There was a part of Amb. Yovanovitch’s that made my jaw drop.
When the Dem counsel was prying into her firing, he was obviously trying his level best to get her to cry … “how did you feel?”; “what was the impact on your family?”; “can you describe how distraught you were?”, etc.
Boo-hoo …
In my business career, I was sold twice to new owners … and “rationalized”, “synergized” and reassigned many times during internal regime changes.
So, I have zero sympathy when a “paying job for life” diplomat gets reassigned when a new sheriff comes to town.
But, that’s not what stopped me in my tracks …
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This is …
Yovanovitch tried to punctuate her sad story by revealing how low things had gotten for her:
“I’m now assigned to a teaching position at Georgetown.”
Geez. How bad can things get?
From high powered diplomat (<= sarcasm) to a measly teaching position.
That is, a teaching gig at a high prestige school — probably “teaching” a low enrollment discussion seminar — at State Dept. rank & pay.
Not shabby work if you can get it.
When I got an offer to teach at Georgetown after 2+ decades in corporate and consulting jobs, I considered it an opportunity to change careers and pursue a life dream.
I certainly didn’t think of it as a punishment (despite a 90% pay cut) … nor did I think that I was being relegated to to some junk heap job.
I think that Ms. Yovanovitch and her philosophical cronies need to get a dose of real life and get off their high horses.
So, there!
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November 19, 2019 at 7:32 am |
Fantastic comment KEN.
Jack Clark (ex Mobile) suggested I follow you and he was right.
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December 5, 2019 at 7:02 am |
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December 5, 2019 at 3:09 pm |
Right on Cuz!!!!
I don’t understand why politics s are treated so much better than the rest of us and there is nothing we can really do about it.
Do the Dems even have a candidate?