tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post1436436978415735678..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Mattis Speechwriter The "Anonymous" Author Of "A Warning"?mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-31681937530611591932019-11-25T16:56:22.706-06:002019-11-25T16:56:22.706-06:00Forbes,
I'll translate for you. If the gover...Forbes,<br /><br />I'll translate for you. If the government bureaucrat is criticizing the President, he is a senior official. If the same employee is caught doing something wrong, he is a low-level employee. Think Snodgrass for the former and Clinesmith for the latter. Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-37608479360646954122019-11-25T16:41:38.801-06:002019-11-25T16:41:38.801-06:00Do speechwriters actually qualify as a "senio...Do speechwriters actually qualify as a "senior official"?<br /><br />They have no duties related to official responsibilities and government authority. Their duties are wordsmithing. Seems the NYT promoted him well above his status in identifying him as such. <br /><br />"Speechwriter for a senior official" would've been the honest disclosure. But it's the NYT--honestyForbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397667344368400622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-33998215804736142162019-11-25T15:15:02.894-06:002019-11-25T15:15:02.894-06:00I'd like to see a photograph of Guy Snodgrass&...I'd like to see a photograph of Guy Snodgrass's Pentagon office. I imagine that it's a cubicle. <br /><br />Likewise I'd like to see also a photograph of Alexander Vindman's office on the National Security Council. I imagine that it is a cubicle too.<br /><br />There's nothing wrong with working in a cubicle. <br /><br />However, we all were supposed to think that Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-44237998618164729002019-11-25T15:09:50.699-06:002019-11-25T15:09:50.699-06:00Matthis will not be able to ignore this. He will h...Matthis will not be able to ignore this. He will have to say publicly what he knew about his speechwriter's seditious opinions and secret activities.Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-20372840141412102712019-11-25T15:06:38.650-06:002019-11-25T15:06:38.650-06:00A professional speechwriter at the SecDef level in...A professional speechwriter at the SecDef level in the Pentagon would be very well informed about the regulations limiting his own publications. He won't be able to claim ignorance of the regulations.Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-37304934807855053752019-11-25T15:02:22.932-06:002019-11-25T15:02:22.932-06:00The ACS/I was a two-star general. It was a feather...The ACS/I was a two-star general. It was a feather in a cap that I wrote a couple speeches for him. <br /><br />Plenty of Pentagon officers would have been glad to write a speech for the Secretary of Defense -- for free.Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-44065988747868085312019-11-25T15:00:53.478-06:002019-11-25T15:00:53.478-06:00"Did this particular speechwriter get permiss..."Did this particular speechwriter get permission to publish his notorious article and book? If not, he might be in legal trouble."<br /><br />And that's exactly what Barr's DoJ is looking into--violation of his non-disclosure agreements.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-1271247295714218052019-11-25T14:58:19.013-06:002019-11-25T14:58:19.013-06:00Mattis had a full-time speechwriter?
Did he have ...Mattis had a full-time speechwriter?<br /><br />Did he have more than one full-time speechwriter?<br /><br />How many speeches did Mattis give in a normal week? <br /><br />How different were his speeches?<br /><br />-----<br /><br />When I was on the Pentagon staff of the USAF's Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, I was a captain (the lowest rank there), and I was assigned to write a Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-49416793091093735332019-11-25T14:48:02.728-06:002019-11-25T14:48:02.728-06:00Correction: Like LE, the IC, the diplomatic establ...Correction: Like LE, the IC, the diplomatic establishment, and the military ...mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-69571304971321220792019-11-25T14:46:56.088-06:002019-11-25T14:46:56.088-06:00Like LE, the military has been able to coast for y...Like LE, the military has been able to coast for years on a reputation that's not always deserved.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-47491658854215805272019-11-25T14:44:57.622-06:002019-11-25T14:44:57.622-06:00Reflects very poorly on Mattis.
Tom S.Reflects very poorly on Mattis.<br />Tom S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-27405400397502956172019-11-25T14:40:32.299-06:002019-11-25T14:40:32.299-06:00My understanding as well. But he knows that presid...My understanding as well. But he knows that presidents supposed to just shut up and listen.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-40657291863606978822019-11-25T14:23:57.786-06:002019-11-25T14:23:57.786-06:00As I remember from my reading of the US Constituti...As I remember from my reading of the US Constitution's 25th Amendment, speechwriters do not participate in the voting to remove a US President.Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-91936939090919364332019-11-25T14:21:46.896-06:002019-11-25T14:21:46.896-06:00A speechwriter.
And The New York Times knew he wa...A speechwriter.<br /><br />And <i>The New York Times</i> knew he was merely a speechwriter.Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.com