Obama Admits He’s Never Used Twitter
[At least McCain does. (Or in his case, because he's medically inable to type on a BlackBerry or keyboard thanks to years of torture in a Vietnamese prison camp, he dictates his tweets to a staffer)]
According to the Twitter stream, the president was answering a question about whether he thought the Chinese firewall was a good idea and whether Chinese people should be able to use Twitter. His response: "I have never used Twitter. My thumbs are too clumsy. But I'm a big believer in technology." Then he then went on to discuss the open Internet and why he thinks it's important to have unrestricted access (i.e. no censorship). "I'm a big supporter of not restricting Internet use, Internet access, Twitter." He used his own daughters as an example, citing that they can go online and learn about Shanghai; he also admitted the dangers of the Internet and how it can be used for ill as well as good.
That may explain why he and the State Department were so slow on the up-take regarding the Iranian protests this Summer...
