Hillary tweets viral Super Bowl joke, right blitzes back
(CNN) - The Seahawks may have crushed the Broncos on the field, but Hillary Clinton was arguably a dominant force on Twitter during the Super Bowl, with one of the most viral tweets of the evening.
It’s so much more fun to watch FOX when it’s someone else being blitzed & sacked! #SuperBowl
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 3, 2014
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The tweet resulted in more than 56,000 retweets and sparked a fire under many conservatives passionate about discrediting Clinton. Many of the conservatives responding to Clinton’s message drew comparisons to the controversial attack in Benghazi, Libya, which left four Americans dead in 2012, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
The former secretary of state’s spokesperson claims the tweet was “100% humor,” but many on the right didn’t take it as a joke, quickly firing back at Clinton over Benghazi.
@HillaryClinton I know of 4 guys in Benghazi that got "blitzed", it's too bad you weren't sacked for that.
— GOPMommy (@GOPMommy) February 3, 2014
Pic: Was it more fun than watching the #Benghazi attack @HillaryClinton and 4 Americans being killed? pic.twitter.com/ov3g9GGXyK
— David Webb (@davidwebbshow) February 3, 2014
Others only had praise for the tweet:
The clear winner of #SuperBowl XLVIII is @HillaryClinton.
— Kim Sherrell (@kim) February 3, 2014
@HillaryClinton just won the Super Bowl
— Shalyah Evans (@ShalyahEvans) February 3, 2014
......Aaaaand @HillaryClinton wins the Internet (except CO a swing state remember 🙂 )
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) February 3, 2014
According to Twitter, nearly 25 million tweets were sent during Sunday night’s Super Bowl, overtaking last year’s twitter chatter by 800,000 tweets.
Many brand marketers consider the Super Bowl a golden marketing opportunity, vying for the most viral tweet. Among the top contenders this year was JCPenney, whose typo-riddled tweets (which ended up being part of a campaign for mittens) brought in over 43,000 re-tweets, and Buffalo Wild Wings, whose “game-altering” message was retweeted more than 30,000 times.
Toughdown Seadawks!! Is sSeattle going toa runaway wit h this???
— JCPenney (@jcpenney) February 3, 2014
Sorry fans, we don’t have a button for this.
— Buffalo Wild Wings (@BWWings) February 3, 2014
But neither effort came close to the virility of Clinton’s twitter account, which according to topsy.com was mentioned over 62,000 times Tuesday.
There were only two accounts to trump Clinton when it came to Super Bowl tweets, belonging to two of the top powerhouses of Twitter: Justin Bieber and Niall Horan of One Direction.
SuperBowl Sunday. who you got? #Seahawks
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) February 2, 2014
SuperBowl tonight !
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) February 2, 2014
– CNN's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report
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GOP is doomed.
Do you see how quickly the gop uses "four American lives" as their punchline? And to be so cold and callous even when there is absolutely no evidence to suggest Hilary had an influence on the cause or outcome of that tragedy. Just goes to show you how low republicans will go.
She is going to be the First , First Lady , no doubt about it .
She has a rather dry sense of humor , no more diet coke for her !
The same people who bring up Benghazi still re-elected the same guy who was in office when the real 9/11 happened. Just let that sink in.
It was a funny tweet.
If the RNC is gonna used that failed Benghazi tactic (Google: "Mitt fricking Romney" or "the 2012 Election" or "Obama SWEEPS swing states in landslide reelection") against Hillary I, and I'm sure she, would happily say, "BRING IT!"
Keep out of hillary clinton
The radical extremist Guns Over People tea potty wingnuts are terrified of Hillary (or any smart woman).
She sounds a little thin-skinned. Was it coincidence that both Mrs. Clinton and Pres. Obama criticized the only network asking the tough on the same day? Trying to silence the media. Something we would expect from Putin.
Why would she publically acknowledge BO was getting blitzed and sacked by FOX News?! Doesn't she need him to raise some money for her? Didn't he "bail out" her previous presidential campaign debt?
Mrs. Clinton's response to four brave Americans that gave their life is freighting. Her first instincts were to say "at this point what difference does it make" Now this tweet. Uncaring and insensitive are a couple of words that come to mind. Not one member of our media (not one) thought her response was inappropriate. This is the same media that thought the Navy should not have put up a sign that read "mission complete" behind Pres. Bush. Our media even blamed him. Ignoring the fact that it was the Navy that put up the sign. CNN once wrote the signed "dogged" Pres. Bush.
Wow I guess it shows how much you're terrified of Hillary running for President when you pounce on even the smallest opportunities to twist anything towards some kind of political smear.