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sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:06 PM May 2020

Fauci's Days Are Numbered

THIS administration is filled with Sycophants and Narcissists, and Dr. Fauci is coming with FACTS. And those FACTS are not good for them and their SPIN.

Now Dr. Fauci says the Death figures are Too Low, while the Misadministration says they are too high. They cannot let that stand. It goes against the Collective. There is unrest with the Borg.

Let me finish by saying that when it happens, people will all claim it is a huge moment, how this will be the breaking point for the public. But his supporters and the Cult Members will stick by him. This will just be another weekly catastrophe. Another day.

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Fauci's Days Are Numbered (Original Post) sfstaxprep May 2020 OP
The Most Pernicious Program ProfessorGAC May 2020 #1
Sadly, I think this is quite true. Being factual, smart and telling the truth is not RKP5637 May 2020 #2
Replacement enid602 May 2020 #3
Dr. "The Scarf" Birx? nt sfstaxprep May 2020 #5
Scarf enid602 May 2020 #58
Hmmmm ... Alex Jones is probably available with his magical herbs, minerals, vitamins RKP5637 May 2020 #6
You're right - The Con just said Fauci wants to play all sides malaise May 2020 #4
Well, after all, tRump is the "Stable Genius." We are so fortunate to have such a gallant president. RKP5637 May 2020 #10
More like the horse's ass malaise May 2020 #17
He's really some trip, isn't he. RKP5637 May 2020 #18
He's the most arrogant ignoramus I have ever seen in my life malaise May 2020 #19
He'll go down in history as the worst. His legacy will be people studying him on how RKP5637 May 2020 #22
And even more studies........ MyOwnPeace May 2020 #34
Definitely!!! The books, the lectures, the analysts and sociologists. It's a rich area to RKP5637 May 2020 #36
There will be a new mental illness named for Trump. OMGWTF May 2020 #51
Yep, I wouldn't be surprised at all! n/t RKP5637 May 2020 #56
t-rump is ignoring the hot spots popping up in his . . Iliyah May 2020 #24
The remaining relatives will turn on him malaise May 2020 #25
Equine Melanoma under the tail (curse of the grey) Celerity May 2020 #47
Hehehehehhe malaise May 2020 #50
Didn't he just call Fauci 'cautious'? Like you want a appalachiablue May 2020 #40
Well he is certifiably crazy malaise May 2020 #44
Dr. Fauci may be small in stature, Scarsdale May 2020 #54
Not so fast atreides1 May 2020 #7
Can't fire him leftieNanner May 2020 #26
He can indeed be fired. His recourse as a Federal employee is to appeal his removal. Midnight Writer May 2020 #35
Even with a rock solid case (cause), it can take months. NutmegYankee May 2020 #38
At this point he would be more effective working outside the govt. Nt Ex Lurker May 2020 #61
Based On Drumpf's Comments Just Now.... sfstaxprep May 2020 #8
I think... Mike Nelson May 2020 #9
Fauci is in the hot seat randr May 2020 #11
He can't be fired from his post. At most he can be removed from the Coronavirus task force. SoonerPride May 2020 #12
OK, But That Will Essentially Remove Him From The Public Eye sfstaxprep May 2020 #15
but then I think he'd just be a frequent guest on CNN. SoonerPride May 2020 #16
I am assuming that you mean his days on the task force. He cannot be removed from NIAID niyad May 2020 #13
We All Knew This Was Coming, Let's Not Be Too Surprised sfstaxprep May 2020 #14
Does he have a wife and kids he wants to spend more time with? sop May 2020 #20
There are not enough Trump cult members for him to win the election Yavin4 May 2020 #21
Fauci is toast. Trump cannot tolerate the truth about the pandemic Jarqui May 2020 #23
Trump thought as long as all the dying involved immigrants working in meat processing plants sop May 2020 #27
We saw it with Vietnam. We saw it with Iraq Jarqui May 2020 #42
I'm surprised he's lasted as long as he has! kimbutgar May 2020 #28
THAT certainly is my first thought! MyOwnPeace May 2020 #37
Fauci will continue the media gigs... Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #29
I agree. He has sealed his fate sticking to his guns DIVINEprividence May 2020 #30
Fauci will be removed from the public eye and his security detail withdrawn. dalton99a May 2020 #31
That's what's scary. MontanaMama May 2020 #41
Just be more of ,,,,, Cryptoad May 2020 #32
Fauci's ratings are better than trumps IcyPeas May 2020 #33
It's ALMOST to a point where I GIVE UP ON America bluestarone May 2020 #39
He's been KEPT FROM saving us, being sidelined as he has. THIS way, he's freer to DO something. ancianita May 2020 #49
Borg and the Collective - great analogy to trump and his cretins. nt iluvtennis May 2020 #43
Fauci will get fired on a Friday, the media will clutch their pearls for a few minutes and be back Snake Plissken May 2020 #45
Don't insult the Borg by comparing them to the Trump administration. coti May 2020 #46
Good. Republicans' loss. He's better off working w/ the National Governors' Association, where he'll ancianita May 2020 #48
Agree, but it will enrage the rest of the country. The Blue Wave will be HUGE Joinfortmill May 2020 #52
If that happens Biden should hire him. onecaliberal May 2020 #53
The good old days when truth could be told, warmfeet May 2020 #55
Indeed: "Trump calls Fauci's caution on schools reopening 'not an acceptable answer'" gristy May 2020 #57
Fauci isn't getting anything done inside the Administration BGBD May 2020 #59
I think that he realizes that he could get fired for being truthful. Blue_true May 2020 #60
Tucker Carlson is referring to Dr. Fauci as being "unelected." LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2020 #62
Yep AnnieBW May 2020 #63

ProfessorGAC

(65,117 posts)
1. The Most Pernicious Program
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:10 PM
May 2020

My Next Gen geekdom is showing.
A sense of individuality is what they gave Hugh, to crash the Borg collective.
Like Fauci, Hugh became a hero in a later episode.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
2. Sadly, I think this is quite true. Being factual, smart and telling the truth is not
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:11 PM
May 2020

welcome in the tRump administration. tRump, will probably tap kushner to replace Fauci. That, is how insane this tRump cult bullshit is.

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
6. Hmmmm ... Alex Jones is probably available with his magical herbs, minerals, vitamins
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:14 PM
May 2020

and distortions. tRump's kinda guy.

malaise

(269,114 posts)
4. You're right - The Con just said Fauci wants to play all sides
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:13 PM
May 2020

Apparently he also said Fauci is wrong about the schools.
CNN will soon play the video

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
10. Well, after all, tRump is the "Stable Genius." We are so fortunate to have such a gallant president.
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:16 PM
May 2020

malaise

(269,114 posts)
17. More like the horse's ass
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:24 PM
May 2020

than the stable genius

Here is an ignorant fool convinced he knows more than the scientists

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
22. He'll go down in history as the worst. His legacy will be people studying him on how
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:36 PM
May 2020

severely F'ed up he was. That, will be his legacy.

MyOwnPeace

(16,936 posts)
34. And even more studies........
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:24 PM
May 2020

on how ANYBODY could have ever voted for him - follow-up studies after Jonestown - a deadly cult on a much larger scale!

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
36. Definitely!!! The books, the lectures, the analysts and sociologists. It's a rich area to
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:27 PM
May 2020

study. Incredible cult behavior. I hope the US survives.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
24. t-rump is ignoring the hot spots popping up in his . .
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:48 PM
May 2020

beloved rural areas in the red states. Unfortunately there will be deaths.

But alas, he, his administration and the republican party don't care.

Celerity

(43,462 posts)
47. Equine Melanoma under the tail (curse of the grey)
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:54 PM
May 2020

Warning, do NOT Google, you will wretch on your comp

appalachiablue

(41,161 posts)
40. Didn't he just call Fauci 'cautious'? Like you want a
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:37 PM
May 2020

'reckless' infectious-disease expert giving pandemic advice. Crazy.

atreides1

(16,087 posts)
7. Not so fast
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:14 PM
May 2020

I believe that Dr. Fauci is a federal employee not a political appointee...and cannot be fired without cause...

Midnight Writer

(21,778 posts)
35. He can indeed be fired. His recourse as a Federal employee is to appeal his removal.
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:25 PM
May 2020

Any supervisor can make up a "cause" out of thin air, and smart ones will craft it so it will stick.

NutmegYankee

(16,201 posts)
38. Even with a rock solid case (cause), it can take months.
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:30 PM
May 2020

And it goes through several people, all of whom could bear legal consequences for a wrongful dismissal.

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
8. Based On Drumpf's Comments Just Now....
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:15 PM
May 2020

Perhaps his hours are numbered.

Maybe Drumpf will wait until Friday night.

Mike Nelson

(9,961 posts)
9. I think...
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:16 PM
May 2020

... he's done. perhaps he can't be fired, but he's being discredited by Trump TV (FOX News). It's spilling over into other media and those Trumpsters are not going to believe what he says. They love their Donald.

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
15. OK, But That Will Essentially Remove Him From The Public Eye
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:22 PM
May 2020

And clearly if anyone deserves to be on the "Task Force," it is him.

The rest of the "Force" are a bunch of suck ups and cult members.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
16. but then I think he'd just be a frequent guest on CNN.
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:23 PM
May 2020

I'm not sure they can keep him from the public eye.

niyad

(113,496 posts)
13. I am assuming that you mean his days on the task force. He cannot be removed from NIAID
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:20 PM
May 2020

Without cause.

Please stay away from Windows, Dr. Fauci. May your security be excellent.

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
14. We All Knew This Was Coming, Let's Not Be Too Surprised
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:20 PM
May 2020

I know most are not surprised. This was the one individual in the Administration that people praised far more often than they criticized. He was not perfect, but for this Administration, he was a bright and intelligent light. Deep down, we all knew that couldn't last.

I'm actually kind of surprised he made it this long. But I knew when the needed a scapegoat, and for the storyline to change, he would 100% be the fall guy. There was no question.

"dr." Birx on the other hand is playing the game correctly. She knows her place, she knows that she has to be part of the collective to survive.

Yavin4

(35,445 posts)
21. There are not enough Trump cult members for him to win the election
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:35 PM
May 2020

He can only win if turnout is low.

Jarqui

(10,128 posts)
23. Fauci is toast. Trump cannot tolerate the truth about the pandemic
Wed May 13, 2020, 05:45 PM
May 2020

It curtails his economy election chances.

But it's all going to end badly.

Trump is going to find out that he can't lie or cheat or coerce to get the virus to do his bidding.
The virus won't cooperate for Trump.
The virus is just going to continue to do what it does so well: make people very sick and kill them.
But Trump is too stupid and full of himself to figure that out.

Trump will continue to try to suppress the statistics but eventually the folks in the Red states will freak out when they start having to bury their friends and family members like everyone else.

sop

(10,224 posts)
27. Trump thought as long as all the dying involved immigrants working in meat processing plants
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:00 PM
May 2020

throughout mostly red states, he could ignore the pandemic there with no consequences. Now the shit's getting real for his base. Fauci's trying to warn them, and the POS won't stand for it.

Jarqui

(10,128 posts)
42. We saw it with Vietnam. We saw it with Iraq
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:44 PM
May 2020

When folks you know start winding up in coffins, it gets very real for those who knew them. Attitudes change. Very few attitudes - no rational ones - shift towards more deaths. They nearly all move away from the political position associated with all the dying.

The elderly are not going to appreciate being asked by the GOP to die for the economy the elderly worked so hard for so many years to create. They'll be bitter when their spouse of decades gets wheeled out to a refrigerator truck without them being able to say goodbye.

It's not a difficult concept to grasp for those not Trump.
Hoping he can lie about the deaths proclaiming obituaries are fake news - that's not going to work.

The virus won't care - it will just keep killing. And it will bury the reelection economy with it's dead.

MyOwnPeace

(16,936 posts)
37. THAT certainly is my first thought!
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:28 PM
May 2020

He's too good - too smart - just be being in the same room makes IQ45 look like the ignorant horse's ass that he really is!

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
29. Fauci will continue the media gigs...
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:05 PM
May 2020

... with or without Trump.

The scarf hag is a different story, but "The 700 Club" might think she's still credible.

 

DIVINEprividence

(443 posts)
30. I agree. He has sealed his fate sticking to his guns
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:05 PM
May 2020

If Trump is dumb enough to fire Fauci, prepare for a MASSIVE market crash. Biden should swoop in immediately and make him a senior advisor for the campaign

bluestarone

(17,005 posts)
39. It's ALMOST to a point where I GIVE UP ON America
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:36 PM
May 2020

Dr. Fauci is this country's ONLY HOPE, because NO fucking body has the balls to step up to save us! SAD FUCKING DAY IN America!!

ancianita

(36,128 posts)
49. He's been KEPT FROM saving us, being sidelined as he has. THIS way, he's freer to DO something.
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:56 PM
May 2020

It will be a better day in America than today is.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
45. Fauci will get fired on a Friday, the media will clutch their pearls for a few minutes and be back
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:49 PM
May 2020

chasing Trump's tweets like cats chasing a laser pointer by Saturday afternoon

coti

(4,612 posts)
46. Don't insult the Borg by comparing them to the Trump administration.
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:51 PM
May 2020

The Borg are directed, strong, effective and capable. Trump's organization of bootlickers only know how to clown.

ancianita

(36,128 posts)
48. Good. Republicans' loss. He's better off working w/ the National Governors' Association, where he'll
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:54 PM
May 2020

be put to work as a much more productive lead scientist for the regional coalitions.

He was "caught and buried" by this devil's administration.

I look forward to his being a free agent.

Democratic governors and conscious Republican governors will welcome him.

gristy

(10,667 posts)
57. Indeed: "Trump calls Fauci's caution on schools reopening 'not an acceptable answer'"
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:27 PM
May 2020
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-calls-faucis-caution-on-schools-reopening-not-an-acceptable-answer/ar-BB1431Zn

President Donald Trump voiced frustration Wednesday at the nation's top infectious disease specialist after he warned a day earlier against reopening schools and businesses too quickly.

"I was surprised by his answer, actually," Trump said when asked about Dr. Anthony Fauci's warnings during televised congressional testimony that reopening states too quickly could have dire consequences.

"It's just -- to me it's not an acceptable answer, especially when it comes to schools," Trump said.
 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
59. Fauci isn't getting anything done inside the Administration
Wed May 13, 2020, 11:45 PM
May 2020

Because of all the reasons you mentioned.

It would be best if he were pushed out and could join the Biden campaign. Put him on TV constantly to talk about all of the reasons the Administration is fucking up. Then, when Biden is elected, elevate him to a cabinet post.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
60. I think that he realizes that he could get fired for being truthful.
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:33 AM
May 2020

He likely would land in a much better paying job in academia or an Institute.

62. Tucker Carlson is referring to Dr. Fauci as being "unelected."
Thu May 14, 2020, 01:56 PM
May 2020

If that's true, Carlson himself is unelected, and should STFU.

It reminds me of the run up to the Iraq war, when a Republican representative argued that congressmen who were Vietnam veterans should be excluded from the discussion, "Because they have experienced war."

AnnieBW

(10,447 posts)
63. Yep
Thu May 14, 2020, 11:06 PM
May 2020

As soon as he spoke the truth, I figured that he was gone. I wonder if he'll get the Pink Slip Tweet sometime tonight?

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