Thanks to Barack Obama’s successful use of social media in the 2008 elections, all politicians seem to have discovered Twitter and Facebook. From Cory Booker, the US mayor who tweeted his way through his city’s snow crisis, to South African political parties sometimes brilliant use of social media in the recent 2011 Local Government elections this message has clearly spread.
It does not always hit the mark though. Just as brands have sometimes “failed” in their social media usage, so have politicians.
We seem to be a society that is entertained by the fall of political figures. And what better place to watch this happen than Twitter. Sometimes politicians tweet before they think.
So here are a few examples for your enjoyment
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