David All Suggests: Make History – Tweet the White House

Just got this from David All – I think it’s such a great idea, I just did it:

Send a Tweet to the @WhiteHouse about health care and use the hashtag #handsoff

As you may know, President Barack Obama has been doing some extraordinary things online to better communicate his message. And, yes, I say that as a proud Republican.
 
Along with 126 Members of Congress and U.S. Senators, President Obama has started Tweeting (@WhiteHouse). In fact, with a mere 247 updates, the account has already grown rapidly to 550,253 Followers.
 
One of the issues the @WhiteHouse is Tweeting about is health care reform so we thought we’d have a little bit of fun with it and propose an experiment in online activism for an upcoming release of the next Twitter @101Guide.

 

 

So here’s the plan:

1. It is clear that a White House communications staffer is serving as a SpokesTwitterer and will read and perhaps even reply to our Tweets.
2. We are going to track and record all uses of the hashtag #handsoff for this experiment and report back our findings to you.
3. As long as you’re logged in to Twitter and using a web browser, just click here to load a draft Tweet and click “Update.” See below for more examples — please feel free to amend as you like.
4. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of anyone orchestrating a coordinated Twitter advocacy strategy. You’re going to be a part of history and help redefine activism.

Thanks for helping us make a difference.

Revolution,

@DavidAll

DRAFT TWEETS (copy/paste/update)*:
 
@whitehouse a “public plan” would lead to a government takeover of health care #handsoff plz RT

@whitehouse a “public plan” would force millions of Americans to lose their good private health coverage #handsoff plz RT
 
@whitehouse a government-run health care plan would mean long, even deadly waiting time for patients #handsoff plz RT
 
@whitehouse a “public option” would lead to government rationing and lower quality of care for all Americans #handsoff plz RT
 
*These tweets are sourced here.