"It was that sneer of hers, the consciously curled lip, which seemed practiced before a mirror,..."

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She brought on these type of articles all by herself.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Wants You to Know She Was Not Impressed

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/opinion/sarah-sanders-trump.html

She surveyed the media landscape and decided that truth was what she said it was.
Gail CollinsBret Stephens

By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

Ms. Collins and Mr. Stephens are opinion columnists. They converse every other week.

June 18, 2019

Sarah Huckabee Sanders briefing reporters at the White House last year.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders briefing reporters at the White House last year.CreditCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times

Bret Stephens: Gail, I know you are as gutted as I am by the news that Sarah Huckabee Sanders will step down from her post as White House spokesman. How do you judge her contribution to our nation’s moral health and political well-being?

Gail Collins: I was going to say she brought us back to the bad old days when women were supposed to be seen and not heard, but lately she wasn’t seen all that much either. Who would want to go down in history as the press secretary who got rid of the press briefing?

My one confident prediction is that whoever comes next will be the same or worse. Do you think worse is possible? I guess he or she could flood the White House pressroom and add a supply of piranhas.

Bret: Worse is always possible in this administration. But Sanders set a benchmark for awfulness that was a thing to behold. It wasn’t simply that she spun the news or shaded the truth, which many people in her position have been known to do. It wasn’t even that she lied, though she did that with abandon.



It was that sneer of hers, the consciously curled lip, which seemed practiced before a mirror, that communicated bottomless contempt for individual journalists, for the profession of journalism itself and for the very idea of truth-as-such. She combined the sincerity of Elmer Gantry with the moral outlook of Raskolnikov. And there will be future spokesmen who will model themselves accordingly................................................

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1. I'm not sure the sneer was practiced.

It seems genetic to me what you see is what you got. At least she did not torture animals.

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2. Sanders' Strangely Cocked Eyebrows Always Made Her Look Unbalanced

Just one look at Sanders gives away her pathology.

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3. After this, Gail n' Bret reverted to trashing the Democratic candidates, big-time.

Hey, what do you expect? It's the NY Times editorial page!