Blah blah blah. That is all the news has been for the last two days. “Can you guarantee me that the President has not and will never say the N word??” WTF? That is what is known in the media as a gotcha question. But it doesn’t move the conversation forward. Let me take you back a few years when Omarosa described herself on “The Apprentice” as having worked in the Clinton White House, as did so many friends. No one had ever heard her name. She must have wired in correspondence or as a volunteer, we all thought. When the program became unbearably negative, some of us stopped watching. Omarosa eventually got fired but even then she didn’t go quietly. When she turned up in the Trump campaign followed by a senior position in the White House, I suggested to David that she must be writing a book. Working at the highest level of government was a privilege.
Let me take to my experience in political campaigns and the White House. Loyalty was always a premium. You were given access to information because you were a trusted staffer. The President, or the President’s Chief of staff, hired you and expected that you would not violate a confidence. When George Stephanopolous wrote his book, (which didn’t say much), I thought it was disgusting. Something you just didn’t do. Working at the highest level of government was a privilege, not a stepping stone.
Despite being a Baptist minister it seems she does not have much of moral core, so her behavior was not shocking, only predictable. And what I predicted long ago was that there must be an alternate motive. What would that motive have been? A continued affair perhaps? Money? Or she was writing a book. No one should be surprised. When Kelly fired her and she asked him to explain his reasons, he didn’t need to. As a political appointment, you serve at “The Pleasure of the President”. Which means no one has to tell you anything— you just go.
Omarosa is smart and articulate. She has no sense of loyalty or what is right. Why should she. She works in a place with people who have no sense of decency, Bad enough right? More outrageous is that our elected officials see no need to be civil to one another. No wonder the government doesn’t work. It’s simple Communications 101. In order to make progress you have to find common ground and in order to find common round you have to listen and you have to hear what the other person, your opponent/now enemy says. Capital Hill and government in general, doesn’t want to listen or hear. They are not operating in the best interest of the people, their constituencies, nor do they have guts. They operate in an world where fear is more important than truth. Where right is not as important as their reelection and lying if that gets them where they want to be.
Omarosa must have read some Machiavelli. She understands that in the world of politics in which she operates, the end justifies the means. Isn’t it ironic that a black woman, the only senior political woman on his staff — forbboth of which (woman and black) the President has no use, may be the person who can bring down an amoral, unethical, immoral political administration. Trump says she begged to work in the White House, so he hired her. Talk about the end justifies the means. Or he who laughs last, laughs best.
We’re just sayin....Iris
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