  Newt Gingrich Accused of Buying Twitter Fans  Print comment
Post Comments Okay, of all the things that Newt Gingrich has
been called or been accused of, this doesn't rank as the worst.
But if true, it still represents a duplicity that should give
his supporters some pause.   "I have six times as many Twitter
followers as all the other candidates combined," Gingrich
boasted, "but it didn't count because if it counted I'd still be
a candidate; since I can't be a candidate that can't count."
Technically, his math is accurate, as Gawker points out.
Gingrich currently has 1,325,903 followers. Neither Mitt Romney
nor Michelle Bachman have cracked 100K. But a former staffer
attributes this not to overwhelming charisma but the willingness
to hire a firm to boost his numbers with fake accounts. Courtesy
of Gawker:    It does seem fishy that Newt would have more
followers than former reality show star Sarah Palin.  Unless
this is a sign of a raging resurgence of '90s nostalgia, it's
likely that the numbers have been