Tweeting on Capitol Hill

By Joe McAdory

Published: April 27, 2009

Received a memo this morning from Congressman Mike Rogers’ office in Washington revealing that Rogers will use another method to communicate with constituents by using Twitter.

Personally, I’m not a Twitter fan. I don’t believe people need to know everything I’m doing. Joe’s going to lunch. Tweet. Joe locked his keys in the car again. Tweet. Joe can’t find his wallet. Tweet. Joe woke up in the middle of the night and can’t go back to sleep again. Tweet.

But that’s just me.

Here’s the statement from Rogers’ office: Congressman Mike Rogers joined the social media site Twitter recently, saying he hoped Third District constituents will find it to be another helpful avenue to stay in touch with their Congressman when he’s back in Washington, D.C. or traveling East Alabama.

If you have an account with Twitter and want to follow Rogers, go to https://twitter.com/RepMikeRogersAL.  Otherwise, you can sign up for an account at http://twitter.com/ and find him under the search tab.

“With more information available on the internet these days, this is provides an additional way I can be available to folks back home and keep them up to date on who I am meeting with or what I am voting on,” Rogers said.

“In a time when this new social media is all the rage, this gives me a forum to reach out to younger generations and tech-savvy folks alike,” Rogers added.

One day real soon, we’ll have political campaign mudslinging on Twitter by candidates.

Tweet.