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Alt Dept of State Tweet in response to Politico's tweet:
CincyDem
(6,363 posts)...why is anyone surprised that his office staff is acting like this. Organizations take on the personalities of their boss and this is who he is. Petty, backstabbing, opportunistic...they're nothing more than the organizational version of the crazy that goes on in his head.
groundloop
(11,519 posts)That's certainly another way that this organization took on the personality of the Idiot in Chief.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)White house version which, though i never watched it, I assume was petty and cruel.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Who in the hell will be in charge?
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)I suspect the leaks were intentional distractions from more important things.
Anyone working closely with someone like Bannon knows enough to be terrified of them.
DinahMoeHum
(21,794 posts)Don't attribute to conspiracy something that can be adequately explained as stupidity.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)Are not stupid.
They are professionals.
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)Bannon's not all that, and we do ourselves no favors by building him up.
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)But we certainly have done ourselves no favor underestimating them.
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)Native
(5,942 posts)Previous DU Post:
They're not masterminds. They're incompetent -- John Scalzi
But dont you see, Scalzi? All of this is distraction from their true mastermind evil plans! Folks, you realize that needing these jackasses to be masterminds is a form of vanity, yes? We couldnt have possibly chosen to be ruled by custard-headed bigots who cant find their asses with GPS and an Eagle Scout! They must be smarter than that! Well, no, theyre really not, and yes, we really did. There are lots of ways to explain that I favor the whole the GOPs decades-long plan to undermine its voters dedication to truth and public institutions really paid off angle of things personally without having to haul out the 11-dimensional chess board.
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http://whatever.scalzi.com/2017/01/31/a-fortnight-of-trump/