# How long does Hope Hicks have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 13, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746 "2018-02-13T02:43:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/21 "2018-02-14T23:45:35Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Divorce Melania while she’s FLOTUS? Not likely; even Trump couldn’t be that oblivious to the political fallout, especially among white Republican women. They’re already beginning to drift away from him; this would outrage a whole lot more. You’re talking about the guy who was heard on tape boasting how he would “grab them [women] by the pussy” during his the campaign and has been revealed to have paid off a porn star shortly after his marriage to Melania, and he still has uniformly high approval among evangelicals (men and women), and pretty consistent ratings among Republican voters as a whole. He’s pretty much pissed off everyone who is going to be offended by his egregious piggishness. And you’ll never profit in overestimating Trump’s capacity for obliviousness. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/22 "2018-02-28T21:51:14Z")
I guess this question [has been answered](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376108-hope-hicks-resigns-from-white-house). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/23 "2018-02-28T22:17:54Z")
Now the administration is really Hopeless. You can’t go on as communication director if you admit that you’re a habitual liar. Between that and being involved with a guy who turned out to be a two-time wife beater, I can’t blame her for packing it in. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/24 "2018-02-28T22:33:22Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > I guess this question [has been answered](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376108-hope-hicks-resigns-from-white-house). HH, we hardly knew yea. Here’s mud in your eye. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Now the administration is really Hopeless. _groan_ Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/25 "2018-02-28T22:34:22Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > I guess this question [has been answered](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376108-hope-hicks-resigns-from-white-house). 19.6 Mooches, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/26 "2018-02-28T22:46:54Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > 19.6 Mooches, apparently. Yeah, but what was her peak [POST=“20021082”]Han[/POST] ranking? I bet she didn’t even break unity. Bring back Sean Spicer and #LetHimMisspeak! Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/27 "2018-02-28T23:04:59Z")
At a guess, she was probably so severely browbeaten over what to say and not say before going in for her testimony that she decided to throw it in. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/28 "2018-03-01T00:28:49Z")
I’ll bet she’s gone before the day is over. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/29 "2018-03-01T00:38:24Z")
Are we really buying the “resignation” stuff? A day after she admits she lies for Trump, she’s out. C’mon. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/30 "2018-03-01T01:09:18Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > Are we really buying the “resignation” stuff? A day after she admits she lies for Trump, she’s out. C’mon. Somehow, I feel like that’s not the largest crime in the world from the vantage of Trump himself. “Truthful hyperbole” is, after all, one of his key teachings to all the Trump-wannabes. She’s under criminal investigation, she lost her boyfriend, her boyfriend was revealed to be a two-time wife beater, and she’s got her boss/sugar daddy pressuring her to do whatever it takes to keep him out of jail. I suppose that it’s not inconceivable that she was fired, but I suspect she’s just decided that the sugar ain’t sweet enough. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/31 "2018-03-01T01:42:30Z")
> [@Randolph](#): > > Are we really buying the “resignation” stuff? A day after she admits she lies for Trump, she’s out. C’mon. CNN was reporting internal White House sources saying that Trump berated her afterward for admitting to “white lies” although, of course, the White House denies this. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/32 "2018-03-01T01:55:50Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > CNN was reporting internal White House sources saying that Trump berated her afterward for admitting to “white lies” although, of course, the White House denies this. White lies: just another vestige of white privilege. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/33 "2018-03-01T02:03:02Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > White lies: just another vestige of white privilege. ”White Lies Matter!” (Sorry, couldn’t help myself.) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/34 "2018-03-01T02:35:27Z")
She’s an attractive young conservative woman with a communications background. I expect that she’ll like her Fox News dressing room just fine. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/35 "2018-03-01T02:55:05Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > ”White Lies Matter!” > > (Sorry, couldn’t help myself.) > > Stranger I would like to think you tried. Yes, I would like that. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/36 "2018-03-01T03:12:13Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > She’s an attractive young conservative woman with a communications background. I expect that she’ll like her Fox News dressing room just fine. Have they removed Roger Ailes peepholes? > [@elucidator](#): > > I would like to think you tried. Yes, I would like that. Well…sort of. I mean I thought about trying. But then I reconsidered. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/37 "2018-03-01T03:21:08Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Have they removed Roger Ailes peepholes? > > Well…sort of. I mean I thought about trying. But then I reconsidered. > > Stranger Always go with your first impulse. Otherwise, someone might beat you it. > [@A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2806): > > #WhiteLiesMatter > > :flees: (This morning in the Mueller thread) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/38 "2018-03-01T04:20:50Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > She’s an attractive young conservative woman with a communications background. I expect that she’ll like her Fox News dressing room just fine. Have we ever heard her speak? Maybe she sounds like Fran Fine in **The Nanny**. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/39 "2018-03-01T04:25:16Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > If I was Hicks I’d be more concerned about dating a man with a history of violence toward women. If I was Donald I’d be more concerned about what Hicks told Mueller. Hicks is unqualified for the job she has, which puts her in solid company with the rest of the White House. The fact that there may be someone more qualified than her that could step in is totally irrelevant. Donald likes her and more than likely either already has had or will have an intimate relationship with her. I guess I imagined a scene with the bloated Donald lying on a chaise lounge with his tongue out as he pulls a chained, metal bikini clad Hope toward him. Not sure who would be the little guy laughing his head off. Maybe Li’l Donald? ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746/40 "2018-03-01T06:05:14Z")
So, I have an employee who testifies in an investigation where I am the subject. I denigrate them to the point that they quit. Am I tampering with a witness? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-hope-hicks-have/808746.md?page=3)