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4. Oooh, a pressure-filled decision!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Nov 18, 2020, 08:12 PM

Nov 2020

Those darned "vague agency guidelines"! Nobody's had a problem with them before, but suddenly poor Emily just can't make hide nor hair of what the obligations of her position require her to do. It's like when Louis de Joy got appointed Postmaster General, and suddenly the postal service couldn't deliver the mail anymore, something they'd been doing a pretty good job at for more than 200 years.

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Emily Murphy: Inside a government bureaucrat's pressure-filled decision to delay the transition [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP

If she was a principled person she would ignore the madness madaboutharry Nov 2020 #1

If she quits then there will no one to sign SomedayKindaLove Nov 2020 #2

She's a coward vlyons Nov 2020 #3

Oooh, a pressure-filled decision! gratuitous Nov 2020 #4

I don't understand what her problem is. Joe won. What's so hard about that? Cousin Dupree Nov 2020 #5

She knows she'll get fired the second she does the right thing... bbernardini Nov 2020 #6

The fool probably thinks tRUMP will giver her a job or gig in the future to be a star. WyattKansas Nov 2020 #8

I'm siding with the people calling her a coward and saying she should quit. But there's Mike 03 Nov 2020 #7

Wow. Good find. crickets Nov 2020 #9

I would think her choice is simple: mindlessly obey the orange king or prevent people from dying. Vinca Nov 2020 #10

BS piece. She needs a frump pardon. lindysalsagal Nov 2020 #11

Oh, spare me! VA_Jill Nov 2020 #12

She needs to be hounded now and for the rest of her life for willfully disobeying the law. WyattKansas Nov 2020 #13

do your job demtenjeep Nov 2020 #14