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Josh Earnest: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know about Jay Carney's Replacement
HEAVY ^ | 05/30/2014 | By Matthew Guariglia

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:


1. He’s Worked for Obama Since His First Campaign

Josh Earnest, Barack Obama

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.


2. His Wife’s Grandfather Invented the Plastic Bottle

Natalie Earnest, Josh Earnest Wife

(Department of the Treasury)

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.

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3. He Had Been Carney’s Top Deputy

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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.

4. He’s from Missouri

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.

5. He’ll be Obama’s 3rd Press Secretary

Earnest will be the third man to serve as press secretary under Obama, joining Robert Gibbs and Carney.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: goebbels; jaycarney; joshearnest; presssecretary
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To: SeekAndFind

The imposter prefers to have a white male be the face of all of his lies. The only time he does not give the job to a minority or victim of any sort is when the task is mopping up for a scandal ridden illegitimate regime.


101 posted on 05/30/2014 7:21:28 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: SeekAndFind

They replaced one liar with another liar. That is all I need to know.


102 posted on 05/30/2014 7:22:18 PM PDT by sport
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To: SeekAndFind

I think he should have chosen Al Sharpton.


103 posted on 05/30/2014 7:33:49 PM PDT by rey
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To: RS_Rider

Seems to me that naming a Black to replace Carney would give more wiggle room for the term “that’s RACIST” when asked a real question by the press but that phrase has lost any meaning so back to blaming the White guys….same old.


104 posted on 05/30/2014 9:13:15 PM PDT by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: T-Bird45

Has this guy even held a real job since college? Other than fluffer at Bohemian Grove?


105 posted on 05/30/2014 9:14:53 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

You want lies with that?


106 posted on 05/30/2014 9:49:49 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: rey

Sharpton is already doing a great job as one of the many spokesmen for the pretender-in-Chief.


107 posted on 05/30/2014 9:52:08 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
His wife is somewhere in between ‘pretty’ and ‘shape shifting extraterrestrial’. Can’t decide. LOL

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108 posted on 05/30/2014 10:00:15 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: DannyTN; SeekAndFind
The importance of being Earnest.

Did you hear about the two maggots making love in dead earnest? ;o)

109 posted on 05/31/2014 12:01:29 AM PDT by boatbums (Proud member of the Free Republic Bible Thumpers Brigade.)
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To: SeekAndFind

#6. He wears a hairpiece. It’s actually well done. Better than Kerry’s but then, he’s younger and has more of his own hair left.


110 posted on 05/31/2014 1:05:46 AM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: SeekAndFind

We’ll see how long this one lasts.


111 posted on 05/31/2014 4:39:36 AM PDT by BAW ("If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan. Period.")
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To: SeekAndFind

From Corney to Earnest —

Aren’t we lucky!!


112 posted on 05/31/2014 4:59:12 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Albion Wilde

In my opinion, you nailed it!


113 posted on 05/31/2014 6:14:49 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: kiryandil
5. He’s a liar, like his boss.

One could not take this job without full well knowing that lying is the name of the game in the District of Corruption these days.
114 posted on 05/31/2014 9:11:49 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Natalie Wyeth”

Interesting family starting with illustrator N. C. Wyeth. Quite a bit of American history.


115 posted on 05/31/2014 10:03:43 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: SeekAndFind

May G_d have mercy on his Joseph Goebbels possessed soul.


116 posted on 05/31/2014 8:44:31 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: gigster
I think that would be Jim Varney.

And, he is dead, which might actually make him more qualified.

117 posted on 06/01/2014 10:10:43 AM PDT by webheart (We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So Saddam’s guy still won’t take the job?


118 posted on 06/01/2014 12:32:20 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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To: Impy

Baghdad Bob is retired in the United Arab Emirates with part of the loot he has as Saddam’s propagandist.


119 posted on 06/01/2014 12:33:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s a shame, I think he’s the ideal candidate for Obama’s mouthpiece!


120 posted on 06/01/2014 12:46:14 PM PDT by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
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