Meow….
Bumped for update – the tweet hits the fan.
Then this morning, Ms. Smith released the following statement:
“In the last day the question has been raised about why I don’t have children of my own. When David and I married in 2006 we intended to have children together. After a few years we sought help from the Calgary Regional Fertility Clinic. I appreciated the support and assistance of the caring staff as we went through tests and treatments, but in the end we were not successful.
“I consider myself very fortunate to have a terrific stepson, Jonathan, David’s son from a previous marriage. I am also blessed to have grown up in a large family with four siblings who have given me the opportunity to be the auntie of 5 terrific nieces and nephews: Emily, Sam, Chloe, Seyenna and Logan.
“Family is very important to me and I consider this to be a very personal matter. I will not be commenting on it further.”
As of this morning, Amanda Wilkie no longer has a Twitter account.
You know, I may just be a commercial artist living in the middle of nowhere who, without any ties to media or party politics, built a political blog that draws 5 million visits a year. And as I have only my internal server stats to assess the ability of Twitter to drive traffic….
… when I warn that Twitter is worse than useless as a medium with which to reach a general audience, that the risk-benefit ratio is so high that any politician who permits staff to use Twitter in any capacity beyond issuing pre-approved public service announcements is a fool…
…I probably don’t know what the hell it is I’m talking about.
Tower,
That line about the cunning stunt.
Gorgeous.
Theres a Globe and Mail article which basically faults Ms Smith for using this “occurence” as a political move.
Is that a parallel to the Star Phoenix letter to the ed which, in essence, blamed Theo Fleury for allowance pedophilia?
This world has a lot of carts pulling horses lately.
When do we get the ‘evil reptilian kitten-eater’ tweets? Bring on the kitten-eaters! 😉
Kittens! Yum!!