Repubican Executive Administrator

Posted on: February 8, 2017 at 12:45:15 CT

So let me suggest an alternative: the Bipartisan Commission on Repubican Executive Administrator Tweets.

Here's how it might work:

1. Twitter inserts a delay into all Repubican Executive Administrator tweets just like broadcasters do for live television. During the delay, a panel of three commissioners -- one Democrat, one Republican and one independent, determine whether or not it would be safe to release the tweet. (To staff this on a 24/7 basis would require at least 12 people working four shifts of three.)
2. Any commissioner could block any tweet or request additional proof that it is actually the President tweeting and not some hacker, terrorist or prankster who has hijacked his accounts.
3. If a Tweet were blocked, Repubican Executive Administrator would get an explanation of why ("The Tweet is illegal/could be interpreted as a declaration of war/ directly violates the Constitution, etc.")
4. Repubican Executive Administrator could resubmit a blocked-Tweet after a five-minute "cooling off" period during which his strongest feelings will generally have passed. But if he still wants to "Nuke the #$@%*!" or "Round up all the #$@%*!" he can submit the tweet for reconsideration.
5. A resubmitted tweet could only be blocked with the unanimous agreement of all three commissioners.
6. The identity of the commissioners on any given shift would be kept secret. There would be no record of the voting.

7. The commission would be immunized from the political process by being an independent 501c3 funded equally by concerned citizens on the left (George Soros?) and the right (The Kochs?).
Will this work? Who knows. But you can't sit idly by while every morning and night, alone in the White House, watching TV with your invention in his hand, the Repubican Executive Administrator is just one ill-advised tweet away from sending us into the abyss. (Things could be worse; at least he's a teetotaler).
In the face of this existential threat, Repubican Executive Administrator supporters and opponents must come together no matter how vehemently we disagree while living. You created the genie; now help put it back in the bottle.