March 17^th 2017 Blog
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

There is no greater entertainment than a movie of television program with high drama.  I do not know if my readers of this blog are viewing White House briefings conducted by Sean Spicer, with the exception of viewing some excerpts on your news channels.  I have taken every opportunity to view these briefings in their entirety.  If there is one word that can describe Sean Spicer that word is “fearless”.  The confrontations between Spicer and the press corps have been both informative and entertaining.

Sean Spicer is unswerving in the rightful defense of the Trump Administration.  The press, in general, has proven to be unfair in much of its coverage of very important issues, for which Spicer has pulled no punches when answering questions from some of those in that very crowded room.  Some of us are aware of the unfair coverage of the Trump Administration, since the inauguration.  Spicer had no problem pointing out specific incidences of press omissions, but also quick to point out anything from a negative context.  There is no doubt in my mind that Spicer has developed into a hero of this administration and takes many metaphoric bullets for President Trump and defending administration policies with impenetrable armor.

It is a well-known phrase; “If it is too hot in the kitchen, it is time to leave.”  With Sean Spicer, the warmer it is the better he performs!  We cannot discount President Trump’s picks for all the plethora of positions for our government, for which Sean Spicer has proven to be well-qualified as a communicator.

Sean Spicer enters the White House Briefing Room and sets the tone with opening statements, which are the current issues of the day and in the hopes of providing much of what the press expects to hear.  However, the press has their own agenda already in place and this is where the confrontations begin to take place.  Most of these briefings are scheduled for about 30 minutes, but yesterday, this one was well into one hour and the press was kept waiting for nearly that long, waiting for their target to appear.

The briefing room is rather small; the press corps is well-packed and no doubt gets uncomfortably warm in there.  This space was designed to seat 50, but there is such a large pool of reporters, some are willing to take a standing position and something new has been added—a Skype connection for some of those who are not strategically located in Washington D.C.  There was some talk about moving the White House Briefing Room across the street and can accommodate 250 seated reporters.  I would not doubt that any Press Secretary might find that sized army of reporters quite daunting and forever extend the briefings to at least one hour, for which at least Spicer might have some objections.  However, Spicer stands tirelessly up against this present army of 50 and does have some time constraints, but it is just another day at the office.