Posted on 04/30/2009 7:10:19 AM PDT by Gordon Greene
Perhaps this is a tipping point for Twitter - conservative icon Governor Sarah Palin is now tweeting. Under the moniker @AKGovSarahPalin (not very snappy but there are, by my reckoning, already 32 Sarah Palin twitter accounts) the 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate has plunged into the social networking maelstrom...
...In the 14 hours or so since she's signed up she (or whichever staffer is tweeting for her) has sent three tweets. But there's certainly an appetite out there for all things Palin - in that time she's already gained 2,012 followers.
While the first tweet reads ominously corporate (declaring this is Palin's "official Twitter feed" from which "I'll provide updates on issues concerning Alaskans") the second one, encouragingly, accuses the AP of having "gravely misquoted my staff".
So maybe we'll soon be treated to a stream of "you betcha" and "doggone it" (which Barack Obama nicked last night) tweets laced with wink signs and invective against John McCain aides.
Interestingly, among the 36 people she's following are GOP 2012 nomination rivals (and fellow governors) Bobby Jindal and Tim Pawlenty and - from the media - Drudge (her first follow), Fox duo Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, NBC's David Gregory and ABC's George Stephanopoulos.
What, I hear you wonder, no Katie Couric?
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Hmmm...
It’s a sign. She will be President. :o)
As opposed to The Zero’s 666?..........................
I thought FREEPERS hate Twitter. FREEPERS were bashing Twitter big time just this week with the celebrities getting into the action. Is Twitter on FREEPERS good list now?
Last night when I signed on to follow her there was only about 150 to 200. Now there is over 2000 and growing!
Over 4,000 now but who’s to say it real.
We don’t care about web gadgets. But we love anything related to Sarah Palin. :o)
How does the crow taste naps? Hehe.
I only signed on because of Sarah! I still am very suspicious of why Hussein is pushing it. I would never sign up to follow Film Trash or the communist congress or Totus!
“I thought FREEPERS hate Twitter. FREEPERS were bashing Twitter big time just this week with the celebrities getting into the action. Is Twitter on FREEPERS good list now?”
I’m not sure I understand the comment... it’s a story not an endorsement.
Besides, not that I have anything for Twitter; I’m not even sure exactly what it is, but something I’ve noticed about FREEPERS is they don’t have one collective brain, unlike the liberal radical morons who seem to walk in lock-step with anything the “Administration” says.
Sarah Palin is always on my good list!
No crow at all. I am just pointing out the fact that FREEPERS love or hate something very quickly. For example, I bashed Meghan during the campaign and I was bashed and now everyone agrees with me about her. Funny how I am typically right about everything but it takes FREEPERS a while to catch up :)
You too, huh?
Is that “creepy Karl Rove” following her or still dogging Meghan McCain?
sarc
It’s not my my list.
I’m not even sure exactly what it is, but something I’ve noticed about FREEPERS is they don’t have one collective brain,
I agree with you statement, however, if you disagree with something but it is popular among FREEPERS, you will be severely bashed in a very harsh way. It has happened time and time again on here.
Twitter is dominated by conservatives.
Can’t say what that’s worth, but there is much more conservative than lib presence there. Run a search for the #tcot hashtag to get a flavor for the postings and players.
You two can then run together for office.
Coincidence, nothing more. I’ve been watching it ever since it came online last night, and as of a few minutes ago, she had over 3,000 followers signed up. This is going to be big, and a good way to immediately refute all the nasty smear attacks that Axelrod’s minions have been hurling at her.
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