When lecturing donors on how to make GOP more tech-savvy, Cantor calls LinkedIn ‘LinkedUp.’
When lecturing donors on how to make GOP more tech-savvy, Cantor calls LinkedIn ‘LinkedUp.’
Politico’s Ben Smith reports that in a speech last month to RNC donors in Palm Beach, FL, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-OH) had some trouble with the name of LinkedIn — the social networking site for professionals — mistakenly calling it “LinkedUp”:
“He’s talking about the importance of technology and understand that we need to connect with new voters and how President Obama’s campaign really demonstrated how to use technology effectively,” said a major donor who was in the room, one of two attendees who recalled the moment. “Cantor says, ‘We understand these things: we need to be on social networking sites — like Facebook and YouTube and LinkedUp,’” the donor said.
“We’re talking about getting tech right, and the minority whip doesn’t even know the name of the goddamn website?” said a donor. “At least John McCain was honest,” the donor added, referring to McCain’s famous incompetence on tech issues.
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Between Steele and Cantor the battle of incompetence is a lot closer than people think.
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March 13th, 2009 at 3:52 pmI still have no idea what im supposed to use linkedin for. I have a profile…and connections…but im kinda lost.
March 13th, 2009 at 3:54 pmBefore we go casting stones, how about we at least get Cantor’s state correct.
He’s a Republican from Virginia, not Ohio.
March 13th, 2009 at 3:58 pmCantor really did mean “LinkedUp” — it’s a new cyber-sex site designed exclusively for up-tight republicans who don’t want to get arrested in airport bathrooms or get caught up in D.C. madame scandals.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:01 pmAre all Republicans dorks?
March 13th, 2009 at 4:02 pmHonest mistake, but let’s have fun with it anyway.
we need to be on social networking sites — like Fcukbook and YouBoob and HookerUp,’”
There, that was fun.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:03 pmBuckie Boy, and don’t forget sex-messaging, Vitters expertise.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:07 pm“LinkedUp”?
Cantor is looking to get laid.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:07 pmOh, wow. There is some excellent snark in here today. What fun!
You just can’t make this kind of stuff up. Republicans are not only pissed off, out of power and out of ideas but 30+ years of all their repressed sexuality and longing for despot control has truly made them dorks.
HT/Joe the Philosopher & Buckie Boy
March 13th, 2009 at 4:13 pmNot so fast, bryant1301 — we Virginians are just thrilled to have Cantor claimed by Ohio…
As for Cantor, perhaps he was thinking of “HookedUp”, the social networking site for republicans who frequent whorehouses? I hear Vitter has gold member (no pun intended) status on that network…
March 13th, 2009 at 4:18 pmWhen lecturing donors on how to make GOP more tech-savvy, Cantor calls LinkedIn ‘LinkedUp.’
– - The GOP is so cute and Internetty.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:18 pmthis is news?
March 13th, 2009 at 4:19 pmBut dogfather, we Ohioans certainly don’t want to lay claim!
March 13th, 2009 at 4:20 pmWhen lecturing donors on how to make GOP more tech-savvy, Cantor calls LinkedIn ‘LinkedUp.’
– - Cantor was inadvertently close: http://www.linkedup.net/
March 13th, 2009 at 4:22 pmI guess we can understand his mistake since most GOP members are used to getting “hooked” up.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:24 pmbryant1301 Says:
But dogfather, we Ohioans certainly don’t want to lay claim!
But you must admit with us having Boehner, Ney, Blackwell, Taft, and many others that I have been trying to forget, this mistake is easy to make.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:26 pmCantor then sent a Googlemail on the interwebs using his Tweeter account.
And yes TP, he is from Virginia not Ohio. Boehner is the (biggest) Ohio idiot.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:28 pmPLC
How could you possibly leave Mean Jean Schmidt off the Ohio rogues hall of fame?
March 13th, 2009 at 4:29 pmWe probably shouldn’t look like we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel to look for gaffes and screwups — especially when we don’t have to. Cantor has a great track record of saying and doing things truly worthy of our snark.
Making a mistake like this isn’t a major thing and can happen to anybody.
But I have to say that calling it “LinkedUp” is pretty funny! Freudian slip?
March 13th, 2009 at 4:31 pmPerhaps Cantor was thinking about the state
March 13th, 2009 at 4:32 pmof his party – “effed up” when he was trying
to say “LinkedIn”
I just think a point needs to be made here, about necessity. It’s true that Obama learned to use technology to reach out to the masses. The truth is, that the masses were here, first. We were searching for the truth that we could no longer get from the main stream media. The numbers grew online, because more and more, though woefully slow, the masses understood that TV was not giving us the true story. Things didn’t make sense, and while WE all knew something was terribly wrong with the world we live in, the talking heads seemed completely clueless at best, and complicit at worst..oh, and most often! So if Eric Cantor feels he can get online and change our opinion, just by reaching us, he’s sadly mistaken. The nation has had more than enough bullshit fed to us. Eric, it’s not the medium.. it’s the message, and your message stinks.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:33 pm#11 that was just too funny.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:35 pmI believe the site for political networking is known as StinkedUp.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:05 pmEric Cantor is a total troglodyte. It’s so funny to see how eclipsed these medieval Republicans actually are. They watched Obama use the netroots and are pretending that they now know all about computers. What a farce!
Twittering, eh? They don’t know the first thing about it.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:06 pmEric Cantankerous: “Those damn internets!”.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:07 pmTwitterific!!
Tweet, Eric, tweet.
See Eric tweet.
March 13th, 2009 at 5:43 pmA donor got mad and cussed—I like. Thay may have an impact. I honestly wouldn’t mind if the Republicans started looking less stupid. If it weren’t for that intractable 23% there would be no sport in this at all.
March 13th, 2009 at 6:28 pmHey that’s right – we’re surrounded by “patriot cells” as of today. Glenn “Red Dawn” Beck and President of Texas Chuck Norris are supposed to have unleashed a maelstrom of Rand-y Objectivism on us all today, to teach us what we’ll get for experimenting with socialism (and/or masturbation).
How’s it going out there, others? Any skirmishes to report?
I haven’t seen any of them yet, but they’re probably wearing some camo, so I’m keeping both eyes trained on my perimeter…
March 13th, 2009 at 8:34 pmI am totally convinced that Cantor is Dumbya’s lost twin. How can one person contain so much stupid in him?
March 13th, 2009 at 10:50 pmCantor was referring to Abe Lincked-in.
BTW, Boner is not the worst Congressman from Ohio. That would be mean Jean Schmidt.
March 14th, 2009 at 1:11 amWhy is the cheap shot, which is the lowest form of communication, a form of expresion so beloved by the left that whole steam’s of cheap shots are running with abandon. All the while, Rome burns.
March 14th, 2009 at 2:08 pmI wonder if he’s been to all 57 states like Obama?
March 14th, 2009 at 2:12 pmLinked in? Linked up? Linked out? Sounds like the GOP should just go back to that old reliable telegraph. Used by Republicans for over one hundred and thirty years.
March 14th, 2009 at 3:41 pmYou just can’t stay in the saddle can ya there Pilgrim…
March 14th, 2009 at 10:54 pmThis is a stupid post. Who cares about this? I linked in to think progress’s site just to say this.
otherwise, i love thinkprogress.
March 15th, 2009 at 1:17 am