I can never be a politician; I’m way too good at verbal gaffes.\u00a0 In an attempt to be funny or witty, I frequently manage to blurt out something wildly inappropriate, embarrassing myself and everyone around me. \u00a0But there’s no a tape or video recorder to memorialize the moment.<\/p>\n
The Internet is a different story:\u00a0 every blog post you write, picture you post, Facebook wall you write on — it’s all there “forever”.\u00a0 As time goes on, we’re all sharing more, building a “comet tail” of our content behind us.\u00a0 And some have learned the hard way that drunken party pictures may not help your career.<\/p>\n
As the “blogging generation” grows up and enters politics, it’s going to get really <\/strong>interesting.\u00a0 Even with an entirely professional on-line persona, you can have expressions and opinions from the past that you regret.<\/p>\n It’s starting with the Obama administration questionnaire<\/a> — what about that blog post from a few years back?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can never be a politician; I’m way too good at verbal gaffes.\u00a0 In an attempt to be funny or witty, I frequently manage to blurt out something wildly inappropriate, embarrassing myself and everyone around me. \u00a0But there’s no a … Continue reading