McCain gives first Twitter-based interview

[bemildred]

Source: CNET

John McCain has come a long way, technologically, since his days on the 2008 campaign trail.

Less than a year ago, the Republican presidential hopeful admitted that he needed help logging onto the Internet. Now the 72-year-old, four-term senator is practically leading Washington's foray into the Web 2.0 realm as the subject of what ABC News claims is the first "Twitterview"-- an interview conducted entirely on Twitter.

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The senator is one of 69 congress members on Twitter and certainly not the only one whose use of Web 2.0 tools may be subject to a learning curve, as evidenced by one congressman's announcement of a secret Iraq trip via Twitter.

Undeterred by such gaffes, at least four congressional committees now have their own Twitter accounts as well: the House Committees on Science and Technology, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

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I'm just all atwitter thinking about this.

[KamaAina]

1. For a repuke, 140 characters is an epic

that would explain what I read, that two of three tweeters are repukes.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

2. "Twitterview" ... groan. (n/t)

[waiting for hope]

3. tbh, imo, he's still a sob.

[burning rain]

4. Well, Republicans do tend to sound like bumper stickers, so it's a good fit..

^

[msongs]

5. "hi, wanna commit adultery with me? Umm...ooops, Sarah, is that you?" nt

[hay rick]

6. No (tap) it's Larry (tap tap) Craig.

[GinaMaria]

7. There's something poetic about them being gaga over

something with 'twit' in its name. Even their social media strategy is shallow. If you can call twitter a strategy. I'm sure the young folk are flocking to the republicant party now that they twitter :sarcasm:

[pmorlan1]

8. Sound Bite Interview

The media has been reducing campaigns to sound bites for years and now it looks like they've finally managed to reduce interviews to nothing but sound bites. Brilliant. (GROAN) Can this people be any more pathetic?

[and-justice-for-all]

9. Who gives a shit what repukes have to say...I DONT! nt

[Kittycat]

10. Who gives a shit about twitter?

I mean really - we have myspace, facebook, listservs, email... Twitter is just a time suck, and the last thing I want my elected officials is blogging their every bowel movement like a constipated teenager, when they need to wake the hell up, do their job, and for god's sake - pay attention to what is going on in this country.

[T_i_B]

11. It would help...

if Facebook hadn't just changed thair layout to make it more like Twitter.

Anyway, on a more positive note, here's the DU Facebook group

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=2426871461