Twitter Attitude In the GOP Primary

As the GOP primary has dragged on, one candidate after another has worn the Flavor o’ the Week hat in an attempt to dethrone Mr. 25%, Mitt Romney. Each candidate has tweeted, either personally o...
Twitter Attitude In the GOP Primary
Written by Mike Tuttle
  • As the GOP primary has dragged on, one candidate after another has worn the Flavor o’ the Week hat in an attempt to dethrone Mr. 25%, Mitt Romney. Each candidate has tweeted, either personally or through proxy, about other candidates, about President Obama, or about how much they themselves are like Ronald Reagan.

    Most candidates keep their noses clean. “Macaca” moments will sink a ship, and all the faster if they’ve been re-tweeted and embedded before you get sober enough to remove the post.

    Some tweets are pretty revealing about the candidate or their plans. For example, Mitt Romney seems to care little about the other also-rans. He’s focused on the Big Man himself, President Obama…

    As @BarackObama revisits Shaker Heights, Americans should revisit promises he made there but failed to keep http://t.co/Uc14vNTA 1 day ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Since 2009, @BarackObama has golfed 1584 holes. We can’t afford another round of his failed leadership: http://t.co/TjxwuRJD 28 days ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Meanwhile, Newt Gingrich aims at Romney…

    The Choice: Timid vs. Bold http://t.co/TT0ykn0M #withnewt 2 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    …and, compares himself to Reagan.

    Just like Reagan, I will tell the truth at the risk of causing some confusion with the timid. http://t.co/MKqRRqmy 25 days ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Rick Santorum is just happy that someone is talking about him without mentioning Google.

    Game on! Thanks to all of you, we pulled off our #iowasurprise! Keep us going to NH, SC & beyond: http://t.co/8vhbDWCg http://t.co/s7RWy3yZ 1 day ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Rick Perry doesn’t like seeing Santorum all that gleeful. Got to bring him down a peg…

    Rick Santorum is unelectable and we need to defeat Barack Obama! Watch our latest video: http://t.co/oT11XbQo 2 days ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Which Republican running for President voted for the “Bridge to Nowhere?” Find out here: http://t.co/c7tpalwX 6 days ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    And, while he’s at it, let’s throw rocks at Romney and Gingrich, too…

    Not the solution: Insiders @MittRomney and @NewtGingrich. The solution: @GovernorPerry. Watch the latest commercial: http://t.co/qvrmUgyG 21 days ago via Tweet Button · powered by @socialditto

    Not to be out-Reaganed by Gingrich, Michelle Bachmann piped up…

    “We need someone to stand up and positively articulate our pro-growth conservative policies like Reagan did against Carter.”- #Michele 7 days ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    And, she planted her flag heading into Iowa.

    #Michele: “I am here to be the next President of the United States. This is unequivocal.” 5 days ago via Twitter for iPhone · powered by @socialditto

    Then, on January 4, the day after the Iowa caucus…

    Well, she hasn’t tweeted since. I wonder why?

    Herman Cain also went out with a whimper back on December 5…

    Brokenhearted, but not broken: http://t.co/MiS9Tm2v #tcot 30 days ago via Tweet Button · powered by @socialditto

    But, Ron Paul is the sassy one, dissing Newt…

    If Newt’s so smart why’d it take him 14 years to figure out the mandate was bad? #tcot #gop #gop2012 #RonPaul #Iowadebate 25 days ago via HootSuite · powered by @socialditto

    And, the most “oh, snap!” tweet to date, for Jon Huntsman after Iowa…

    @JonHuntsman we found your one Iowa voter, he’s in Linn precinct 5 you might want to call him and say thanks. 1 day ago via web · powered by @socialditto

    Huntsman did not tweet a reply, but someone within earshot of him did, and he re-tweeted it…

    Huntsman on @RonPaul‘s tweet: “You think he’d have learnt the perils of something that’s ghostwritten by now” 18 hours ago via Echofon · powered by @socialditto

    Raawwwr!

    With South Carolina coming up soon, it’ll be fun to see if anyone accuses another candidate of having an extramarital affair that resulted in a black baby.

    Naaahhh. No one would do that.

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