas Earnest was the press man for the Obama campaign. She said about meeting him:
There was an immediate interest on both our parts. I thought he was attractive, interesting and had a good sense of humor — I wanted to know more about him and be introduced to him.
Wyeth told the New York Times, that from the couple’s second date, she knew that he “was the person I would spend the rest of my life with.”
According to her Facebook page, Wyeth now works for the Department of the Treasure. Among her “likes” on social media is the anti-hero, Omar Little, from the HBO series, The Wire.
Earnest had served as principal deputy press secretary to Carney, and had filled in numerous times at press briefings. He was also the chief of staff in the White House communications office and a special assistant to the President.
The video above features Earnest giving a press briefing last August. He opened the briefing by apologizing for keeping reporters waiting, adding that he made a “rookie mistake” and almost forgot his glass of water.
Earnest was born in Kansas City and played baseball and basketball at the Barstow School, according ton his Wikipedia page. He graduated from Rice University in Houston in 1997 with majors in political science and policy studies.
Earnest will be the third man to serve as press secretary under Obama, joining Robert Gibbs and Carney.
The boots were already full. I'll bet Josh's feet are all squishy now.
Did Mrs. Earnest bring any inheritance money from her grandfather into the marriage? I get the feeling that Earnest is the kind of man who likes to move up..I mean, look where he is today!
To # 3: Re “The importance of being Earnest”.
Shirley you jest!
First we kill all the Press Secretaries! - Robespierre
I’d trust Ernest Borgnine (WW 2 combat veteran) rather than this guy, and Ernie’s been dead for a while.
Tina Turner: “We don’t need another Press Secretary”; “We don’t need another zero”.
To #48. Hey, the McDonald’s on Columbia Pike, opposite the old Cherry Blossom Inn, has an outside patio available for weddings. (Arlington, Va).
If Earnest had been any kind of aide to Mayor and convicted felon for life, he would have been responsible for getting him crack cocaine and plain young crack.
Now he’s just whoring himself out to Obama and the First Wookie.
Personally, I liked Baghdad Bob. He was funny. Often looked like Bert Lahr (Wizard of Oz) or Mr. Bluster (Howdy Dody Show). At least he knew that he was lying. In Obama’s press world, lies are the truth. The truth are lies. Welcome to “1984” redux.
She seems a little un-canny Valley ish....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
The uncanny valley is a hypothesis in the field of human aesthetics which holds that when human features look and move almost, but not exactly, like natural human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among some human observers. Examples can be found in the fields of robotics,[1] 3D computer animation,[2][3] and in medical fields such as burn reconstruction, infectious diseases, neurological conditions, and plastic surgery.
We already got a lizard lady, ie Valerie Jarrett in the white house, why not a robot...
it is appropriate that his last name starts with the word ear considering Obama’s jughandles on the side of his head.
Zero answers and billions of lies to cover up King Ahab’s billion lies.
I miss his movies.
I think Chelsea & the Mister had it booked for that day...
Or not.
TBP wrote: He’s even dumber than Carney.
Is that you, Bianca? [Lars and the Real Girl]
Check out GraceG's post #87, Civil.
Now you listen to me! I don’t want any plastics! I don’t want any ground floors, and I don’t want to get married ever to anyone! You understand that? I want to do what I want to do.
He is a lieing beeotch like Carney
(repeat as many times as you like)
Or may this guy outed the CIA station chief. Maybe the Washington post reporter could clear that up for the world. Who sent out the list to the Post reporter?
The only fact you need to know:
He lies
He lies
He lies
He lies
He lies
That pretty much the job description of a democrat and more specifically the democrat mouthpiece for the democrat lying king in the white hut..
You want fries with that?
Lying and obfuscation can be draining; it takes a lot out of you and can really shorten careers...
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