"First lady's first tweet"

[Clio the Leo]

First lady's first tweet
By Ed Henry, Senior White House Correspondent
May 3, 2010 -- Updated 1727 GMT

Washington (CNN) -- It was my first chance to spend some quality time at dinner with First Lady Michelle Obama, so I decided to do what my pal Ali Velshi would probably do in the same situation: get her hooked on Twitter.

I was sitting with the first lady and Jay Leno at the head table for Saturday night's White House Correspondents Association Dinner because I'm a member of the association's board, a front-row seat to the slew of celebrities who walked up to gawk at Mrs. Obama and the president, who was a few seats from me.

Teen sensation Justin Beiber, famous-for-being-famous Kim Kardashian, comedian Chevy Chase and actor Morgan Freeman all walked up to the rope line separating the head table from the rest of the ballroom to send the first couple a shout-out.

I was snapping pics of the celebrity parade on my iPhone and posting them to my Twitter account, @edhenrycnn, during dessert, just a few minutes before the president and Leno would take their turns at telling some jokes.

Leno, a social media skeptic, finally turned to me with squinted eyes and said in a conspiratorial tone, "Are you tweeting right now?"

I confessed to Leno that I was, sparking Mrs. Obama to ask me whether journalists find value in social media or whether it's mostly trivial. I said I find it helpful to get feedback, good and bad, from people who follow my tweets.

When Mrs. Obama mentioned that she had never tweeted, I noted that the president had sent out his first tweet a few months ago from a Red Cross account to promote relief to Haiti and wondered aloud: "Why don't you send out your first tweet on my iPhone?"

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East Wing said yesterday that Michelle was "not likely" to continue to Tweet on a regular basis.

[Enrique]

1. a long article about not very much

We mostly learn that Ed Henry is really proud of rubbing elbows with very famous people.

[Cha]

2. All I got to add is ..

I've never mentioned how fantastic FL Michelle looked in her red dress.:)

[TheDebbieDee]

5. She looks fantastic no matter what she is wearing!

[shireen]

3. just a funny anecdote ...

i enjoyed reading it. :D

[Jennicut]

4. I am such a non consistent tweeter. I don't keep up with it but then how exciting can my

life be? I stay at home with my 4 and 5 year olds. My tweets would consist of: I did laundy today. All of it. Or, I made the beds. Cleaned the cat litter. Watched Spongebob. Going to bed.

See, not exciting.

[Clio the Leo]

6. oh but it's not the writing as it is the reading....

.... at least for us non-famous types. I hear about everything on Twitter before anywhere else.

And I bet your kids are cute, the world would love to hear about their adventures. ;)

[Writer]

7. Clio, I appreciate that you post articles that remind us that these folks are human. n/t

[politicasista]

8. Have not tweeted yet but that's great! n/t

[blaze]

9. That was fun!! Thanks! n/t

[Skittles]

10. I love that gal

she's "not likely" to continue to Tweet on a regular basis - to me, just more proof of her intelligence