There's a new Obama conspiracy afloat - The 140 Truth Movement

[Capt. Obvious]

Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer backed off on his suggestion earlier this week that Twitter allows President Barack Obama to use more than 140 characters in his tweets, but some Republican primary voters evidently still have doubts.

Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling tested Fleischer's debunked and ultimately retracted conspiracy theory in a survey released Friday, finding support and uncertainty among Republicans nationwide. The poll showed that 13 percent of GOP primary voters think Twitter does permit Obama to exceed the 140 character limit while a majority — 52 percent — said they weren't sure. Thirty-six percent said they don't think Obama enjoys a larger character limit than the rest of Twitter users.

Fleischer, who served as press secretary under George W. Bush, was widely ridiculed after he used his own Twitter account to ask why a tweet from Obama had gone over the 140-character limit, wondering if the president gets to "play by different rules." But there were actually only 136 characters in the tweet that Fleischer questioned and, moments later, he was forced to walk back his suggestion.

Oh the places you'll go

And the story that spawned the poll:

Mediate

[frylock]

1. i count 133..

what a maroon.

[Ohio Joe]

2. To be fair...

Ari has nowhere near that many finger and toes... How can he be expected to count that high?

[bunnies]

3. "bro do you even math"

omg.

[progressoid]

4. is our children learning?