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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Olympia House GOP Loves (Or, At Least, Links) The Gays

Posted by Eli Sanders on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:25 PM

Did you know that the house Republicans in Olympia are running a Twitter page? We didn't either, until a Slog tipper alerted us this afternoon that...

The state House GOP has a Twitter, but it would appear they haven't mastered the linking aspect of things yet. They put up a partial website link that you have to copy paste into a new window, but it doesn't take you to the House GOP site. No, it takes you to the Human Rights Campaign homepage. The first three letters in their non-link link are hrc, so I'm guessing there's some re-route at work. In any case, I find it hilarious that the House republicans are directing folks to the HRC.

Try it. It's true! (As of 5:30 p.m. today.) Oh, house Republicans. So sad. I mean, even Birch knows how to link on Twitter.

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There are House Republicans in Olympia? Why?

Posted by bluh? on March 31, 2009 at 5:28 PM

Maybe they thought you were smart enough to paste the latter portion onto their domain name.

#1, seriously?

Posted by w7ngman on March 31, 2009 at 5:46 PM

you might be tempted to think so - but they don't explain anywhere that hrc/ stands for http://houserepublicans.wa.gov

plus, THEIR OWN links that are correctly hyperlinked lead to nonexistent pages like 'http://hrc/News/Herrera/090331.htm.'

one way or another, someone didn't take the time to figure out how to work the damn thing before taking it public, which sounds like a WA state republican party thing to do.

Posted by devilsmoke on March 31, 2009 at 6:05 PM

CONTINUED GOP FAIL

Posted by KarmaKaMillion on March 31, 2009 at 6:45 PM

I prefer my house Republicans to be seen and not heard.

And to wear spiffy jackets of my own design.

Posted by Will in Seattle on March 31, 2009 at 7:01 PM

The Senate Democrats in Olympia Twitter and Blog too

http://twitter.com/senatedemocrats

http://blog.senatedemocrats.wa.gov

Posted by Dr. Gonzo on March 31, 2009 at 7:04 PM

So do the House Democrats:
http://twitter.com/hdccomm
http://hdcadvance.blogspot.com/

Posted by cuyahoga on March 31, 2009 at 8:20 PM

For the love of God, can you please tell me what you are talking about...all I see when I click the link is the WaHouseGOP twitter page.

Posted by Red Buttons on March 31, 2009 at 9:23 PM

Twitter is for jackass's.

Posted by JF on April 1, 2009 at 8:12 AM

@8: Look at any of the links in their "tweets" or whatever you're supposed to call them.

Posted by Propaniac on April 1, 2009 at 8:43 AM

Dear Slog,

Washington House Republicans have been on Twitter since December, providing links to our press releases and news on www.houserepublicans.wa.gov. During the past four months, our links have been correct on Twitter. On Monday, March 30, one of our staffers who helps on our Twitter page moved to a different office to fill in for another staffer who is out this week. The computer browser at that new office was apparently pointing to an internal link (HRC -- which here stands for House Republican Caucus) which created a broken link outside of the Legislature. It was discovered this morning. So only two days of four months on Twitter have provided a brief error which has since been corrected. Thanks for sending your readers to our Twitter page. :-)

John Sattgast
Washington House Republican Web master

Posted by John Sattgast on April 1, 2009 at 9:33 AM