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Old 08-25-2011, 05:02 AM   #1
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Default The Hill Hexagon: Obama bus tour ridiculed on Twitter
That bus tour was a great idea. They even used buses made in Canada.

Heckuva bus tour, Barry.


http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-roo...led-on-twitter

The Hill Hexagon: Obama bus tour ridiculed on Twitter

By The Hill Staff - 08/22/11 05:33 AM ET

Obama's Midwest tour last week prompted more criticism and ridicule than support on Twitter, according to this week’s Hill Hexagon.

Regardless of what President Obama and his political advisers had hoped for, the three-state Midwest bus tour last week prompted far more criticism and ridicule than support in Twitter comments, according to this week’s Hill Hexagon.

An analysis of Twitter traffic by Crimson Hexagon over the days of the tour showed that 72 percent of the opinions expressed were negative, while 22 percent were neutral and only 6 percent were favorable.

Among the negative comments, 21 percent were generally negative toward Obama, 17 percent called it a campaign stunt, 15 percent complained about taxpayers picking up the tab, 12 percent offered derisive names for the tour — similar to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s “Magical Misery Tour” — and 6 percent complained that he was not in Washington working.

Neutral comments were primarily mentions of the stops he made on his tour and what he said and did while on it. The favorable reaction came along the lines that previous presidents have conducted similar tours and relief that Obama was making the case for his policies.
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Old 08-25-2011, 05:36 AM   #2
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Citing the Crimson Hexagon? Crimson as in red? As in Red State?

You just have to look here to understand the dynamics of such an idiotic post: Only one person even thought the bus tour was newsworthy. All three stories about it were started by one person. A person with a history of being a lemming following the Rush and Drudge headlines.

It's like Derek Jeter in 2001. He could have struck out every time at bat from Game Five on in the World Series and the media would've still dubbed him Mr. November. The D!ldoheads had their sights on this tour since it was announced as evidenced by you. I'm willing to bet if there was a breakdown of posters about the tour, the political allegiances of the posters would be nigh identical to the negative/positive ratio of the tweets.
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