They’ll just replace him with another obnoxious mouthpiece.
From Fox News.
……(Jay Carney) faced the fate of all press secretaries, having to deny the obvious, deflect the embarrassing and minimize the negative.
And he undoubtedly felt burned out, wanting to spend more time with his two kids and make some private-sector dough.
But the increasingly strained relations between Carney and the press corps were minimizing his effectiveness, to the point that a change made sense for the administration. Carney announced his resignation on Friday, getting an awkward bear hug from the president.
What brought a biting personal edge to the briefings was that Carney adopted the habit of suggesting that reporters such as Ed Henry and Jonathan Karl were being partisan, or carrying the Republicans’ water, or mocking them for asking tough questions—even though the questions were perfectly legitimate.
……Carney’s well-liked deputy, Josh Earnest, will now give it a shot (having beaten out State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki for the job).
Obama sent him off with what can only be described as a disgusting gesture. He hugged Carney and *GAG* blew him a kiss.
Just. A. Bit. Much.
As a tribute to Carney’s departure, here’s a compilation of his greatest hits:
“No yelling at the Anointed One”
“Unemployment benefits create jobs”.
“Criticism of Susan Rice, Benghazi disaster, is politically motivated”
Carney forgets name of slain border agent. ( Brian Terry, who was one of the causalities of Obama’s Fast and Furious gunrunning)
Demanding sound economic policy is “deeply irresponsible”.
“Benghazi is like, so last year”.
Carney blames Obama’s IRS targeting of conservative groups on Bush.
Carney spins Benghazi, IRS Thuggery
Carney to press: ‘Stop asking about Obama’s campaigning’
We haven’t seen the last of this mealy-mouthed pipsqueak. In all likelihood, he’ll end up with the rest of the leftwingnut cabal at MSNBC; like David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs.