Jane Hamsher: Egypt, Obama, Clinton, AIPAC and Twitter
Jane ..
Obama is always conscious of the fact that he needs young voters and students .. with the 2012 election looming, the last thing Obama needs is to be seen coming down on the side of a repressive dictator .. crushing a student uprising driven by Twitter and Facebook. AIPAC could have counted on George Bush to be enthusiastically supporting their dictator of choice .. In fact, name a President they couldn’t count on. Or a member of Congress .. But Bush never needed an enthusiastic phalanx of Facebook-connected young people to secure his reelection .. Sure, Clinton and Mullen are out there doing the wink-wink nudge-nudge, and tapping Frank Wisner was supposed to send a strong signal. But when Wisner expressed support for Mubarak, Robert Gibbs ran out there at lightening speed to distance the White House from his remarks. Ironically, social media has had an impact on US politics almost as radical as it has had on Egypt’s. AIPAC’s grip on Washington has never been so tenuous
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