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It's so nice to have a press secretary who isn't painted up like a porn star (Original Post) Sedona Jan 2021 OP
Or a Disney villainess cp Jan 2021 #1
Ha ha heh...you're absolutely right! I didn't think about this until you mentioned this... SWBTATTReg Jan 2021 #2
She seems very nice, what a refreshing change. dewsgirl Jan 2021 #3
...and to no longer have a FLOTUS who was a soft-core porn star. stopbush Jan 2021 #4
👆 flibbitygiblets Jan 2021 #14
and no creepy adult children lurking around essme Jan 2021 #5
Liking her a lot... wcmagumba Jan 2021 #6
Enjoys it and KNOWS WHAT IT IS! dchill Jan 2021 #10
I heard a rumor that she hasn't called anybody fake news! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2021 #7
Or this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RKP5637 Jan 2021 #8
I watched her first presser the night of the inauguration Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #9
JFC obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #11
Yep. Croney Jan 2021 #13
I don't care about her makeup or dress Midnightwalk Jan 2021 #12
yep. it's about "content" stopdiggin Jan 2021 #16
Very skilled and experienced.... Roland99 Jan 2021 #15
What do you know, a professional. Biophilic Jan 2021 #20
You know PatSeg Jan 2021 #17
Indeed. She is a professional. honest.abe Jan 2021 #18
Competence and intelligence does not need to be glossed up, it speaks for itself DSandra Jan 2021 #19

wcmagumba

(2,883 posts)
6. Liking her a lot...
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:04 PM
Jan 2021

Intelligent, direct, pleasant (no snarks and insults) and seems to really enjoy the job so far...

Cirque du So-What

(25,931 posts)
9. I watched her first presser the night of the inauguration
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:06 PM
Jan 2021

I was struck by the contrast with recent years. She is so down-to-earth and inspires confidence in whatever she’s telling us. The truth does not need to be primped and gussied-up like a painted strumpet.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
12. I don't care about her makeup or dress
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:09 PM
Jan 2021

So long as it’s professional.

Honest. Knowledgeable. Smart. Able to push back effectively without being nasty.

That’s what I like.

stopdiggin

(11,296 posts)
16. yep. it's about "content"
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:16 PM
Jan 2021

not real big on the shaming -- unless it's for lack of character -- not costuming.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
15. Very skilled and experienced....
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:14 PM
Jan 2021
Who is Jen Psaki?

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)
20. What do you know, a professional.
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:31 PM
Jan 2021

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)
17. You know
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:16 PM
Jan 2021

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!

DSandra

(999 posts)
19. Competence and intelligence does not need to be glossed up, it speaks for itself
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:23 PM
Jan 2021

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 don’t have to do because we are the party of highly qualified, intelligent, and extremely competent people.

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