There's always the cliche of old people trying to be "hip" by using new technology - the Google, or something else on this grand old series of tubes. But I was truly horrified when I discovered that at least one Senator, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Twitters. A recent update on the stimulus compromise.
First of all, her background is hilarious - the too-small-picture that's wallpapered behind her posts reminds me of when I was first experimenting with desktop backgrounds on Windows 3.1. But, much more importantly, is that Twitters have maximum character limits. 140 characters. How can one possibly say anything worthwhile about serious government business - be it legislation, hearings or even investigations - in 140 characters? It's impossible. Twittering in this scenario is simply abbreviated talking points - as if talking points were too well-explained in the first point.
Senatorial Twitterrers (or Twits?) are doing America a great disservice by communicating in this way.
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