GOP Counterprograms DNC With #EmptyChairDay
Conservative media figures encouraged Mitt Romney's supporters to take to Twitter and post photos for the meme #EmptyChairDay, on the unofficial first day of the Democratic National Convention.
- Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin was one of the first to spread the word on Twitter:
How will you decorate your chair for #EmptyChairDay? Golf clubs, Romney/Ryan stickers. brass knuckes? is.gd/j65ksb- Tea party commentator Tammy Bruce also called for submissions:
Just posted at the blog about #EmptyChairDay! Looking forward to your creations! bit.ly/RCvu7Q- By mid-morning on Sept. 3, #emptychairday was one of the top trending topics on Twitter in the United States. Here are some of the most retweeted posts:
This is the best I've seen yet! #EmptyChairDay #EmptySeat #fadedposter #tcot #p2 http://pic.twitter.com/hal4RuvR
@HeyTammyBruce #tbrs #EmptyChairDay My empty chair is busy bowing to foreign leaders http://pic.twitter.com/MO3E1Voo- Rush Limbaugh's brother David weighed in:
The #EmptyChairDay Timeline is moving almost as fast the Empty Chairman's national debt...- This is not the first time Clint Eastwood's speech inspired a Twitter meme. At the Republican National Convention, Democratic supporters spoofed Eastwood's address under the hashtag #Eastwooding, and a parody Twitter account, @InvisibleObama, was born.
