*Twitter was on fire last night for day one of the Democratic National Convention – and most of the flames were sparked by First Lady Michelle Obama.
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Overall, Twitter estimates the first night generated more than 3 million tweets, putting on a pace far ahead of the Republican National Convention, which managed a total of 4 million tweets spread across its three days.
Mrs. Obama’s tweets-per-minute (TPM) peak of 28,003, which came at 11:06 p.m. ET at the conclusion of her speech, nearly doubled Romney’s high-water mark of 14,289 TPM during his acceptance speech. The most tweeted line of her speech came when she said, “We’ve got so much more to do,” and Twitter users responded at the rate of 22,004 TPM.
Her second place phrase — “living the American Dream” — generated 21,577 tweets-per-minute and “how hard you work matters” was the third-most-tweeted phrase with 18,669 TPM.
The First Lady’s speech even scored better than President Obama’s last State of the Union address, which registered a high-water mark of 14,131 TPM.
Keynote speaker Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, also registered a strong Twitter response. He peaked at 11,503 TPM, which put him ahead of every Republican speaker except Romney. Other Democratic speakers registering strong activity on Twitter included Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley at 7,502 TPM and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick at 6,909 TPM.
Too bad for the dems she is not runni g for president.
Why you say dat!? She’s still “Black/Muslim/Unamerican so….we’d be dealing with the same shyt!! It ain’t “the speech” OR political views….it’s the “color of their jerseys” that make them say their not qualified to ….”be ‘on the team”. While all along…”THEY” are the best players in the fkn game, BOTh of them!!! Beleeeeedat!!!
It kills me how the media is already making up excuses for Ann Romney’s lackluster speech in comparison to Mrs. Obama’s. I shudder to think such a smirking crone could possibly become first lady. I prefer Callista Gingrich to Romney’s witchy woman.
I don’t want to hate on her, but the woman never worked a day in her life.
Her resume seems very thin, compared that to the previous first ladies. Hilary and Michelle had law degrees and worked in the public and private sector. Even Laura Bush had her masters and did her time in public education.
OK, so she was raising four sons. That’s it?
Well all the other first ladies also had children.
Reds, you’re dead on. I think the fact that Ann Romney never held a job a day in her life speaks loudly to her disconnect to working women and working mothers (single and married) that SHE chooses to ignore. I think being able to stay home and raise your kids is admirable, hard work, but it’s a luxury nonetheless. And sure she had nannies to assist her… I would put money on it.
Well this is an odd attack on stay-home moms. I know several of them and whether they’re educated or not does not preclude them for knowing and caring about the issues that affects other people.
My grandmother never worked because my grandfather wanted her to stay at home and raise their 5 kids. But somehow Ann Romney is insincere because she didn’t work either?
If you want to see a huge example of class warfare, please consider discussions like this.
Being in the work world and raising kids are two different animals. I can tell you one thing…A LOT MORE women do BOTH! So the mere fact that Ann could do it and they have money…it was a luxury!
See…..dis shyt right hurr?, proves that YT will have a “poll” to back up EVERY lie!!!, but the truth is the GD….truth! And I predict “this” is merely a reflection of how the “voting” will go, as well. But…it also is a gage to how much they will …”cheat”!!! So….we betta watch dat azz!!!! Chuuuuuch!
5 years ago, EUR Comments pages was alive and vibrant. Now it is dead as a cemetery.
Ps….and I just can’t get enOUGH, of the double standard/hypocrisy of the Right & their..”disciples”. Like…..the “Right” claims to have “more in common” with the common man, & then goes & buys a fkn “elevator for their car”!!! Meanwhile…our 1st lady MURDERS IT!!!, with her speech, & those same Rightwing azzkissin mofos wanna “now” being up/co sign with” her not have “worked” a day in her life, like number “1″, that shyt is the “truth”, & number “2″….they said the same shyt about Mit’s Stefford wife so I ask this….was MO “working” when she was Obie’s mentor?, GD right she was so “that” “alone”, takes care of THAT lie. And?….WTF has Mit’s wife “put in work” ( & don’t hand me dat “”I’mma working “mom/the hardest job in the world” BS, either!!) nor….”working that 70,000 “horse” of her’s eeeeiithah! See….either way?, the bottom line eeaah?, when it comes to being in touch with the common man/woman?…”between the two”?, who knows about paying ‘on a “student loan”, HEHH!!?? And….who’s speech “sucked lika hookah/baby cow & who’s……rocked like “crack”!!?? Ta Daaaaaaah! Get ready for 4 moe, yah lying, wining sore losing, massa azz kissing….bytches! “Bling!” (like dat gum commercial) Wink!
The FLOTUS speech was phonominal!
Yuuuuup, & they just maaaaaaad! Mad that they are so weak & wounded & full of fear. Fear of their good old days being…..over with, & they now have to “fairly compete”, like everyone else! All Day!!
And….here’s an answer to that stupid azz question, the Repubs keep asking….”YES!!!, we ARE better off, than we were 4 yrs ago! WTF is wrooooong witchall!!??? And we would be furrrrthah along if Y’ALL hadn’t blocked every fkn idea, plan, initiative to MAKE it better!! I just wanna know…WTF is someone fonna list al that POTUS HAS done & all that he wanted to & would’ve done!!!, had the “STUpids”" hadn’t blocked him at every turn. Yo….the public’s attention span is that of a fkn “2 yr old”!!!, & couple that with all the lies that are repeated around the clock!??, they need to be reminded lika mutha!!!, why we are “where” we are! But again…by all meeeeeans!!!, we are better off! The issue really eeaah?, WTF are they directing that question to?, the people or their….racist fans!?? Last night, the FLOTUS speech kicked dey azz for one major reason…the whole RNC convention was aimed at/to/for their “delegates”, while the FLOTUS’s speech?, was a conversation “with”……the people. A major difference & demonstration of how the two parties relate to & respect…..the people. Chuuuuuuuch!