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…
@MittRomney
Mitt RomneyAs @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
@MittRomney
Mitt RomneySince 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…
@newtgingrich
Newt GingrichThe Choice: Timid vs. Bold http://t.co/TT0ykn0M #withnewt 2 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto
…and, compares himself to Reagan.
@newtgingrich
Newt GingrichJust 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.
@RickSantorum
Rick SantorumGame 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…
@TeamRickPerry
Team Rick PerryRick 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
@TeamRickPerry
Team Rick PerryWhich 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…
@TeamRickPerry
Team Rick PerryNot 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…
@TeamBachmannIA
Team Bachmann Iowa“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.
@TeamBachmannIA
Team Bachmann 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…
@THEHermanCain
Herman CainBrokenhearted, 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…
@RonPaul
Ron PaulIf 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…
@RonPaul
Ron Paul@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…
@sonia_smith
sonia smithHuntsman 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.
