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Monday, November 9, 2009

Politics Twitter and Health Reform; The GOP and its "Other" Problem

Posted by Charles Mudede on Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 8:25 AM

The day (Nov, 8) after the "U.S. House of Representatives answered 'the call of history'" by voting for something that is at least a close relative (a first cousin) of universal health care, the main topics on Twitter:

The GOP is more and more realizing that the only members it can trust to maintain a fascist form of unity are white and male.

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LOCKSTEP OF HIS-STORY MARCHES ON! KARLES MUDDY JACKSON SINGS HIS HITS!

DOINK A DONK A DOINK DOINK DOINK

I C U. STANDARD FOR 2 TINGS. INTENNY CARE U-IN-IT.

Posted by LaRiiiiM0RrrHAwtiiii696969

on November 9, 2009 at 8:37 AM

Maybe if the GOP elected more bears, they would be more popular with the youth of America.

Posted by danhowes

on November 9, 2009 at 8:39 AM

SHHHH BE VEWY QUAINT IT IS TIME TO HUNT THE MUDDY.

CLACK CLACK CLACK CLACK

WHITE KITTY POUNCE LOL ZYCLON B.

Posted by LaRiiiiM0RrrHAwtiiii696969

on November 9, 2009 at 8:41 AM

In the throes of death. Old Repubs and old Catholic Bishops. Their power wanes for good reason.

Posted by Vince on November 9, 2009 at 8:46 AM

As usual Charles WTF are you talking about?

Posted by Root on November 9, 2009 at 9:13 AM

He's talking about the only Republican in the House of Reps who voted yes on the healthcare plan, pictured in the post.

Posted by Eric from Boulder on November 9, 2009 at 9:39 AM

Charles is just hating on white men because we don't have big tits.

Posted by seandr on November 9, 2009 at 10:13 AM

That both Chelsea and Drogba were on the trending topics makes it seem that you can't use Twitter as an example of US opinion...

Posted by Abby on November 9, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Well, Abby, I'm an American and I have some opinions on Chelsea and Drogba: nice going, for starters. I still hope he dies in a car crash soon, but helping cheating Chelsea stuff cheating Man Utd will do OK in the meantime. I was hoping for a draw, of course. But it's OK, Chelsea will get theirs soon enough.

Posted by Fnarf

on November 9, 2009 at 11:39 AM

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To be fair, #healthcare was trending after (like 10 mins) it was announced.

Posted by samuel2 on November 9, 2009 at 7:29 PM

Ahh, you're talking about 11/8.

But here are all the times the health care are trending:
2009-11-08 03:05
2009-11-08 07:05 (both #healthcare and "health care reform")
2009-11-08 08:05

meh, reporting on the trending topics is too time consuming, check it out yourself: http://search.twitter.com/trends/daily.j…

Posted by samuel2 on November 9, 2009 at 7:49 PM