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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUnfair! Poll finds most GOP voters aren’t sure if Twitter gives Obama more than 140 characters
Unfair! Poll finds most GOP voters arent sure if Twitter gives Obama more than 140 characters
Anyone whos ever tried to shoehorn a witty or incisive comment into a 140-character tweet can appreciate what just a few more letters and symbols might do to help.
After former George W. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer suggested on Twitter this week that President Barack Obama got more than the allotted number of characters in his tweets a suggestion he quickly retracted he was widely mocked.
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Full post here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/27/unfair-poll-finds-most-gop-voters-arent-sure-if-twitter-gives-obama-more-than-140-characters/
p.s. Obama's tweet contained 136 characters
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Unfair! Poll finds most GOP voters aren’t sure if Twitter gives Obama more than 140 characters (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Sep 2013
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tanyev
(42,601 posts)1. Gosh, Ari, maybe you should watch what you say, watch what you do.
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)2. I went to his twitter
wow, that guy is really dumb.
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)3. Obama also gets more than two...
...scoops of raisins in his Raisin Bran.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)4. Damn, I thought we were missing some raisins
I should have known. Thanks Obama.
Skittles
(153,182 posts)5. Ari pimped for the worst president in history
Ari's credibility was shot a long time ago
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)6. Juanita Jean has some fun comments on this stupidity