Matt Bai chronicles the agonizingly banal Twitter output of our political elites:
Some politicians use Twitter — or, in many cases, have their staff members use it — as a vehicle for their daily message or as a kind of running travelogue. (“Back from Belgium,” Representative Darrell Issa of California tweeted last month. “They make quite a waffle.”) Other politicians have decided that Twitter is a way for us to become immersed in the mundane details of their private lives. The clear leader in this field is Claire McCaskill, Missouri’s junior senator, who took up Twitter just before the inauguration. “I get old style crunchy taco, and a chicken burrito supreme & Diet Coke at Taco Bell,” McCaskill recently tweeted. “Miss those tostados.” Then: “Ok, ok, brain freeze. I know you can only get Diet Pepsi at Taco Bell.”
Issa's is my favorite. Here are some predictions for Issa tweets after future foreign trips:
-"Back from Sweden. They make quite a meatball."
-"Back from England. They make quite a muffin."
Thank goodness technology has made the sharing of these insights possible.
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