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Has Obama Dropped Twitter?
The question on everyone's mind is has Barack Obama given up on Twitter?
Okay, not everyone's mind, maybe, but we're sure someone besides ourselves and Paul Boutin at the New York Times is wondering. Our first tech-enabled president, who built so much of his support using tools like Twitter, has seemingly disappeared from the service.
Since joining Twitter in April of 2007, Obama, or at least one of his staffers, has updated his Twitter page regularly, with 264 total updates in the lead-up to January 20th. Then, nothing. It would be a shame if the President turned his back on what helped to get him where he is. It is possible that the limitations put forth by the Presidential Records Act (which almost cost Obama his BlackBerry) do not permit him to use Twitter.
It should be noted, though, that after the election on November 4, the next update from the then-President-elect's Twitter account didn't come until January 15. So maybe it's not quite dead. Maybe, in the hustle and bustle of the transition and the first 100 days of the Obama presidency, Twitter is something that has simply fallen by the wayside for the time being.
We hope to see you back and tweeting soon, Mr. President. [From: NY Times]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsCheeseFeb 26th 2009 8:24PM
I mean, when you are the president of the US trying to fix our screwed up country from the bush presidency you might not be able to find so much time for twitter. that may be the reason. . .
Matt WaltonFeb 26th 2009 9:47PM
It seems intersting to me that his twitter was last updated 1 day before the inauguration. In the article there is talk about the Presidential Records Act. I'm not a legal expert, but it seems possible that he was able to update it from nov 4 - untill then becasue there may be different requirements for presidents and president-elects. iono, just a thought, anyway, Obama get back on twitter!
LiqwidZeroFeb 26th 2009 10:15PM
I think the issue is that someone could potentially find out the White House's IP addresses. Hack their computers. And completely screw up their systems.
Where there's a will, there's a way. And the gov't doesn't want there to be a way in.
It's probably actually for his own good.
elidetFeb 27th 2009 5:51AM
Glad to see that President Obama has solved all the world's problems and now must get back on twitter.
Seriously.
WTF?!?!
No doubt, had his staff been updating on twitter, your article would have been written on how the President is spending too much time on twitter and not enough time running the country.
hipsterdoofusFeb 27th 2009 2:27PM
He's too busy spending our money on crap
maxineMar 3rd 2009 6:43AM
Cheeze - you need to get on the INternet.. look up Clinton's FALSE surplus, how a promanent newspaper said over a year ago that this nations Credit Card debt was ruining the economy - billions of dollars people could not repay, then Barney Frank and Co., Clinton started the giving mortgages to people who couldnt afford them, Fannie & Freddy, and lastly and article yesterday that says the Federal Reserve is to blame (I still have that article. So some research before posting nonsense..about how Bill Clinton his spending to produce that so called Suplus that wasn't. His signing the fair Trade act sending our businesses overseas - again, Clinton, not Bush. Now we have Obama adding to the problems..not to mention that he is another of Chicagos political criminals. Either look the stuff on the Internet or learn to and post TRUTH. Bush had little to do with the deficit we're in now. Congress approves everything, remember????