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    Follow Joe: Biden takes to Twitter

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is taking to Twitter.

    The White House says the vice president is sending his first-ever tweet Monday, a Fourth of July message from himself and wife Jill Biden asking Americans to take time to think of the troops in battle.

    The famously verbose and gaffe-prone Biden might seem an unlikely candidate to say it in 140 characters or less. But fear not — like most politicians' Twitter accounts, Biden's will be staff-written.

    It's part of the White House's growing focus on social media. The White House regularly communicates to supporters via Twitter, as does President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

    On Wednesday the White House will even hold a Twitter town hall. Obama will take questions via Twitter, though he'll respond verbally.

    Biden's Twitter username is (at)VP.

     

    31 comments

    • Boer en sy roer  •  10 mths ago
      I always knew Biden was a twit.
    • JamesD  •  10 mths ago
      If this had been Sarah Palin as VP with staff writing her tweets, there would be 900 comments mocking her for it - and it's Bush's fault!
    • Murray Hill  •  10 mths ago
      They sure as hell ain't gonna let him write his own tweets - not unless P-BO want's to spend the rest of his term explaining what he really meant.
    • Simon R  •  10 mths ago
      So he's going to put his staff's feet in his mouth instead then?
    • NJ  •  10 mths ago
      Wait a minute ... Twitter? Who? What? Town hall? @VP? Biden?

      What ever happened to the Summer of Recovery?

      Wait ... was that last summer?
    • RichardM  •  10 mths ago
      So these are his tweets but actually aren't? Will the staff tweet some type of gaffe every so often to add credibility?
    • Johnny  •  10 mths ago
      Getting Biden up on a Twitter account makes about as much sense as giving an ape a string of pearls.
    • khwilm  •  10 mths ago
      Joe will be sent to pasture come 2012
      • Jimbo 10 mths ago
        Hopefully along with his bossman!
    • NJ  •  10 mths ago
      "You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking."

      Joe Biden - July 7, 2006
    • Jack  •  10 mths ago
      biden is was and forever shall be a d-bag.
    • NJ  •  10 mths ago
      "This is a big fụcking deal."

      Joe Biden
      Mar 23, 2010
    • Withoutname  •  10 mths ago
      biden is too stupid to do his own tweets
    • peter  •  10 mths ago
      Wiener did hid own tweets. Is he that nuch smarter than the V.P.?
    • Christina  •  10 mths ago
      Looks like the liberal press is throwing Biden under the bus. The rumors must be true. Cuomo will be replacing him on the 2012 ticket.
    • NJ  •  10 mths ago
      How did he secure the twitter handle @VP? Who reserved it for him? Who bought it for him? What strings were pulled? Who was the connection?

      That's what I want to know -- because this AP "article" is a press release disguised as a puff piece.
    • Jack  •  10 mths ago
      oh how exciting
    • BS Buster  •  10 mths ago
      And this is news because ... ??? Does anyone really expect the politicians to tweet themselves? It's being handled by their team of event promoters.
      • Kathy 10 mths ago
        Anthony Weiner tweeted by himself.
      • smuthrob 10 mths ago
        If his Joe Biden's staff is going to do them for him that means he does not have an account, his staff has the account. So some staff members user name will be @VP. You mean they have a staff member working for Joe Biden that can make the ridiculous errors him and Barack make. Does Obama's staff know there are only 50 states in the union or does He still think there's 57? Has Obama learned his daughter's age yet (he got it wrong at this last press conference). Him and Joe need someone else to do the speaking for them too. Theyi are both ill equipped to do anything other than play golf.
    • Mesndblues  •  10 mths ago
      Biden is about to be replaced by Obama on the ticket...Perhaps Barack told Crazy Joe to express himself on tweeter to move the process along,...Barack would like nothing more than for Joe to through himself under the proverbial bus..Hello V.P. Cuomo...Obama is desperate to rid himself of the stink his first term has been...Who better to blame for than a #%$#$ like Biden?? Poor guy wouldn't even have the smarts to know he was being hung out to dry..Mark my words...
    • Ed  •  10 mths ago
      I'm amazed that this idiot can even use a computer much less type. I know he can rant and rave for hours and say nothing significant. He must have someone else doing the thinking and typing for him. Democrats always say they are smart but we know different by what they do.
    • yabecoo  •  10 mths ago
      How apropos, a Twit takes to Twitter.
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