My Twitter Campaign

You can’t read a newspaper, blog, or news crawl on cable TV without seeing something about Twitter. Though, to be honest, I think the real story really has to with how popular Twitter is among reporters. Let’s face it, the only reason we’re seeing so many Twitter stories is because most reporters yearn to write about themselves, and their Twitter addiction seems more newsworthy than how much they play Resident Evil 4 on Wii. That said, if “everyone” thinks Twitter is going to be the next Google, wrapped in Facebook, grilled over an open eBay and served up with a side of YouTube and steak fries, who am I to argue?

Which brings me to a realization: I need to seriously step up my Twitter account @AdamSacks. I mean, United States House of Representatives have more followers than me. It’s bad enough when Congressmen have more interesting sex scandals, but to beat me on the internet is just too much.

Take California’s 19th district representative George Radanovich, for instance. He has 499 followers, whereas I only have 83. That means he’s beating me by a ratio of 6 to 1. To put that another way, at that rate, if we were running the mile in high school, he’d lap me three times before I hit the second turn and then pants me in front of the girls’ field hockey team.

Now, I could understand his popularity if his “tweets” were better than mine, but (and I’m biased) they are without a doubt much worse. I could do a whole list comparing our tweets, but let’s save some time and check out his latest versus mine.

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You’d have to be crazy to think this Radanovich guy should be beating me. Which is why I’m fighting back. George Radanovich may have run for Congress uncontested, but today I throw my hat into the ring to become more popular on Twitter. And I’m not afraid to get a little mud in my sling. Check out this bumper sticker.

Watch your back, George, one day I will have more followers than you. And if anyone would like to get involved in my campaign, stop wasting your time and follow me.