Tweetastrophe

You'd think Republicans would be very careful using Twitter right now.  Of course, that's assuming Republicans give a damn about integrity at all.  Oh, and they think you're too stupid to figure this eleven-year old behavior pattern out.

And you thought we were finished with political Twitter stories? C'mon, this is Washington we're talking about! The National Republican Senatorial Committee's getting blowback today from both the left and right for a series of fake re-tweets sent from the NRSC's official @nrsc Twitter account. The bogus RTs each make reference to Democrats failing to produce a budget, and include a link to a webpage, www.demsplanforamerica.com, that is-wait for it-a blank page.

The fake RT from @BarackObama reads "My budget failed 0-97 but wait till you see @SenateDems budget -BO." Another, using the Twitter handle of Tim Kaine reads, "First Recovery Summer, now @SenateDems budget plan website http://www.demsplanforamerica.com, we're on a roll!" The messages were sent out from the @nrsc account to its 14,110 followers-and of course, the "original" messages do not show up on the Twitter accounts of President Obama, Kaine, Jon Tester, Harry Reid or Claire McCaskill.

Yeah, and keep in mind this is the official Republican party Senate account putting out fake tweets.  That's the lesson they learned from Weinergate.

Now that's leveraging technology.  To be a bunch of assholes, that is.