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2016 Postmortem

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts) Thu Sep 6, 2012, 12:54 AM Sep 2012

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So Karl Rove bought a #16TrillionFail trending tag on Twitter tonight, and it didn't go so well

Democrats used it as a forum to rip the GOP - it backfired massively.
Browse and enjoy:
https://twitter.com/#!/search/%2316TrillionFail

some more here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/05/1128271/-They-Didn-t-Learn-AFP-Buys-16TrillionFail-and-FAILS-Big-Time

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So Karl Rove bought a #16TrillionFail trending tag on Twitter tonight, and it didn't go so well (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2012 OP

Here is another GOP twitter fail Kalidurga Sep 2012 #1

and thanks to Bill, some of the non-paid-for trending topics Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2012 #2

OMFG. That was hilarious. Thanks for the links. SunSeeker Sep 2012 #3

They got burned with a "bought-and-paid-for-tag" two nights in a row! BattyDem Sep 2012 #4

That's great. I couldn't resist throwing a couple tweets of my own into the mix. nt Speck Tater Sep 2012 #5

Haha! Really? wildeyed Sep 2012 #6

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

1. Here is another GOP twitter fail

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 12:58 AM

Sep 2012

#areyoubetteroff most the tweets are Pro Obama.

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)

2. and thanks to Bill, some of the non-paid-for trending topics

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 01:09 AM

Sep 2012

#arithmetic

#DNC

Michigan and Ohio

SunSeeker

(51,579 posts)

3. OMFG. That was hilarious. Thanks for the links.

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 01:12 AM

Sep 2012

BattyDem

(11,075 posts)

4. They got burned with a "bought-and-paid-for-tag" two nights in a row!

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 01:22 AM

Sep 2012

Wow! They REALLY don't understand how social media works!

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)

5. That's great. I couldn't resist throwing a couple tweets of my own into the mix. nt

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 01:33 AM

Sep 2012

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)

6. Haha! Really?

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 08:28 AM

Sep 2012

They suck. Totally don't get Twitter. The only online presence I have seen is 500 paid Facebook ads which I can't make go away no matter how much I click on the X.

?@JohnFugelsang
If you supported the Iraq War you don't ever, ever get to complain about deficits. #16TrillionFail

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