’6 Days from Default, Both Sides Scrambling…But Whitehouse Rickrolling Twitter User’
EmailDuring the White House briefing earlier today, David Wiggs of Franklin, TN, aka @wiggsd, tweeted: “This WH correspondence (sic) briefing isn't nearly as entertaining as yesterday's. #TCOT #WHchat”
Oddly enough, the White House responded: “@wiggsd Sorry to hear that. Fiscal policy is important, but can be dry sometimes. Here's something more fun: tinyurl.com/y8ufsnp #WHChat.”
The link is to a video of Rick Astley singing his worldwide Number 1 hit from 1987, “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
This is known in the internet world as “Rickrolling” someone: a prank in which you send someone a link they think will be of someone else and instead it’s the Rick Astley video.
Wiggs wrote back to the @WhiteHouse “Love it!” but later tweeted that the “@Drudge should have story ‘6 days from default, both sides scrambling…but Whitehouse rickrolling twitter user.’” A headline at the Drudge report mentions “6 Days from Default, Both Sides Scrambling.”
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Posted by: young_voter | July 27, 2011, 5:43 pm 5:43 pm
It seems to me that if the Congress and the House had to go without their paychecks and not receive backpay-maybe they would get their jobs done in the time given without special sessions!
Posted by: Mary | July 27, 2011, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
Can’t anyone be serious?
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | July 27, 2011, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm
This twitter stuff is for loser pop culture spiritually challenged liberals with no lives.
Of course it’s custom made for the likes of President NoBo and his White Wash Administration.
Posted by: Noz | July 27, 2011, 8:32 pm 8:32 pm
“This twitter stuff is for loser pop culture spiritually challenged liberals with no lives.”
I just started Tweeting a few days ago and I am not a liberal. The rest of it is eerily close though.
Posted by: Foggy | July 27, 2011, 11:45 pm 11:45 pm
And where exactly is Obama’s plan? He has none and has never had one. The Democrats have crafted this in their favor because they can pick on a Republican plan and make it and them look bad while they go scot free without even producing one. Then the Democrats can blame the GOP, yet again, for the economy going sour on the GOP plan. The Democrats are not clever, they are only CRAFTY, crafty politicians because to them politics is all there is, it is their only life, their only hope, and their only faith.
Posted by: EPU | July 28, 2011, 12:53 am 12:53 am
And where exactly is Obama’s plan? He has none and has never had one.
Posted by: EPU | Jul 28, 2011 12:53:52 AM
Actually Obama’s plan is just as detailed as the Republican’s Cut, Slash and Burn bill – which is quite vague, and doesn’t identify which programs will be cut, nor by how much, nor how. Nor does it identify how that might impact, nor who it will impact on.
The White House offered more than $1 trillion in cuts to discretionary spending, $650 billion in cuts to entitlement programs and, in return, asked Republicans for $1.2 trillion in additional revenues by eliminating loopholes and engaging in tax reforms.
Posted by: Juggler | July 28, 2011, 1:32 am 1:32 am
Do a story on how many times Social Security was raided by Bush, Reagan and others.. How much was taken and if that money was returned… Where would SS stand? Appears to me, Republicans are trying to break SS’s funds…
Posted by: Randall | July 28, 2011, 2:04 am 2:04 am
Dear America,
Never Gonna Give You Up, as long as you keep paying our cushy salaries so the Recession doesn’t hit us.
Love,
A bunch of immature, non-productive, unfocused A.D.D. folks in the White House who make their living from the public till.
P.S. Being in politics is better than being on welfare!
Posted by: dave | July 28, 2011, 6:02 am 6:02 am
YOUNG_VOTER, keep burying your head in the sand.
Posted by: what667 | July 28, 2011, 6:07 am 6:07 am
“The White House offered more than $1 trillion in cuts to discretionary spending, $650 billion in cuts to entitlement programs and, in return, asked Republicans for $1.2 trillion in additional revenues by eliminating loopholes and engaging in tax reforms.”
So when did the CBO score that plan? Were you able to get a copy of this plan?
Posted by: J.R. | July 28, 2011, 8:42 am 8:42 am
So do you bots ever get tired of asking where the President’s plan is? You know of course all bills pertaining to the finance of the Nation originate in the House of Representatives… right?
So everytime I hear (or read) one of you repub bots repeat that question, I am reminded of kids trying to tell me who started the fight… “It’s his fault, No it’s HIS fault!”
Intelligent people know where the Buck starts and where it stops. So how do you think we are supposed to take you seriously when you request, nay, DEMAND the president’s plan!
Posted by: DewyB | July 28, 2011, 9:03 am 9:03 am
“I just started Tweeting a few days ago and I am not a liberal. The rest of it is eerily close though.” – Foggy
Let me know how it goes Foggy.
I’m staying away from it as if it was the Plague.
Posted by: Noz | July 28, 2011, 9:31 am 9:31 am
Noz, I started tweeting last week. Still not on facebook but will be. Why? Time to stand up against Washington and put my real name to my words. I hope to encourage some of the you to do the same. I’m at davilch on twitter and the google domain.
Posted by: Foggy | July 28, 2011, 10:22 am 10:22 am
Not so many moons ago, the President formed a “Commission” which hopefully would have begun to get our thought processes geared toward government expense problems….what did Mr. Obama do with that Commission? Why, nothing, of course….probably couldn’t fit it into his schedule of raising funds and using our “Presidential Visitation” funds to fly from one campaign stop to another. This crap has to stop……get rid of Advisers by the 100s, apparently,
Mr. Obama…..this government was never intended to be a branch of the University of Chicago’s most liberal wing………do you job…stop jawboning…we want production out of the Oval Office other than divisiveness..
Posted by: justj joey | July 28, 2011, 11:47 am 11:47 am
Why am I not amazed that of all the questions asked, probably thousands not seen, you choose to make your blog headline about this stuff…substance in reporting please…why don’t you mention some of the questions and answers that were real?
Posted by: Donna C in AZ | July 28, 2011, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm
Tweets are private; only your followers can read and respond to them. If you want to make your tweets public, you can do so by providing your Twitter identity. Interested parties can even subscribe to your tweets.
Posted by: Jail Nation | July 28, 2011, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm