If you can't stand the tweet...
Being a Republican from Utah County, maybe newly minted Congressman Jason Chaffetz isn't used to the notion of people disagreeing with him.
That's one explanation for why the tech-happy Chaffetz has blocked a well-known Utah Democratic activist from his Twitter feed.
Misty Fowler, who runs the blog Saintless and was Utah chairwoman for the Obama campaign, reports today that she is no longer allowed to follow Chaffetz' Twitter feed when she's logged in - though she can still read all of Chaffetz' 140-character pearls of wisdom when she doesn't log into her account.
"So, if I really want to, I can still see his updates," Fowler wrote. "Not that it's important enough to me that I'm going to bother, but I do find it childish that a public official would act this way."
Fowler theorizes that a string of Twitter exchanges, where she asked Chaffetz to stop complaining about President Barack Obama's budget and propose his own plan, may have gotten under the rookie congressman's skin.
Chaffetz has forgotten Vito Corleone's sage advice about keeping your friends close but your enemies closer.
That's one explanation for why the tech-happy Chaffetz has blocked a well-known Utah Democratic activist from his Twitter feed.
Misty Fowler, who runs the blog Saintless and was Utah chairwoman for the Obama campaign, reports today that she is no longer allowed to follow Chaffetz' Twitter feed when she's logged in - though she can still read all of Chaffetz' 140-character pearls of wisdom when she doesn't log into her account.
"So, if I really want to, I can still see his updates," Fowler wrote. "Not that it's important enough to me that I'm going to bother, but I do find it childish that a public official would act this way."
Fowler theorizes that a string of Twitter exchanges, where she asked Chaffetz to stop complaining about President Barack Obama's budget and propose his own plan, may have gotten under the rookie congressman's skin.
Chaffetz has forgotten Vito Corleone's sage advice about keeping your friends close but your enemies closer.
Labels: internet, Jason Chaffetz, politics
posted by Sean P. Means @ 12:07 PM |
5 Comments:
worth a post....? nah
So, what, he can't take steps to minimize drains on his resources and time, especially when they're pointless? There are a variety of other ways Miss Fowler can get her point across -- and, as she pointed out herself, she can still read his twitter posts. Here's a question I've got to wonder: is Miss Fowler actually one of his constitutents? I am under the impression she lives in SLC and therefore is not ...
Just read Misty's comments to Jason, and I must say I don't blame him. Her responses are rude and don't indicate a desire for problem-solving, but sound like partisan political attacks.
I would say, from viewing Misty Fowler's messages to Rep. Chaffetz, that she's the one who is being childish.
Keep in mind that Jason Chaffetz doesn't even live in his own district. He lives in Jim Matheson's district.
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