Media Matters notes Colorado GOP Chairman Dick Wadhams’ Cornhusker State equivalent:
On Halloween, Mark Fahleson, chairman of the Nebraska Republican Party, tweeted that he was “done trick or treating with Cleopatra and Jon Benet.”
…There may very well be more to the story than a short tweet can convey, but at first blush it appears that Fahleson was going door-to-door with someone who was dressed as a tragically murdered six year old beauty queen.
It doesn’t take a lot of political knowledge to predict that most people would find such a costume extremely offensive. In fact, it would be odd if Fahleson, himself a father of three young girls, wasn’t offended as well.
Unless he is able to explain himself, it appears as if Fahleson may turn out to be one of Twitter’s first political casualties…
They’re probably right about this being the first, Dave Schultheis remains in office after all. For additional background and tips, Media Matters recommends Washington Post blogger Chris Cillizza’s “Got a Political Career? Don’t Tweet It Away.” We also recommend this.
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If it’s worth saying, it will still be worth it an hour later when you can sit down at a computer. Tweeting seems to invite people spewing the most inconsequential stuff – with no filtering.
Speaker Terrance Carroll updates his twitter account daily, and I’ve never seen anything even remotely controversial. In fact, they’re almost always entertaining glimpses into his life.
Social networking is an incredibly useful tool for politicians, but you have to be wise enough not to post idiotic things. In that respect, it’s no different from a press release or a speech. The only difference is social networking allows quicker, less 3rd-party filtered access.