Maverick Tweeter
By B.J. Reyes
He didn’t get the big prize, but that hasn’t driven Sen. John McCain into obscurity.
Quite the contrary. McCain is proving that maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks. Or, at the very least, you can teach him how to Twitter.
Whether it’s actually McCain tweeting or an aide (he does admit to Twittering on his Blackberry,”but not without a little help”) is left for you to decide.
Whoever is tweeting is filling us in on the mundane aspects of Senate life (”on my way to policy lunch” and “votes starting on the floor”) and also giving us insight into other matters (”meeting with Richard Gere to talk Tibet” and “on Hannity now”).
For the past few weeks, the ol’ maverick has been posting somewhat regular Top Ten lists of what he calls the “porkiest” projects included in the omnibus spending bill in Congress.
These include (from various days):
#1. $951,500 for the Oregon Solar Highway
#7. $95,000 for the state of New Mexico to find a dental school location
#10. $3,806,000 for a Sun Grant Initiative in SD
Hawaii hasn’t been spared from his Tweets.
Some recent posts:
9:04 AM Mar 5th from web
#4. $95,000 for Hawaii Public Radio
7:46 AM Mar 4th from web
#7. $7,100,000 for the conservation and recovery of endangered Hawaiian sea turtle populations
10:56 AM Mar 2nd from web
#5. $238,000 for the Polynesian Voyaging Society in Hawaii – During these tough economic times with Americans out of work why shouldn’t we “float” a Hawaiian voyage for others?”
And if you’re wondering, there are several Tweeters claiming to be Sarah Palin. You betcha!
