GOP Congressman’s Tweet Confesses Love Of ‘Shagging’

Stephen Fincher thanks his supporters for their hard work, after he wins the 8th District Congressional seat in Tennessee, on Tuesday night, Nov. 2, 2010 in Jackson, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Jackson Sun, Aaron Hardin)
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

The Twitter account for Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) posted a message on Tuesday about a love of “shagging”, according to The Hill.

The original tweet was deleted but not before being captured by Sunlight Foundation’s Politwoops site, which tracks and archives posts that lawmakers delete.

Here’s a screenshot from Politwoops:

The tweet included a link to the music site Pandora and the song “I Love Beach Music” by The Embers.

Elizabeth Lauten, Fincher’s communications director, told The Hill that Fincher’s Twitter account was accidentally connected to a staffer’s Pandora account through a third party application and that the tweet, “had nothing to do with him at all.”

Lauten, a North Carolina native, went on to explain to The Hill that the term “shagging” is a Southern term used to describe a dance done at a beach, and does not refer to the British slang for sex.

Correction: This post has been updated to correct the spelling of Politwoops.

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. Avatar for wfb wfb says:

    He defines “shagging” correctly in this context.

  2. This reminds me of the Teapartiers first calling themselves “Teabaggers,” then consulting a dictionary

  3. I always like how the terrorists, who claim to be the party of personal responsibility, never take responsibility for their actions.

  4. Meh. Its not a big deal.

    The big deal is: well, look at his pictures. His eyes. You can tell he’s fucking nuts.

  5. True.

    But his next tweet said, “I want the cabana boy to cornhole me.”

    Not sure of his context, though.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

14 more replies

Participants

Avatar for system1 Avatar for wfb Avatar for swirlystar Avatar for old_curmudgeon Avatar for ncsteve Avatar for ultraviolet_uk Avatar for rudesan Avatar for lio Avatar for mcbain Avatar for Sandman Avatar for cliffhendroval Avatar for frankly_my_dear Avatar for Kidg Avatar for darcy Avatar for c6Logic Avatar for dickweed Avatar for whateverdude Avatar for antisachetdethe Avatar for johniwaniszek

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: