Trump’s Affordable Candy Act
Just a quick heads up tho: When Trump asks you to “Take a sunrise” and “Sprinkle it with dew” you might want to be in the tub.
What’s the big deal ?
Sounds like normal Republican behavior to me .
Jes one of the Frat Boys lettin’ loose
I’m bothered about the inexcusable intoxication accusation but the “candyman” appellation is a bit over-wrought. From what I’ve read, he dispensed Ambien to staffers on overseas flights - yes, it helps with jet lag, and those staffers needed some rest to hit the ground running when they landed. I’m not personally familiar with the stimulants he dispensed in the morning. But this practice preceded him as well. Being called the “candyman” is sort of an insoide joke, I suspect. The WH staff on these trips are in a pressure cooker and do not have te luxury of a down-day to get acclimated. Shortcuts, yes, but probably necessary, and with little health risk.
“Later Tuesday evening, CNN reported that Jackson was so intoxicated during a 2015 trip overseas that he banged on the hotel room door of a female employee.”
It’s unfair to assume Dr. Jackson was intoxicated. Trump engages in this kind of behavior all the time, and he doesn’t drink.
30 Rock was a show before its time.
All hail VA Secretary Leo Spaceman!
The problem, and this is a real deadly serious reputational danger, is that it’s simply impossible to give any Trump appointee any benefit of the doubt. Fool me ten times, shame on me, and all that. It’s why I have very little sympathy for most people who touch this administration and get burned. It’s orange-hot… what did you expect?
(I have a little more sympathy for career military who get involved – they’re really not accustomed to saying no to the man who holds the office, no matter his political stripes)
I used to travel overseas on business. I always hit the ground running and neither my employer nor my clients dispensed meds to make it easier. They wanted me drug-free and ready to work.
Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in a gray area any more. Drunkenly banging on a female colleague’s hotel door so much you’re stopped by the Secret Service because the racket might wake up the President of the United States is excessive drinking by pretty much any standard. Your coworkers being afraid they’ll have to hit you with a lamp to keep from being raped should be eleven on the list of ten signs you have a problem with alcohol.
Looks like I have to say it cuz no one else will - it is totally Obama’s fault that DJT got stuck with the drunk abuser that DJT currently supports completely.
Trust me, I give no credence to anything or anyone in this despicable administration. Dr. Jackson is eminently unqualified and suprememly mis-appointed for the Cabinet position. I was trying to not overstate the allegations in the latest barrage, No mitigation of the overall charges is a justification or defense of this appointment.
Ambien has some pretty severe side-effects, and can be used as a date-rape drug. There is even a term for it: “Ambien Sex.”
How you stop his nomination:
Tell the R-congresscritters he was an Obama-loving Democrat.
Dead in the water.
What you’ve read is what the WH communications team put out there. They are the only ones claiming he was handing out Ambien. What other sources are saying is much more general, like this article, and merely saying he was giving out sleeping pills and then stimulants in the morning.
Which is a bit of a problem it itself. He is setting up a chemically dependent upper/down - sleep/wake cycle, that is almost assuredly going to be maintained for the duration of the trip.
Additionally, it raises questions about his general attitude towards dispensing drugs. Were all of these people under his care? Did he know all other medications everyone was already taking? Was he aware of everyone’s medical history? Giving stimulants to people with heart conditions carries a certain amount of risk, for example.
It’s a troubling storyline, to say the least. But its not the only one emerging on this guy. I think its pretty clear he is going to be tanked if they even bother going through the approval process.
Which considering some of their actions prompted us to ask “Are you on Drugs?”
Appears we have an answer
Maybe he was sponsored by Searle, the makers of Ambien. You know, given lots of free samples and “educational” trips to Hawaii.
I am surprised they didn’t nominate this guy as the opiod czar.
Who can take a sunrise
Sprinkle it with meds?
Oh, the Candy Man can
'Cause he mixes it with drugs
And makes the world taste good!
This is why I always say, “Just stick to the weed, people. Just stick to the weed”
Drunkenly banging on the door of a female employee in the middle of the night? Giving Ambien scrips to staffers?
Why, the next thing you know he’ll be grabbing women’s pu**ies and sending out incoherent Tweets from his cell phone at 4AM while sitting on the toilet!
How will we replace these men?!!!
If my doctor did stuff like that and got caught, he would be arrested and have his license suspended.
He says he doesn’t drink, and he is a known liar. He looks wasted in that picture with Stormie Daniels.