In a new Twitter record for politics, President Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech spurred people around the world to Tweet at a rate of 52,757 per minute, tech blog Mashable reported.
In related news, Mashable noted, the $100,000-each Twitter trends Republicans and Democrats have been promoting — #RomneyRyan2012, #AreYouBetterOff, #16TrillionFail and #Forward2012 — haven’t really worked out for either of them. A lot of people using the hashtags have done so making arguments and commentary counter to their sponsored intent.
Editorial skepticism: It is somewhat hard to believe there are a lot of undecided voters on Twitter anyway.
In any event, on Twitter this week there was the usual partisan chest-thumping and also some interesting anecdotes from individuals about their company's rising premiums and people day-tripping from Oklahoma to Mexico for prescriptions:
"We're building an America in which Walter White won't have to become a meth cook because he lacks proper health care coverage." #DNC2012
This bicycle bus at both conventions was the initiative of a health care company, with a goal of encouraging...
Graph showing the dispicable lies told by obama & his minions regarding the future of healthcare under obamanocare:
CBO Fact Checks Clinton Claim Obama Controlled HealthcareCosts http://zite.to/RHltKx via @zite
If laughter is the best medicine, I'm surprised healthcare companies haven't yet figured out a way to charge us a copay.
Fox News Debunks Years Of Its Own Commentary By Accurately Reporting That Health Care Reform Reduces Deficit
Also significant: Very lite mention of healthcare reform and nothing on stimulus. 2 HUGE Obama legislative accomplishments avoided
No, the people most certainly did not endorse your health care plan -- don't try to foist that off on the American people.
If you want healthcare passed, call Obama. If you want healthcare explained, call Clinton.
One public dollar invested in contraception saves $4 in Medicaid expenditures.http://bit.ly/OZgzb6
The last time @MittRomney was on "Meet the Press", he endorsed a federal individual health care mandatehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M9gGwW2gCs #flipflop
#Obama pledged that healthcare reform wouldn't add a cent to the deficit, but #Obamacare will actlly have net cost of approx $1.2 trillion
"Freedom means keeping gov't out of our most private affairs" unless we're regulating your health care or forcing you to perform abortions.
50% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law, 41% Opposed...http://tinyurl.com/33lscbm #healthcare
In other completely unrelated news, Murdoch has started up a new health care company. #reshuffle
Remember as you listen to Rubio that next week you'll hear US politicians PRAISING the Cuban health care system. #NaturalTruth#DNC
Have no doubt if it wasn't for Quebec, we'd have the death penalty and no universal health care system. Quebec the social conscience of CDN
If we're serious about health care reform, that means getting serious about health care cronyism.
The best thing Bill Clinton did last night was try to bring Medicaid into the policy debate:
Bill taking some liberties with that health care cost inflation statistic. (Bad) economy was a large part of that.
Bike highways in Denmark. Will pay for themselves in healthcaresavings in less than a year. Take note UK govt!
Obama isn't making sure YOU GET HEALTHCARE! He is selling HC insurance that DOESN'T PAY enough of the bill for doctors to accept. #rnc #dnc
Turned out empty chair did not raise my taxes. Well, of course not. It's a chair. But when I wasn't looking, it socialized health care.
#DNC: You guys r gonna decide health care for 300 million yet can't decide if God should be in your platform? ... #tcot #tlot #glbt #p2#gop
Healthcare is 18% of GNP. Up from 7.2% in 1970. Projected to be 40% in 2050. WOW! 40%!?! @WMEP_News
Would Bill Clinton's cosmetic surgery be covered under Obamacare?
Fact-checkers find few flaws in Clinton's healthcare claims
I love how they zoom in on the diseased looking people whenever they talk about healthcare. #DNC
#DNC you think Healthcare should be free? Ok, you go to school for 10-12 yrs and see what it's like to not get paid for your service.
Half my monthly take home pay goes to student loans. If I gethealthcare through my job, I lose another 1/4 of what's left #DNC#Clinton
My gf's grandparents who live in Oklahoma make a fun day trip over the border to Mexico to get their prescriptions #dnc #healthcare
I question Clinton's stats on healthcare costs; my company's premiums went up 57 and 25 percent in the last two years. #dnc
