Posted on 06/08/2011 6:52:51 PM PDT by bimboeruption
Anthony Weiner was one of the most entertaining politicians on Twitter, but after he inadvertently sent out the crotch shot seen around the world, his career could very well be over. Meghan McCain wonders if politicians should be on Twitter at all, weighing the pros and cons of the most impulsive form of social networking. Plus, why her mom didn't want her to follow Weiner on Twitter.
A few days after Anthony Weiner tried to send a 21-year-old college student a picture of his wiener he also Tweeted me, but it’s not what you think.
I remember seeing Congressman Weiner’s Twitter account before his scandal and I was impressed by his use of the hashtag. His account, unlike most other politicians, seemed like it was written by him and not his press secretary or member of his staff. It was one of the reasons that I told The New York Times that Weiner was my favorite Democrat along with his outrageous YouTube rants. I’ve also been a fan of Huma Abedin, his wife, ever since I met her a few years ago.
On May 29, Weiner publicly thanked me for “my kind words in The New York Times and for [my] support of gay marriage.” His Tweet has since been retweeted to me a lot this week, with a lot of bad puns and poorly constructed jokes attached. I had started following him back on Twitter. Although, let it be said, I did not receive any direct messages from the congressman.
This week, my favorite form of social media has been blasted in every news outlet with Weiner’s infamous Twitpic seen around the world. Twitter is the most impulsive form of social media, but it’s still the most celebrated among politicians and pundits within the beltway, which is curious, since it can destroy any sense of privacy. Some of the most popular users include the president himself with 8.5 million followers (he trails Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber), Al Gore with 2.2 million followers and Newt Gingrich with 1.3 million followers. My dad uses Twitter to talk about pork barrel spending going on in Congress, among other things, and my mom brings awareness to her charities and posts pictures of her two Yorkshire terriers Lucy and Desi. That being said, the dangers of social media are also becoming more apparent. A bad Tweet can cause scandal, shame, even possibly end a politician’s career.
So I have to ask: What do politicians really gain by using Twitter? There are only a handful of politicians who are truly great on Twitter—the rest rely on their account to release press releases. But even the entertaining Tweeters stumble because the only way to succeed in the medium is to be unscripted. Last year, Sarah Palin made international news by tweeting “refudiate,” which was not a word before Twitter, but has since been added to the English dictionary. Her detractors pointed this out as another sign of her lack of intelligence. When Joe Miller ran for Senate in Alaska, he Tweeted that he was looking at real estate in D.C. He sounded so arrogant, he lost the election, possibly in part because of that Tweet.
Is there any doubt what side of the fence she really sits? Also - she sounds jealous that she didnt received any skin pics from the Weinermeister.
Apologize to those rocks right this very minute! (wagging finger impatiently!)
I did say the rocks were smarter than her, ya’ know?
;^)
Meghan McCain is dumber then dirt.
Did she send him that pic of her boobs?
Oh, Meghan, please tweet a crotch shot so that your career can likewise be over.
Doesn’t Tubby try to pawn herself off as a young republican? If that’s true it makes her as fraudulent as she is fat and stupid.
“You know, when FR stopped talking about the Dixie Twits, they fell off the face of the earth.
I would like to propose a complete and total FR blackout on MM stories.
Yes, we wield that much power.”
Gosh, I like your idea.
It has worked in the past.
Just sayin’...
Mega McCain is so hefty, that Weiner had to take two trains and three busses just to get on her good side.
He manufactured a persona and got carried away...
That's a horrible thing to say. You owe Snooki an aplology. LOL!
Her liking weiner and his theatrical rants on youtube tells me that she isn’t really concerned about the seriousness of what he said in those rants.
She’s not concerned because she grew up rich because of mon’s money. She doesn’t have to be concerned with the consequences of what weiner was trying to achieve. She’s isolated from the harm his policies have on the working class people.
ROFL
I’m no fan of Meghans...she did a very good job explaining why NO politician should be tweeting, at least not on their own.
Afterall, it’s more of a forum for publishing rants aka Charlie Sheen.
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