 pj crowley the peter principle   in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence  a better example of what defines the concept couldn rsquo t be found when looking at the gaffaday performance of state department spokesman pj crowley after a series of idiotic statements crowley has resigned for an explanation of the latest gaff from politicocom by mike allen josh gerstein that caused crowley to resign his position click on the following story link titled   ldquo pj crowley resigns over manning remark rdquo   28  