• May 27, 2012

Utah AG Mistakenly Announces Senate Bid, On Twitter

by Jim Newell  2:01 pm May 13, 2009

Mark Shurtleff is the Attorney General of Utah. He will challenge Sen. Bob Bennett in the 2010 Republican primary. He Twittered this news last night, mistakenly, and now he looks foolish. “Time to rock and roll!” You just can’t vote for anyone who writes that. “poos showed tim losing.” OMG Twitter. Jesus. [The Hill via Gawker]

{ 72 comments }

Lazy Media May 13, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Putting the twit in, oh, fuck it.

ManchuCandidate May 13, 2009 at 2:04 pm

Poos? Who runs this poos and takes the time to, er, count it? Charmin? Ex-lax?

WIDTAP May 13, 2009 at 2:05 pm

You just can’t vote for anyone who writes that. “poos showed tim losing.”

True a Republican to look for divinations in his own excrement.

Lascauxcaveman May 13, 2009 at 2:06 pm

Only twits use twitter! Haw Haw!

(nobody’s made that joke here yet, have they?)

Custerwolf May 13, 2009 at 2:06 pm

Earlier this week he was caught trying to unring a bell.

Lascauxcaveman May 13, 2009 at 2:07 pm

[re=315659]Lazy Media[/re]: Dang, even lil’ Abner is a quicker wit than I!

Crab1 May 13, 2009 at 2:08 pm

I wish Ted Stevens were alive to twit today. RIP.

Scarab May 13, 2009 at 2:08 pm

I’ve been ‘pulling it off’ all morning.

RoscoePColtraine May 13, 2009 at 2:09 pm

Old GOPers would do well to leave the intertubes alone until they figure ‘em out.

IceCreamEmpress May 13, 2009 at 2:09 pm

“Poos showed tim losing.”

Yeah, why not try copromancy at this point? It makes as much sense as any other Republican strategy.

Doglessliberal May 13, 2009 at 2:09 pm

[re=315661]WIDTAP[/re]: So, right, sort of like the Romans and pecking chickens, except with people and shit. What other ancient Roman customs might Republicans have, I wonder…?

NewSpence May 13, 2009 at 2:11 pm

Wingnut fight! Wingnut fight!

SmutBoffin May 13, 2009 at 2:12 pm

The whole Geocities -> blogs -> MySpace -> Twitter progression just demonstrates one overarching principle of the web: There are tremendous amounts of money to be made by making the mechanics of internet discourse stupider.

If anyone has any ideas for more retarded forms of communication (e.g. Twitter but with fart sounds), please let me know, and we’ll throw together a startup.

Lazy Media May 13, 2009 at 2:13 pm

[re=315674]Doglessliberal[/re]: They eat both snails and oysters.

The Cold Sea May 13, 2009 at 2:13 pm

A star is born.

Noodle Salad May 13, 2009 at 2:14 pm

The proving once again that the only thing stupider than the long-standing tradition of politicians pretending not to be interested in running for office is a Utah Republican on Twitter.

kthxbai...also May 13, 2009 at 2:14 pm

twat.

Lazy Media May 13, 2009 at 2:15 pm

[re=315680]SmutBoffin[/re]: Srsly, Web 3.0 is going to be nothing but webcam video. 99 percent of all human communication will consist of “‘Sup, yo?”

chascates May 13, 2009 at 2:16 pm

Clueless, loudmouth pols vs. Twitter!

Come on Sarah, you can top this.

magic titty May 13, 2009 at 2:16 pm

twink.

Doglessliberal May 13, 2009 at 2:17 pm

[re=315680]SmutBoffin[/re]: I think “discourse” is an overstatement, frankly. Twitter and most other internet “commentary” and alleged communication are electronic loggorrhea.

Noodle Salad May 13, 2009 at 2:17 pm

[re=315685]Noodle Salad[/re]: What is that “the” floating at the beginning of my comment? I just realized that I made a typo, I’m going to pull it off immediately.

TGY May 13, 2009 at 2:17 pm

[re=315680]SmutBoffin[/re]: Hey, I have an idea for a faster version of Twitter. Instead of actual text, you’re only allowed to twit emoticons (Oh, and LULZ, etc.). It has a ‘Hello Kitty’ appeal. Er, instant winner, yes?

Doglessliberal May 13, 2009 at 2:17 pm

[re=315682]Lazy Media[/re]: They like nubile young intern [slave] boys, too.

TGY May 13, 2009 at 2:18 pm

That was Bill Clinton’s problem. He was always consulting the poos.

V572625694 May 13, 2009 at 2:18 pm

But does AG Shirtless have Magic Underpants©?

shortsshortsshorts May 13, 2009 at 2:18 pm

How many public figures need to go down before people realize Twitter doesn’t really help? Amazing.

lawrenceofthedesert May 13, 2009 at 2:21 pm

He got a shirt on in the picture, but he is Shurtleff; he texted a message, but he was witleff. Which raises the question, “Does Utah really want Sylvester the Cat as their next senator?”

V572625694 May 13, 2009 at 2:25 pm

[re=315701]V572625694[/re]: Oops, just got a call from an intellectual property attorney. Make that “Mitt Romney® brand™ Magic Underpants”.

hobospacejunkie May 13, 2009 at 2:25 pm

[re=315680]SmutBoffin[/re]: Whaddya mean, ideas for more retarded forms of communication? You just came up with the best idea ever – Twitter but with fart sounds. Call your attorney, the venture capital should begin pouring in immediately. Worry about monetization later.

Come here a minute May 13, 2009 at 2:26 pm

I’d vote for a poo-reading AG.

He watches the toilet bowls of the state to predict crime waves — that’s commitment to duty!

RoscoePColtraine May 13, 2009 at 2:27 pm

Now let’s not all jump on twitter, Wonkette. My hero and idol extraoridinaire Gavin “Gay Buttsecks” Newsome was all about announcing his run for governor to me personally via the twit.

Violenza May 13, 2009 at 2:28 pm

No shurt leff behind? HAHAHAHAHA.

Judas Peckerwood May 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm

The poos have spoken!

rev_matt_y May 13, 2009 at 2:30 pm

[re=315698]TGY[/re]: Holy crap that’s a multimillion dollar in VC funding idea right there. GET ON IT, MAN! I’m a coder, I’ll write it for you in exchange for options.

TGY May 13, 2009 at 2:34 pm

TEH INTARWEBS WLIL FERE US FORM TEH PORBLEMS OF CONUMIMCATION!

El Pinche May 13, 2009 at 2:37 pm

Today we are all poos.

norbizness May 13, 2009 at 2:37 pm

Tell twitter about the bunny farm one last time and then fucking shoot it.

Custerwolf May 13, 2009 at 2:38 pm

[re=315715]Violenza[/re]: When I first heard his name, I thought a guy with a lisp was talking about a guy with no shirt.

SayItWithWookies May 13, 2009 at 2:38 pm

[re=315700]TGY[/re]: When poos are outlawed, only outlaws will have poos!

DoctorCulturae May 13, 2009 at 2:38 pm

So I guess poo is taking Nate Silver’s place? Or is this Nate Silver’s poo? Who’s poo is it anyway? Boo-poo.

Edywin May 13, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Welcome to Twitter, the new social media service that will help you with high blood pressure and obesity. We are the only social media service that has a money back guarantee if for any reason you are intellectually encumbered enough to realize that a response to a “tweet” on your personal mobile cellular device will be seen around the world in seconds. Twitter, the new innovative social networking medium will give you and your “followers” hours of pleasure as they watch you type out intimate messages, without the help of spell check. All hail the new regent of all media, Twitter!

El Pinche May 13, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Now we just wait for Rush Limbaugh to mistakenly twat that the GOP is dead.

SayItWithWookies May 13, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Also, we got our first Twitter from space today — proving that it only takes 140 characters to make the most exciting trip in the solar system look stupid.

19kevin8 May 13, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Politicians should be banned from twittering… It makes them all look like fucking morons…. Oh wait…
Pols should be REQUIRED to twitter… is what i meant.

El Pinche May 13, 2009 at 2:44 pm

I think he ment to say ‘his boo’ (Lindsey Graham)

x111e7thst May 13, 2009 at 2:44 pm

[re=315674]Doglessliberal[/re]: De consuetudibus non disputandum est.

Kengo Biddles May 13, 2009 at 2:47 pm

Schurtleff is a douche. He’s the guy who proposed passing legislation for Utah that would let the LEGISLATURE decide whether a person accused of a crime could APPEAL.

I can only hope a decent Democrat candidate is fielded, because the brainwashed republican ultra-right will definitely bail on Bennett who’s not extreme enough, and there might be a chance of seating a new senator.

One can hope, right?

CorkPopper May 13, 2009 at 2:48 pm

[re=315680]SmutBoffin[/re]: I work in staffing and nobody is hiring so my office is Very Quiet. Thanks for making my officemates wonder if I was choking to death as I tried in vain to stifle the LOLs.

proudgrampa May 13, 2009 at 2:52 pm

So what does the Gallup Poo say?

Accordion-o-rama May 13, 2009 at 2:52 pm

… the poos showing tim losing …

Finally, some insight into recent Republican electoral strategy!

No, I just realized I was responding to a text from u. I’m going to pull it off immediately

Shades of Mark Foley.

Bruno May 13, 2009 at 2:53 pm

I haven’t yet read the other comments – if no one has send this, this is why the GOP “owns” the Twitters

Accordion-o-rama May 13, 2009 at 2:55 pm

Also, “Shurtleff” is shirtless pronounced with a full mouth.

Buzz Feedback May 13, 2009 at 2:56 pm

Shithead.

Doglessliberal May 13, 2009 at 2:56 pm

[re=315746]x111e7thst[/re]: true enough

TGY May 13, 2009 at 2:58 pm

[re=315719]rev_matt_y[/re]: Hm, it’s a stupid, idiotic idea…but it just might work.

pdiddycornchips May 13, 2009 at 3:00 pm

Mormons are allowed to use twitter and say “poos”?

“God will strike thee down thems that use the devils’ txt and speak of fecal plurals.”

Ezekiel 17

4tehlulz May 13, 2009 at 3:04 pm

OH SHI-

pdiddycornchips May 13, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Spelling aside, this guy has no chance of winning in Utah. His reason for running is logical and doesn’t involve god coming to him in a dream with a list of shit to do.

Lascauxcaveman May 13, 2009 at 3:29 pm

So he’s gonna win in the 100 Acre Woods; big deal. There are much larger, more populous districts to contest.

Mr Blifil May 13, 2009 at 3:46 pm

Fuck!!! Karl told me to use this fucking Twitter all the god-damn time. Motherfuck! That fat fuck better make this right or I’ll blow the whistle on his cock smoking fat ass! I was happy using the god-damn cocksucking telephone!

sanantonerose May 13, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Hell, I still have colleagues that embarrass themselves on email by accident. Where they should really be embarrassing themselves is on Twitter so my fucking inbox can stay empty for 15 seconds.

Kotter May 13, 2009 at 3:57 pm

Are there any Republicans who know how to use Twitter?

LittlePig May 13, 2009 at 4:26 pm

[re=315858]Mr Blifil[/re]: Blagovich is twittering?

zenferret May 13, 2009 at 4:30 pm

[re=315680]SmutBoffin[/re]: Oh you haven’t seen the webcam “chatrooms” have you?

Idiots can watch other idiots not have anything to say.

Turks and others from somewhat more repressed countries can tell anyone that even looks vaguely female to “show teats” or “show tanga”

Yeah that is where the people too stupid for twitter go.

[re=315735]DoctorCulturae[/re]:

http://www.NumberTwo.com

dijetlo May 13, 2009 at 4:42 pm

It’s a long way to election day and the poos can still turn.
Also:
Twitter is to politician as Tar pit is to dinosaur.

pdiddycornchips May 13, 2009 at 4:50 pm

[re=315928]zenferret[/re]:

“Idiots can watch other idiots not have anything to say.”

That’s the corporate motto of Pajamas Media.

problemwithcaring May 13, 2009 at 8:01 pm

Withholding judgment until I see the exit poo…

lulzmonger May 13, 2009 at 9:42 pm

SmutBoffin @ 2:12 -

“If anyone has any ideas for more retarded forms of communication (e.g. Twitter but with fart sounds), please let me know, and we’ll throw together a startup.”

*ahem*

http://andywibbels.com/2009/04/twitter-your-farts/

S.Luggo May 13, 2009 at 11:58 pm

Marky was bedazzled and confused by ambition and by the chance to exchange holy scriptures with Congressional pages. Before his declaration, he had failed to achieve mind-meld with the Mormom Elders.

As punishment, he must now associate with Mexicans.

S.Luggo May 14, 2009 at 12:10 am

[re=315687]kthxbai…also[/re]: In the Bee Hive state, “poos” is Mormon for “his children, sold by him into white slavery”.

Boojum May 14, 2009 at 7:04 am

[re=315682]Lazy Media[/re]: North east Atlanta; ex-reporter. Working on a book about Dillinger?

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