Howard Dean Livetweets Traffic Troubles in Connecticut
Updated 9/19/12
When we last checked in with former governor Howard Dean's Twitter adventures, he was rocking out to the String Cheese Incident and Jack Johnson. Last night Dean went on another tweetin' spree, this time updating the internet on the traffic situation in Connecticut. Here we go:
Stuck in bumper to bumper traffic at 111 at night on I 95 in Conn. Happens every time. Really grateful I live it Vermont.
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 18, 2012
Assuming he meant 11:11, as the tweet was sent at 11:11 p.m. Damn those typos!
This is truly a nightmare. All construction with little apparent work being done. Now 11:30. How do the people who live here stand it?
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 18, 2012
No work being done? What a waste of taxpayer resources!
Only a couple of miles from the New York border. Hopefully they are better at this.
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 18, 2012
For those stuck in Ct it is fine once you cross the border.
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 18, 2012
Whew! Thank God New York's got it together. Take a lesson, Connecticut.
BTW, Mr. Dean, you weren't tweeting while driving, were you?
For those who asked re the Connecticut jam, Tweeting only while at a dead stop. No TWD
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 18, 2012
Good save.
This morning Dean was back to his usual self, blasting Mitt Romney over his "nearly half of Americans are freeloaders" comments. That was good stuff, too.
Romney's statement really is about the contempt which wealthy Republicans have for the rest of us. Indeed he doesn't care.
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 18, 2012
I have reluctantly concluded that Mitt Romney is not qualified to be President
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 18, 2012
I am not being "ironic" about saying "reluctantly". A two (or more) party system is good for the US. An unqualified nominee is not good.
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) September 18, 2012
Howard Dean: No room for irony.
Lightheartedness inside, it is refreshing to see a public figure like Dean take the reins of his own online presence and let loose, even when it's utterly banal and silly like this. It beats the typical political Twitter account, blasting out dull updates crafted by PR staffers. Do your own tweeting, politicians — it's what social media's really for. (And you'll avoid getting busted pretending to be where you're not.)
Just don't do what Anthony Weiner did.
UPDATE: WCAX has a story today about the current governor's tweeting habits in which Gov. Peter Shumlin admits he doesn't have much to do with the Twitter account bearing his name.
