New CDC head Rochelle Walensky and the return of competence

[DrLove]

So true!

After a parade of sheep and charlatans posing as White House-endorsed public health officials, Joe Biden’s selection of Rochelle Walensky to head up the CDC suggests that conviction and competence are back in vogue in the Beltway.​

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Seriously, at this point, wouldn’t it take less time and effort to run a list of people in the president’s inner circle who haven’t tested positive for COVID-19? What a shower of fools.​

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Rudy tweeted that he was resting comfortably, which is certainly good news. No word yet whether being completely divorced from reality increases the prospect of developing antibodies, but we’ll all keep our fingers crossed.​

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Rudy’s diagnosis provides the absurd relief against which some really encouraging news has emerged.​

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Joe Biden has selected Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital, to take over the CDC.​

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Walensky, a quality professional and person by many accounts, takes over an agency that has been politicized and whose credibility has been undermined by the Trump administration.​

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After seeing not only his colleague Walensky selected but another former colleague at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Vivek Murthy, tapped to return as surgeon general, Dr. Paul Sax, the clinical director of infectious diseases at the Brigham, seemed to encapsulate the pinch-me-is-this-real reaction of most doctors and scientists, noting that the appointments that Biden has made in public health “have been based on talent, character, and achievements.”​

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Imagine that?​

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Appointing accomplished, respected professionals like Walensky and Murthy stands in blaring contrast to the quacks that Trump routinely trotted out to prop up his wacky, unscientific approaches to combating the pandemic.​

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Five words: Scott Atlas and Stella Immanuel.​

MOAR:

Rochelle Walensky and the return of competence - The Boston Globe

After a parade of sheep and charlatans posing as White House-endorsed public health officials, Joe Biden’s selection of Rochelle Walensky to head up the CDC suggests that conviction and competence are back in vogue in the Beltway.

www.bostonglobe.com

 

[Darkwind]

Anyone who has two brain cells to rub together understands that any and all appointments by the Biden team -- Biden himself isn't competent enough to do this task -- are setting up shills and stooges for the Chinese. The shortlist of people to the CDC and other key posts in holding China accountable are in fact, benefactors of China's influence in Washington's elite.

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[martybegan]

So true!

After a parade of sheep and charlatans posing as White House-endorsed public health officials, Joe Biden’s selection of Rochelle Walensky to head up the CDC suggests that conviction and competence are back in vogue in the Beltway.​

​

Seriously, at this point, wouldn’t it take less time and effort to run a list of people in the president’s inner circle who haven’t tested positive for COVID-19? What a shower of fools.​

​

Rudy tweeted that he was resting comfortably, which is certainly good news. No word yet whether being completely divorced from reality increases the prospect of developing antibodies, but we’ll all keep our fingers crossed.​

​

Rudy’s diagnosis provides the absurd relief against which some really encouraging news has emerged.​

​

Joe Biden has selected Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of infectious disease at Massachusetts General Hospital, to take over the CDC.​

​

Walensky, a quality professional and person by many accounts, takes over an agency that has been politicized and whose credibility has been undermined by the Trump administration.​

​

After seeing not only his colleague Walensky selected but another former colleague at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Vivek Murthy, tapped to return as surgeon general, Dr. Paul Sax, the clinical director of infectious diseases at the Brigham, seemed to encapsulate the pinch-me-is-this-real reaction of most doctors and scientists, noting that the appointments that Biden has made in public health “have been based on talent, character, and achievements.”​

​

Imagine that?​

​

Appointing accomplished, respected professionals like Walensky and Murthy stands in blaring contrast to the quacks that Trump routinely trotted out to prop up his wacky, unscientific approaches to combating the pandemic.​

​

Five words: Scott Atlas and Stella Immanuel.​

MOAR:

Rochelle Walensky and the return of competence - The Boston Globe

After a parade of sheep and charlatans posing as White House-endorsed public health officials, Joe Biden’s selection of Rochelle Walensky to head up the CDC suggests that conviction and competence are back in vogue in the Beltway.

www.bostonglobe.com

Let the sucking up commence.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

 

[WillowTree]

Where is the Kameltoe ho?

 

[martybegan]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

 

[martybegan]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

Give me a break. Amateurs and pretenders are exactly why we are in the position we are in. But that's the Trump legacy. You get what you get when you elect someone who, 1) Has no interest in the job, 2) Has no grasp of policy, 3) Has no grasp of government or how it is supposed to work.

I'd rather put my trust in seasoned professionals. We wouldn't be in this mess if we didn't have the collection of "acting" incompetence that Trump brought to the office.

 

[Claudette]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

I gotta laugh. I wonder just what the lefty loons think a new CDC leader will do any differently then the last one did?? Science is the same no matter who heads the CDC.

Sheep?? You bet your ass they are all sheep. LOL

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

I gotta laugh. I wonder just what the lefty loons think a new CDC leader will do any differently then the last one did?? Science is the same no matter who heads the CDC.

Sheep?? You bet your ass they are all sheep. LOL

Well, I give the current CDC head a bit of credit for eventually showing a bit of backbone against Trump and his merry band of incompetents yammering. What do I expect? For the head of the CDC to 1) Make decisions based on science, 2) Not be pressured by outside political forces. Oh yeah, and maybe staff the agency with competent individuals who aren't political appointees. People who will take things seriously and not sit on their hands because of political pressure. How'd those first batch of coronavirus tests that the CDC shipped work out?

You true believers have a short memory.

CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come - KFF Health News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave huge cities roughly the same number of test kits as some rural spots, which crippled efforts by health officials to contain the virus.

khn.org

 

[Claudette]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

I gotta laugh. I wonder just what the lefty loons think a new CDC leader will do any differently then the last one did?? Science is the same no matter who heads the CDC.

Sheep?? You bet your ass they are all sheep. LOL

Well, I give the current CDC head a bit of credit for eventually showing a bit of backbone against Trump and his merry band of incompetents yammering. What do I expect? For the head of the CDC to 1) Make decisions based on science, 2) Not be pressured by outside political forces. Oh yeah, and maybe staff the agency with competent individuals who aren't political appointees. People who will take things seriously and not sit on their hands because of political pressure. How'd those first batch of coronavirus tests that the CDC shipped work out?

You true believers have a short memory.

CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come - KFF Health News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave huge cities roughly the same number of test kits as some rural spots, which crippled efforts by health officials to contain the virus.

khn.org

Oh blow it out your ass. Trump paid close attention to what the CDC and Fauci had to say even if you don't want to believe it.

 

[martybegan]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

Give me a break. Amateurs and pretenders are exactly why we are in the position we are in. But that's the Trump legacy. You get what you get when you elect someone who, 1) Has no interest in the job, 2) Has no grasp of policy, 3) Has no grasp of government or how it is supposed to work.

I'd rather put my trust in seasoned professionals. We wouldn't be in this mess if we didn't have the collection of "acting" incompetence that Trump brought to the office.

"They didn't do what IIII WWAAANNNT THEMMM TOO DOOO" so they don't deserve the job. Your opinions of Trump and who he appoints are like those of the press, fucking worthless.

You want a government to lord over you, not the overhead it's supposed to be.

 

[martybegan]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

I gotta laugh. I wonder just what the lefty loons think a new CDC leader will do any differently then the last one did?? Science is the same no matter who heads the CDC.

Sheep?? You bet your ass they are all sheep. LOL

This isn't science, it's statistics. Science is how the virus interacts with cells, statistics is how it spreads based on probability and risk.

 

[candycorn]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

I gotta laugh. I wonder just what the lefty loons think a new CDC leader will do any differently then the last one did?? Science is the same no matter who heads the CDC.

Sheep?? You bet your ass they are all sheep. LOL

Well, I give the current CDC head a bit of credit for eventually showing a bit of backbone against Trump and his merry band of incompetents yammering. What do I expect? For the head of the CDC to 1) Make decisions based on science, 2) Not be pressured by outside political forces. Oh yeah, and maybe staff the agency with competent individuals who aren't political appointees. People who will take things seriously and not sit on their hands because of political pressure. How'd those first batch of coronavirus tests that the CDC shipped work out?

You true believers have a short memory.

CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come - KFF Health News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave huge cities roughly the same number of test kits as some rural spots, which crippled efforts by health officials to contain the virus.

khn.org

Oh blow it out your ass. Trump paid close attention to what the CDC and Fauci had to say even if you don't want to believe it.

Your blob didn't attend a Covid task force meeting for 5 months.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

I gotta laugh. I wonder just what the lefty loons think a new CDC leader will do any differently then the last one did?? Science is the same no matter who heads the CDC.

Sheep?? You bet your ass they are all sheep. LOL

Well, I give the current CDC head a bit of credit for eventually showing a bit of backbone against Trump and his merry band of incompetents yammering. What do I expect? For the head of the CDC to 1) Make decisions based on science, 2) Not be pressured by outside political forces. Oh yeah, and maybe staff the agency with competent individuals who aren't political appointees. People who will take things seriously and not sit on their hands because of political pressure. How'd those first batch of coronavirus tests that the CDC shipped work out?

You true believers have a short memory.

CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come - KFF Health News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave huge cities roughly the same number of test kits as some rural spots, which crippled efforts by health officials to contain the virus.

khn.org

Oh blow it out your ass. Trump paid close attention to what the CDC and Fauci had to say even if you don't want to believe it.

No...he didn't. Trump all but ostracized Fauci, demonized him, and badmouthed him. Familiar, huh? He largely did the same to the mostly loyal Dr Birx until she got fed up and went out on her own. Either way, he minimized their influence because it was inconvenient for him and interfered with his re-election. Whoops. Guess he should have paid a bit more attention. He might still be President.

 

[Claudette]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

I gotta laugh. I wonder just what the lefty loons think a new CDC leader will do any differently then the last one did?? Science is the same no matter who heads the CDC.

Sheep?? You bet your ass they are all sheep. LOL

Well, I give the current CDC head a bit of credit for eventually showing a bit of backbone against Trump and his merry band of incompetents yammering. What do I expect? For the head of the CDC to 1) Make decisions based on science, 2) Not be pressured by outside political forces. Oh yeah, and maybe staff the agency with competent individuals who aren't political appointees. People who will take things seriously and not sit on their hands because of political pressure. How'd those first batch of coronavirus tests that the CDC shipped work out?

You true believers have a short memory.

CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come - KFF Health News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave huge cities roughly the same number of test kits as some rural spots, which crippled efforts by health officials to contain the virus.

khn.org

Oh blow it out your ass. Trump paid close attention to what the CDC and Fauci had to say even if you don't want to believe it.

Your blob didn't attend a Covid task force meeting for 5 months.

Ever heard of a telephone or video?? He didn't have to be there as he was probably to busy to be there. All he had to do was listen to what was said.

And I'm sure he did just that.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

Give me a break. Amateurs and pretenders are exactly why we are in the position we are in. But that's the Trump legacy. You get what you get when you elect someone who, 1) Has no interest in the job, 2) Has no grasp of policy, 3) Has no grasp of government or how it is supposed to work.

I'd rather put my trust in seasoned professionals. We wouldn't be in this mess if we didn't have the collection of "acting" incompetence that Trump brought to the office.

"They didn't do what IIII WWAAANNNT THEMMM TOO DOOO" so they don't deserve the job. Your opinions of Trump and who he appoints are like those of the press, fucking worthless.

You want a government to lord over you, not the overhead it's supposed to be.

If they would have done SOMETHING, I might be able to say they belonged in the job. But since they didn't and largely kowtowed to Trump, it's his appointees that are worthless. I will be glad to return to competence in government officials. It's not the size of government that concerns me, it's its efficiency in execution. In Trump's case, flat out incompetence from the top on down. Hence the position we find ourselves in.

 

[Claudette]

It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

I gotta laugh. I wonder just what the lefty loons think a new CDC leader will do any differently then the last one did?? Science is the same no matter who heads the CDC.

Sheep?? You bet your ass they are all sheep. LOL

Well, I give the current CDC head a bit of credit for eventually showing a bit of backbone against Trump and his merry band of incompetents yammering. What do I expect? For the head of the CDC to 1) Make decisions based on science, 2) Not be pressured by outside political forces. Oh yeah, and maybe staff the agency with competent individuals who aren't political appointees. People who will take things seriously and not sit on their hands because of political pressure. How'd those first batch of coronavirus tests that the CDC shipped work out?

You true believers have a short memory.

CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come - KFF Health News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave huge cities roughly the same number of test kits as some rural spots, which crippled efforts by health officials to contain the virus.

khn.org

Oh blow it out your ass. Trump paid close attention to what the CDC and Fauci had to say even if you don't want to believe it.

No...he didn't. Trump all but ostracized Fauci, demonized him, and badmouthed him. Familiar, huh? He largely did the same to the mostly loyal Dr Birx until she got fed up and went out on her own. Either way, he minimized their influence because it was inconvenient for him and interfered with his re-election. Whoops. Guess he should have paid a bit more attention. He might still be President.

That's not what Fauci had to say. He told everyone Trump paid very close attention to what he, Fauci, had to say. It was all over this board.

 

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It will be nice to return to competence amongst government officials. I hope this is a lesson to Americans that government cannot be run like a business and that seasoned, career policy officials should occupy positions of power. Not former reality TV show hosts and their yes men/women.

What a disaster the Trump presidency was.

Nothing better than unelected bureaucrats deciding policy.

Its amazing how spineless you lemmings are when sucking up to your supposed betters.

We want civil servants, not a new class of fucking nobles.

After the last four years of incompetence, unqualified yes men/women, and Trump's hand picked lackey's in positions of power they should have never seen the light of day on?..yeah, I'll be more than happy to hand the controls back to the competent professionals. Seriously, if you think the people that Trump put in these positions of power have done a good job, you're delusional. All the competent civil servants have been driven off or silenced. Hopefully, Biden can get most of them to come back.....oh lordy!

Now we get people who are so smug and sure of themselves they think they are fucking autocratic gods and should not be questioned, ever.

And sheep like you will take it in the ass, well, because that's what you do.

My sig gives my position on this clearly. I'd rather trust amateurs that don't want to stay in government than people who want to stay and build power and be unaccountable.

But you would rather let others do your thinking for you.

Give me a break. Amateurs and pretenders are exactly why we are in the position we are in. But that's the Trump legacy. You get what you get when you elect someone who, 1) Has no interest in the job, 2) Has no grasp of policy, 3) Has no grasp of government or how it is supposed to work.

I'd rather put my trust in seasoned professionals. We wouldn't be in this mess if we didn't have the collection of "acting" incompetence that Trump brought to the office.

"They didn't do what IIII WWAAANNNT THEMMM TOO DOOO" so they don't deserve the job. Your opinions of Trump and who he appoints are like those of the press, fucking worthless.

You want a government to lord over you, not the overhead it's supposed to be.

If they would have done SOMETHING, I might be able to say they belonged in the job. But since they didn't and largely kowtowed to Trump, it's his appointees that are worthless. I will be glad to return to competence in government officials. It's not the size of government that concerns me, it's its efficiency in execution. In Trump's case, flat out incompetence from the top on down. Hence the position we find ourselves in.

They did plenty, you just find it easier to say they did nothing, even though I doubt you could come up with what they should have done differently.

Sorry, but with dems you get size, you get unaccountability, you get people telling you your place, peasants.

That's ok for a lemming like you, but not for me.