Column:
Twitter by twits not aiding minority
Published Feb. 27, 2009
Because of my impending deadline I had to write a paper and take two tests in the preceding 36 hours, I'm phoning, er, e-mailing this one in.
Its purpose is more for entertainment than to make a point, but I am taking a jab at conservative columnist Michelle Malkin and the other crazy right-wingers like her.
On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama addressed Congress in his non-State of the Union. As had occurred during most debates during the election, there was a multitude of live blogging and Twittering going on during the address. Even some members of Congress were doing it.
On Twitter I'm following a lot of news outlets, blogs, pundits and politicos. One of them is Michelle Malkin. She is terrible. Read her live Twitter feed:
"Obama speech Cliff Notes: Economy sux. Bush's fault. Don't worry, be happy. Hope more. Spend more. Goodnite. #tcot"
The first couple tweets are about how boring the president will be. It doesn't matter that he's about to outline his policy goals for the next two years in detail -- she doesn't care and has written him off.
"Oh, look. It's the Botox twins -- Biden and Pelosi. My forehead aches just looking at them. #tcot"
"Fashion notes: Michelle O in sleeveless eggplant purple. Pelosi in puke green pajamas. Hillary in fuschia suit."
Malkin now becomes a fashion critic, and makes personal attacks.
"Babs Boxer rubbing up on Obama. Ew. Hillary and Obama kiss. Double Ew. #tcot"
What, is she in first grade and scared of cooties?
"Dear Leader intro's Michelle Obama, who is VERY proud of America right now."
"Obama blames lenders for stupid people buying more houses than they could afford. ACORN applauds. #tcot"
Now she's recycling attacks from 2008 and calling Obama a communist.
"Jill Biden looks worried that Joe might doze off. #tcot"
Here, she's confusing Joe Biden for John McCain.
"Is that a Snuggie (Pelosi's) wearing? Didn't know they came in puke green #tcot"
OK, I'll admit, Snuggie jokes are in right now.
"Teleprompter glitch? Obama sounded like Porky Pig there for a moment. Abbaduh Greensburg Texas Kansas Texas abbaduh abbaduh. #tcot"
Here, she makes fun of the one stumble in Obama's speech as if it matters when the economy has failed.
"This lingering autograph session w/lawmakers treating Obama like Brad Pitt is ridiculous."
This is another "Obama is a celebrity" attack from 2008.
To sum it up, Malkin and her cronies aren't helping the political dialogue at all with this nonsense. Be constructive, please. Propose ideas. Work with us. Thanks.
Of course, some will argue that Malkin doesn't officially represent the Republican Party, so now I will pick on Louisiana Gov. Bobby "Kenneth the Page" Jindal's rebuttal, "America can do anything!"
In the beginning Gov. Jindal tells us that his heritage is just like Obama's. Then he keeps saying America can do anything, but he criticizes Obama for making the same message just with different priorities. After that he criticizes a volcano monitoring system that saved thousands of American lives, and a provision in the stimulus for a magical, magnetic levitation lift between L.A. and Las Vegas that doesn't actually exist, according to CNN's Rick Sanchez:
"There is no rail line from Vegas to Disneyworld, why does he say that?"
I'll end with one of Senator McCaskill's tweets from Feb. 23:
"Great quote: 'The majority has to be inclusive. The minority needs to be constructive.'"