# 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:** 2
**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, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/21 "2017-05-12T06:16:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He just took off for this month’s service. This is not the weekend. That means it’s his annual two weeks. He’s supposed to be back next week. We’ll find out on Monday or Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/22 "2017-05-12T13:37:12Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > He’s supposed to be back next week. We’ll find out on Monday or Tuesday. He may be taking an extended vacation with Bill O’Reilly. ---
**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 12, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/23 "2017-05-12T13:56:10Z")
> [@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? She didn’t actually admit that. What she said was: > [@](#): > > “We want this to come to its conclusion, we want it to come to its conclusion with integrity, . . . And we think that we’ve actually, by removing Director Comey, taken steps to make that happen.” Still, linking Comey’s firing to the Russian investigation does seem like a blunder. She loses a star for that. > [@MacCat](#): > > “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: 😃 I agree that this is pure bullshit, but as far as weaving her boss’ desired narrative goes, it’s quite slick. Just as long as none of the reporters bother to call her on this BS by asking her to clarify exactly who she has spoken to and when. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/24 "2017-05-12T13:57:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > So, she’s the daughter of Mike Huckabee and Bernie Sanders…? :eek: It gets better. Her mother’s maiden name is Janet McCain. In seriousness though, she is Mike Huckabee’s daughter. ---
**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 12, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/25 "2017-05-12T15:02:52Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > She didn’t actually admit that. What she said was… Huh? She said that they removed Comey in order to bring the Russia investigation to an end. It’s right there in your quote. ---
**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 12, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/26 "2017-05-12T15:49:58Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > Huh? She said that they removed Comey in order to bring the Russia investigation to an end. It’s right there in your quote. Kind of. I’d say her statement falls somewhere between \*“We fired Comey’s ass to stop the investigation” \*and \*“We want the investigation to be conducted properly and completely and, incidentally, feel that in removing Comey we have removed an impediment to the proper conduct of the investigation.”\*I think it can be interpreted in either direction depending on how someone wants to read into it. Personally, I’m inclined to agree that it does sound like an inadvertent admission that Comey was canned because Trump just wants the investigation to go away, but I imagine that Sanders’ intention was more like the latter interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/27 "2017-05-12T16:10:26Z")
I find it off-putting that, as the face of the White House, she is so dressed-down and casual. I saw another post somewhere that said she dresses like a college student on laundry day waking up late for class. Simply dressing in basic corporate office attire would do wonders for her credibility, instead of walking in as the most casually dressed person in the room. ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/28 "2017-05-12T16:14:29Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > I find it off-putting that, as the face of the White House, she is so dressed-down and casual. I saw another post somewhere that said she dresses like a college student on laundry day waking up late for class. Simply dressing in basic corporate office attire **would do wonders for her credibility** , instead of walking in as the most casually dressed person in the room. So would not shilling for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/29 "2017-05-12T16:30:07Z")
I’d like to see Aidy Bryant play her on SNL. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/30 "2017-05-12T16:59:49Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > She has a better speaking manner than Spicer (talk about your low bar), and does exude confidence. To me, it looked more like condescension than confidence. ---
**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 12, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/31 "2017-05-12T17:29:49Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > Kind of. > I’d say her statement falls somewhere between \*“We fired Comey’s ass to stop the investigation” \*and \*“We want the investigation to be conducted properly and completely and, incidentally, feel that in removing Comey we have removed an impediment to the proper conduct of the investigation.”\*I think it can be interpreted in either direction depending on how someone wants to read into it. I agree with that. But saying they nixed Comey so the investigation would be conducted differently is not substantially better than saying they nixed Comey so the investigation would end. The point is that they wanted to interfere with the investigation. ---
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/32 "2017-05-12T17:46:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > 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? Mr. Spicer just took the podium in the Briefing Room. ABC News is airing it live, and it’s probably on C-Span as well. So, you were saying? :smack: :rolleyes: :dubious: ---
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/33 "2017-05-12T17:53:31Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Mr. Spicer just took the podium in the Briefing Room. ABC News is airing it live, and it’s probably on C-Span as well. > > So, you were saying? :smack: :rolleyes: :dubious: It’s not the weekend. Awfully convenient he was needed at the Pentagon just when shit was hitting the fan. I saw a story earlier that despite the fact he was supposed to be at the Pentagon, he was seen on the White House grounds. I will see if I can find it again. ---
**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, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/34 "2017-05-12T17:59:24Z")
[From here.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4492602/Spicer-goes-missing-Navy-reserve-duty-FBI-firing.html) > [@](#): > > Her first televised briefing with reporters was last Friday. The president was pleased with it, Politico’s Tara Palmeri tweeted, opening the door for her to talk to reporters on camera again. > > Spicer was reportedly on military duty then. He was spotted at the White House later in the day, however, and made an appearance Thursday in the Rose Garden for President Donald Trump’s health care statement, another day he was said to be on duty. > > According to the Navy’s website, reservists have make a ‘commitment to serving a minimum of one weekend a month plus two weeks a year.’ > > ‘There are flexible drilling options that can enable service on weekdays or in an extended mission capacity to meet annual commitment requirements,’ it says ---
**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, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/35 "2017-05-12T18:41:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s not the weekend. Awfully convenient he was needed at the Pentagon just when shit was hitting the fan. > I saw a story earlier that despite the fact he was supposed to be at the Pentagon, he was seen on the White House grounds. > I will see if I can find it again. And what about the claims in this thread that Mr. Spicer had been “benched”? Someone taking vacation/PTO/leave/whatever the White House calls it is not being “benched”. And your own claim, made as a declarative statement of fact: > [@](#): > > That means it’s his annual two weeks. You didn’t say “I read”, “I think”, or use any other qualifier. He’s only been gone for one week, not two. You (generic you) are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. ---
**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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/36 "2017-05-12T18:53:24Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > And what about the claims in this thread that Mr. Spicer had been “benched”? Someone taking vacation/PTO/leave/whatever the White House calls it is not being “benched”. > > And your own claim, made as a declarative statement of fact: > > You didn’t say “I read”, “I think”, or use any other qualifier. > > He’s only been gone for one week, not two. > > You (generic you) are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts. As I quoted, reservists serve a two week period once a year, a weekend once a month. This was neither a weekend or a two week period. There’s been no mention of why his service doesn’t match the norm nor what he does at the Pentagon that requires a Reservist. Since he was seen at the WH(twice) when he was supposed to be doing his service, then what’s true? Of course, this Administration has no problem with dodging military service. Witness that Spicer has been skipping his monthly weekend service. It wouldn’t be any trouble for Trump to kick him out of sight and claim it’s his Reservist duty. It’s still interesting that this anomalous service came right after he got backed into the bushes. ---
**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, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/37 "2017-05-12T19:16:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Of course, this Administration has no problem with dodging military service. Witness that Spicer has been skipping his monthly weekend service. > It wouldn’t be any trouble for Trump to kick him out of sight and claim it’s his Reservist duty. > It’s still interesting that this anomalous service came right after he got backed into the bushes. So we’re doing mere speculation, instead of facts. Got it. There are Naval bases in the D.C. Metro area; perhaps he did his reserve duties during the day, and is allowed to return home during the evening or a half day on Friday. That would explain how he’s been, as you claim, at other events. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/38 "2017-05-12T19:23:30Z")
Except for the falsehoods, she did pretty well the other day. For the first time. Her earlier appearances on TV have been awful. All in all, and I’m not joking here, I think Spicer is better at his job. ---
**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/39 "2017-05-12T19:27:07Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > **So we’re doing mere speculation, instead of facts. Got it.** > > There are Naval bases in the D.C. Metro area; perhaps he did his reserve duties during the day, and is allowed to return home during the evening or a half day on Friday. That would explain how he’s been, as you claim, at other events. Which forum is this? Now you’re speculating. Where are _your_ facts? ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337/40 "2017-05-12T20:26:29Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Which forum is this? > > Now you’re speculating. Where are _your_ facts? Yes, I’m aware of which forum this is. However, facts are always appreciated on the Straight Dope, but most of this thread is based on speculation, so that’s what I went with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-sarah-huckabee-sanders-performance/786337.md?page=3)