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    3/28/2018 5:39 pm  #1

    Just Fred
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    More Musical Chairs in the White House

    I can't keep up.

    President Trump said on Wednesday he plans to replace its secretary, David J. Shulkin, with Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician and a rear admiral in the Navy.

    The announcement punctuated what has been a sharp fall from favor for Dr. Shulkin, a politically moderate former hospital executive, who delivered Mr. Trump a string of bipartisan legislative victories at a time when he was struggling to find them.

    And it adds to a significant shake-up of Mr. Trump’s senior staff, which has already included the     secretary of state, director of the C.I.A. and the president’s national security adviser.Mr. Trump called Dr. Jackson “highly respected” and thanked Dr. Shulkin for “service to our country and to our great veterans.”

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    3/29/2018 9:00 am  #2

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    Ronny Jackson is not a good choice.
    Yea, it would be easy to mock him for his over the top praise of the President's genes. But, that isn't what concerns me.
    Dr. Jackson is accomplished in his field and served his country in Iraq.
    So, he seems like a good man.

    What Jackson does not have is, management experience. And the department of Veterans affairs has about 377,000 employees.
    You simply cannot take a bright guy with no experience and think that he can just slip into the top job in a huge organization.

    I mean, it would be like taking a neurosurgeon and appointing him to head HUD. Nobody would be that stupid, would they?

    Trump's lack of regard for expertise is troubling.

    We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
     

    3/29/2018 11:27 am  #3

    Just Fred
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    It's not about being 'qualified', it's about loyalty to the chief. 

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