Newt Is So Hip
May 14th, 2011
Newt Gingrich Tweeted his candidacy for president:
Today I am announcing my candidacy for President of the United States. You can watch my announcement here. http://bit.ly/kEbh7d
Note the “bit.ly” URL shortener. One has to wonder if Newt is aware that he announced his candidacy via the usage of a Libyan top-level domain.
Not that this establishes any kind of improper behavior, it’s just kind of funny. Bit.ly is a widely-used resource and, outside of the domain suffix, has nothing to do with Libya. But imagine if Obama used a similarly innocent Iranian top-level domain link to announce that he is running for re-election, and what the right wing would make of that.