Jay, I’m glad you could make sense of what I wrote.

I did paint with a broad stroke.

In that matter of Sarah Palin, I think there were commentators who attacked her qualification but were not what I called “Twitalists.” Charles Krauthammer, for instance, basically criticized Senator Obama’s qualifications in the same way as Gov. Palin’s.

An example of a leading House Twitocrat would be Representative Barney Frank. For years he prospered politically promoting the subprime mortgage mess, but a couple of weeks ago I watched him blithely blame bankers and ordinary borrowers for doing what he required bankers to do while promoting the borrowing to ordinary borrowers. But Barney Frank deals mainly with Twitalists, who will not call him on these matters.

Of course “responsibility” is a slippery concept where the Twitocracy is concerned. If they say “He is responsible” when speaking of a person who is not a Twitocrat, they mean “He is to blame.” Example: “The Plant manager is responsible for the workers losing their jobs.” Used when referring to a member of the Twitocracy, it means “gets the credit for.” As in: “President Obama is responsible for the creation of 200,000 green jobs.” Or: “The Democrats in Congress are responsible for the abundance of affordable housing.” Of course, with little notice this can change to: “The bankers are responsible for the subprime mortgage mess.”

Of course in this, as in much else, they require the help of the Washington Twitalist Corps.

Perhaps I have bled enough words on this concept.