Ever since July 21st, I’ve been feeling really sad. On that day, Sean Spicer resigned as White House Press Secretary. Sean Spicer will no longer take questions on behalf of our President. Spicey is not the main spokesman for the most powerful person on earth anymore. It is truly the end of an era.
Sean Spicer was a pioneer in the field of public communications. In just six months, he managed to push the boundaries of the public oratory to new and previously unseen levels. Like Shakespeare before him, Sean Spicer revolutionized the English language by adding words and phrases that didn’t exist before. We can all thank Sean for adding “Bashad Al-Assar” – or is it “Asshad?” — and “Holocaust centers” to our collective vocabulary.
Spicer’s unorthodox speaking style will also be forever remembered. His words spewed forth from his mouth in a beautiful cacophony of mumbo-jumbo. He was both assertive and combative with the press, and didn’t seem to care about how he came across to others. Spicer was always more than willing to correct – and even insult – journalists when he felt they were wrong.
Most importantly, Spicer did his job well. The White House Press Secretary’s main job is to be the official mouthpiece of the United States President. When on the job, Spicer represented President Trump perfectly. Just like his boss, Spicer was creative when talking about facts and matters of historical record. Mirroring President Trump himself, Spicer articulated language in a unique and multi-dimensional way so that only a very select group of people could possibly understand him. Sean Spicer was the Jacques Derrida of White House Press Secretaries.
Sean Spicer’s resignation is a grave loss to our society and our republic. One of the few good things about our current administration is now gone. Forever. Spicer’s resignation will also majorly impact American television. Saturday Night Live will be deprived of much of its material as a result of Spicer’s departure. Like Spicer himself, Melissa McCarthy is also out of a job now and will have to find someone other than Sean Spicer to impersonate. America will never be the same again.
The way Spicey resigned reveals much about his character. Sean Spicer departed his job with both grace and civility. While Spicer was rightly full of pomp and energy when on the job, his resignation was a humble and quaint affair. It reminds one of the famous line by T. S. Eliot:
"This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper."
