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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's so nice to have a press secretary who isn't painted up like a porn star
cp
(6,623 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)essme
(1,207 posts)constantly.
wcmagumba
(2,883 posts)Intelligent, direct, pleasant (no snarks and insults) and seems to really enjoy the job so far...
dchill
(38,472 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)RKP5637
(67,104 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,931 posts)I was struck by the contrast with recent years. She is so down-to-earth and inspires confidence in whatever shes telling us. The truth does not need to be primped and gussied-up like a painted strumpet.
obamanut2012
(26,068 posts)This place is like 1965 sometimes.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)So long as its professional.
Honest. Knowledgeable. Smart. Able to push back effectively without being nasty.
Thats what I like.
stopdiggin
(11,296 posts)not real big on the shaming -- unless it's for lack of character -- not costuming.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Psaki has worked as a core member of multiple presidential and campaign press teams for nearly two decades. Within a few years of her graduation from the College of William & Mary in 2000, she joined John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign as deputy press secretary. After a short stint as a spokesperson for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, she returned to the world of presidential campaigns, joining the 2008 Obama-Biden campaign as traveling press secretary, a position she held again throughout their 2012 reelection campaign.
During Obama's first term, Psaki was named deputy press secretary, then promoted to deputy communications director. Following a brief break from politics in 2011, during which she worked as senior vice president and managing director at a Washington, D.C., PR firm, Psaki rejoined Obama's reelection campaign. During his second term, she served as the spokesperson for the State Department under Secretary John Kerry, before returning to the White House as communications director for the last two years of the Obama administration.
While Donald Trump was in office, Psaki became a political commentator on CNN and the vice president for communications and strategy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Upon Biden's election to the presidency, however, she left those posts to oversee the confirmations team for the Biden-Harris transition.
Biophilic
(3,645 posts)Thanks for posting this bio. I didn't know most of that. Just knew she was very professional about her job. Wow. I love professionals doing their jobs well.
PatSeg
(47,400 posts)I'm not even listening to everything she says, I'm so enjoying the sound of her reasonable voice in the background as I go about my very normal day!
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)DSandra
(999 posts)Trump and his crew were empty suits so they had to compensate for it by glossing and manipulating things, something that Democrats including Biden and the administration dont have to do because we are the party of highly qualified, intelligent, and extremely competent people.