i don't like the current rush of politicians and beltway media personalities to set up twitter feeds. tweets are limited to 140 characters. there's no way you can send out a substantive policy argument via twitter. the rise of political twittering is an embrace of sound bites over substance. you can't engage the other side. it's like exchanging bumper sticker slogans rather than ideas.
i'm not really against twitter. though i don't do it myself, i don't see a problem with using it as a social networking tool. all i'm saying is that using twitter as a medium for political discourse can only further dumb down our already really dumb discourse.
i guess i shouldn't be surprised that people like john mccain and jake tapper have jumped on the twitter bandwagon. there are a lot of people who seem to think that one-liner zingers are what politics is all about. i suspect the rise of D.C. twittering will only make matters worse.
