Help Wanted: Twitter Seeks Tweeter to Help Company Cozy Up to the Government
**Written by guest-blogger Doug Powers
Twitter is looking to hire their first DC-based employee to act as a liason between Twitter and the government and political organizations.
Since this ad is way over 140 characters in length, it looks as if they’ve already sold out to the government:

How would entrepreneurial or trail-blazing experience help you deal with the government? Seems like that would be more of a hinderance.
Nancy Pelosi starts using Twitter mere days ago, and now this? I’m getting the feeling that taxpayers are hiring Nancy a Twitter assistant.
The broader implications of Twitter climbing into bed with the government may mean, if anything, that the revolution will not be Tweeted.
**Written by guest-blogger Doug Powers
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Sorry.
I had a Blutarski moment there.
Oh goodie, another government employee, at a salary of $80,000 per year, at taxpayers expense?
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This must be part of the “Underverse” we’re experiencing.
I could be enticed to take the job…but I might just go Rogue(Chedder) on someone.
Good stuff Rogue and always in less than 140 characters.
“140 characters”?
White House staff?
Ya, I lay awake at night wondering who I want to follow next on Twitter. /sarc
S U R P R I S E ! ! ! !
Yeah! Since when have you known a politician willingly limit their speaking? I’m surprised that gov’t tweets don’t just end, like the tweeter fell off a cliff.
Someone told me this afternoon that Twitter got hacked.
Maybe it’s harmless…
I just don’t see how this can be good for Twitter to get in bed with the govt.
I’ve been tweeting politics for some time now. (Yes, Doug, I do follow you.) Twitter has been great in spreading info that official channels have ignored.
http://andilinks.blogspot.com/ (@andilinks) asserts that political censorship may already be taking place on Twitter.