How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Harf?
By JAMES K. FITZPATRICK Unlike “Maria,” the Julie Andrews’ character in The Sound of Music, you can’t describe State Department spokesperson Marie Harf as “a flibbertijibbet, a will-o’-the wisp, and a clown.” She is a Washington careerist with considerable experience as a policy analyst in the State Department. Nonetheless, she has become a laughingstock because of her comments about how the United States should deal with the ISIS terrorists. Her critics on the right are guffawing, while those on the left are lifting an eyebrow and looking for ways to change the subject. I say don’t laugh at Harf. She is telling us a great deal about the thinking of the elites in government (when liberal Democrats are in control),…Continue Reading