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The Republican Senatorial Committee pulls a pretty funny Twitter stunt but blows it
RT @BarackObama My budget failed 0-97 but wait till you see @SenateDems budget -BO http://demsplanforamerica.com
When you click on the URL, you get taken to a blank white page, not a 404 error but an actual webpage that's all white. This means the NRSC bought the domain. I gotta give it to the Republicans. This is the sort of performance art stunt I would do myself. The problem is the tweet falsely attributes Obama's comment to his actual Twitter account via a fraudulent retweet, even going so far as to add his personal "BO" attribution.
That's just dickish and unneccessary. They could have accomplished the same bit with
"We know @BarackObama's budget failed 0-97, but wait till you see what the @SenateDems have to offer [URL]"
Yes, I just offered constructive Twitter advice to the Republican Party. Good lord.
What We Can Learn From Cicero - Twitter, Obama and the arrangement of words
The point is not that President Obama should have given a Ciceronian speech, but that when examined by the extreme limits of tweeting, the supposed enemy of writing, Cicero shows us that the art and power of prose lies not so much in the words but in their arrangement. It is not for naught, then, that Harris recommends every British politician read the Philippics and be obliged to recite a passage aloud "to understand how great speeches are made."
A very fun read! I love words!! Words I love!!
The Most Incredible Video About Twitter Ever Made
Thanks to Liza Sabater for blogging about this. It is most awesome.
Baratunde Hacks Skittles Via Twitter (#SXSW Web Awards Video)
Thanks to David Plain for posting this video so those who missed it can get a feel for what went down last night. I'll post my own version, probably in a few weeks, with the slides directly integrated, but this should be funny enough to hold you people until then.
