# Rate Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ performance **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337 "2017-05-11T10:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/1 "2017-05-11T10:45:13Z")
Wow. This woman [seems very good at this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ver1S-aZd8). She had a strong, confident response for everything, controlled the narrative, got in the administration’s talking points and expressed a friendly yet unflappable attitude toward the press. I think she’s shoveling bullshit all the same, but she’s doing it with great aplomb. I’m kind of sorry to see the bumbling Sean Spicer benched, but I’m surprised he lasted this long given his remarkable incompetence. So, laying political leanings aside for now, as best we can, how would you all rate Sander’s performance as the new (for now) Mouth of Sauron? I’m giving her 4 1/2 out of 5. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/2 "2017-05-11T20:03:39Z")
Wrong forum for me to rate anybody that would work for her boss. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/3 "2017-05-11T20:24:57Z")
Today she [admitted](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/comey-fbi-investigation-russia-sarah-huckabee-sanders/index.html) that the President fired Comey in order to try to end the Russia investigation, video that will undoubtedly be used if Trump ever faces impeachment. So…is there a negative number? ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/4 "2017-05-11T20:27:08Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > Today she [admitted](http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/comey-fbi-investigation-russia-sarah-huckabee-sanders/index.html) that the President fired Comey in order to try to end the Russia investigation, video that will undoubtedly be used if Trump ever faces impeachment. > > So…is there a negative number? I love that she said that because I hate Trump and his minions. But if we are strictly judging her performance, she gets a 0 for that comment alone. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/5 "2017-05-11T20:36:19Z")
Yesterday I thought she did a great job for her first time before the mob. I give her a 4 out of 5. Today’s performance I haven’t seen. It sounds promising (for my entertainment I mean). ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/6 "2017-05-11T20:53:41Z")
Spicer should update his resume and watch CNN to see if he should bother coming back to the WH. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/7 "2017-05-11T21:01:12Z")
She lies as effortlessly as Conway and Spicer. So for doing the job she’s supposed to do, maybe a 5. I’m quite surprised she got hired, given that she is not a thin girl. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/8 "2017-05-11T21:08:08Z")
So, she’s the daughter of Mike Huckabee and Bernie Sanders…? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/9 "2017-05-11T21:12:42Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > I’m kind of sorry to see the bumbling Sean Spicer benched, but I’m surprised he lasted this long given his remarkable incompetence. Mr. Spicer hasn’t been benched; he’s on Naval Reserve duty. > **[Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders)** > > Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders (born August 13, 1982) is an American politician serving since 2023 as the 47th governor of Arkansas. Sanders is the daughter of Mike Huckabee, who served from 1996 to 2007 as Arkansas's 44th governor. A member of the Republican Party, she was the 31st White House press secretary, serving under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019. Sanders was the third woman to be White House press secretary. She also served as a senior advisor on Trump's 2016 presid As pr... ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/10 "2017-05-11T21:16:44Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > So, she’s the daughter of Mike Huckabee and Bernie Sanders…? :eek: …and Sarah Palin’s namesake. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/11 "2017-05-11T21:20:58Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > …and Sarah Palin’s namesake. And yet, no Clinton or Bush. How refreshing! I’ve seen this woman several times before. She has a better speaking manner than Spicer (talk about your low bar), and does exude confidence. But she can sling the BS just as much as they can. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/12 "2017-05-11T21:24:28Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Mr. Spicer hasn’t been benched; he’s on Naval Reserve duty. > > [Sarah Huckabee Sanders - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders) Odd how there was no announcement from the White House explaining why there’s a replacement Press Secretary. Maybe they didn’t think anyone would notice. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/13 "2017-05-11T21:32:34Z")
Looks like Cecily Strong has more screen time coming. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/14 "2017-05-11T21:54:57Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > And yet, no Clinton or Bush. How refreshing! Well… at least no Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/15 "2017-05-12T01:12:10Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Mr. Spicer hasn’t been benched; he’s on Naval Reserve duty.] Is that what the kids are calling it these days? ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/16 "2017-05-12T01:16:33Z")
Also, as a Trump spokes-obfuscator she’s damn near a ten. Beats Kellyanne with a stick. But I won’t take that joke any farther. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/17 "2017-05-12T01:19:08Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Odd how there was no announcement from the White House explaining why there’s a replacement Press Secretary. > > Maybe they didn’t think anyone would notice. How do you know they didn’t make an announcement? And why is an “announcement” important to you? ---
**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:** [May 12, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/18 "2017-05-12T01:31:18Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > How do you know they didn’t make an announcement? And why is an “announcement” important to you? If you can link to one, fine. Last month, he did his weekend and it was publicized on [FoxNews.](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/14/sean-spicer-reports-to-pentagon-for-navy-reserve-duty.html) He just took off for this month’s service. This is not the weekend. That means it’s his annual two weeks. No heads-up that the Deputy Press Secretary would be handling things? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/19 "2017-05-12T01:51:42Z")
> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#): > > Is that what the kids are calling it these days? Well, they’re on to the whole “on a farm upstate” thing. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/20 "2017-05-12T04:29:22Z")
“Well, I can speak to my own personal experience,” she said. “I’ve heard from countless members of the FBI that are grateful and thankful for the president’s decision and I think that we may have to agree to disagree." Countless, countless members of the FBI… :dubious: :smack: 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337.md?page=2)