am i the only one that kinda sorta feels sorry for spicey?

[samnsara]

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... I get the feeling he was in an abusive relationship. He never looked genuine or happy when he was forced to spew all that shit to the public. You know when he looked happy? At the Emmys. And the fact HE was there and Donnie wasn't!

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Never.

He is still lying about lying, fuck him and all the rest.

he did not have to do this job...

[LenaBaby61]

32. "Never ...

He is still lying about lying...fuck him and all the rest."

[LeftInTX]

2. He didn't strike me as Trump's type

Neither did Priebus

[Binkie The Clown]

3. You're not alone. There's a guy in New Jersey who feels that way too.

Or so I've heard.

[Fresh_Start]

4. not me. no pity for Spicey or Melania or Trump's adult children nt

nt

[procon]

5. There was no abusive relationship. Spicer could have walked away at anytime.

He stayed because he craved the fame and fortune that he imagined that riding Trump's coat tails would lead to a lucrative future career in the media. He stuck with it and willingly let himself be used as Trump's lying lacky, he was Igor the craven lickspittle, a creature as equally devoid of ethical integrity as his master.

[wryter2000]

6. Yeah, I think so

It makes you a nice person, though.

[Lebam in LA]

7. Not sure about anyone else but not me

Never will I feel anything but total contempt for anyone associated with narcissistic disaster sitting in the White House

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Lie down with dogs; get up with fleas.

No question, Trump treated Spicer badly, but Spicer signed up for the job. He had to have known Trump was a duplicitous douche who'd throw anybody under the bus without hesitation - he probably thought he could keep Trump happy by lying through his teeth every day for him. But he sucked at his job, and the lies he had to tell for Trump caught up with him and made him look like the tool he is. He's probably glad he doesn't have to work for Trump any more, but I don't feel sorry for him.

[Phentex]

10. well there it is!

[hlthe2b]

9. I don't like to see anyone abused/bullied, but until Spicer "fesses" up to the lies and harm...no

[Cary]

11. If you're not the only one, you should be.

[Afromania]

12. He had a choice not to do it. He chose to try and run some 1984esque doubleplusgood bullshit on us

So, again, he deserves every single bit of ire anybody throws at him.

[Trust Buster]

13. You mean you feel sorry for the guy who stood at the podium and accused President Obama of

Wiretapping Trump Tower ?

[COLGATE4]

14. Yes. Yes, you are. nt

[GeorgeGist]

15. I hope so.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

16. Yes.

[True Dough]

17. At this stage

I don't feel sorry for Spicer at all. He made his own bed.

Now, given the passage of time and the ability to modify one's political views, I could perhaps gain a modicum of respect for Spicer's perspective. It's happened with David Frum, whom I used to think was disgusting but I have now come to appreciate his views on Trump's administration, if nothing else.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

18. That ship has sailed!

[Skittles]

19. I fucking hope so

the man proudly pimped for a pussy grabbing, racist asshole.

[marylandblue]

20. You are not the only one

I don't think he quite realized what he was getting into. I try to be sympathetic even to people I don't like. Sometimes it isn't easy.

[brush]

21. No way. He said he never knowingly lied to the American people...

but on of his first acts was lie about trump's inaugural crowd being the biggest ever.

Everybody and Stevie Wonder knew that was a lie.

[blueinredohio]

22. Evidently you are the only one who feels sorry for him

Even now he's not telling the truth saying he didn't lie. What bullshit

[WhiteTara]

23. Not in the least. He wanted that a lot

and sorry (nah) that he didn't really look at what he was getting into. He wanted to be part of the gang way too much and did everything he could to obfuscate and lie to us, the American people.

[Kaleva]

24. I don't have ill feelings towards him. I feel contempt against Trump , his wife & his adult kids

[Paladin]

25. He made his bed. Let him accept the consequences. (nt)

[CozyMystery]

26. I don't. He's got a distinctive lack of integrity.

[cyclonefence]

27. I don't feel sorry for him, but

it seemed to me that he was really happy at the Emmys to be making fun of what he used to do. I am sure that it's a thousand times more pleasant to be among liberals than among the cruel, humorless RW, and I hope that if he feels welcome he might be very, very willing to stab Trump in the back.

[bettyellen]

28. Probably not, but he's an adult with tons of options and opportunities and decided to lie to us all

[tblue37]

29. He supported Cruz and lied shamelessly for Trump. Then when the reporters dared to

question him about those lies, he got nasty with them.

Now he insists that he never knowingly lied. No remorse at all. He is just trying to cash in on his notoriety, and he resents that his lack of credibility is an obstacle to being offered a job in one of those pundit panel shows..

No, I don't feel sorry for him.

[SummerSnow]

30. no pity for the shitty

[JDC]

31. That was the biggest inaugural crowd ever. Period.

It's easy to feel sorry for him because he has been humanized over the last couple of weeks, but don't let him pull on your heartstrings. He is still the same guy up at that podium day in, day out. He had no problem lying then, he had no problem lying now. Just a different shade for this chameleon.

[MLAA]

33. He wasn't forced to spew untrue shit, he chose to 😃

[Best_man23]

34. No matter what he does

He will always wear the fact he worked as a propagandist for the tRump cabal.

[nocalflea]

35. Feel sorry for the dude who said Hitler did not use chemical weapons against his own citizens ?

Fuck that !

[shanny]

36. I sure hope you are.

[muriel_volestrangler]

37. Locking - this is political comment, and not suitable for The Lounge

Please repost in GD. Thanks.