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President Obama finally gets his own personal twitter account - Bill Clinton (playfully) trolls him (Original Post) bigtree May 2015 OP
OK, that's cute marym625 May 2015 #1
Lol! demmiblue May 2015 #2
#askingforafriend Cooley Hurd May 2015 #3
Funny, both of them have actual sense of humors. Unlike their con counterparts who randys1 May 2015 #4
'Asking for a Friend" That is fun! leftofcool May 2015 #5
Genuine laugh of the day Kelvin Mace May 2015 #6
» bigtree May 2015 #7
Gotta love it. Ruby the Liberal May 2015 #8
I wish folks here would highlight this exchange over the other post about the offensive tweets bigtree May 2015 #9
I just saw Cha May 2015 #11
+1000~ sheshe2 May 2015 #13
LOL "Dad, husband, and the 44th President of the United States".. Mahalo bigtree.. MO says.. Cha May 2015 #10
LOL! Asking for a friend, huh? And is he calling Bill a potential First Lady? Take that RWNJs! freshwest May 2015 #12
Rofl! Cha May 2015 #18
Lol~ sheshe2 May 2015 #14
As MO tweeted "It's about time..", she.. As far as the ugly tweets from anonymous cowards.. Cha May 2015 #19
There was a segment on Fallon with Obama answering ugly tweets, remember? n/t freshwest May 2015 #21
Oh yeah, Now I do! Obama Reads Mean Tweets on Jimmy Kimmel! Thanks, fresh~ Cha May 2015 #22
K & R nt okaawhatever May 2015 #15
Politics Presidents George W. Bush Says Bill Clinton Is His ‘Brother From Another Mother’ JonLP24 May 2015 #16
If that's the case would Clinton visit him in prison? 47of74 May 2015 #30
Cute exchange....between staffers... tritsofme May 2015 #17
Captain America.. one_voice May 2015 #20
first step in having Obama join the Marvel Cinematic Universe bigtree May 2015 #27
lol Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #23
» bigtree May 2015 #24
Makes me want to have a beer with the Prez! jalan48 May 2015 #25
wonderful - bodes well for cooperation samsingh May 2015 #26
Hope Obama does not get addicted... Helen Borg May 2015 #28
Cute and clever. nt tblue37 May 2015 #29
And Obama trolls him back: "Know anyone interested in @FLOTUS?" SunSeeker May 2015 #31
So funny! treestar May 2015 #32
Unfortunately, FGOTUS does not roll trippingly off the tongue. NT Jerry442 May 2015 #33
Rec #42! Rex May 2015 #34
Cute and funny! I love bright men with a sense of humor! Hekate May 2015 #35
Cute but pretty sure this is a pre-planned fake exchange, not spontaneous human interaction Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #36

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
9. I wish folks here would highlight this exchange over the other post about the offensive tweets
Mon May 18, 2015, 09:48 PM
May 2015

...that one doesn't deserve furthering at all. There will always be offensive tweets, but we can choose what we focus on and not give the hateful ones any more exposure than they've managed.

Cha

(297,222 posts)
11. I just saw
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:33 PM
May 2015

the other one. It's worse than I expected.. it's so sad there are people like that.

When I saw POTUS was on Twitter.. I thought oh boy.. now he can see all the grumblings first hand.. but I thought nothing like that.

sheshe2

(83,763 posts)
13. +1000~
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:40 PM
May 2015
There will always be offensive tweets, but we can choose what we focus on and not give the hateful ones any more exposure than they've managed.


Agreed, Thank you bigtree!

KnR!

Cha

(297,222 posts)
10. LOL "Dad, husband, and the 44th President of the United States".. Mahalo bigtree.. MO says..
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:28 PM
May 2015


The First Lady
✔ ?@FLOTUS
It's about time, @POTUS! –mo

7:01 AM - 18 May 2015 5,962 5,962 Retweets

10,630 10,630 favorites

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/05/18/welcome-to-twitter-mr-president/

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
12. LOL! Asking for a friend, huh? And is he calling Bill a potential First Lady? Take that RWNJs!
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:40 PM
May 2015
And it looks like a lovely day at the White House, there, Cha!

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
16. Politics Presidents George W. Bush Says Bill Clinton Is His ‘Brother From Another Mother’
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:50 PM
May 2015

Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton broadcast their unlikely bromance on social media Tuesday when Clinton posted a picture of himself reading Bush’s new book.

http://twitter.com/billclinton/status/532669062539931649/photo/1

George W. Bush Says Bill Clinton Is His ‘Brother From Another Mother’

Clinton’s #HowAreYouStillNotOnTwitter hashtag is a reference to his President’s Day tweet this year, which ribbed the younger Bush for not having an account. This time, Bush responded. He posted Clinton’s tweet on Instagram with the caption, “Thanks, 42! Hope you like the book about your pal, #41. #HowAreYouSTILLNotOnInstagram #PresidentialGrammers #BrotherFromAnotherMother”.

This is not the first public display of affection between the two former presidents. Clinton often refers to himself as the “black sheep son” of the Bush family, and Bush challenged Clinton to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge earlier this year. Their bipartisan friendship is all the more remarkable given that Clinton beat Bush’s father, President George H. W. Bush, in the 1992 election, ousting Bush Sr. after only one term in office.
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http://time.com/3584031/george-bush-bill-clinton/

Only posting because this was the very first thing I thought of. Personally, it is harmless and not even mildly amusing when they trying to be but is this future of Post Presidency?

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
20. Captain America..
Mon May 18, 2015, 11:16 PM
May 2015
Captain America

@CaptainAmerica

Glad to see you here, @POTUS! Best pals in real life — and now on this internet thing, too. pic.twitter.com/Q1LIQAvo6z
12:07 PM - 18 May 2015

2,207 2,207 Retweets
3,332



But the best news of all is not his tweet, but rather one man’s response to it. The official Captain America Twitter account welcomed Obama’s arrival and proved that social media is definitely something Steve Rogers does not need to include on his list of what he might need to catch up on since being dug out of the ice.

Maybe this will be the first step in having Obama join the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a cameo in Captain America: Civil War. After all, just about everyone else is in that movie.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/18/captain-america-happy-barack-obama-twitter-now
 

Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
36. Cute but pretty sure this is a pre-planned fake exchange, not spontaneous human interaction
Tue May 19, 2015, 11:57 PM
May 2015

It's a show for our benefit.

Common sense says Bill Clinton does not ask Obama real questions in public on twitter unless the stuff is planned out in advance.

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