Jen Psaki's Vogue Profile

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Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed reading that - I admire her so much!

You do? I'm a lefty who voted for Biden/Harris and think she's good at her job, but I wouldn't say I admire her. She's from a wealthy Connecticut family, went to private schools her entire life, and then had a relatively typical climb as a well-connected political hack. I'm not sure "admire" is the right word. Her story is incredibly predictable with very little adversity. Again, she is good at her job and seems like a nice lady. But come on.

The bar is so, so low sometimes.

Her father fired for bankruptcy when she was in seventh grade.

William & Mary is a public university.

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*filed for bankruptcy

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed reading that - I admire her so much!

You do? I'm a lefty who voted for Biden/Harris and think she's good at her job, but I wouldn't say I admire her. She's from a wealthy Connecticut family, went to private schools her entire life, and then had a relatively typical climb as a well-connected political hack. I'm not sure "admire" is the right word. Her story is incredibly predictable with very little adversity. Again, she is good at her job and seems like a nice lady. But come on.

The bar is so, so low sometimes.

So what? There are plenty of well connected hacks who end up total unsuccessful a-holes. Just look at trumps and his sorry adult children. You don’t have to face adversity to have a strong work ethic or ambition. Yes, it was easier for her to get here, but she could still be an admirable person with admirable values, traits, or achievements. Just look at someone like RFK.

Agree. She is doing a great job. Since the beginning, she changed the “tone” of her office in a good way: there is a renewed sense of respect and decency that was missing.

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I don't understand why Vogue and high fashion have struggled so much taking photos of political women that meet their own regular beauty and composition standards. This is poorly lit, the clothes are great but blend dully into the background colors, and it looks like it was taken in passing while someone was asking what to pick up at Potbelly for lunch.

Seriously, I do not get it.

I think she seems totally fine, and that that is good. It is bad when press secretaries outshine their administration and the last administration's amazing spectacular parade of notable loonies should be the first and final exception to that rule.

I don't tend to admire any politicians or wonks really as I think they have all made enormous compromises to their own beliefs to get to where they are. It is the only way! I think they are necessary but they do not really inspire me.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work with her. The thing I always admired is that she has no enemies. Everyone likes her, or at least respects her. That is incredibly hard to pull off in politics.

Sorry, but no. She is incredibly well connected, and especially with regards to the Obama White House, you just don't say negative things about the well-connected people. Because they might because WH Press Sec in the next administration. That doesn't reflect how people feel about her, it reflects that she has been successfully in her career at climbing the ladder. That's different than liking or respecting someone.

I have heard she's nice and easy to work with. Not glowing praise, not criticism. She's middle of the road, which probably serves her very well. But it doesn't actually say much about her as a person.

Middle of the road says plenty about a person! When you're looking for a candidate for high-profile positions like this, you often don't want the top candidates because their name will over shine the position. Also, the more notable a candidate is, the more possible enemies they may have or skeletons they may have that you'll have to deal with if/when they come to light. Likewise, no one wants a candidate from the bottom of the barrel unless you're trying to hire a fall guy or gal. You know the job is going to be a shi!t show, so you get a terrible candidate in there to take the brunt of it and then bring an ace in to play clean up a few months later. Middle of the road candidates are picked because they have the skills, the likability, they have just enough notoriety but no skeletons... and if something does go terribly wrong, you can always go with the "ah, they were just too green!" excuse while moving along to the next candidate.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed reading that - I admire her so much!

You do? I'm a lefty who voted for Biden/Harris and think she's good at her job, but I wouldn't say I admire her. She's from a wealthy Connecticut family, went to private schools her entire life, and then had a relatively typical climb as a well-connected political hack. I'm not sure "admire" is the right word. Her story is incredibly predictable with very little adversity. Again, she is good at her job and seems like a nice lady. But come on.

The bar is so, so low sometimes.

So what? There are plenty of well connected hacks who end up total unsuccessful a-holes. Just look at trumps and his sorry adult children. You don’t have to face adversity to have a strong work ethic or ambition. Yes, it was easier for her to get here, but she could still be an admirable person with admirable values, traits, or achievements. Just look at someone like RFK.

Uh, comparing her to Trump and the Trump kids pretty much proves the point the the bar is unbelievably low. Try again.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed reading that - I admire her so much!

You do? I'm a lefty who voted for Biden/Harris and think she's good at her job, but I wouldn't say I admire her. She's from a wealthy Connecticut family, went to private schools her entire life, and then had a relatively typical climb as a well-connected political hack. I'm not sure "admire" is the right word. Her story is incredibly predictable with very little adversity. Again, she is good at her job and seems like a nice lady. But come on.

The bar is so, so low sometimes.

So what? There are plenty of well connected hacks who end up total unsuccessful a-holes. Just look at trumps and his sorry adult children. You don’t have to face adversity to have a strong work ethic or ambition. Yes, it was easier for her to get here, but she could still be an admirable person with admirable values, traits, or achievements. Just look at someone like RFK.

Agree. She is doing a great job. Since the beginning, she changed the “tone” of her office in a good way: there is a renewed sense of respect and decency that was missing.

Not to mention honesty!

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Anonymous wrote:Kind of sad all the pictures from her kid. The kid probably never sees her. At least the kid will have her back in a few months. No one lasts long in that job.

I find it hard to believe you would make this comment about a male press secretary.

Ever.

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This type of forum is the worst on DCUM. Women are picked apart at every turn + people pass on gossip. Dreadful.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed reading that - I admire her so much!

You do? I'm a lefty who voted for Biden/Harris and think she's good at her job, but I wouldn't say I admire her. She's from a wealthy Connecticut family, went to private schools her entire life, and then had a relatively typical climb as a well-connected political hack. I'm not sure "admire" is the right word. Her story is incredibly predictable with very little adversity. Again, she is good at her job and seems like a nice lady. But come on.

The bar is so, so low sometimes.

So what? There are plenty of well connected hacks who end up total unsuccessful a-holes. Just look at trumps and his sorry adult children. You don’t have to face adversity to have a strong work ethic or ambition. Yes, it was easier for her to get here, but she could still be an admirable person with admirable values, traits, or achievements. Just look at someone like RFK.

Uh, comparing her to Trump and the Trump kids pretty much proves the point the the bar is unbelievably low. Try again.

They’re just an extreme example. There are plenty of rich and famous people’s kids who are completely anonymous because they don’t amount to much. Can’t think of any to name here, precisely because they’re not noteworthy. Actually, I interned at Schumer’s office in college and pretty much everyone I met there was well connected and wealthy. You wouldn’t know any of their names today. Naming trumps kids doesn’t mean the bar is low, it just means they’re an extreme exception on one of end of the spectrum, as is someone like Jen psaki.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed reading that - I admire her so much!

You do? I'm a lefty who voted for Biden/Harris and think she's good at her job, but I wouldn't say I admire her. She's from a wealthy Connecticut family, went to private schools her entire life, and then had a relatively typical climb as a well-connected political hack. I'm not sure "admire" is the right word. Her story is incredibly predictable with very little adversity. Again, she is good at her job and seems like a nice lady. But come on.

The bar is so, so low sometimes.

Her father fired for bankruptcy when she was in seventh grade.

William & Mary is a public university.

She went to Greenwich high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I enjoyed reading that - I admire her so much!

You do? I'm a lefty who voted for Biden/Harris and think she's good at her job, but I wouldn't say I admire her. She's from a wealthy Connecticut family, went to private schools her entire life, and then had a relatively typical climb as a well-connected political hack. I'm not sure "admire" is the right word. Her story is incredibly predictable with very little adversity. Again, she is good at her job and seems like a nice lady. But come on.

The bar is so, so low sometimes.

You clearly didn't read the article.

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She's awesome and "real." Go Jen!

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Queen's Gambit! Go Jen!

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Anonymous wrote:That's a really boring picture -- it looks like something I would take with my cellphone. I expect a lot better from Vogue.

Even if they want to focus on her power/business side... that cluttery desk is just a big "no." The outfit is perfect. But, the setting is a zero.

Her desk seems cluttery to you? Good grief.