I have no idea whether the @RoguePOTUSStaff twitter account, but sometimes she/he/they say something I really agree with. I just wish they posted these things on something other than twitter. These 18-part posts to work around the 140 character limit are annoying (I was fucking right 8 years ago!!!!). But anyway, I'll repost their latest tweet storm because I think they make a good point.
1) Do you actually understand what happened today? Here's what you probably missed.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
2) This victory party was widely seen as ridiculous. At the same time, many top staff lauded the idea. Why? POTUS' ego.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
3) Of course POTUS has an unhealthy ego problem. Everyone knows that. Tracking. Here's the thing: People are embracing it.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
4) Pence thought this party was a "great" idea precisely b/c fueling POTUS' ego is becoming a key strategy.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
5) "Just keep him happy and smiling and the rest of us can work in peace. As long as he's not angry-ranting everything's fine.” Says Pence.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
6) Happy-ranting POTUS energizes the fringe and gives the party power. That's the emerging face of the GOP establishment.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
7) The insane part is that this personality-cult thinking is starting to override people's recognition of political realities.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
8) A second healthcare failure will be a political disaster, and that is the greatest fear with healthcare at moment.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
9) As of yet, this is still not a done deal. Good chance it dies in the Senate. Today made it more embarrassing if it fails.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
10) The same voices who tried to steer us away from AHCA 2.0 for political reasons are the same buying into this ego strategy.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
11) Somehow, "ACHA failure will be political disaster" turned into "inflating pending failure is good for the party."— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
12) Previously the #1 goal was to contain POTUS' ego & self aggrandizement. Now, nobody remembers. Like they've been flashed by the MIB.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
13) We are now openly embracing a political strategy of appeasing a 3 year old Veruca Sultenfuss b/c people think she's cute.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
14) Hate to temp Godwin, but can't help but wonder "is what the Germans meant when saying that Hitler seduced them?"— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
15) As POTUS gets drunk off his ego, estab is morphing from using him to buying in. Like they want a piece of the delusion pie he's eating.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
16) And this seems to be the common thread in POTUS' life. He infects people with some kind of bizarre meal ticket syndrome.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
17) Before long he has ppl eagerly harvesting the milk & apples for his dinner b/c he needs it, and they've become convinced they need him.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
Hey, now this post can now be the place people can cite if they want to see the entire argument as one piece. Why can't they just start a RoguePOTUSStaff blog?18) This is the most dangerous stage to normalizing POTUS. If GOP consolidates behind him, any opposition becomes a merely partisan fight.— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 5, 2017
