“Listening to Republican officials talk about technology is becoming increasingly painful. It’s a bit like listening to an inept advertising agency promising a business that they’ll have a strong ‘online presence’ because it’ll have a blog and its commercials will be on YouTube. Let’s call it the Republicans’ Underpants Gnomes’ Innovation Agenda. It’s a three-part plan: Step 1: Embrace blogs, twitter, and social networking websites … Step 2: (awkward silence) … Step 3: Electoral victory!” (01/06/09)