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Josh Earnest: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know about Jay Carney's Replacement
HEAVY ^ | 05/30/2014 | By Matthew Guariglia

Posted on 05/30/2014 11:49:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Josh Earnest is about to inherit the hardest media relations job on the planet.

Earnest, a long-time aide to President Obama, will be the next White House press secretary. He’ll succeed Jay Carney, whose resignation President Obama announced Friday, and be at the podium each day for the White House press briefing.

Here’s what you need to know about Earnest:


1. He’s Worked for Obama Since His First Campaign

Josh Earnest, Barack Obama

Twitter/@jearnest

Earnest is a trusted aide to Obama, and has worked for the President since Obama’s campaign in the 2008 Iowa caucuses, which Earnest joined in March 2007 as Iowa communications director.

In that role, he led Obama’s messaging in the Hawkeye State as the Illinois senator took Hillary Clinton by surprise and won the caucuses, launching his improbable run to the White House.


2. His Wife’s Grandfather Invented the Plastic Bottle

Natalie Earnest, Josh Earnest Wife

(Department of the Treasury)

Earnest married Natalie Wyeth from Oakton, Virginia, in August 2012. The wedding took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in D.C. According to their New York Times wedding announcement, Wyeth is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Her grandfather, Nathanial Wyeth, was an engineer who invented the plastic bottle.

The pair met at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Wyeth was the press secretary for the convention whereas Earnest was the press man for the Obama campaign. She said about meeting him:

There was an immediate interest on both our parts. I thought he was attractive, interesting and had a good sense of humor — I wanted to know more about him and be introduced to him.

Wyeth told the New York Times, that from the couple’s second date, she knew that he “was the person I would spend the rest of my life with.”

According to her Facebook page, Wyeth now works for the Department of the Treasure. Among her “likes” on social media is the anti-hero, Omar Little, from the HBO series, The Wire.

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3. He Had Been Carney’s Top Deputy

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Earnest had served as principal deputy press secretary to Carney, and had filled in numerous times at press briefings. He was also the chief of staff in the White House communications office and a special assistant to the President.

The video above features Earnest giving a press briefing last August. He opened the briefing by apologizing for keeping reporters waiting, adding that he made a “rookie mistake” and almost forgot his glass of water.

4. He’s from Missouri

Earnest was born in Kansas City and played baseball and basketball at the Barstow School, according ton his Wikipedia page. He graduated from Rice University in Houston in 1997 with majors in political science and policy studies.

5. He’ll be Obama’s 3rd Press Secretary

Earnest will be the third man to serve as press secretary under Obama, joining Robert Gibbs and Carney.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: goebbels; jaycarney; joshearnest; presssecretary
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1 posted on 05/30/2014 11:49:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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6 he’ll provide ZERO answers to questions


2 posted on 05/30/2014 11:51:09 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: SeekAndFind

The importance of being Earnest.


3 posted on 05/30/2014 11:51:23 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh please, why does it have to be another metrosexual?


4 posted on 05/30/2014 11:55:24 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war,and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, he is an expert at the art of lying?


5 posted on 05/30/2014 11:55:54 AM PDT by Mark (Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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To: SeekAndFind

Howdy Doody is getting tired of lying.


6 posted on 05/30/2014 11:56:23 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("The commenters are plenty but the thinkers are few." -- Walid Shoebat)
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To: SeekAndFind

Left out the only pertinent piece of info - how good is he at lying?

What Obama needs is someone who lies as naturally as most humans breathe - but unfortunately Bill Clinton is otherwise engaged.


7 posted on 05/30/2014 11:56:33 AM PDT by Stosh
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6. He’s only there due to White Privilege.


8 posted on 05/30/2014 11:58:08 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: SeekAndFind

He looks like he has an IQ of about 60.


9 posted on 05/30/2014 11:58:27 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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Oh please, why does it have to be another metrosexual?

Other than homosexuals Obama doesn't know any other kind.

10 posted on 05/30/2014 11:58:37 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: molson209

7. His tap dancing will rival Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson dancing on that staircase!


11 posted on 05/30/2014 12:00:03 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men)
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To: molson209

GREAT one!!


12 posted on 05/30/2014 12:00:46 PM PDT by RWGinger
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To: SeekAndFind

I wish the corrupter-n-chief would burn through attorney generals as quickly.


13 posted on 05/30/2014 12:01:50 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
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To: Ouchthatonehurt

I can’t believe Obama cannot hire a Black person to be his ps. Whatever happened to good ole fashioned affirmative action.


14 posted on 05/30/2014 12:02:16 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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"hardest media relations job on the planet"

No, it's easy. You just have to remember that Barack just read about it in the newspaper, and no one is more angry about it than Barack.

15 posted on 05/30/2014 12:04:18 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: Albion Wilde

This is as Hayek stated in Road to Serfdom -

whenever someone quits over being told to do something that is below even HIS moral threshold, someone else steps up and says “I’ll do it”.

That’s why you always end up with the worst people in any tyranny.


16 posted on 05/30/2014 12:07:01 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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17 posted on 05/30/2014 12:09:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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18 posted on 05/30/2014 12:10:21 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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7. He married a cat.


19 posted on 05/30/2014 12:11:15 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Yes Sir!! ...I would look my granny in the eye and lie for you, Sir!"

"I'm Your Man! ...I Have No Ethics or Morals!"

20 posted on 05/30/2014 12:11:17 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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