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Where's Salin Palin—on Twitter?
| Mon Oct. 12, 2009 5:52 AM PDT
Where's Salin Palin? On Twitter, that is.
Before resigning as governor of Alaska in July, Palin had become a prolific Twitterer, sending out news of her official doings to about 150,000 followers. She also shared with them quotes from Aristotle, Thomas Paine, and other big thinkers. On July 17—nine days before her resignation was to take effect—she wrote this tweet:
10 dys til less politically correct twitters fly frm my fingertps outside State site.
That seemed a promise: as soon as she left office, she would trade her official governor's Twitter account for an unofficial one and start firing off 140-character missives, telling the world what she really felt about things.
Well, it's been three months since then, and Palin has disappeared from Twitter. There's no new account for her and, thus, no "less politically correct" tweets flying from her fingertips.
What does this mean? Did she consciously decide to pull back for a while? Can she not handle tweeting while writing her book? There's been no explanation for her Twitter silence. Maybe she's too busy with Facebook.
By the way, see my most recent PoliticsDaily.com column for more on the latest Palin news—or non-news.
Daivd Corn is still on Twitter. Check out his feed to follow his latest postings and media appearances.
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Comments
I think William Shatner's
Submitted by OLiver21 (not verified) on Mon Oct. 12, 2009 6:13 AM PDT.
I think William Shatner's Palin poetry ended her tweeting.
Palin = Twitter Quitter
Submitted by rewinn (not verified) on Mon Oct. 12, 2009 7:02 AM PDT.
Sarah Palin's broken promise to "Twitter up a storm" shows she's not just a bitter job flitter, she's a twitter quitter!
In Palin We (don't) Trust
Submitted by Halloween Jack (not verified) on Mon Oct. 12, 2009 11:04 AM PDT.
The short answer is, she's on Facebook, where there's no character limit on her screeds (or, more accurately, on the screeds (e.g. "death panels") that others write for her, since we know, thanks to the speech in which she announced her resignation, that she has no ability to produce a coherent narrative on her own).
The long answer is that Palin feels absolutely no compunction to honor promises to anyone, of any sort. Starting with her performance in the general election campaign, continuing with her ditching the governorship, and going even further with several broken promises to speak at various events, she has repeatedly and consistently bailed in search of a larger paycheck ever since McCain's campaign gave her a taste of the high life with a big clothing allowance. But expect the rubes to be shocked, shocked when she "runs" in 2012, only to leave people waiting in the rain at a campaign stop because she threw a fit after the maid forgot to leave a chocolate on her pillow, or gets taken to court because she spent campaign funds on a playhouse for her baby, Tribble.
What happend? She got bored
Submitted by Mrs. Garside (not verified) on Mon Oct. 12, 2009 11:39 AM PDT.
What happend? She got bored with it-just like she got bored with being Governor. This woman has the attention span of a gnat.
major typo
Submitted by pete b (not verified) on Mon Oct. 12, 2009 3:22 PM PDT.
You'd think since this article has been live most of the day, that you would have caught and corrected the embarrassing typo in the headline and lede, not to mention the URL.
Thanks for the catch, but...
Submitted by Nikki Gloudeman on Mon Oct. 12, 2009 5:04 PM PDT.
"Salin Palin" is actually just a nickname for Sarah--if you search for it on google, you'll find various uses. Here are a couple examples:
http://www.politics.com/news/1559/rnc-pays-150k-for-salin-palin-outfit/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121992/posts
But thanks for keeping us on our toes!
Oh nice. You learn something
Submitted by pete b (not verified) on Mon Oct. 12, 2009 5:09 PM PDT.
Oh nice. You learn something new every day.
Sarah Palin (?)
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue Oct. 13, 2009 6:02 AM PDT.
See here: http://www.themudflats.net/2009/10/12/open-thread-17-minutes-of-fame/
Could it be?
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