Once again, the hashtag stops here. President Obama is holding a Twitter chat this afternoon.
President Obama to hold Twitter town hall this afternoon.
— Anthony DeRosa ? (@Anthony) December 3, 2012
There is some confusion over which (failed) hashtag will be used.
Have questions for President @BarackObama about middle class tax cuts? Go ahead and ask him at 2pm! Use hashtag #My2k
— Jessica Hewkin (@jehewkin) December 3, 2012
To send questions to President Obama use #WHChat
— Anthony DeRosa ? (@Anthony) December 3, 2012
At 2ET today, President Obama will answer questions on @twitter about extending middle class tax cuts. Ask with #My2k
— P. Aniskoff (NARA) (@PAniskoff44) December 3, 2012
So Obama personally tweeted "Ask with #My2k" then reporters say to submit questions with #WHchat. Thanks for the confusion.
— Reality Matters (@datalogictruth) December 3, 2012
D’oh! Tweeting, like leading, is hard.
Either way, the hilarity will surely ensue as both hashtags are taken over. Again.
https://twitter.com/ZacharyPaul1/status/275660716462178304
who will get more twitter Qs about legalizing weed? potus or the pope?
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) December 3, 2012
This will end well. RT @markknoller: Pres Obama to take tax cut questions via Twitter at 2PM. Questions to #My2k
— The Real Matt Finn (@mdrache) December 3, 2012
And, hijack alert!
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Probably a good idea to hit #WHchat & #My2k & in force at 2pm eastern. #tcot #tlot #teaparty #Gop #RonPaul #Benghazi
— Libertymeme (@Libertymeme) December 3, 2012
I don't want #My2K. I want #mygovt to #balancethebudget #WHchat
— David Osteen (@davidosteen) December 3, 2012
How in the world is it a 'tax cut' if no taxes go down, but some go up? #my2k #p2
— big tuna (@keder) December 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/chaselindley/status/275668263764107264
https://twitter.com/jwherrman/status/275665903209836544
Oh, both hashtags will fail … for the president.
We predict that the hilarity, however, will be epic. Keep it coming, Twitter!
Update:
Obama’s hard at work on his laptop:
Photo of Pres Obama's hands typing #My2k answers @ whitehouse: pic.twitter.com/DhsfAN1b
— petesouza (archived) (@PeteSouza44) December 3, 2012
And the hijacking is fully, officially underway!
https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/275672472131612673
Dear @WhiteHouse, can you explain how raising an additional $80 Billion per year will fix a 1.1 Trillion dollar deficit? Thanks! #My2K
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 3, 2012
#My2K #WHchat Isn't the last debt ceiling rise the reason we're in this mess?And now POTUS wants ALL control of debt ceiling,seriously?!
— Regina (@mommasaurus009) December 3, 2012
@BarackObama Mr. President, Why not place more emphasis on reducing government spending, than on raising revenues? #My2K #WHChat
— David Osteen (@davidosteen) December 3, 2012
$16,000,000,000,000 and rising at the fastest pace on record. WTF @WhiteHouse? #my2k #p2
— big tuna (@keder) December 3, 2012
Over 3 years without a budget. Shouldn't we address spending before asking Americans to pay more? #my2k
— FreedomWorks (@FreedomWorks) December 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/275680021283233792
https://twitter.com/newprezz2012/status/275685532216999939
Dear @WhiteHouse, in what alternate universe is 2% of the population paying over half of all income taxes "not fair?" #My2K
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 3, 2012
https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/275684051153727489
All great questions. And all too inconvenient to be answered by our very busy and important president.
No one really expects @whitehouse to take a question that *doesn't* support their marketing push, do they? #my2k
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) December 3, 2012
Meanwhile, if we’ve learned anything from this little chat session, it’s that President Obama definitely needs Twitter supervision:
Obama just told everyone to "tweet your Member." heh hehhehheheeheheheehehehe. #my2K
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 3, 2012
Yep. He totally did:
Gotta go. Thx. Keep pressure on Congress. Call, email, tweet your Member & tell them what 2k means to you. Lets get it done. #my2k -bo
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) December 3, 2012
Yeesh.
Update:
Once again, the White House offers pathetic “proof” that Obama was totally doing stuff. All on his own!
Photo of the Day: President Obama answers #My2k questions on Twitter live from the White House: http://t.co/sBLlaxE2 pic.twitter.com/ppY9aVCY
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) December 4, 2012
OK, so maybe not all on his own. Presidential tweeting: It takes a village.
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