Keli Goff: McCain’s Perez Hilton Problem

It is no secret John McCain is a homophobe.  However how stupid can you be, even when going out of your way to prove you you have right wing neo-con pew cred.  When even Southern Baptists start asking, “Did he really just say that?” You start wondering just how much like David Duke John McCain really is.

This time doofus is talking about gay adoption.  Whether you love or hate Perez Hilton, it is always bad for gay bashers to get noticed.  Hooray for pop culture icons noticing and promoting how bad McCain will be for the country.  He used McCain’s quote, “I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe in gay adoption,” as his quote of the day on Sunday. At last count Hilton’s post garnered around 700 comments. Talk about effective viral marketing.  Open Mouth!  Insert Foot! Go WTF!

I give this one as a win for both Perez and Obama.  Do you think Perez will get invited to the iInnaugurable Ball for this?  Lets hope so the gossip ought to be interesting!

Yahoo today is reporting that Twitter users got the news of the China earthquake out before the big media giants did. Well goody for them. This is any surprise to those of us using Twitter.

This isn’t the first time I have heard of news breaking on Twitter. Just yesterday I heard there would be an announcement concerning the fate of Ohio AG Mark Dann hours before it was official. It was also going around Twitter every time they thought he was ready to come out and speak and when it going and, and when it was over. Word travels fast there.

On the same notion of word traveling fast despite the 140 character limit for news it isn’t hard to go into information overload. With hundreds of tiny messages saying the same damned thing it is hard to keep track of the news, the gossip, or checking your regular updates. While Twitter succeeds in getting the word out the lack of filters can drive you insane.