Neal On Twittergate; October, 2010

This timeline is from 2010 when Neal Rauhauser’s Twitter account was @StrandedWind. This timeline is about a month after Zapem (Joanne Joy), Patrick Read and Greg Howard created Twittergate.
Essentially these 3 conservatives took a group of trolls that had been hanging out on Greg Howard’s Timeline for months and decided Neal Rauhauser was the leader of the trolls. They also decided this group, who called themselves Bean Dogs, was part of a Soros sponsored conspiracy to make conservatives look bad by publishing their nasty tweets. 

No, it wasn’t true. The trolls existed long before Neal ever heard of them and the nasty tweets were published on viletweets.com by another person that was never mentioned.  And I think adults on Twitter should accept responsibililty for what they choose to tweet.

Rauhauser was chosen as the fall guy because he’d started a Liberal political social media business called PPST. And he had a big mouth.

Soros didn’t call Neal.   Some people take sarcasm literally. Neal is responsible for quite a few bad things on the internet but Twittergate wasn’t one of them.


@Sonichu1 Only once, dear @Sonichu, and it was 25 years ago. The memory is sweet, but fading 🙁6:54 PM Oct 7th via web in reply to Sonichu1



@sensico you present more like a woman of 34 than 24 – comfortable & confident.6:57 PM Oct 7th via web in reply to sensico


@Sonichu1 no, the one I should have married. I really screwed up.8:05 PM Oct 7th via web in reply to Sonichu1


thejoshuablog Via @Politicususa: Even Christine O’Donnell Won’t Say that Sarah Palin is qualified to Be Presidenthttp://bit.ly/besZyc | #p2 #p2b8:35 PM Oct 7th via twitterfeedRetweeted by StrandedWind and 4 others


SweatBird all #beandogs go to #sleeper mode8:37 PM Oct 7th via web Retweeted by StrandedWind and 2 others


ABIGBAGOFKEYS #stc dem cabal leadership in custody bc of#twittergate video. beandogs to deactivate until further notice from soros. comms blackout8:36 PM Oct 7th via Twitter for iPhone from here  Retweeted by StrandedWind and 2 others


Jacqrat MT @EricBoehlert: Let this be a lesson to everyone: Never trust @andrewbreitbart; http://lat.ms/9SSTv1 #igop#VoteDem cc @strandedwind9:18 PM Oct 7th via web Retweeted by StrandedWind


JerryMander Brad Friedman: Ann Coulter to Face Vote on Voter Fraud Charges in CT http://huff.to/amSlNJ9:23 PM Oct 7th via bitlyRetweeted by StrandedWind and 3 others


@methadonna #media I’ve talked to are saying #wtf are these#kooks prattling on about. I think it will blow up in their faces.9:27 PM Oct 7th via web in reply to methadonna


@GuerrillaWLogic @georgesoros did call me, concerned over the #media coverage. We think it will be OK. 9:50 PM Oct 7th via web in reply to GuerrillaWLogic


@GuerrillaWLogic you can admit to being the secret #beandogs general – I don’t need the props any more 🙂10:17 PM Oct 7th via web in reply to GuerrillaWLogic


@cbn2 I just want them to go bother someone else. I have work to do here and GWL seems to have the time/temperament for it.10:38 PM Oct 7th via web in reply to cbn2


#twittergate motivation #1? Do you have any idea how much GOTV we do? Yeah, wingnuts want us shut down.11:26 PM Oct 7th via web


#twittergate motivation #2? How many election diaries do you think we organize a day? Thats #media 10% of races would otherwise not get.11:27 PM Oct 7th via web


#twitergate motivation #3? Do you know all the active Twitter users in your Congressional district? I just might. #gotv201011:40 PM Oct 7th via web


#twittergate motivation #4? Do you know how many House districts have Dem candidates that wouldn’t w/o our work? 50 states strategy lives!11:41 PM Oct 7th via web


#twittergate motivation #5? We’re publicly associated with one Senate race. How many do you think there really are? #gotv201011:44 PM Oct 7th via web


#twittergate motivation #6?http://bit.ly/AndrewBreitbart is profoundly #butthurt by the custom bit.ly URL I have provided for him 🙂11:48 PM Oct 7th via web