Posted on 08/02/2011 7:41:41 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
Fading US presidential candidate and conservative darling Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich denies that a high percentage of his 1.3 million Twitter followers are bought-and-paid-for fakes, despite reports – and alleged evidence – to the contrary.
"We've never utilized firms, agencies, or outside organizations to inflate Newt's Twitter followers," his press secretary, R.C. Hammond, told ABC News.
Newt Gingrich Hammond's statement came in response to accusations from an unnamed former Gingrich staffer, who told Gawker on Monday: "Newt employs a variety of agencies whose sole purpose is to procure Twitter followers for people who are shallow/insecure/unpopular enough to pay for them."
Newt's Twitter following certainly seems excessive. As of Tuesday, his personal account, @newtgingrich, had 1,325,895 followers – which massively overwhelms his presidential campaign account, @Newt2012HQ, which has a mere 5,752 followers.
The presidential challenger has even taken to bragging about his Twitter popularity. "I have six times as many Twitter followers as all the other candidates combined, but it didn't count because if it counted I'd still be a candidate; since I can't be a candidate that can't count," he told one Georgia newspaper.
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Darling?
I think not...
He might as well have made 300 million Twitter accounts and declared himself King of Twitter.
His career has been over for a while but this is got to be the dumbest way to hit the bottom I have ever seen.
GOP darling? What planet are these people from?
“...conservative darling Newt...”
He’s no darling to most Freepers.
BS
“Conservative darling”???????
He ain’t no darling to any conservatives I know.
Darling Newtie?
He was a GOP darling back in 1994. Now he is more like our crazy cat lady.
LMAOWROLF======= “Conservative darling”-———
Newt now stands at a Twitter crossroads.
IMHO, that whole Twitter thing is a fraud. Narcissists seem to like it though.
"Newt's followership certainly outshines those of his conservative bedfellows.
@SarahPalinUSA has 619,312 followers;
@MicheleBachmann, 66,567;
@THEHermanCain, 51,988;
@timpawlenty, 45,480;
@RonPaul, 18,678;
@RickSantorum, 13,468."
"Newt's followership certainly outshines those of his conservative bedfellows.
@SarahPalinUSA has 619,312 followers;
@MicheleBachmann, 66,567;
@THEHermanCain, 51,988;
@timpawlenty, 45,480;
@RonPaul, 18,678;
@RickSantorum, 13,468."
Newt’s about as much a “conservative darling” as Joe Biden is.
Darling is not the word I would have used.
Planet UK.
Darling what?
Excuse me, but wasn’t it just reported that Obama lost between 20,000 and 40,000 tweeters?
Geez, you would think the Left would at least get creative.
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