Gee, wonder why our black president didnt fire this non black physician who was

[Eliot Rosewater]

jeopardizing his and his families well being on a daily basis.

Hmmm, wonder why.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I am guessing that the complaints about Jackson were kept within military channels

and were not made available to Obama or his staff, since the military chain of command prefers to manage personnel issues themselves without input from civilians. I doubt very much that Obama would have tolerated a doctor who drank on the job if he had known about it, assuming that allegation is true.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Oh no, it is inconceivable all that was going on and he didnt know.

But there is a reason why he wouldnt dare fire him, remember, his wife once suggested water was healthy and the right nearly lost their minds.

Firing a white doctor?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Don't be silly; Obama fired or forced the resignations of a number of white people,

including, but not limited to Michael Flynn, David Petraeus, Dennis Blair and Stanley McChrystal. If Obama didn't fire Jackson it was because he was unaware of the alleged problems, not because Jackson is white.

[FakeNoose]

4. Obama did fire Mike Flynn who had an even higher position than Jackson

... so maybe this isn't a black/white issue?

[FloridaBlues]

5. Do we know when all this took place? Maybe the Doctor did this after Obama left office?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I would also add that it seems pretty disrespectful toward Obama

to suggest that he would actually be afraid to fire a person on his staff or in his cabinet because they were white. Clearly he wasn't, and he did exactly that, a number of times. Do you seriously think he'd wouldn't have the guts to fire a doctor he knew was drinking on the job because he was worried about what the right-wing would say? Seriously?