Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
View Poll Results: The CDC Director- Robert Redfield- should be fired for publicly disagreeing with the President of th
YES! He should agree with his boss at least in public 5 11.90%
NO! He is a hero for saying the truth as he knows it 33 78.57%
Maybe, if he does not admit his mistake 4 9.52%
Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:37 PM
 
41 posts, read 24,667 times
Reputation: 85

Advertisements

Robert Redfield, the Director of the Center for Disease Control works for the President of the United States.

Why is he testifying in front of Congress and telling them we won't be getting a vaccine for up to a year? President Trump- who is closer to the situation- is telling everyone the vaccine will be ready by late October.

If you worked in a business and the CEO or President of the company told everything that an important initiative was going to be rolled out by October and you worked for that man, wouldn't it be logical to tell everyone who would listen that the CEO is right, regardless of your personal viewpoint? The CEO is the boss!

Who agrees with me that CDC Director Robert Redfield should be fired for publically disagreeing with his boss?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/polit...rts/index.html
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:43 PM
 
10,681 posts, read 6,066,574 times
Reputation: 5667
Because they probably don't feel it's safe yet and the President should not call the shots considering his only other job experience is being a reality TV star.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:47 PM
 
18,986 posts, read 8,989,281 times
Reputation: 14688
So in your view Redfield should disregard science and do exactly what Trump, a man who is completely ignorant on the subject, is demanding, regardless of the consequences?

Yeah, that sounds exactly like what a MAGA would say.

THIS, folks, is why we need to excise this cancer in the White House. It can't happen soon enough.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:49 PM
 
12,905 posts, read 15,566,832 times
Reputation: 9392
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wakeforest20 View Post
Robert Redfield, the Director of the Center for Disease Control works for the President of the United States.

Why is he testifying in front of Congress and telling them we won't be getting a vaccine for up to a year? President Trump- who is closer to the situation- is telling everyone the vaccine will be ready by late October.

If you worked in a business and the CEO or President of the company told everything that an important initiative was going to be rolled out by October and you worked for that man, wouldn't it be logical to tell everyone who would listen that the CEO is right, regardless of your personal viewpoint? The CEO is the boss!

Who agrees with me that CDC Director Robert Redfield should be fired for publically disagreeing with his boss?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/polit...rts/index.html
The federal government is not a business and Trump is not the CEO of a business. While many heads of agency are done by presidential appointment, they are not put there to be dishonest or do the absolute bidding of the president. They are there to run an agency (in this case a health organization) that provides scientific support in a bipartisan fashion to the United States as a whole. He absolutely should not be parroting a line that everyone is going to get vaccinated in October when even the dumbest persons should be able to figure out that this is NOT going to happen.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:50 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
14,834 posts, read 7,347,276 times
Reputation: 8966
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wakeforest20 View Post
President Trump- who is closer to the situation
This was the flaw in your post, and I had to stop reading right there.

The Trump God complex.

The belief that anything coming out of the dear leader's piehole is better information than what you would get from talking to an informed expert.

Trump is constantly spewing uninformed verbal sewage and he is definitely not "closer to the situation" in terms of the vaccine development than an educated medical expert like the CDC director.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:52 PM
 
18,986 posts, read 8,989,281 times
Reputation: 14688
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChristineVA View Post
The federal government is not a business and Trump is not the CEO of a business. While many heads of agency are done by presidential appointment, they are not put there to be dishonest or do the absolute bidding of the president. They are there to run an agency (in this case a health organization) that provides scientific support in a bipartisan fashion to the United States as a whole. He absolutely should not be parroting a line that everyone is going to get vaccinated in October when even the dumbest persons should be able to figure out that this is NOT going to happen.
You have just explained why many MAGAs will never figure it out.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:55 PM
 
41 posts, read 24,667 times
Reputation: 85
As a front line manager haven't you had to agree with the boss many times even though you knew they were wrong?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:58 PM
 
18,986 posts, read 8,989,281 times
Reputation: 14688
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wakeforest20 View Post
As a front line manager haven't you had to agree with the boss many times even though you knew they were wrong?
If what the boss wanted was going to potentially cost lives, I would hope that manager would do the right thing and refuse to go along with it. You seem to be of the opinion that the consequences don't matter, the boss is always right. Which is a dangerous opinion when there are lives on the line.

What is more, Redfield is the professional with the knowledge and expertise here. His "boss" has no medical training whatsoever. Why should anyone listen to him over the actual medical doctor?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2020, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
38,952 posts, read 50,866,357 times
Reputation: 28133
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wakeforest20 View Post
As a front line manager haven't you had to agree with the boss many times even though you knew they were wrong?
Redfield works for the American people not Trump. His job is to serve us faithfully in accordance with the law and the constitution and not pander to the ignorant nitwit in the White House.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 09-17-2020, 02:00 PM
 
1,131 posts, read 381,348 times
Reputation: 1502
These threads are what makes posting on this subforum a complete waste of time- so misguided OP. But then again, these are the folks he has voting for him. They're very easy to fool.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top