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Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:10 pm
by TMBJon
Killingsworth wrote:(Seriously though, I'd be surprised to learn the Bernie came up with that himself and not his campaign manager)
Well obviously the candidate himself didn't come up with their slogan, but as I recall this particular one was supporter-generated and later adopted by the campaign.
ETA: Yep!
The New York Observer caught up with the mastermind behind it all: a woman named Winnie Wong. She’s a digital strategist and co-founder of People For Bernie, a group of activists campaigning for Sanders. It was Wong and her team, not the official Sanders campaign, to come up with #FeelTheBern to get people talking. Wong does work closely with the Sanders campaign, which she said now embraces the slogan “without hesitation.”
The idea came to Wong during a Facebook conversation with a few other organizers trying to come up with “creative and whimsical” hashtags.
“#BernDownForWhat was mentioned. We thought, ‘what do the kids like?’” Wong said. “We wanted something that would carry his name all across the Internet and be more than just a hashtag. The beauty of the Internet is the way you can express yourself in a very democratic way.”
Wong also made clear that “a hashtag should never be the driving force of the campaign.” People should be.
“I’m grateful for the Internet and that people are producing opinions there about his platform, policies, his judgement and 40 years of dedicated service,” Wong said. “But by no means do I think the hashtag itself is a political revolution. It’s a tactic.”
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:19 pm
by Killingsworth
That makes perfect sense. Thanks, Jon.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:51 am
by yankochick38
"What do the kids like?"
#neverforget Birdie Sanders
Bring it back full circle to tweets
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 9:46 am
by yankochick38
Split the re-recorded song/movie speculation into a new topic
here.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:06 pm
by Big Spoon
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 5:23 am
by Teh Dingo
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:26 pm
by Big Spoon
I've got cameos in two movies coming out this month! I'd tell you which ones, but there's a 140 character limit, and sadly, I'm out of room.
One of them is How to Be a Latin Lover, but any guesses as to what the other is?
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:47 pm
by Muppetboy09
Big Spoon wrote:I've got cameos in two movies coming out this month! I'd tell you which ones, but there's a 140 character limit, and sadly, I'm out of room.
One of them is How to Be a Latin Lover, but any guesses as to what the other is?
I have no clue, but I would imagine it's an extremely small cameo, since we haven't heard anything about it.
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:58 pm
by TMBJon
I have no idea, but is it possibly My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea?
Re: The Weird Al Says Tweet!
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:10 pm
by crazygurl14
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I can usually somewhat understand his jokes but I have no idea what this means.