Monday, November 28, 2011

Best. Controversy. Ever.

Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kan. governor

The Shawnee Mission East senior was taking part in a Youth in Government program last week in Topeka, Kan., when she sent out a tweet from the back of a crowd of students listening to Brownback's greeting. From her cellphone, she thumbed: "Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person (hash)heblowsalot."

She actually made no such comment and said she was "just joking with friends." But Brownback's office, which monitors social media for postings containing the governor's name, saw Sullivan's post and contacted the Youth in Government program.

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Sullivan's mother, Julie, said she isn't angry with her daughter, even though she thinks she "could have chosen different words."


I don't know which I find funnier: the fact that the Governor's office thought it was a productive use of their time to complain about a high school student who said the Governor "blows a lot" ...

Or the fact that the high school student in question is stubbornly refusing to back down. (I said he blows a lot and I stand by that.)

1 comment:

Dean said...

Both ways are quite hilarious points of view. I wonder if the gov worked harder at his Job, and spent less on the Public Relations, if this situation would've turned out better for all involved.