Debate Tweet Cha-Chas Into History

UPDATE: Mashable community member PresHarryTruman pointed out to us that on Oct. 16, the Twitter account PimpTJefferson sent a nearly identical tweet to the one that Curran sent out on Monday night. It appears that the tweet may have been re-shared by Curran without giving credit to the original author. We wrote about that account here.

Patrick Curran is a college student at Boston University, set to graduate in 2015. He is in a fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He has 395 Twitter followers.

He’s just another guy — and a perfect example that anything that anyone posts can go viral on the Internet.

The tweet below, which he sent a few hours before the foreign policy debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, has gone wildly viral. As of 10:30 PM, the tweet has been retweeted over 15,000 times.

Mitt Romneys five point plan1. To the left2. Take it back now y’all3. Right foot let’s stomp4. Left foot let’s stomp5. Cha Cha now yall

— Patrick Curran (@Pcurran86) October 22, 2012

During the debate, while the tweet started to pick up steam, Curran celebrated his Tweet’s success.

I currently have 124 retweets on my Romney Five step tweet. Im a celebrity

— Patrick Curran (@Pcurran86) October 23, 2012

Thousands upon thousands of retweets later, Curran put it simply:

I think I just became famous

— Patrick Curran (@Pcurran86) October 23, 2012

BONUS: 10 Barack Obama Memes Worthy of Your Vote

10 Top Barack Obama Memes

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   1. Obama “Not Bad” Face

   
   

   
   

   A press photo of Barack and Michelle making “O RLY” faces quickly spread around the web and eventually transformed into the Obama “Not Bad” meme. The POTUS himself even acknowledged the meme during his Reddit AMA.

   
   

   Image courtesy of Know Your Meme

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   2. Skateboarding Obama

   
   

   
   

   The only thing more fun than Obama skateboarding would have been Obama in roller skates.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   3. Wizard Obama

   
   

   
   

   The Obama of Oz is a wizard whose Yellow Brick Road is Pennsylvania Ave.

   
   

   Image courtesy of Meme Generator

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   4. You Didn’t Build That

   
   

   
   

   A campaign stop soundbite from the president quickly transformed into images of Obama telling people like Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers what they didn’t build.

   
   

   Image courtesy of Know Your Meme

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   5. Situation Room

   
   

   
   

   An official White House photograph from inside the Situation Room on the afternoon of the raid on Osama bin-Laden’s compound just begged for modifications. The Internet happily obliged.

   
   

   Image courtesy of Know Your Meme

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   6. Obama Kicks a Door Open

   
   

   
   

   Snopes says Obama didn’t actually kick down a door, but it would’ve been pretty Internet legendary if he did.

   
   

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   7. Obama Snowball

   
   

   
   

   Images of Obama throwing a snowball inspired the four panel treatment. In the image pictured, Barack proves he’s more of a dog guy.

   
   

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   8. Barack Obama’s Amazingly Consistent Smile

   
   

   
   

   In 2009, Vimeo user Eric Spiegelman pieced together 130 photographs of Obama taken at an event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in which the president’s smile stayed consistent.

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   9. Cool Obama

   
   

   
   

   Obama goes from regular dude to cool dude with sunglasses.

   
   

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    10. Oprama

    
    

    
    

    A little arithmetic: Oprah + Obama = Oprama.

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    
    
    


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    Bonus: Run DNC

    
    

    
    

    The President’s Twitter account tries to get their own meme started by sharingthis Run DNC image from Tumblr page esus4.

    
    

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Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/10/22/tweet-of-the-night/

Debate Tweet Cha-Chas Into History

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Obama Web Ads Target Romney on RNC Turf

President Barack Obama’s campaign is taking aim at Mitt Romney on Republican National Convention turf. Today, visitors to the Tampa Bay Times website will see a large expandable ad mocking Romney as a fat cat who outsources jobs away from the U.S. and avoids taxes by hiding his money in offshore accounts.

“Click to see Mitt Romney’s qualifications,” states the ad, which when expanded, mimics a desk cluttered with reminder notes. One suggests that Romney has a meeting with the Koch Brothers, and he should “Book trip to Caymans” to “visit money.”

The Koch Brothers are wealthy industrialists who have been vilified by the left in part for their behind-the-scenes support of groups backing conservatives and Republicans including Romney.

The ads, which appear to be delivered outside of Florida and possibly nationwide, were paid for by the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee.

The ad buy is reminiscent of many the Obama camp ran during the early GOP presidential primary races when splashy Obama ads ran on news sites in states including Iowa and New Hampshire, and could be seen by people across the country rather than just in those particular states.

The message has been reiterated in television spots from the Obama camp and outside groups seen often in key swing states such as here in Florida. While the Obama camp seeks to strengthen support among important voter groups like veterans, young people and LGBT rights supporters, it is also hammering away at Romney’s reputation in the hopes of convincing people that he is disconnected from the middle class.

The TampaBay.com ad links to a page on the official Obama site with video of an ad featuring Bill Clinton’s endorsement of Obama.

Meanwhile, Romney is also running ads on the Tampa site. They’re clearly aimed at his supporters convening here for the RNC. The display ads appear along the bottom of most pages of TampaBay.com and tout, “America’s Comeback Team.” Some encourage supporters to “Get your official gear today,” while some show the #GOP2012 hashtag.

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Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/08/28/obama-rnc-ads-tampa/

Obama Web Ads Target Romney on RNC Turf

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Mitt Romney Loses Election, Wins at Singing Concession

The Gregory Brothers have struck again — this time, creating a musical version of what Mitt Romney may have really been thinking during his concession speech on election night.

This version of the Republican candiate isn’t disappointed about his loss to Barack Obama at all. Instead, he’s quite jovial. Find out why by pushing play and bopping your head to the toe-tapping tune.

The Gregory Brothers, the duo behind “Songify the News” and the “Bed Intruder Song,” teamed up with Maker Studios to add a melody to this year’s presidential campaign. The collaboration resulted in clever song versions of every debate of the 2012 election.

Which songified political moment was your favorite? Sing it in the comments below.

Auto-Tune The Debates

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   First Presidential Debate

   
   

   
   

   Date: October 3, 2012
   Topic: Domestic policy
   Location: University of Denver in Denver, Colorado
   Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney
   Moderator: Jim Lehrer (Host of NewsHour on PBS)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   VP Debate

   
   

   
   

   Date: October 16, 2012
   Topic: Foreign and domestic policy
   Location: Centre College in Danville, Kentucky
   Participants: Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan
   Moderator: Martha Raddatz (ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   2nd Presidential Debate

   
   

   
   

   Date: October 22, 2012
   Topic: Town meeting format including foreign and domestic policy
   Location: Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York
   Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney
   Moderator: Candy Crowley (CNN Chief Political Correspondent)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   3rd Presidential Debate

   
   

   
   

   Date: October 22, 2012
   Topic: Foreign policy
   Location: Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida
   Participants: President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney
   Moderator: Bob Schieffer (Host of Face the Nation on CBS)

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   

Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/11/07/romney-concession-speech-song/

Mitt Romney Loses Election, Wins at Singing Concession

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3.5 Million Tweets Sent During Vice Presidential Debate

A total of 3.5 million tweets were sent during Thursday night’s vice presidential debate, according to Twitter. That’s about a third of the 10.3-million mark the first presidential debate of the 2012 election hit last week.

Tweets-per-minute peaked at 58,275 just after Joe Biden’s “Oh, now you’re Jack Kennedy?” quip. The second most-tweeted moment was Biden’s comment on Afghanistan at 54,944 tweets-per-minute, followed by Ryan’s line about the Democrats getting “caught with their hand in the cookie jar” on Medicare.

Which candidate had the most overall online chatter? According to social media analysis firm Attention, powered by Tracx, Ryan was leading conversations across social networks with 56% of the conversation; Joe Biden trailed at 44% (Attention’s analysts pointed out this may have been skewed by the instant-memeification of Ryan’s workout photo shoot). After the debate, Biden moved ahead, taking up 68% of the conversation, while Ryan trailed at 32%.

The Obama campaign made quick Twitter ad purchases on hashtag-friendly moments, including #Malarky and “Jack Kennedy.” Biden’s “malarky” comment hit 31,008 tweets-per-minute.

The campaigns (and reporters) also used Twitter to share behind-the-scenes photos of the candidates and their running mates:

Great pep talk from one of my most trusted advisors. twitter.com/PaulRyanVP/sta…

— Paul Ryan (@PaulRyanVP) October 11, 2012

Cool photo from earlier: Gov, @robportman, @speakerboehner and @govmikehuckabee call @paulryanvp to wish him luck. twitter.com/dgjackson/stat…

— Mitt’s Body Man (@dgjackson) October 12, 2012

PHOTO: @mittromney debate contest winner Christine watches the debate w/ the Gov over pizza #RomneyRyan2012 #tcot twitter.com/ZacMoffatt/sta…

— Zac Moffatt (@ZacMoffatt) October 12, 2012

President Obama watched the VP Debate on CNN on board Air Force One. See this WH Photo. #CNNDebate twitter.com/SamFeistCNN/st…

— Sam Feist (@SamFeistCNN) October 12, 2012

Beau Biden, Joe Biden’s son, wished his father good luck via Twitter:

So proud of my dad, @joebiden. -BB #vpdebate

— Beau Biden (@BeauBiden) October 12, 2012

And, as always, the debate spawned plenty of great parody accounts:

lolollllolll

— Laughing Joe Biden (@LaughinJoeBiden) October 12, 2012

Does anyone know of any 24 hour gyms located within sprinting distance of Centre College?

— Paul Ryan’s Bicep (@PaulRyansBicep) October 11, 2012

What was your favorite Twitter moment during Thursday’s debate? Share in the comments below.

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Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/10/12/twitter-vice-presidential-debate/

3.5 Million Tweets Sent During Vice Presidential Debate

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10 Other Things People Want Bill Clinton to Explain

Bill Clinton may no longer hold the title of Commander-in-Chief, but his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday earned him a new moniker: Explainer-in-Chief.

The former POTUS spent nearly an hour on stage explaining point-by-point everything from the economy to education in a bid to convince Americans to vote for Barack Obama in November. At the end of his explain-a-thon, Twitter users couldn’t help but hope that Clinton would take the time to shed a little light on life’s other pressing mysteries.

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I want Bill Clinton to explain the ending of Lost to me. #2012DNC

— eric kwun (@geektrooper) September 6, 2012

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UPDATE: Next, Bill Clinton will explain how to assemble an Ikea Flürskl.

— Disalmanac (@Disalmanac) September 6, 2012

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Alright, that settles it. @mls needs to hire Bill Clinton to explain allocation money, player allocation, the salary cap, etc. #Bill4MLS

— The Ginge (@GingeFC) September 6, 2012

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To finish it off, Bill Clinton will now explain how Breaking Bad is going to end.

— Lauren Bans (@LaurenBans) September 6, 2012

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Can Bill Clinton explain the Bulls offseason moves to me?

— Russ Bengtson (@russbengtson) September 6, 2012

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Show I’d watch: “Bill Clinton Explains Stuff”. Welfare reform, deficit reduction, quantum mechanics, the NHL lockout, Pitbull … explain it

— Scott Kennedy (@ScottTKennedy) September 6, 2012

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I really enjoyed Bill Clinton explaining things to me. I’d love for him to record a dvd commentary of every single Game of Thrones episode.

— Klassy P. Goldberg (@klassy) September 6, 2012

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bill clinton left without explaining how to escape the dungeon without using the wizard’s key

— ryan lambert (@twolinepass) September 6, 2012

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Can Bill Clinton explain why I lose a sock in the dryer?

— Raphael De La Ghetto (@Ishouldbworking) September 6, 2012

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Can we get Bill Clinton to explain eventual consistency now?

— Karen Lopez (@datachick) September 6, 2012

BONUS: Bill Clinton’s DNC Full Speech

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Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/09/06/bill-clinton-explains/

10 Other Things People Want Bill Clinton to Explain

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13 Hilarious Signs Outside the Hofstra Debate

Photos From Outside The Hofstra Debate

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   Good for you!

   
   

   
   

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   He’s got 99 problems…

   
   

   
   

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   Well, that’s one interpretation of Bain Capital

   
   

   
   

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   Give the moderator some love.

   
   

   
   

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   Hi Mom!

   
   

   
   

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   We’re scared to look at this website

   
   

   
   

   via instagram, neiki2u

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   In case of apocalypse, choose here.

   
   

   
   

   via instagram, mellro1029

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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   At least they’re having fun?

   
   

   
   

   via instagram, whateyeseee

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
   
   


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    Aw, mittens.

    
    

    
    

    via instagram, davinsanders

    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    
    
    


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    We’re calling for a factcheck on this one…

    
    

    
    

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    K-I-S-S-I-N-G

    
    

    
    

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    Loud and proud!

    
    

    
    

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Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/10/16/hofstra-debate-signs/

13 Hilarious Signs Outside the Hofstra Debate

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