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Valerie Jarrett: I'll stay at White House 'until the lights go off'
Politico ^ | March 13, 2015 | Nick Gass

Posted on 03/13/2015 6:19:47 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

Valerie Jarrett says she plans on staying in the White House until the end of President Barack Obama’s term.

In an interview with The New York Times Magazine published Friday, the president’s senior adviser discussed politics and policy and made clear that she wants to stick around until Jan. 20, 2017.

“Oh, my goodness, I intend to stay until the lights go off,” Jarrett said. “Why would I miss a single second of this?”

Asked whether she ever gets surprised at people describing her influence over Obama in terms similar to those used to describe Vice President Dick Cheney’s in the Bush administration, Jarrett demurred.

“Please don’t say that. Stop right there,” she told the magazine. “The president listens to people who have interesting things to say — that could be the most junior person on the staff or it could be a senior adviser or it could be a person who whispers something to him across a rope line.”

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1 posted on 03/13/2015 6:19:47 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

His third or fifth term?


2 posted on 03/13/2015 6:20:40 AM PDT by Crazieman (Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
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To: COUNTrecount

This is the money quote “The president listens to people who have interesting things to say — that could be the most junior person on the staff or it could be a senior adviser or it could be a person who whispers something to him across a rope line.”

So Obama listens to “interesting” people. He doesn’t apparently value listening to the person giving him the best advice. He only listens to the “interesting.” Jerry Seinfeld is interesting, I imagine he wouldn’t provide very good advice on national security.


4 posted on 03/13/2015 6:22:28 AM PDT by LeoMcNeil
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To: COUNTrecount

Quick, somebody call the electric company.


5 posted on 03/13/2015 6:22:29 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: Crazieman

She is referring to America’s Lights of Freedom.


6 posted on 03/13/2015 6:22:49 AM PDT by G Larry (Our culture is caving to every whiney 3 year old in the room.)
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To: COUNTrecount

How is it you can see both hands of the POTUS puppet master at the same time?


7 posted on 03/13/2015 6:22:53 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: COUNTrecount

That is what Rasputin said too.


8 posted on 03/13/2015 6:23:04 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: COUNTrecount

That is what Rasputin said too.


9 posted on 03/13/2015 6:23:04 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: COUNTrecount

Two phones....that’s one more than Hillary can handle.


10 posted on 03/13/2015 6:23:28 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: COUNTrecount

She’ll remove all the “O” and “0” from the WH computer keyboards..


11 posted on 03/13/2015 6:25:03 AM PDT by ken5050 (When the GOP takes the Senate, it will tie Obama's hands for two years. How will he play golf?)
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To: COUNTrecount
Asked whether she ever gets surprised at people describing her influence over Obama in terms similar to those used to describe Vice President Dick Cheney’s in the Bush administration, Jarrett demurred.

Nobody is doing that. Gass is making it up.

But even if people are saying that, at least Cheney was on the ballot, so voters voted for him. Jarrett didn't face any votes whatsoever.

12 posted on 03/13/2015 6:25:35 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God!)
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To: COUNTrecount

Don’t be so sure, toots.


13 posted on 03/13/2015 6:25:36 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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14 posted on 03/13/2015 6:25:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: COUNTrecount
From Wikipedia. Not quite a perfect fit but close enough for me:

A Dragon Lady is usually a stereotype of East Asian women as strong, deceitful, domineering or mysterious.[1] The term's origin and usage is Western, not Chinese. Inspired by the characters played by actress Anna May Wong,[2] the term was coined from the villain in the comic strip Terry and the Pirates.[1][2] The term has been applied to powerful Asian women and to a number of racially Asian film actresses. The stereotype has generated a large quantity of sociological literature. Today, "Dragon Lady" is often applied anachronistically to refer to persons who lived before the term became part of American slang in the 1930s. It has also been used to refer to any powerful but prickly woman, usually in a derogatory fashion."


15 posted on 03/13/2015 6:26:44 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (Cruz'n to Victory in 2016)
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To: COUNTrecount

have your EPA keep shutting down coal plants and your lights may go out sooner than you think, beach.


16 posted on 03/13/2015 6:27:44 AM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: COUNTrecount

similar to those used to describe Vice President Dick Cheney’s in the Bush administration

I think a more accurate comparison would be of Rasputin to the Czar’s wife in Russia.


17 posted on 03/13/2015 6:28:25 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: COUNTrecount

"....I hadn't heard of this until you folks told me"

18 posted on 03/13/2015 6:31:15 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: COUNTrecount

She is like Hillary, Pelosi, etc. Dried up and pathetic to the point they can only get off to running over other people. They can only orgasm off their power over others and being able to hurt them.


19 posted on 03/13/2015 6:32:27 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (NO MORE IRS!)
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Valerie Jarrett: I'll stay at White House 'until the lights go off'

Interesting way to put it.

Not 'until Jan 20, 2017'....

Not 'until Barack Obama leaves office'....

Not 'until the end of Obama's term'....

But 'until the lights go off'....

We need to start screening staffers for reptilian shapeshifter alien DNA.

20 posted on 03/13/2015 6:32:34 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The FCC takeover of the internet will quickly become a means to censorship of dissent.)
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