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Meg Whitman Campaign Shows How Not To Use Twitter

Posted by samzenpus on from the type-slower dept.

tsamsoniw writes "California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's campaign team attempted to share with her Twitter followers an endorsement from a police association. Unfortunately, the campaign press secretary entered an incorrect or incomplete Bit.ly URL in the Tweet, which took clickers to a YouTube video featuring a bespectacled, long-haired Japanese man in a tutu and leggings rocking out on a bass guitar. And for whatever reason, the Tweet, which went out on the 18th, has remained active through today."

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  1. What! by eyenot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's so wrong with this? I think it's a great campaign strategy.

    This is so stupid, why are we being forced to comment anonymously?

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  2. Libya by MichaelSmith · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I am surprised that the Japanese guy in the tutu isn't banned by Sharia law.

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  3. Re:well, it looks like we just got... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whitrolled

    "Whitrolled? That's not a meme!"

    "It is now."

    And of course the admin nazis at Wikipedia have already nominated that page for deletion. :/