I caught a snippet of the Sean Spicer appearance on the Emmys last night on the News Hour. I know that some twitter-ites think he is out for redemption, and angry that he has been a habitual liar, and do not wish to grant him redemption.Seeing the 14 second clip, I thought it was pretty funny - making fun of his former self. I believe he's probably unemployed, although initially there were rumors about him "Dancing with the Stars", which seems unlikely.
Have you met a press secretary that doesn't "spin", and how do you draw the line between spin and lying? I believe lying is purposefully telling people untruths, to gain some upper hand, or keep them in the dark or divided from others. Spinning is trying to be political and not piss people off.
When someone asks you (this is the lesson of my life): "Was that bread baked fresh today?", and you are told by your employer to say "Yes", well I decided at the Acton Bakery that that would be lying, and my response was "You don't pay me enough to lie." And I kept my $6.50 per hour minimum wage job.
I suppose it is always hard to know the full dispersion of your words, your spins, your lies. But people eventually figure these things out, even without a "lie-o-meter" app to refer to. Some liars are highly valued as press secretaries. Underneath that, you have to ask - who do they represent, and what do they stand for? The spin/lie/press secretary is just a conduit. Its up to them to decide if they want to lie for a living, dance with stars, or collect unemployment ($528 in some states, only $236 in others, for a week if you lost your job through no fault of your own).
