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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:10 PM Original message |
Conservatives love Twitter, 'the next revolution that’s going to take back the Congress.' |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. How special...Twits for Twitter. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Does Vitter the shitter Twitter? |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. bwa ha ha |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mindless, moronic cretin fodder is perfect for their base. |
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UnrepentantUnitarian (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Twitter, meet the Borg Collective... |
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lxlxlxl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Have we realized that 'stupid and simple' tools of communication enable conservatives? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. NTSA... |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They never disappointment me |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Aha, so *this* is their secret plan . . . |
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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Twiiter? I still don't fucking get that! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Its a quick way compress your thought process to the point of extinction |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. A thread full of tweets |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I have no real idea what the fuck "Twitter" is!! It sounds like incessant one-liner instant |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. One-liner feeds |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Oooooh, these young whippersnappers and their new-fangled ideas!!! |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. sandnsea wins |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I think the Twitterers are missing the point |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. So, what, pray tell, is the message? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. You're trying to to be too smart by half. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Starting to think there's a "one FUD/guilt-by-association thread about Twitter per day" rule here nt |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. This thread is not meant to criticise Twitter. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Yup. I don't particularly care for twitter, making shit up just because I don't care for it... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Making what shit up? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Watch out! There's another republican conspiracy right behind you! Oooga Boooga!!! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I'm laughing at the GOP 'conspiracy!' |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. My reaction.. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Essentially I agree with you. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I'm going by the last several OPs on it I've read |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Fine. This post is not the boogeyman you're defended against either. |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. There's potential there I think.. for business and activism.. Gore & Obama both have used it. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Exactly right. |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. I'm not really sure why... |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. They really don't get social media strategy, do they? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Exactly. |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. The most successful uses of social media |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I get a cheap thrill out of watching them flail around |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. They truly seem to be missing something |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. The GOP is a big fan of all things "backwards." |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. I hope Google goes off his meds and murders Twitter and her fucking Tweets |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. Goldstein should have tweeted back to Gingrich |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is twitter a one sided conversation with your followers? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. It's a 140 character max live feed |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Thanks for that |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. To be fair |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. And that's why Conservatives are for it! |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Nevertheless, several DUers swear by Twitter as an excellent activism and networking tool. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Just like Talk Radio! nt |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Of course: You don't have to spell, and you don't have to write anything longer than a sentence |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Well, I guess it keeps them off your lawn |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Conservatives are such idiots |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Democrats do use it better. Obama used Twitter as a candidate... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
65. Republics just think that Obama got them on the use of the internet |
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RandySF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. Just like Steele's Hip Hop |
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Tyler Generation (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. FUCK TWITTER |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Al Gore twitters, so does Rachel Maddow, and lots of other progressive bloggers. |
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Tyler Generation (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Neat |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. No one cares if you. |
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Tyler Generation (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. No |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. ... he says, screaming his own opinion all over the forum... (nt) |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
68. "Oh, well everyone must know MY OPINION on everything at ALL TIMES!" |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. Twitter is for self absorbed teens |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Wow, I follow Rachel Maddow on Twitter and it's pretty interesting. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. Probably I do. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
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Think82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
57. Read: Republicans Mitch McConnell, Eric Cantor and John Boehner Twitter each other at Obama's speech |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
62. As always they are behind the times... |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
64. Where's Ashley the Twitter girl? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
66. Is twitter basically a 'blog' versus text messaging???? |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Thanks but I've got it! It IS nice. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
69. cause it's simple, stupid, and you don't have to back up your claims |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
71. 62,400 repetitions make one truth |
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