Bristol Palin's Twitter feed was hacked today. The reality-show TV "star" daughter of former Republican VP Sarah Palin didn't have a solid password, it seems. The hacker asked at one point "WHO WANTS BRISTOL TO FOLLOW THEM???" of the then following-less account. I sent a request and the avatar that had taken over the account—a Sarah Palin face-painted in Joker—approved.
In the meantime the hacker revealed the nature of several of the Direct Messages (DMs) that Bristol had in her inbox and it was quite a joyous series of revelations. DMs divulging things about her thoughts (vacuous), her speaking engagement fees ($30,000! atrocious but not uncommon for someone so renown), and her most excellent thoughts about a book deal ($1.5 million).
I took the suggestion the hacker made and DM'd Palin's account myself. For those unaware, to have permission from Twitter to DM someone you must have them follow you first. The account got up to about 174 following until it was recovered by the Palin camp and returned to "zero following". All was right in the world.
Then, I noticed that the DM I sent Palin had a reply to it and I'll include it here.* Though I meant to say "fall up" I think the sentiment was not lost on Palin who responded accordingly.
Her witty, well-versed and impeccably punctuated reply says it all. Unfortunately, my question was lost on one of the more simple-minded in the Palin lot and was answered with a question instead. One that didn't apply to me.
I can only wonder at the nuggets of gold the ghostwriter of her $1.5 million book will reveal in the tell-all. Perhaps it, at least, will be fully realized and not undercooked. I imagine it will contain opines on: how badly-timed pregnancies can turn into positive PR spin; how being a terrible dancer won't matter if you have an army of your mom's simpleton rednecks to vote for you; or how capitalizing letters can make you look less like an imbecile when someone insults you via the internet.
—JP
*DM Text
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