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Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 11:16:30 AM   
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/09/AR2007120901336_pf.html

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Still looking for that last-minute Christmas gift for White House press secretary Dana Perino? May we recommend a gift certificate for the forthcoming book on the Cuban Missile Crisis by our colleague Michael Dobbs, "One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War," due out next summer?

Appearing on National Public Radio's light-hearted quiz show "Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me," which aired over the weekend, Perino got into the spirit of things and told a story about herself that she had previously shared only in private: During a White House briefing, a reporter referred to the Cuban Missile Crisis -- and she didn't know what it was.

"I was panicked a bit because I really don't know about . . . the Cuban Missile Crisis," said Perino, who at 35 was born about a decade after the 1962 U.S.-Soviet nuclear showdown. "It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure."

So she consulted her best source. "I came home and I asked my husband," she recalled. "I said, 'Wasn't that like the Bay of Pigs thing?' And he said, 'Oh, Dana.' "


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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 2:44:39 PM   
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Am I mistaken in thinking this makes her ignorant not dumb?

How about paid tuition for an extensive U.S or World History course? Which version of the story do you think she would be taught?

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 2:56:47 PM   
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You're not mistaken.  I have a degree in history, and there are many areas of history that I know very little about.  There is nothing wrong with being ignorant on a subject.  In fact what makes a person dumb is a inability or unwillingness to learn.  I would rather a person admit they don't know anything about something, then pretend they know everything.  It's like that old saying goes, it's better to be silent and appear dumb, than open your mouth and remove all doubt.  However, a White House press secretary should have a fairly good knowledge of recent American history.  That's not really her fault, that's the fault of the person that hired her. 

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 3:05:04 PM   
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Probably neither dumb nor ignorant. Simply another fine product of the American public school system.

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 3:19:52 PM   
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Do you think she attended Public Schools?

Keep this in mind when she says things like, We'll have to wait for History's Judgment... Apparently, for her, there is no judgment, because she's woefully ignorant.

How would someone so ignorant get a job which REQUIRES a comprehensive mastery of the subject, in order to properly answer questions regarding policy?

Oh, I *know* it's just another unqualified Loyal Bushie, who only has the job because of her connections, not her capability.



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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 3:32:06 PM   
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My inevitable (and admittedly not most suitably placed) stab at our education system aside.

I am in agreement that someone who used to staff this position used to be someone with a solid background (if not necessarily mastery) of dealing with the media, public policy, history of at least the 50 years (global history, not just US) and probably also some public speaking skills.

But, seriously, being on the last roughly 12 months of this administration and seeing its popularity (or rather lack thereof) and the way it has been burning out people and readily throwing them under any bus coming at Bush 43...do you really believe that by now they would not be scraping the bottom of the barrel to staff this post?

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 3:33:41 PM   
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For once I agree with FB.. what sort of White House Press Secretary doesn't know in great detail, every screw up of the other party's various administrations?


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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 3:42:05 PM   
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You'd think she could at least sit through the Kevin Costner film: "13 Days."

Christ! My neighbor's ten year old knows about the CMC... Where do the neo-cons FIND these people?!

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 4:08:35 PM   
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And here I've been, all this time, in all of my interviews, trying to demonstrate how much I do know about certain issues, topics, and procedures in my work.  All along, I should have been feigning idiocy and ignorance!!  THAT'S how you get a great job!

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 4:22:05 PM   
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Nope. It all boils down to "Whose Pussy Did You Lick in College", or "Who got you your coke and pot and X in college..."



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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 4:23:03 PM   
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The thing you all seem to be missing, the most important thing, is that Perino is hot.....

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 4:27:54 PM   
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Level,

Right,   I know I always watch the news on the station where
the weather girl has the biggest tits.  After all a man has to have
some standards.

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 4:40:53 PM   
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Oh, I *know* it's just another unqualified Loyal Bushie, who only has the job because of her connections, not her capability.
 

The dumb part, as slaveboyforyou mentioned, is that she was hired for the job in the first place. Perhaps she does not need to be a “Loyal Bushie”, but only needed to fit the agenda of whoever did the hiring.
 


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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 4:41:00 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Outlier2

Level,

Right,   I know I always watch the news on the station where
the weather girl has the biggest tits.  After all a man has to have
some standards.

Outlier

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labeled this as humor?)




Hey there Outlier; it depends on if you were kidding or not  
 
I watch so much news, I pretty much catch every channel, sooner or later, but there is one weather lady, on a local station, that is simply stunning. Sadly, she sounds like a female version of Ricky Ricardo

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 4:53:12 PM   
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I watch so much news, I pretty much catch every channel, sooner or later, but there is one weather lady, on a local station, that is simply stunning. Sadly, she sounds like a female version of Ricky Ricardo


LOL

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 4:55:22 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Level

quote:

ORIGINAL: Outlier2

Level,

Right,   I know I always watch the news on the station where
the weather girl has the biggest tits.  After all a man has to have
some standards.

Outlier

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labeled this as humor?)




Hey there Outlier; it depends on if you were kidding or not  
 
I watch so much news, I pretty much catch every channel, sooner or later, but there is one weather lady, on a local station, that is simply stunning. Sadly, she sounds like a female version of Ricky Ricardo


Level,

As if the first straight line was not enough.  Now you
give me one about ways to keep a woman quiet?
On these boards!

You really are trying to get me into trouble aren't you.

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 5:02:11 PM   
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As to you pet,

I think your sig line is one of the funniest things I have seen
in a long time considering it is posted by a female to BDSM boards.

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Please, tell me you do not operate under the misguided belief; anything fits if you get a good running start!!!

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 5:06:49 PM   
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FB,

I am sorry for the highjack of your original important
thread.  But sometimes I resort to humor to fight things
that I find depressing.  Thank you for posting this.

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 5:11:26 PM   
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ORIGINAL: charmdpetKeira

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I watch so much news, I pretty much catch every channel, sooner or later, but there is one weather lady, on a local station, that is simply stunning. Sadly, she sounds like a female version of Ricky Ricardo


LOL


 good evening, k.
 
It's true! I always hit the mute button when watching her......

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RE: Dana Perino - dumbest White House Press Secretary Ever - 12/10/2007 5:16:43 PM   
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You really are trying to get me into trouble aren't you.

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I wouldn't do that to you, my friend, but as I keep getting myself into trouble, it may be unavoidable

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