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Whenever you see Birks working her redemption tour - Remember THIS: (Original Post) kpete Mar 2021 OP
What a.... SergeStorms Mar 2021 #1
Eh. 3auld6phart Mar 2021 #17
Agreed. DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #71
I think it's a money thing. SergeStorms Mar 2021 #73
That was more of a rim job than a simple ass-kissing. 11 Bravo Mar 2021 #75
Funny thing about being a 'public figure'....... MyOwnPeace Mar 2021 #2
She is hard to figure out. madaboutharry Mar 2021 #3
MONEY keithsw Mar 2021 #7
I don't think there was that much money involved. madaboutharry Mar 2021 #8
Her family is all politics... Jon King Mar 2021 #12
Yep. She was making "an investment" for her future. calimary Mar 2021 #37
He whole life has been obsequiousness. This whole thing is true to form. jaxexpat Mar 2021 #43
Maybe at that moment. Maybe not. But someone found this rpannier Mar 2021 #53
Wow...this article needs to make the rounds...what an awful woman Escurumbele Mar 2021 #59
Whole-hearted agreement Piasladic Mar 2021 #72
Not so hard to figure out if you think of her as a careerist. She molds Politicub Mar 2021 #26
I hope this doesn't mean she'll be showing up on Dancing with the Stars Tanuki Mar 2021 #35
Yep, that's the biggest gig she can expect. calimary Mar 2021 #38
That's not unlikely. The enabler electric slide will be her signature dance. Politicub Mar 2021 #47
She is nothing but DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #74
I think the national attention PatSeg Mar 2021 #32
Reads like she didn't really believe the crap she was spewing at the moment she was spewing it. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2021 #34
Simple, at the core of it, she's a Trumper. KPN Mar 2021 #46
She doesn't even seem to have loyalty to him Raine Mar 2021 #68
That is true. So maybe at her core she is an KPN Mar 2021 #70
She defers to whatever she believes Cafe Cat Mar 2021 #54
Co-conspirator ? usaf-vet Mar 2021 #4
Don't forget the bobble-heading during his propaganda lineups. NBachers Mar 2021 #5
The main product of the company she now works for is so hazardous that it's banned in California. TheRickles Mar 2021 #6
Dear Goddess, I cannot even finish that article. She has completely sold her soul. niyad Mar 2021 #25
"Redemption Tour" Jeez, that's perfect. Paladin Mar 2021 #9
We got your number Debbie speak easy Mar 2021 #10
That picture pretty much sums up the truth. Jay25 Mar 2021 #23
Sorry Debs... BlueIdaho Mar 2021 #11
The hell fire your so scared of is warming up for you.... diverdownjt Mar 2021 #13
A curse on Birx BlueIdaho Mar 2021 #27
The good doctor has blood on her hands dlk Mar 2021 #14
Did she actually say that??? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #15
She did. I nearly spit out my coffee when she did. niyad Mar 2021 #20
Yep - It has been my go to quote since she went on CBN last year exboyfil Mar 2021 #24
I wondered if she was foolishly and irresponsibly trying to placate the other guy Siwsan Mar 2021 #16
her fear of his possible vengeance is her cross to bear as well GemDigger Mar 2021 #29
True. Siwsan Mar 2021 #31
I remember that very well. Made me sick then, and now. niyad Mar 2021 #18
Go pound bricks!! Chicagogrl1 Mar 2021 #19
She should be in prison Jetheels Mar 2021 #21
She's the type who go along with fascists - too weak to stand up to them? BSdetect Mar 2021 #22
450,000 deaths are also on her head. GemDigger Mar 2021 #28
Look, I despise her like the rest of you but let's not forget Redfield, Azar and Giroir, etc. Cozmo Mar 2021 #30
I've worked with Giroir Horse with no Name Mar 2021 #36
Agreed -- there is a reason why it's Birx who is always slagged and dragged obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #65
kpete...... Upthevibe Mar 2021 #33
And don't forget sex blackmail too. TheRickles Mar 2021 #40
Screw you Trump humping scarf lady. OverBurn Mar 2021 #39
She was worse than Colin Powell selling out DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #44
Good grief obamanut2012 Mar 2021 #66
I remember staring at the television in xxqqqzme Mar 2021 #41
Despicable! Mickju Mar 2021 #42
In her next public appearance, someone needs to confront her with her oasis Mar 2021 #45
Sorry Debbie, you may want to avoid being lumped historically with the likes of Josef Mengele, but KPN Mar 2021 #48
Jim Wright pulls no punches. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #49
Right On marieo1 Mar 2021 #50
This Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #51
This is probably one of thousand of cases or ruined reputations hot2na Mar 2021 #52
I'm always skeptical of a run-on sales pitch making grand claims with no specifics. /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #55
She's a Barf in a Scarf /nt Lord Ludd Mar 2021 #56
"an- an- analyze" ... spit it out already! live love laugh Mar 2021 #57
She should go directly to jail for knowingly allowing a mass homocide BigmanPigman Mar 2021 #58
Or, as prosecutors like to say... autorank Mar 2021 #60
I want AG Garland to BigmanPigman Mar 2021 #62
Yup, her lying that Trump was "attentive to the scientific literature" destroyed her legacy. SunSeeker Mar 2021 #61
and now trump is trashing her relentlessly mnmoderatedem Mar 2021 #63
No way to make it ok Meowmee Mar 2021 #64
I'm thinking Dr. Birx is a rehab test case bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #67
Compliant to the destroyer & now making a lame attempt at covering up. lark Mar 2021 #69
She should lose her medical license and title for that statement alone RANDYWILDMAN Mar 2021 #76

SergeStorms

(20,584 posts)
1. What a....
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 09:18 AM
Mar 2021

steaming pile of horse shit that statement is! There can never be forgiveness for someone who kisses ass that completely. Never.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
71. Agreed.
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 12:29 PM
Mar 2021

She has been nothing short of the typical Trump kind of woman, an idiotic babbling bullshit weirdo......

Actually, as I understood it, she used to be a pretty good scientist, and then something happened to her.

I'm sure that extreme scarf obsession says something, but not sure what..............

SergeStorms

(20,584 posts)
73. I think it's a money thing.
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 04:13 PM
Mar 2021

She's getting near the sunset of her career, and let's face it, scientists are well paid. I think she made the decision that lying for Trump would pave the way to a lucrative job with a shady corporation after Trump was out of office. And she was right. But at what cost? All the credibility she gained in the scientific field has been lost, and she'll never get that back. But she has her money now, and I hope that's some small consolation for all she's given up.

11 Bravo

(24,310 posts)
75. That was more of a rim job than a simple ass-kissing.
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 07:28 PM
Mar 2021

Sorry, Deb, but that level of obsequiousness can't easily be forgiven.

MyOwnPeace

(17,552 posts)
2. Funny thing about being a 'public figure'.......
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 09:19 AM
Mar 2021

there are always 'quotes' lurking out there to show what you were REALLY thinking and to explain what you were doing.....

madaboutharry

(42,033 posts)
3. She is hard to figure out.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 09:20 AM
Mar 2021

Was she simply craving the national attention? Is she a weakling? Is she a go along to get along person? Maybe she is all those things. One thing is clear, her reputation is ruined and she did it to herself by being a coward, another thing she also is.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
12. Her family is all politics...
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:08 AM
Mar 2021

Hubby the lawyer worked for several administrations, kids involved with various government jobs. It was always about playing it to benefit her and her families jobs and how they could position themselves for the future.

So she went along with Trump when she thought the pros for her and family would outweigh the cons. Now she is calculating this redemption stuff is the best course for her and hers.

She is the opposite of what a true health care professional should be.

calimary

(90,010 posts)
37. Yep. She was making "an investment" for her future.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:37 AM
Mar 2021

“I have a presidential gig on my resume now! Bring on the book deals! And the speakers gigs and the TV appearances! Maybe even my own show? Oh MY what a bonanza I’m set up for! I’m famous! I’ll be set for life!”

I hope she fades into obscurity and eternal shame. Hideous mewling simpering suck-ass. You licked trump’s boots, girlfriend. And everybody saw it. And watched and heard you say it. And those sound bites and video clips will hang around your miserable neck for the rest of your life. You’ll NEVER be able to spin that. You’ll never get past that. THAT will be YOUR shameful legacy that you finally woke up about and cared enough about saving your own ass to try to rehabilitate - WAAAAAAAAY too late.

You’re marked, and disgraced, girlie. You’re “set for life.” Hardly in the way you expected. But definitely in the way you DESERVE.

 

jaxexpat

(7,794 posts)
43. He whole life has been obsequiousness. This whole thing is true to form.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 12:02 PM
Mar 2021

AND she'll still come out better than she deserves.

Escurumbele

(4,094 posts)
59. Wow...this article needs to make the rounds...what an awful woman
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 12:46 AM
Mar 2021

A true SOB...She should loose her medical license, she is a danger to society.

Piasladic

(1,171 posts)
72. Whole-hearted agreement
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 12:36 PM
Mar 2021

I read the article linked before yours on your recommendation. Jesus, this lady is a snake.

edited to add: I apologize to nice snakes.

Politicub

(12,328 posts)
26. Not so hard to figure out if you think of her as a careerist. She molds
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:46 AM
Mar 2021

her persona to placate her boss’s whims. Her boss was Trump, so she became a Trump sycophant.

And it’s all on camera. It’s a stain she can’t remove.

She also seems to crave attention, and she is getting it now through her rehabilitation tour. She reminds me of Sean Spicer. After he was fired, he attempted to contort himself as a sympathetic figure. It didn’t work, and he wasn’t able to keep up the facade.

Tanuki

(16,446 posts)
35. I hope this doesn't mean she'll be showing up on Dancing with the Stars
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:33 AM
Mar 2021

next season!

📺 💃🕺 🙀

calimary

(90,010 posts)
38. Yep, that's the biggest gig she can expect.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:39 AM
Mar 2021

As what’s left of her “reputation” flaps furtively in the wind like a tattered old flag from a forgotten yesteryear.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
74. She is nothing but
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 06:50 PM
Mar 2021

a Republican hand maiden or a typical stepford wife.

at one time she was a respected scientist, but for whatever reasons totally and completely sold out to the Dark Side..........

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
32. I think the national attention
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:02 AM
Mar 2021

was her primary motive. Before she ever said those ridiculous things about Trump, she irritated me as she seemed to enjoy the spotlight far too much. I was turned off by the smile she wore at the podium while talking about a very serious and deadly pandemic. Her demeanor certainly lacked the gravitas that one would expect from a scientist talking about a highly contagious virus. Deb seemed to be more about Deb than science.

When science gets corrupted by politics, fame, or greed, it is no longer true science.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,316 posts)
34. Reads like she didn't really believe the crap she was spewing at the moment she was spewing it.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:17 AM
Mar 2021

Raine

(31,177 posts)
68. She doesn't even seem to have loyalty to him
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 07:51 AM
Mar 2021

she hung with him to make herself look important. When Trump was a weight around her neck she kicked him under the bus and ran over him (not that I care, just saying).

KPN

(17,376 posts)
70. That is true. So maybe at her core she is an
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 11:06 AM
Mar 2021

opportunist first, and a Trumper second. Like Michael Cohen, taking care of herself first — or so she thinks anyway.

 

Paladin

(32,354 posts)
9. "Redemption Tour" Jeez, that's perfect.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 09:58 AM
Mar 2021

I'm not buying her attempts now, and I never will. Same for the rest of trump's medical house guards.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
11. Sorry Debs...
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:04 AM
Mar 2021

When America needed you - you sat beside Trump with your yap shut and watched people die. No redemption for you.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
27. A curse on Birx
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:47 AM
Mar 2021

And her family. May they all suffer unquenchable remorse for the deaths she caused.

dlk

(13,247 posts)
14. The good doctor has blood on her hands
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:14 AM
Mar 2021

How many tens of thousands of lives could have been spared if she had only told the truth? First, do no harm...

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
15. Did she actually say that???
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:22 AM
Mar 2021

By the time she joined the administration it was public knowledge that he has the attention span of a gnat, never reads anything longer than a six word sentence, and can't remember anything from one minute to the next.

Other than the lack of snark, I'd expect that to have come from The Onion or Borowitz.

exboyfil

(18,359 posts)
24. Yep - It has been my go to quote since she went on CBN last year
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:45 AM
Mar 2021

She was a facilitator. Short of bringing receipts that put Trump and his other cronies in jail, I have nothing to do with her.

Her chance to be a hero was a while ago. She will always be remembered for that interview.

Siwsan

(27,834 posts)
16. I wondered if she was foolishly and irresponsibly trying to placate the other guy
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:26 AM
Mar 2021

I don't know if she is someone he could have fired. I do suspect she is someone who was in fear of his vengeance. I think a LOT would be revealed in the details of that phone call she referenced after she did that informational TV appearance, also referenced by her in the CNN special report.

GemDigger

(4,380 posts)
29. her fear of his possible vengeance is her cross to bear as well
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:55 AM
Mar 2021

as the 450,000 deaths SHE could have helped to avoid by being brave and truthful of which she is neither.

Siwsan

(27,834 posts)
31. True.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:57 AM
Mar 2021

I try to put myself in her place, but also hope I have a stronger character and sense to duty to the nation.

GemDigger

(4,380 posts)
28. 450,000 deaths are also on her head.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:53 AM
Mar 2021

Her lack of truth makes her a liar. Her lies or omissions about his lies also caused those deaths.

Cozmo

(1,402 posts)
30. Look, I despise her like the rest of you but let's not forget Redfield, Azar and Giroir, etc.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 10:57 AM
Mar 2021

They all deserved to be shunned for eternity.

Horse with no Name

(34,239 posts)
36. I've worked with Giroir
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:34 AM
Mar 2021

I can’t tell you the depths of dispair that I felt from his sycophancy.
It’s hard to watch them fall.

obamanut2012

(29,367 posts)
65. Agreed -- there is a reason why it's Birx who is always slagged and dragged
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 05:32 AM
Mar 2021

She sucks, but so do the others, but it's almost always the woman who is the "frontman" for abuse. Same with Abu Ghraib and other scandals and horrible things.

"It's worse because she's a woman" is something I've even seen here. No, it isn't worse because of gender.

Upthevibe

(10,180 posts)
33. kpete......
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:09 AM
Mar 2021

For the life of me I can't imagine why people stood by this lunatic.

Friends, family, and I have speculated that the Republicans in Congress may be being blackmailed (possibly by taking Russian money laundered through the NRA ) but we really have no idea why they enabled him they way they did and are still doing so (causing so many to literally die). I have NO specific source or thread to post proof of my pontifications.

I hope the new Dept. of Justice can give us some answers.

TheRickles

(3,379 posts)
40. And don't forget sex blackmail too.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:59 AM
Mar 2021

Honeypots, Epstein parties - who knows where they've been and when they've been video'd. I also hope the new Dept. of Justice can give us some answers.

DENVERPOPS

(13,003 posts)
44. She was worse than Colin Powell selling out
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 12:04 PM
Mar 2021

Maybe, wanting to get into Trump's inner circle, she volunteered to let Lardass inject her with Clorox and allow him to explore her inner body with a light stick????????

Maybe, just maybe, Trump blackmailed her also, threatening to expose her multi year affair with an underage Devil, in the basement of a local pizzeria, and arranged by Hillary and Obama?????????

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
41. I remember staring at the television in
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:59 AM
Mar 2021

shock as those words tripped over her lips. Nice touch Deb, using the White House as a back drop to underline your complete surrender of what remain of your tattered reputation. As if your silence after the king con's suggestion of injecting disinfectant wasn't proof enough that his "ability to analyze and integrate data" was utterly impossible here on planet 'A'. Good Goddess woman, you willingly committed professional suicide on camera for a 'pussy grabbing' con man. You were just another notch on his 49 inch belt.

oasis

(53,689 posts)
45. In her next public appearance, someone needs to confront her with her
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 12:04 PM
Mar 2021

defense of Trump. Then, Blix should just fade away.

KPN

(17,376 posts)
48. Sorry Debbie, you may want to avoid being lumped historically with the likes of Josef Mengele, but
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 12:15 PM
Mar 2021

too late ... we got your number. At the core of it all, you were and still are a Trumper. Those leg weights are heavy, but keep treading water babe and you may at least keep your lips above water. Just not your soul.

BobTheSubgenius

(12,217 posts)
49. Jim Wright pulls no punches.
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 12:29 PM
Mar 2021

I started reading his writing years ago. He was once a moderate Republican, but the party and the movement itself left him behind.

hot2na

(458 posts)
52. This is probably one of thousand of cases or ruined reputations
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 07:56 PM
Mar 2021

of people who kissed up to trump. Actually everyone who has kissed up has ruined their reputations.

BigmanPigman

(55,137 posts)
58. She should go directly to jail for knowingly allowing a mass homocide
Tue Mar 30, 2021, 11:50 PM
Mar 2021

to occur while she lied for her master. She knew the truth. She is GUILTY of killing over one hundred thousand. When will we see justice done with her????!!!!!?????!!!!

autorank

(29,483 posts)
60. Or, as prosecutors like to say...
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 02:41 AM
Mar 2021

... she knew or should have known ... that she contributed to needless deaths by endorsing the lunatic Trump and his murderous policies.

Any prosecutor with a continuous COVID-19 death total could make the case.

#2 on the prosecutors' list should be Rupert and his naughty kid Lachlan and Fox News.

BigmanPigman

(55,137 posts)
62. I want AG Garland to
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 03:24 AM
Mar 2021

look into tRump/Putin since Barr fucked up the whole report...wasting two years. There are more than a dozen investigations that need to be started or looked into again. I want justice, damn it!!!

SunSeeker

(58,278 posts)
61. Yup, her lying that Trump was "attentive to the scientific literature" destroyed her legacy.
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 02:48 AM
Mar 2021

Maybe she can explain what scientific literature Trump was "attentive to" when he suggested we ingest bleach to kill covid, as she sat there unblinking.

mnmoderatedem

(3,907 posts)
63. and now trump is trashing her relentlessly
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 03:34 AM
Mar 2021

when a person is no longer of use to him, that is the standard M.O.

Lather rinse repeat

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
64. No way to make it ok
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 04:24 AM
Mar 2021

She and the others should not put on tv trying to defend what they did and spread more lies. They are as guilty as dumpster.

bucolic_frolic

(55,129 posts)
67. I'm thinking Dr. Birx is a rehab test case
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 06:53 AM
Mar 2021

Her strategy is communication probing in stream of consciousness. Next rendition, Matt Gaetz will build on that with sick humor punctuated with ideology, followed by Mumbling with Mitch and Mitt. Thus the stage will be set for Trump Renovation. I'm sure Paul Ryan and Tom Cotton are paying attention too.

lark

(26,080 posts)
69. Compliant to the destroyer & now making a lame attempt at covering up.
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 08:44 AM
Mar 2021

Won't work, we saw her and her utter uselessness and won't be fooled by her retroactive lies.

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,163 posts)
76. She should lose her medical license and title for that statement alone
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 07:37 PM
Mar 2021

it shows an almost unmatched lack of depth and integrity.

If you know, you are working with an idiot, you DON'T appease him and stroke his ego, you dumb poophead!!!

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