Why Politicians Shouldn’t Tweet

Posted on 08. Jun, 2009 by Redneck Genius in Front Page, Interesting, Politics, Technology, Twitter

How many Capitol Hill press flacks that despise Twitter, will forward Chris Cillizza’s latest column to their boss?

SUBJECT: Twitter is not your friend. No doubt any number of your colleagues have urged you to begin Twittering — sending your thoughts on life, the universe and everything out to the world in bite-sized, 140-character chunks.  [don't tweet your career away]

We couldn’t agree more.

Don’t get us wrong, we love the fact that Claire McCaskill tweets in her pajamas, but inevitably, she’s going fire off what might be a career-ending tweet. It’s what happens when you react too quickly via a social network.

UPDATE: Recent proof that politicians shouldn’t tweet.  [anger]

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