# New White House Communication Director

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 22, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874 "2017-07-22T12:17:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874/1 "2017-07-22T12:17:01Z")

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His name is “Scaramucci.”

Go to Wikipedia, look up"Scaramouche."

Go to the section [Scaramouche in popular culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaramouche#Scaramouche_in_popular_culture).

Understand that line in Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time.

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**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:** [July 22, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874/2 "2017-07-22T13:27:10Z")

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For the record, the book by Sabatini is pretty good.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874/3 "2017-07-22T13:58:35Z")

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Garibaldi on a Zamboni for one thousand Alex.

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874/4 "2017-07-22T14:05:52Z")

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The best bit is that he was a Clinton Funder.  
Truly, Trump is The Great Conciliator !

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-white-house-communication-director/791874/5 "2017-07-22T21:49:57Z")

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> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#):
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> His name is “Scaramucci.”
> 
> Go to Wikipedia, look up"Scaramouche."
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> Go to the section [Scaramouche in popular culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaramouche#Scaramouche_in_popular_culture).

So he’s born to take abuse? Good skill for the job. (And I’m not talking about abuse from the press.)