Politicians on Twitter

Posted by Stephen on June 9, 2009 – 9:47 am

Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said ‘time to delivr on healthcare’ When you are a ‘hammer’ u think evrything is NAIL I’m no NAIL
–Senator Chuck Grassley’s Twitter feed

You know, a lot of political speech would have been much better on Twitter.

Heres truth: NO FEAR! Now everybody back to work. (@fdr)

Hey peeps, lurkers support me and Vietnam in email. :P (@trickydick)

@meinfuehrer We’ll fight on beaches, fight on landing grounds, fight on fields & streets, fight on hills. Never surrender! (@frmr1stlrdadmiralty)

Ask what cntry can do 4 you? FAIL. Ask what you can do 4 cntry. (@hatlessjfk)

@baldandblotchy U liek peace? U like librlzation? Open this gate! Tear down wall! (@gipper)

4 score + 7 yrs ago = America. Now we fight so gov’t of ppl & by ppl & for ppl won’t perish. (@honestabe)

I actually like that Grassley’s tweeting, even if he does sound like he belongs on Xbox Live. I’m interested in there being more information from our elected officials, especially less-filtered information. Grassley’s messages are directly from him, typed on his Blackberry when the mood strikes him. Good for him.

I only hope he won’t profess an undying love for Edward Cullen.

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5 Comments

  1. Alana Boles
    on June 9, 2009 at 10:23 am | Permalink

    How about “Woah, look at that new intern there, she’s hot. Oh wait, I’m married. @slickwilly” ???

  2. siliconchef
    on June 9, 2009 at 10:51 am | Permalink

    Wife took me to play AGAIN. So boring I think I might die. #honest (@honestabe)

    RT @jbooth BOOM, HEADSHOT! (@rblee)

  3. MikeG
    on June 9, 2009 at 11:00 am | Permalink

    Heh. “Silent majority” = “lurkers”. Nicely done.

  4. MikeG
    on June 9, 2009 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    While I totally agree with your point about the overall benefit of increased info from out elected officials, I have to say that I’m very much amused by the take from Wonkette on all of this:

    http://wonkette.com/408998/grassley-tweets-belligerently-about-al-gore-barack-obama-whatever

  5. Stephen
    on June 9, 2009 at 1:17 pm | Permalink

    Ha! Okay, that’s awesome.

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