There was once a simpler time when politicians were not aware of the "selfie."
Then suddenly:
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars
Someone in the press shop yells: "Hey! We should have them do one of those self-photo things that all the kids are doing."
Don't believe me? Read this tweet:
.@TheEllenShow inspired @MarkWarner and me to take some selfies w/ VA small business owners at our coffee this AM
Yes, Tim Kaine, that is just like the Ellen selfie. Nailed it.
Honestly, it is just really, really awkward to watch.
We don't care if some kid just runs up to you and wants a selfie because you're famous.
So I got a selfie with Mitt Romney.
You're just being nice.
Took a selfie with the president of France && @Foreverjadaa_
It is when you just take one in your boring day for no reason and force it on us.
Congressional selfie. About to go in Bloomberg TV. Tune on in!
I mean, we know you have staffers who can take that picture for you.
Cosham bowls club survives despite PCC withdrawing support.They want you to know they are looking for new members :)
You clearly have a staffer available to take a photo of you taking a selfie.
But you just want to ruin the selfie for the rest of us.
A Manuel Barroso European Parliament selfie?! The world's gone mad
Don't we have enough photos of you already?
.@TheEllenShow- No Brad Cooper but 3 Clintons & a Kimmel @BillClinton @HillaryClinton @ChelseaClinton #selfie
Do we really need one more while you are at a memorial service?
Or from this angle?
Grabbed a quick selfie with the PM as he left our studios last night #ultimateselfie
Or this angle?
We DO NOT mind if you take a selfie that actually has personality.
First #selfie! Great to see the kids from the Georgetown School of Arts and Sciences in DC today.
Or if you are somewhere super cool we didn't know you were.
This weekend I joined the USS New Mexico to learn about our Navy's mission in the arctic...had to snap a #selfie
Or if it is really pretty out.
Had so much fun signwaving this am in Kailua. Go vote tomorrow!! #votetulsi #hi02
But it is a problem when you bring the selfie into your boring life just to ruin it for all of us.
@ChrisMurphyCT and @SenBlumenthal kick off #NationalLibraryWeek with the first #HPseLfie! http://t.co/LlxjOQyxBd
Or when it is clearly a promotional gag, David Ortiz.
What an honor! Thanks for the #selfie, @BarackObama
NO.
This is actually what we are all thinking:
The selfie is meant to be unpolished.
It's a unique social tool that we enjoy because it connects the user and the audience in an unpolished, personal, and often impromptu way. When your selfie goes through bureaucratic levels of office approval and hand-wringing, it saps the very nature that made the selfie a cultural phenomenon in the first place. This certainly is not the first time that an entity of the government has reached out for online relevance and fallen short, and it certainly will not be the last.
Most of us just wish politicians continued using the technology they are most comfortable with.
Just had a meeting with Rep. Sensenbrenner. He was typing a letter. This is how he does it. Seriously.
So good-bye forever, selfie.
Selfie! cc @alroker.
Dictators take selfies these days. So, unless you're just being nice or doing something cool, just stop.
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