{"id":15265,"date":"2015-05-20T14:05:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T19:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=15265"},"modified":"2015-05-20T16:49:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T21:49:44","slug":"potus-takes-twitter-world-by-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/potus-takes-twitter-world-by-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"@POTUS takes Twitter world by storm, omits @Cubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Hannah Beery<\/p>\n<p>The most famous Sox fan did the Cubs a favor this week.<\/p>\n<p>President Obama\u2019s conspicuous Twitter non-follow of the team Monday has led to about 1,000 new Cubs followers and given ticket sales a boost since then, according to vice president of communications Julian Green.<\/p>\n<p>The Commander-in-Chief (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/potus\" target=\"_blank\">@POTUS<\/a>) cracked a few jokes earlier this week on the social media site not long after he joined with a new personal account. The first friendly dig was a joke at President Bill Clinton.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good question, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillClinton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@billclinton<\/a>. The handle comes with the house. Know anyone interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FLOTUS<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; President Obama (@POTUS44) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS44\/status\/600407380279566336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The second dig, most agree, was directed at the Cubs and drew reaction for what he did <em>not<\/em> do.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s \u201cfollowing\u201d list includes former presidents, his alma mater, the Cabinet, U.S. Department of Treasury, and almost every single beloved Chicago sports teams \u2013 including the Blackhawks, White Sox, Bears and Bulls &#8212; but <em>not<\/em> the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was absolutely intentional. POTUS is a declared White Sox fan,\u201d said Caleb Gardner, digital director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Organizing For Action<\/a>, the non-profit successor of Obama\u2019s 2012 Campaign, Organizing for America.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15272\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Untitled.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15272 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Untitled-300x200.png\" alt=\"Nationals president obama first pitch \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Untitled-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Untitled.png 647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Obama dons his favorite ball cap at Nationals Park in 2010 (Cathy T\/<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Obama_and_Zimmerman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a long-time White Sox fan, Obama, a former South Sider, has proudly displayed his sports fandom throughout \u00a0his tenure in the Oval Office. In 2010, he wore a White Sox cap as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals home opener. That same year, he weighed in on the fate of then-free agent NBA star Lebron James in a TNT interview, mentioning he would like to see him on the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>With no executive order on this issue, James ended up with the Miami Heat, where he led the team to four consecutive NBA Finals appearances and two championships.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately after Obama went on his twitter following spree Monday, the buzz began and the Cubs replied to the President\u2019s absence with a cheeky response on Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15268\" style=\"width: 495px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-20-at-9.47.35-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15268 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-20-at-9.47.35-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-05-20 at 9.47.35 AM\" width=\"495\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-20-at-9.47.35-AM.png 495w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/05\/Screen-Shot-2015-05-20-at-9.47.35-AM-300x109.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tweet has been removed by Cubs organization (@Cubs\/ Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cubs acknowledge it\u2019s all in good fun and said they appreciate the attention. The President\u2019s Cubs non-follow was the lead on <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/video\/clip?id=espn:12909379\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN SportsCenter<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe once wore a Sox hat to a Bears game so I don\u2019t think there was any big surprise, but it gave us an opportunity to have some light-hearted fun on social media and fuel what\u2019s becoming an even more exciting Cubs-Sox rivalry,\u201d said Green, the former Illinois and campaign press secretary to then-U.S. Senator Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Green said the President may have even sparked ticket sales for the Crosstown Classic, which have boomed since Monday. The series between the two teams will be July 10-12 at Wrigley Field and Aug. 14-16 at Cellular Field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat reason would we have to be offended?\u201d asked Green. \u201cIt\u2019s not every day you can be linked to the President in the national news.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: President Obama&#8217;s @POTUS Twitter account shows teams and organizations he followed this week.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hannah Beery The most famous Sox fan did the Cubs a favor this week. President Obama\u2019s conspicuous Twitter non-follow of the team Monday has led to about 1,000 new Cubs followers and given ticket sales a boost since then, according to vice president of communications Julian Green. The Commander-in-Chief (@POTUS) cracked a few jokes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":15269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>@POTUS takes Twitter world by storm, omits @Cubs - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/potus-takes-twitter-world-by-storm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"@POTUS takes Twitter world by storm, omits @Cubs - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Hannah Beery The most famous Sox fan did the Cubs a favor this week. 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