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In a sign that campaign season must fully be underway, first lady Michelle Obama has joined Twitter, launching her own verified account.
The first lady -- under the handle @MichelleObama -- made her first tweet at about 8 a.m. ET, and by late morning had accumulated over 58,000 followers.
The first tweet on the account, read:
We're excited today to launch @michelleobama as a new way for you to connect with First Lady Michelle Obama and the President's campaign.
The account, though, won't be managed by Obama herself; rather, staff members at the president's re-election campaign will manage the account. Staff clarified in a second tweet that the account would be “managed by campaign staff, with any tweets from the First Lady herself signed ‘-mo.’” The account follows five campaign and White House-related accounts.
“This is just another way the first lady is reaching out to connect with people directly,” said a senior campaign staffer.
The campaign also points out that the first lady has over 6 million Facebook followers, and Twitter is just another way to communicate with people.
When a tweet from Obama appears -- there is a good chance the first lady will send out a signed tweet on Thursday -- it won't be her first ever, just the first on this account.
Last October, Obama sent her first tweet from the @JoiningForces account to support that initiative, which is meant to support military members and their families.
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BFD!
I'm all for social networking, but draw the line at 'tweeting'...
I don't care that someone had a ham sandwich for lunch!
<----Hide's his ham sandwich and chips ..and Kit Kat ...ice cream.. choc/chip cookies ..snickers bar and red velvet cup cake .. frosted animal cookies.. and "diet coke" ...lol
Ditto!
Plus, what's her big plan? Tweet that she's NOT an angry black woman for the next 10 months?
Something tells me that her account won't make it a week before someone hacks it! ;)
No, this is another way to campaign for the president!
See I told ya!
This account will be a great way to learn more about how people hack other twitter accounts!
Now, the next job is to think up funny tweets that can be sent from this account!
I wonder if Michelle is going to use twitter to find out where her missing college thesis disappeared to?
Yesterday I twittered "the ows crowd is obama's advance team"
Before someone protests, I did credit the tweet to the other 'not so angry' Michele, lol
OH JOY!! Mooschelle is there. I am so glad I don't have a Twitter account.
BB,
You don't have to like the First Lady, but it is beneath you to call her names. Not very good form there, sir. You disappoint me.
Uh, Michelle Obama's college thesis has been publicly available for almost 4 years -- since February 2008.
Time to put away the tin foil hat. :-)
And by the way, so glad to see that there's such inform interest in these things. I'm so glad that I can also read Barbara Bush's, Laura Bush's, Cindy McCain's, Nancy Reagan's, and Elizabeth Dole's college papers. Oh, wait, actually....nobody seems to have demanded that THOSE be made public. Hmmm....wonder why.....
Ah moochelle must have a sense of humor se is married to a joke?
A dangerous joke, but a joke!!!!
<----Hide's his ham sandwich and chips ..and KitKat ...ice cream.. choc/chip cookies snickers bar and red velvet cup cake .. and "diet coke" ...lol
You call this news!
No...this is a blog on politics.
This is news...
www.msnbc.msn.com
...or if you want unbiased news without liberal spin: www.foxnews.com
Milked than W.T.F. are you doing here?
Smitty,
I'm just a fair and balanced guy, checking out the dark side of politics!
LOL I know better. We all know better. But its your opinion.
Obama-Biden 2012
Fair and Balanced. Just because it's their slogan doesn't make it true.
My granddaughter, 11, signed me up for twitter. Says it the "cool" way to stay in touch. Problem is, she never showed me how to use it
I have no interest in 'tweeting'...but for those that do, great!
chilled,
Everytime someone talks about "tweeting" I can't help myself - I think of Tweety Bird and Sylvester the cat!
I am still trying to figure out how to use a cell phone..lol
Me either.
Between e-mail, texting, Facebook & First Read, I have my hands full! ;o)
Damn those 'smart' phones! lol
Phine.....and Tweety always got the best of Sylvester.....too funny.
I'm a PUSSYCAT! Not a technophile!....
Tweeting, like texting will eventually conquer us all...:)
I cringe when Gwen Ifill invites viewers of "Washington Week" to follow them on twitter, or the even stranger idea of "liking" them on facebook....
At least I have the texting down. Love it.
LOL, I just love the old Tweety cartoons. Even my "sophisticated" granddaughter will watch them with me!
I leave the facebook to the hubby - and he ignores it most of the time. Just an old-fashioned gal I guess.
I'm still tweaking my tinfoil hat ... still no input or output ... to explode (red) or to implode (blue), too many choices.
I upgraded my tinfoil for the non-stick tinfoil - better reception.
I loathe this thing called "Twitter."
Off topic, I saw an interview with FLOTUS on CBS this morning. Even the ever- irritating Gayle King couldn't diminish Michelle's star qualities. What I like about the First Lady is, she is down to earth and she works for a living, really trying to address our kids' obesity problem and supporting military families.
Amy,
I really admire our First Lady. A good role model for young women of today.
A good role model for not-so-young women too! I started a weight lifting regime this month (well, resolved to start a weight lifting regime.)
I don't "Tweet".....but I love to ask those looking down at their I-Phones and alike , if they are "Tweeting"........
Happy B-day 1st Lady, my sister's school in TX got the H1N1 virus 1st in the US. We're #1! We're #1!
We need to be protected from abuses or mismanagement by the wealthiest, but the true problem is in the inability of our government or society to reign in the criminals and such while the richest people do whatever they like even if it harms others or our entire society. We have to have accountability, good governance, and an educated and informed populace. We cannot have government serving only it...self and survive. It has been proven that it will maintain its distance from the people and classify everything that those idiots do as sensitive and covered by immunity, and the people will never know what is going on in the world until it is allowed to be broadcast by the major networks. Any deviation is susceptible to lawsuits and those that break with the "doctrine" can be shut up in institutions and stigmatized and silenced in other ways, or completely ignored. The government has already decided for us what we will hear, what we will discuss, and has a monopoly on all the information. It is that entity that needs to be examined and worked with day in and day out by a congress dedicated to the US Constitution and by people who are their because they want to serve the people of our nation in information/education, and equity under the law as with the bill of rights. One does not have a war and negate the entire concept of government in order to do battle with enemies of the state, because in doing so, it makes the people enemies of the state. Only the ultra uninformed that lack intellect want or need guidance in all matters of their lives, and protection from the realities of the world around them. I am beginning to think the government is trying to institutionalize us all so as to not interfere in its secret processes of war, negotiation, and so forth. This is truly an insanely screwed up situation we are all in.
commonsenseisn't
With a 42% deficit and almost 16 trillion in debt, this nation needs Romney.
obama has failed. His supporters ignore the debt. It's time for a change, this time for the better.
Whoa big fella,
You are saying that what took over 50 years to bring our country down, is someones fault that is now in office? Very fooling remark sir. It would not have mattered if it were Republican or Democrat in office, the long term problems remain, and CANNOT be fixed over night.
Please read Gerry Spence's piece on Corporate Religion, an eye opener that we all should read.
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Question: Will her tweets include "angry birds" to go along with her "angry woman" image??? And before you libs jump all over that comment, consider this...........her statements of not being proud of her Nation, people in her husbands administration quitting, her presumption that her scoulding others about THEIR eating habits, but then beening seen at her favorite rib joint chowing down BBQ ribs. Come on, enough with the attempt to re-vamping the "first families" image. Stick with the issues and leave the "celebrity" stuff for those who care. Pitt and Jolee may make for good reading on the tabloids, but it won't fix this Nations woos. Though Brad probably couldn't do any worse than Barry has, after all they have the same qualifications to be President.................NONE