State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley is out looking for work today, after being forced to resign from the Obama Administration after making a snarky remark about the Pentagon’s treatment of the traitor, Private Bradley Manning.  Manning leaked hundreds of thousands of documents to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, putting thousands of our Best and Brightest in mortal danger.

Crowley also shot off his mouth in the middle of the Egyptian crisis, a gaffe that definitely did not please his superiors.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a politically correct statement saying:

It is with regret that I have accepted the resignation of Philip J. Crowley as assistant secretary of state for public affairs. P.J. has served our nation with distinction for more than three decades, in uniform and as a civilian. His service to country is motivated by a deep devotion to public policy and public diplomacy, and I wish him the very best.

A side note: In the Professional Wrestling Business, this is called being “Future Endeavored”.

The now-former State Department Spokesman issued a bunch of gobbledygook, in an attempt to justify his running-down of the Pentagon:

The unauthorized disclosure of classified information is a serious crime under U.S. law. My recent comments regarding the conditions of the pre-trial detention of Private First Class Bradley Manning were intended to highlight the broader, even strategic impact of discreet actions undertaken by national security agencies every day and their impact on our global standing and leadership.

The exercise of power in today’s challenging times and relentless media environment must be prudent and consistent with our laws and values. Given the impact of my remarks, for which I take full responsibility, I have submitted my resignation.

Just last week, ol’ P.J. was at an MIT pretentiously-Progressive Conference on social networking, Twitter and the Arab revolution. While there, he was reportedly was asked by a guest in the audience about WikiLeaks and the “torturing” of a prisoner in a military brig (This is a Liberal reference to making the traitorous and suicidal Private Manning sleep naked in the brig, to keep him from hanging himself with his clothes. They also took away his pillow. I don’t know if they took away his Teddy bear, too.)

Per blogger Phillipa Thomas, Crowley instantly answered that what’s being done to Manning by military officials

…is ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.

Nonetheless, Bradley Manning is in the right place.

Friday, David House, a spokesman with the Bradley Manning Advocacy Fund, agreed with P.J. Crowley:

There is no justification for Bradley’s inhumane treatment. I agree with Mr. Crowley that it’s just stupid and unproductive.

No, Tinkerbell. There is no justification for Manning’s betrayal of his country.

Defense Department spokesman Col. Dave Lapan, appearing on Fox News on Saturday, said that the Pentagon had “set the record straight” with the State Department press secretary:

We have since sent him the facts about Manning’s confinement. We also understand from the State Department that he has said the comments were his personal opinion and not reflective of the government.

President Barack Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm) didn’t exactly back Crowley up in a press Conference on Friday:

With respect to Private Manning, I have actually asked the Pentagon whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. They assure me that they are. I can’t go into details about some of their concerns, but some of this has to do with Private Manning’s safety as well.

Sources say that Scooter’s reluctance to back Crowley up stems from a remark P.J. made during the Egyptian Revolution. After Mubarak spoke on Egyptian national television, Crowley tweeted that it wouldn’t be enough to

…reshuffle the deck chairs.

Fox News has found out that Crowley’s Tweet was not approved in advance from the White House communications team and it did not appreciate his making that remark.

But the statement on Manning was evidently the icing on the cake.

Before P..J. Crowley worked in the Obama Administration,  he previously served as a Senior Fellow and Director of Homeland Security at the Center for American Progress, a Progressive Think Tank, run by President Clinton’s former Chief of Staff, John Podesta., and funded by George Soros 

Per discoverthenetworks.org:

The Center for American Progress (CAP) describes itself as “a nonpartisan research and educational institute” aimed at “developing a long-term vision of a progressive America” and “providing a forum to generate new progressive ideas and policy proposals.”

…Persistent press leaks confirm that Hillary Clinton, and not Podesta, is ultimately in charge of CAP. “It’s the official Hillary Clinton think tank,” an inside source confided to Christian Bourge of United Press International. Robert Dreyfuss notes in The Nation, “In looking at Podesta’s center, there’s no escaping the imprint of the Clintons. It’s not completely wrong to see it as a shadow government, a kind of Clinton White-House-in-exile — or a White House staff in readiness for President Hillary Clinton.” Dreyfuss notes the abundance of Clintonites on the Center’s staff, among them Clinton’s national security speechwriter Robert Boorstin; Democratic Leadership Council staffer and former head of Clinton’s National Economic Council Gene Sperling; former senior advisor to Clinton’s Office of Management and Budget Matt Miller; and others. In 2007, Mrs. Clinton told the Yearly Kos convention of leftwing bloggers that she “helped to start and support” CAP.

…After Barack Obama was elected President in 2008, CAP served as perhaps the most influential organization advising the new administration. Among Obama’s leading advisers were John Podesta and at least ten additional CAP experts.

Crowley’s position will be filled, for now, by Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Hammer, who moved to the State Department a few weeks ago from the National Security Council. Hammer may also be nominated to replace Crowley, a position that needs Senate confirmation.

Can’t you see the Want Ad?

WANTED:  One Progressive Pinhead to fill a lackey position at the State Department.  Must hate American Exceptionalism, Israel, and Average Americans, not necessarily in that order.  Must also know when to keep their big mouth shut.  Call Hil at …..