john kirby

J.D. Gordon, a PR consultant and former Pentagon and GOP press hand, ripped Pentagon press secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby and the Obama administration in an op-ed in The Hill today, questioning whether uniformed military officers speaking for the White House are "useful idiots" or "good officers."

Gordon, riffing off a recent remark by Sen. John McCain that referred to the Pentagon press secretary as "this idiot Admiral Kirby," said its “disheartening to see uniformed military officers lending their trusted credibility to back political decisions that are so severely undermining national security.”

Gordon, who retired from the Naval Reserve after a career as a PAO, was press spokesman for the Western Hemisphere at the Defense Department during the recent Bush administration.

The Washington-based PR pro, who led communications for Herman Cain’s failed 2012 presidential bid and has advised Sarah Palin’s speaking tours, wants a “serious national conversation” on the issue.

Read his op-ed at thehill.com.