Drew M. at Ace of Spades HQ notes a personnel change at the State Department.
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"Normally not that big of a deal but this guy is a real tool, even by the low standards one generally has for professional mouthpieces and people who work at the State Department."
Now, that's just mean. Like shooting a man's suit.
"Crowley's comments got lost in the bigger news of Libya and then Japan but his fate was pretty well sealed on Friday when Obama was asked about them and Manning's treatment in general."
"(P)utting the President in that spot is not a career enhancing move."
Drew's dislike of Crowley goes back to 2009, as he explains:
"If you follow the link, you'll see that I was not amused at the use of the word "debate" to describe the slaughter of peaceful protesters. My language was a tad bit harsh and somewhat unprofessional but I was infuriated at the time. In retrospect if I could do it over again...I"d use even harsher language.
Not that the next mouthpiece will be better or the policy they will be spinning for will be any more coherent but I'm happy to see this guy go."
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