Hillary Clinton starts tweeting
Source: The Ticket
Hillary Clinton issued her first tweet on Monday, causing a stir in social media as well as in the political world.
The former secretary of state used her maiden tweet, sent from her new @HillaryClinton account, to cheekily capitalize on the 2012 "Texts from Hillary" Tumblr meme, writing to that site's creators:
Clinton in 2012 met with the "Texts from Hillary" Tumblr's creators and even issued her own submission.
Clinton's new Twitter account for now offers no direct mention of the 2016 presidential bid she is widely assumed to be considering, but she alludes to it in her profile. "Wife, mom, lawyer, women & kids advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState, author, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD...," the profile reads. TBD indeed.
Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/hillary-clinton-starts-tweeting-172204268.html
longship
(40,416 posts)I think Hillary is fairly comfortable in her skin. Many would take offense at something like Texts from Hillary meme if it were about them.
This is cool. She seems to be even using the meme's image on her Twitter account.
I'm looking forward to seeing what she does with this even though I have no current position on a 2016 candidacy.
R&
Beacool
(30,253 posts)graham4anything
(11,464 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,503 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)msongs
(67,478 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)And that Hillary Clinton person seems to be a public figure of some sort.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)Beacool
(30,253 posts)"Wife, mom, lawyer, women & kids advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState, author, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD...," the profile reads.
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)she listed "wife" first...
eggplant
(3,917 posts)Why does anyone have to be sad about that? Does that somehow diminish the rest of the extensive list? Do you actually think they are in order of importance? Maybe it's just a bit more alliterative.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)But see no problem here. Many fine women are also mothers- fine mothers shape fine children, and excel in a "man's" world at the same time. I come from a long line of such strong women. Beware pissing such women off.
MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)wife!
I have a nice upper middle class job and a lot of other things going for but falling in love with my wife was one of the greatest events of my life (sorry for rhymes).
big_dog
(4,144 posts)Tweeters welcome Hillary Clinton
Twitter erupted Monday after Hillary Clinton tweeted for the first time, with politicians and media alike excited about her debut. Susan Rice and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi followed Clinton just minutes after she tweeted, and pundits were thrilled with her opening reference to Texts from Hillary. Clintons Twitter went public just before noon on Monday, and she gained over 113,000 followers by 3 p.m. Heres a look at Twitters welcome:
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/twitter-welcomes-hillary-clinton-92512.html?hp=l6
Skittles
(153,261 posts)love that!
Twitterati warmly welcome Hillary Clinton on her first day in Twittersphere
Republicans and Democrats rush to welcome the former secretary of state, who playfully describes herself as a 'pantsuit aficionado' with a future that is 'TBD.'
he Twitterati, both Republicans and Democrats, rolled out the red carpet to welcome Hillary Clinton after she opened a Twitter account on Monday.
President Obama gave his former secretary of state a shout out, saying he was "happy to welcome" her.
Her former colleague in the Senate, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), offered his warm greetings to "another great NYer," and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand also sent greetings.
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod and Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) chimed in to express their pleasure at her joining the Twittersphere.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/twitterati-warmly-hillary-clinton-article-1.1368958#ixzz2Vvymg9d0
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)She's tooooo cooooool!
Psephos
(8,032 posts)Beacool
(30,253 posts)Warren Buffett Welcomes Hillary Clinton To Twitter, Pressures Her To Run In 2016.
Hello @Hillaryclinton! Happy to welcome one of my favorite women in the world to twitter. #45
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/warren-buffett-hillary-clinton-twitter_n_3422673.html