Obama forgoes celebratory cigarette in favour of ... a tweet
Private Bin is guessing US President Barack Obama really, really wanted to celebrate his historic healthcare reform victory with a sly cigarette.But its seems - unless he can message from his souped-up BlackBerry with one hand (hmmn, possible) - that The
NBR staff
Mon, 22 Mar 2010
Private Bin is guessing US President Barack Obama really, really wanted to celebrate his historic healthcare reform victory with a sly cigarette.
But its seems - unless he can message from his souped-up BlackBerry with one hand (hmmn, possible) - that The One foreswore a ciggy in favour of a thoroughly modern form of euphoria: a tweet.
No sooner had the landmark legislation passed than Mr Obama sent the following from his Twitter account:
Now lets see if he can break the internet. (And somebody check his sleeves for celebratory nicotine patches.)
Meanwhile, One News showed it had truly moved beyond the charter.
The state broadcaster chose to show a Tiger Woods puff piece ahead of Obama's history-making moment.
Though, to be fair, the Woods interview did include one of the worst-advised double entendres in modern media history as the golf superstar revealed he had been "getting back to my old roots".
NBR staff
Mon, 22 Mar 2010
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