Until now, @PhilScott4VT has been a repository of fatuous truisms and sketchy statistics. But today, something weird is going on. Either the Twitter feed has been outsourced to a rogue fortune-cookie factory, or it’s simply gone off the rails.

Don’t believe me? Then explain any of these gems.

Today’s Special: Mixed metaphor Pasta.

We have to have skin in the game, incentivize and grow the tech economy, but we can have more carrots than sticks. #innov802 #VT #vtpoli

— Phil Scott (@PhilScott4VT) October 17, 2016

Here’s a policy we can all get behind. And push over the cliff.

In state gov’t we need to make sure we’re matching our hopes w/ policy to incentivize them, so we can drive new tech here in #VT. #innov802

— Phil Scott (@PhilScott4VT) October 17, 2016

Yeah, incentivize our hopes. That’s the stuff.

In today’s world I believe everybody needs to have some tech background, but we can’t lose sight of the fact that we have to communicate.

— Phil Scott (@PhilScott4VT) October 17, 2016

Thank you, Captain Obvious. Please follow your own advice.

Now, some technology policy for our 21st Century challenges.

We have to fit state gov’t tech to what some of the available programs are doing, not trying to customize to the way we do things. #innov802

— Phil Scott (@PhilScott4VT) October 17, 2016

I gotta say, I’m impressed. It’s hard to fit word salad into 140 characters or less.

And now, fire up the replicator. We need copies of some needs and efforts.

To help grow biz for #VT tech industry, find out what they need + what can we do to replicate those efforts in state gov’t. #innov802

— Phil Scott (@PhilScott4VT) October 17, 2016

Back up there, buddy. Didn’t you just say something about the importance of communicating?

Here’s some advice I wish he’d take himself.

Marketing #VT as a place to live, work & grow biz is key to growing our economy, attracting 25-45 y/o’s. We have a great story. #innov802

— Phil Scott (@PhilScott4VT) October 17, 2016

Yes, we do have a great story to tell. So why do you spend so much time slamming Vermont?

And finally this, which will be the subject of a separate post in the near future:

I believe in buying local, that means tech too, and whenever we can we should be investing back in ourselves #innov802 #VT #vtpoli

— Phil Scott (@PhilScott4VT) October 17, 2016

Nice words, but that’s all they are. Phil Scott has shown no signs of taking “buy local” seriously. If a local product cost a dime more than an import, he’d opt for the import every time.

But hey, that’s just garden-variety hypocrisy, to be dealt with at another time. The rest of it? There’s a burning smell coming from the Phil Scott Twitter Machine. Maybe it’s something about technology clashing with the brain of an old-school contractor.