It was always too easy to hate Sean Spicer.
and of its Orwellian dumb-plexity (Sometimes we can disagree with the facts).
Here was an oddly ageless man built likea Bullet Bill, a silo body slanting towards tired eyes.
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And, when you most expected it, he woulddownplay Hitlers Hitler-ism, surely 2017s most awful trend.
But you didnt need to be an outraged Democrat to loathe the man.
Its the CV of a politician, whichisthe sort of person one tends to find in politics.
But surely half-to-all of Trumps appeal was that whole swamp-draining outsider pose.
Not long into Spicers tenure, rumors circulated that the boss was unhappy with his performance.
So no one thought Spicer he would last, and then he did not.
Now for the next act.
Spicer went onJimmy Kimmel Liveon Wednesday, precise reasoning unclear.
Maybe,like fellow castoff Steve Bannon, Spicer has an eye on his brand identity.
Like him or hate him, hes the second most well-known Press Secretary in recent American history.
(CJ Cregg is more beloved, but not real.)
Or maybe, like Anthony Scaramucci, he just loves the attention.
Spicer was cycling through old talking points.
He started to discuss economic models, but Kimmel decided to test Spicers theory.
Well, youre not, Spicer said.
Right, Kimmel laughed.
And this was the pace of the interview.
Spicer would play the good soldier.
That was one of the presidents most effective tools on the campaign.
He continues to utilize it… there is no one who is working harder than him.
Kimmel: How about the president?
The host had a point to make, though.
Two wrongs dont make a right, he concluded.
No, I didnt say that, said Spicer.
And then he smiled and audibly laughed, HEH.
Or maybe he was genuinely happy.
How grand, to be here on a late-night comedy show!
Who cares if theyre making fun of you?
They make fun of everyone.
They make fun ofMatt Damon.
Conservative or liberal, DC hacks love Hollywood, the celebrities, the money, the glamour.
This, more than anything, is what makes thin-skinned Trump such an outsider in Washington.
And she wins an Emmy!
Toward the end of the interview, Kimmel and Spicer discusseda 10-year-old photoof the two of them.
I didnt know about this, Kimmel admitted, And you sent it to me.
The photo is cute sans context, tremendously sad given everything.
Kimmel, pre-beard andpre-treadmill desk, is looking far away, maybe even posing for another camera.
Celebrities meet regular people all the time.
Andthenthat regular person gets fired and begins the long downslope back to obscurity.
Spicer suggested he might write a book, but not a tell-all, just a tell, snooze.
The mighty have fallen, you say?
Ten years later, Spicer finally got Kimmel to look at the camera.
Why shouldnt Sean Spicer be happy?
At leastsomeoneslife is getting better.
