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Just a few short years ago, candidates for political office announced they were getting in the race by doing something civilized like standing outside and making a speech, to live humans. Now you just announce it on the vulgar “Twatter” service employed by narcissists, creepy old men, and highly accomplished [Note: Beautiful young "Meg McCabe" took down her insane Twitter rant about her accomplishments, dammit. --Ed.] authoresses. [GavinNewsom.com]
I am still confused by the Twitters. How did it become popular again?
Both Gavin Newon and Twitter are from San Francisco. I haven’t been this embarrassed since the Jefferson Starship recorded, ‘We Built this City on Rock and Roll.’
“Tweet.” It’s a good word to describe Mr. Newsome’s contribution to the public discourse.
Can Twitterfonia seceed? This guy and John McCain can run it. Meghan McCain can draft the Constiution 140 characters at a time. Revolution!
Today I am announcing via Wonkette comments that I just threw up in my mouth a little, and that this morning my pockets were considerably more full of lint than I had expected.
Also, “authoresses” is sexist. Also.
Today via Tweet I am announcing my candidacy for governor of California for three reasons. First, I believe that we need a new covenant bet
Jukesgrrl: what about twat?
51dimes: Articles:
1) Prk Brl == BADD
2) Gay marriage = MAYBE???
He sent our “Tips” box a FANCY announcement:
“The unemployment rate in California is soaring. But in San Francisco, the local economy is doing better because we helped attract new industries and new high-wage jobs. We are working together to grow our economy with a local stimulus plan that will put people back to work, starting with environmental initiatives and green-collar job training programs.
In San Francisco, we’ve done all of this while balancing our budgets – and our bond rating has gone up, thanks to sound fiscal management and a rainy day reserve.”
RIGHT. As somebody who lives in SF, I can assure you that EVERYTHING IS JUST FUCKING PERFECT here. For sure… look away.
SKS, you are a great American luddite.
I was in a meeting over in ‘merika over the weekend where a 50s-something board member brought up something about why we should start twittering. I promptly rejected this idiotic idea, in front of other board members, for 3 minutes. The name Twitter shall never be uttered again in front of this board.
shortsshortsshorts:
Do they still have the deranged madmen roaming the Tenderloin and the Castro? It just wouldn’t be San Francisco without deranged madmen…
A friend of mine, whose loathing for Twitter knows no bounds, plugged an ELIZA-bot into a Twitter profile. Motherfucking thing has 96 followers.
You are talking to a not-too-intelligent robot, people.
Despite my hatred of Twitter, they do have some exceptional marketing talent to delude all these crazies into thinking its the next AOL.
(BUY AOL SHARES!! ITS A SURE THING - BIG BOUNCE ON TOMORROW’S OPEN)
Does anyone know who wrote torture memos? Prez is “open” to prosecuting these perps. Hope against all hope: Cheney & Rove. Of course, like organized crime figures they insulate themselves with fall guys like Libby etc….
Any twits besides reporters and politicians twittering? Cause I have no intention of doing so - ever.
Hey, Meghan McCain says “fuck” a lot on her Twoots. I’m starting to like her more.
Who would want to be Governor? This reminds me of a crap job through college. I hated it but was a bank teller for a short time.
That is, until the young lovelies made deposits on Monday afternoon. Lots of singles. I found that Irish Spring worked best to get the cheap perfume smell out.
I don’t know how this whole Twitter thing works (I’m leery of any technology that’s advanced beyond the electric toothbrush), but if there were a way the site could crash, I would laugh my ass off if absolutely NO one received Mr. Newsom’s bit of news.
Seems like only yesteryear when a fresh-faced young adulterer would stand outside in New Orleans with the mill workers of America and announce, well, whatever it was he had to announce.
Ho-hum. Another twit, running for governor.
Sara K. Smith you are more beautiful, somewhat less (?) young, and a much more accomplished authoress than that other one. And you, m’lady, have avoided the extraneous ‘h’ in your name that the other trollop treasures oh so dearly.
Is Palin on teh Twitter? Or is she only defecating from her sound hole, still.
Custerwolf: It’ll be news, not for the announcement, but because of how tweet it is.
Oh, stop hating twitter, folks. It’s just a software service. Use it or don’t use it, it’s up to you.
It’s just like text messaging except not to anyone in particular. It’s not the end of humanity as we know it. It’s also not the great new future of humanity, either.
PS: Anyone want to follow me?
The background music for the video on his homepage is the bastard child of the DNC web ad tune we listened to earlier. A memo must be circulating.
WadISay: I LOL’ed.
Today via Tweet I am announcing my candidacy for governor of California…
AUTOMATIC FAIL
kthxbai…also: That’s what people who Tweet become. Colbert told me.
shortsshortsshorts: Yeah, San Francisco is fine if you forget about the homeless, the third world conditions of the streets, and awful public transportation. And if the economy is doing fine here (and the only reason why it’s not in the shitter is because Silicon Valley is one of the few things that hasn’t collapsed), why can’t I get a friggin’ job?
bitchincamaro: She comes right here to meet you in person.
WadISay: Win.
Tommy Says Soooo, Jugdish!: I don’t know why anybody would want to be Governor of California these days. The moment you get elected, somebody’s already working on recalling you, the moment you pass a law somebody’s putting a resolution on the ballot to nullify it, and the moment you try and build something somebody’s filing a lawsuit. The state’s been in the shitter ever since all those old, cranky, tax-hating Reaganites got Prop 13 passed.
Who will he bang next?
Gavin Newsom walks a fine line between being a sort of cool, young hipster-politician and an outrageously douchey douche bag.
This is him falling off that line and hurtling rapidly toward the Pit of Douche.
Hooray For Anything: You are right about that. This is why we elect people to represent us not have fucking ballot initiatives.
He such a handsome young man, that Gavin.
Tommmcatt: Of course we do, Tommmcat. Of course we do.
Thanks Gavin!
Gavin… I remember him: He was the Captain on the Love Boat.
He surfaces occasionally on Christian TV so we know he will chart a good moral course for Calif.
Gavin…i’ve met ashton, and believe me, you’re not ashton.
Gavin…i’ve met ashton, and believe me, you’re no ashton.
elenique: Aced
Custerwolf: uh-oh, looks like I skipped a period.
Wait a minute. This is a guy whose most recent “State of the City” address ran to 7 1/2 hours, viewable in “webisodes” on YouTube, and now he’s announcing his candidacy for Governor in a “tweet”?
NOT auspicious.
Hooray For Anything: hyerd dat!
slithytoves: I have a friend running for Congressional seat and he spent the better part of a meeting over drinks trying to convince me that Twitter is the best thing to ever have happened in American politics. “I can stay connected to my peeps.”
Trying to be encouraging I said, “Well, people hate Diane Watson more than they care about Twitter, so whatever.”