Elon Musk Dares To Have A Political Opinion On Twitter
No more political comments for me now that I’ve shot off both my feet. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 9, 2013 Twitter is an extraordinary tool in so many ways. But, it’s a troll-lined black hole for civic dialogue. Last night, serial inventor Elon Musk dared to express a political opinion on Twitter and paid the price. “Always admired Margaret Thatcher — she was tough, but sensible & fair, much like my English Nana,” he tweeted. @elonmusk god motherfucker, you just lost some serious cool points. — Tice Estes (@ticeestes) April 9, 2013 While the reaction to Musk was relatively tame, compared to the usual firestorm of epithets and Hitler-themed accusations, the utter lack of informed dialogue does not spell good things for the future of democracy and social media. For instance, when former Ms. teen heartthrob Melissa Joan Hart expressed an ounce of positivity towards Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, she was inundated with vicious insults: Which, was in response to this thoughtful ...
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Man who took Romney "47 percent" video reveals himself
WASHINGTON - Scott Prouty was at a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney last year as the bartender, and ended up secretly taping a video that changed the trajectory of the 2012 presidential campaign.
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Pew: Twitter Is A Mainstream Liberal, But A Conservative Wonk
Twitter's liberal bias is no shocker to anyone who saw "Binders Full Of Women" at a Halloween party last year. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's slip-of-the-tongue during a presidential debate instantly became a Twitter sensation, fueling discussion of conservative gender bias for weeks after the event. Now, delicious new survey data from Pew reveals just how liberal the Twitter universe is. And, perhaps more interestingly, when it's also more conservative than national opinion polls.
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Mitt Romney: 'It kills me not to be there in the White House'
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in his first television interview since he lost the election to President Obama, said that until the evening of Election Day 2012, he thought he was going to win the presidential election.
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Republican Tagg Romney says won't run for Senate: report
BOSTON - Tagg Romney, the son of former presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, is the latest Republican to rule out running for an open Senate seat in Massachusetts, the Boston Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
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