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McCain Interviewed Via Twitter, Results Disappoint
The interview was little more than a publicity stunt, and clearly so. While we applaud the effort, and Stephanopoulos's crowd sourcing of questions via Twitter, the discussion was a little one dimensional. This is certainly not the first interview we've seen held via Twitter, but this it is certainly the least informative and interesting.
Still, if you're feeling compelled, you can read the entire interview in reverse chronological order here at All Things Digital. [From: All Things Digital]
Wired Politicians
Al Gore
Last year, hackers gained access to former Vice President Al Gore's blog, where they posted links to Web sites selling prescription drugs including Xanax, Oxycontin and Lortab. It is uncertain whether or not Rush Limbaugh visited any of the sites.
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Putin with Dog
This past October, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin saw a longtime dream realized when he equipped his black lab Koni with a GPS collar. Apparently, even dogs can be counter-intelligence risks.
Putin in Judo Get-Up
Always eager to display his virility, and his tech-savviness, Vladimir Putin released, and starred in, an instructional Judo DVD last year. And we thought George Bush was weird.
Ron Paul
As his campaign gathered steam at the end of 2007, Ron Paul watched -- probably confusedly -- as a group of his supporters banded together and marched in support of their candidate through the mystical realm of the World of Warcraft.
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Karl Rove
Former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove has recently entered the world of Twitter, regularly updating his page with self-promotions, answers to supporters' questions and topics for debate. How about this topic: "Does anybody really want that much Karl Rove?"
Rush Limbaugh
Unable to figure out how to back up e-mails on his Mac, a frustrated Rush Limbaugh beseeched Steve Jobs, on his radio program last year, to help him out. The problem must have been a tough fix; until this, we'd never heard of Rush asking for a Democrat's opinion.
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Eliot Spitzer
After resigning from the office of Governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer finally found a new job last month, writing a weekly column for the online publication Slate. We wonder if that Playboy.com job fell through due to "a lack of moral fiber."
White House Christmas vid
Weirder than ever, George Bush and the rest of the First Family released their most eyebrow-raising Christmas video yet late last year. We're not sure what guest stars and gold medallists Michael Phelps and Nastia Liukin have to do with the Holidays, but we do know they're more popular than the still-President.
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jbjg24m said 3:44PM on 3-19-2009
what the hell is a twitter??????????
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Flower108055 said 4:22PM on 3-19-2009
It's a person who uses the computer in place of real life experiences.
doosh said 7:05PM on 3-19-2009
twitter is for a bunch of twitts
Vic said 4:11PM on 3-19-2009
Even on Twitter , where you have a 140 character capacity , McCain still comes off as an absolute idiot...
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cad said 7:51PM on 3-19-2009
You imposter! You wouldn't know the difference between an absolute idiot and your elbow. You stand in judgment when you should be standing in quicksand.
Common Sense said 4:49PM on 3-21-2009
Yeah I don't think so but in Around 100 characters you have shown yourself to be quite the doucchebag!! Furthermore you are quite the Leftist Bigot. Like McCain should answer any biased questions.Obama doesn't answer anything unless he has his locked down MEDIA approve of it first.Then he Fukks up theAnswer unless he is reading it off a Teleprompter.Ask all the Specia Olympics people if they approve of his Message. Frakking Narrowminded Insensitive Bigot!!!
GARY HUMPHREY said 5:08PM on 3-19-2009
HERE WE HAVE A WHOLE NEW LANGUAGE EMERGING, BETWEEN THE BLING BLINGS, THE IPODS, THE BLOGS AND THE TWEETERS, HOW IS ONE SUPPOSED TO KEEP UP WITH THIS NUTTY JARGON? WHO THINKS UP THESE WORDS; NOW JUST WHAT IS A TWEETER? OTHER THAN A YELLOW BIRDY.
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di said 7:39PM on 3-19-2009
A TWEETER is a mid range speaker system. A TWITTER, for all I know could be a gaggle of twits.
c3momma said 9:03PM on 3-19-2009
It's Twitter for heaven's sake - not real dialogue!
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Dig It Baby! said 7:30PM on 3-19-2009
WHY ARE YOU BLAMING MCCAIN, BECAUSE HE'S NOW MORE POPULAR THEN OBAMA THE FRAUD??. THE MASS MEDIA HAS HAD IT OUT FOR MCCAIN AND PALIN SINCE THEY FILE THEIR PAPERS LAST YEAR TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY AND VICE PRESIDENCY. THEY ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO SET HIM UP FOR A FALL, IN ORDER TO MAKE HIM LOOK BAD IN THE EYE'S OF THE PUBLIC. I AM NOT FOOLED ONE SINGLE BIT, NOR AM I AMUSED. I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THAT NIT WIT AND HIS MENTALLY CHALLENGED WIFE ALEXANDRA WENTWORTH. SHE'S A TOTAL IDIOT. MAYBE IT WAS NO GOOD AND NO ONE TUNED IN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ULTRA ANGRY AT ALL THOSE WHO WORK FOR ABC, NBC, CBS, AND ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLET, PRESS, RADIO, ISP'S, ETC, AND THEY ARE BOYCOTTING THEM AND REFUSING TO GIVE THEM THE TIME OF DAY. I KNOW I AM, THAT'S FOR SURE. I AM LIVID ABOUT THE ELECTION, AND I REFUSE TO WATCH THESE PARASITES, OR ACCEPT, RESPECT, ACKNOWLEDGE OR TRUST OBAMA, NOR TO I HAVE ANY FAITH OR CONFIDENCE IN THIS IDIOT. COULD THIS BE WHY THE STOCK MARKET CONTINUES TO PLUNGED DRASTICALLY??. I KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO GET RID OF OBAMA, AND FORCE HIM TO RESIGN WITHIN DAYS. IF YOU ARE AS ANGRY, FURIOUS, AND LIVID AS I AM, THEN EMAIL ME AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE VERY SIMPLY DETAILS ON HOW WE CAN EASILY GET RID OF THIS ILLEGAL FRAUD, USURPER AND IMPOSTOR.
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mikey said 7:59PM on 3-19-2009
At least he can give a speech even when the teleprompter isn't working.
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Anne said 11:22PM on 3-19-2009
What do you expect? McCain doesn't even own a computer and Stephanopoulos thought he could twitter?
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Janet said 7:48PM on 3-19-2009
GenStoneJewels@aol.com you are the total idiot. Are you that upset that we finally have an intelligent man in office unlike Bush. You would have been happy with old man McCain in office with Palin the other idiot one step from the Presidency are you kidding me. We are in this horrible mess due to Bush's 8 years of hell and putting us in a war we should never had been in to begin with. McCain would have continued with Bush's policies and made our country even worse. At least Obama is trying to fix the mistakes of the past 8 years. The best is that we finally have a President who can speak the ENGLISH language and has a BRAIN! Thank God!
Don't miss him he will be on Jay Leno tonight! Ha!Ha!Ha! ENJOY I KNOW I WILL! HA!HA!
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Common Sense said 5:06PM on 3-21-2009
You are full of shitt Janet!! Your DEMONCRATIC Senate got us into this mess.Your lover Osama along with the NAZI media haven seen to it that idiots like you that sheepishly follow in LOCKSTEP to everything they say that has caused the Stock Market to crash(that is their intentions) With the runs on the banks that were caused by the mass hysteria they destroyed the Confidence in everything.With the markets crashing they have caused untold countless job losses because companies can't afford to keep jobs and because of all the Products they make are not selling.Remember DOOM and GLOOM,DOOM AND GLOOM. Every word out of Obamas mouth crashed the markets!! Bill Cliton even had to tell that IDIOT to calm down his rhetoric,that he is destorying AMERICA!! SO like a good little NAZI Puppet Obama and his cohorts are saying Positive comments and saying that the Fundamentals are SOUND...The same thing that YOU PEOPLE CRUCIFIED MCCAIN for saying,Now your messiah is saying and NOW when the economy is far less sound YOU PEOPLE accept his bullshitt.You are truly a POS and should be put out of your and our misery!!! A$$HOLE!!!
Janet said 6:48PM on 3-21-2009
Thank God that the people got it right in electing Obama. The problems we are in is due to the stupidity of the Bush Administration. Obama received all this garbage because of the idiot Bush. You are the ASSHOLE and you must be a big time BIGOT!
Anna said 8:10PM on 3-19-2009
Perhaps, it is the boring subject that makes the interview so superficial. After all McCain, a right-wing glib slick politican does not make for a good and interesting interview.
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mlhfla said 2:23PM on 3-21-2009
Hey Janet...HA, HA. So Obama was going to be so smart & appear on the Leno Show.. He blew it and had to apologize. He wasn't using his faithful teleprompter. He should stay in the White House & do the job he was elected to do, instead of continuing to campaign!
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T.J. Dillon said 3:31PM on 3-22-2009
There is so much cruddy drivel in papers and the interneet I am readu for a Central Governmeny diretory of "crap."
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Common Sense said 5:13PM on 3-21-2009
Yeah Anna coming from a FAR LEFT BIGOT i woud much rather listen or be around a bible thumper even(I can't stand bible thumpers either and I aa Moderate Independet)..That should tellyouhow badYou Extremists Bastardds are.The Media is controlled by you wackos.People like youdisgust me with your HATRED of others that do not LOOK or THINK like you.Obama much?BIGOT!!!!
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