The GOP's budget messaging campaign: A #hashtag tale
Someone has a fondness for inventing trending topics
As the clock ticks down, Democrats and Republicans are still at an impasse over the budget and the debt ceiling, with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) suffering yet another humiliating setback at the hands of his own party.
But you can't fault Boehner for not trying hard enough on Twitter.
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Whether Republicans are actually passing these messages around on Twitter or Facebook is another question. But the sheer accumulation of the phrases over the past year does offer a nice visual timeline of the conservative side of the budget story.
And so we give you the GOP's #budgetmessages:
December 13, 2012 | #SpendingIsTheProblem
January 22, 2013 | #NoBudgetNoPay
February 5, 2013 | #RequireAPlan
February 13, 2013 | #Obamaquester
March 5, 2013 | #CutWaste
April 10, 2013 | #BalancedBudget
May 15. 2013 | #4Jobs
May 16, 2013 | @TheRedTapeTower
July 8, 2013 | #DontDoubleMyRate
August 2, 2013 | #StopGovtAbuse
October 1, 2013 | #SenateMustAct
October 8, 2013 | #LetsTalk
October 10, 2013 | #Time4Solutions
