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02-18-2011, 09:53 PM
By Stephanie Reitz, Associated Press – Fri Feb 18, 4:17 pm ET
HARTFORD, Conn. – For a short time, they seemed so simpatico: the idealistic congressman, the teenage singing sensation, their shared disappointment in the U.S. health care system.
Now, though, Connecticut Democrat Christopher Murphy and Justin Bieber, the famously coiffed Pied Piper of love-struck girls worldwide, have parted ways philosophically over the Biebs' opposition to abortion.
Their split is less puzzling to some observers than the fact that Murphy, 37, a three-term U.S. representative, even invoked the pop star as a voice of authority in the first place. No worries, Murphy said Friday: He doesn't have Bieber fever, nor is he taking public policy directives from pop culture.
He's just using Twitter and Facebook to stay connected with constituents and show them he's a regular guy, he said, "even one who is probably too plugged in to pop culture."
"I care deeply about public policy, but I'm not afraid to show that I also know something about things like sports and music, and yes, even Justin Bieber," Murphy said.
Like many of today's flare-and-fizzle connections, their one-sided bromance played out electronically with a few Twitter messages and hashtags, or short phrases and words used to categorize posts according to their topics.
Murphy, who authors his own tweets, wrote Thursday morning: "Bieber on health care" and added the hashtag, "(hash)mycaseofbieberfever," plus a link to Bieber's comments in a recent Rolling Stone interview.
The Canadian-born singer called the U.S. health care system "evil" for the medical debt it places on some patients. But in the same interview, Bieber also mentioned his opposition to abortion, which he considers to be "like killing a baby."
Less than an hour after his first tweet about Bieber's health care concerns, Murphy was back on Twitter. His chagrined comment: "Oh wait ... just heard what Biebs said about abortion. Ugh."
Thus ended the brief affinity, though it's unclear whether Bieber even knew about it, between launching a world tour, appearing at the recent Grammy Awards, guest-starring on "CSI" and promoting his new movie. A representative for him did not immediately respond to an e-mail Friday seeking comment.
The incident has been a source of amusement and a little eye-rolling among some observers.
Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy admitted that, yes, politicians from both sides of the aisle often try to paint themselves as hip and attuned to pop culture.
But linking your political ideology to that of a 16-year-old singer whose fans, calling themselves the "Beliebers," swoon and scream at the sight of his face?
"Which voters are Chris Murphy trying to reach now, 14-year-old girls?" Healy asked. "It's amazing what some politicians will do to try to tell the public, 'Hey, I'm cool, I'm paying attention to the zeitgeist.' It's kind of funny how it blows up in your face."
Murphy's tweets prompted Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, a Republican whose city is in the congressman's district, to post a few of his own: "I think I have Bieber fever," followed by, "Never mind, it's just an allergy . Phew. (hash)wasgettingreallynervous."
Murphy isn't worried about the jokes, nor has the incident changed his opinion on using Twitter — or following pop culture. "I just think that people in government tend to take themselves too seriously, and social media is a way for me to show people that I'm just a regular guy," he said in a statement.
All the same, though, there won't be a Justin Bieber concert T-shirt in Murphy's dresser drawer anytime soon, nor is he likely to be humming verses of Bieber's hit "Baby" on his way to Capitol Hill.
After his "ugh" reaction on Twitter to Bieber's abortion stance, the congressman drove home his point with two more hash tags: "(hash)timetobequietagainjustin" and "(hash)bieberfevercured."
No word, though, on whether he's gaga for Lady Gaga.
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'Bieber also mentioned his opposition to abortion, which he considers to be "like killing a baby."'
Like killing a baby? It IS killing a baby, you bouffant-crowned, lesbian look-alike bozo kid.
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A US congressman in anyway sharing an article with a prissy kid off of You Tube. This country is fu$ked What does that child know about life? He just barely came out of his diapers. Just because he is cute in a teeny-bopper sort of way doesn't make him an authority on social issues.
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Like everyone else he is entitled to his opinion. As adults we sometimes think that we have all the answers, but let's remember that it's girls his age who are getting pregnant. Add that to glorifying it by paying an abusive, unwed, bullly $83,000 to film her train wreck of a life for a reality show.
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So the general public disagrees with Justin's view on abortion, so everyone is just going to hate him now? Abortion is murder, its truth, people who are okay with abortion just don't want to accept that it is the truth. One second everyone had "bieber fever" but the minute he says something people don't like, their favorness towards him is gone. Its really sad honestly, it actually made me like him more. Not only for his views, but because he wasn't afraid to voice them.
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Bieber is very young, very naive and has no business in politics or show buisness. And now for all you liberal wacko's out there the time to practice birth control is BEFORE you are pregnant. Otherwise it's murder plain and simple. Too bad the so called feminists don't do more to teach birth control and protect women from ever having to "chose" to murder their unborn child.
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Shut up and sing .... or better yet : just shut up.
HARTFORD, Conn. – For a short time, they seemed so simpatico: the idealistic congressman, the teenage singing sensation, their shared disappointment in the U.S. health care system.
Now, though, Connecticut Democrat Christopher Murphy and Justin Bieber, the famously coiffed Pied Piper of love-struck girls worldwide, have parted ways philosophically over the Biebs' opposition to abortion.
Their split is less puzzling to some observers than the fact that Murphy, 37, a three-term U.S. representative, even invoked the pop star as a voice of authority in the first place. No worries, Murphy said Friday: He doesn't have Bieber fever, nor is he taking public policy directives from pop culture.
He's just using Twitter and Facebook to stay connected with constituents and show them he's a regular guy, he said, "even one who is probably too plugged in to pop culture."
"I care deeply about public policy, but I'm not afraid to show that I also know something about things like sports and music, and yes, even Justin Bieber," Murphy said.
Like many of today's flare-and-fizzle connections, their one-sided bromance played out electronically with a few Twitter messages and hashtags, or short phrases and words used to categorize posts according to their topics.
Murphy, who authors his own tweets, wrote Thursday morning: "Bieber on health care" and added the hashtag, "(hash)mycaseofbieberfever," plus a link to Bieber's comments in a recent Rolling Stone interview.
The Canadian-born singer called the U.S. health care system "evil" for the medical debt it places on some patients. But in the same interview, Bieber also mentioned his opposition to abortion, which he considers to be "like killing a baby."
Less than an hour after his first tweet about Bieber's health care concerns, Murphy was back on Twitter. His chagrined comment: "Oh wait ... just heard what Biebs said about abortion. Ugh."
Thus ended the brief affinity, though it's unclear whether Bieber even knew about it, between launching a world tour, appearing at the recent Grammy Awards, guest-starring on "CSI" and promoting his new movie. A representative for him did not immediately respond to an e-mail Friday seeking comment.
The incident has been a source of amusement and a little eye-rolling among some observers.
Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy admitted that, yes, politicians from both sides of the aisle often try to paint themselves as hip and attuned to pop culture.
But linking your political ideology to that of a 16-year-old singer whose fans, calling themselves the "Beliebers," swoon and scream at the sight of his face?
"Which voters are Chris Murphy trying to reach now, 14-year-old girls?" Healy asked. "It's amazing what some politicians will do to try to tell the public, 'Hey, I'm cool, I'm paying attention to the zeitgeist.' It's kind of funny how it blows up in your face."
Murphy's tweets prompted Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, a Republican whose city is in the congressman's district, to post a few of his own: "I think I have Bieber fever," followed by, "Never mind, it's just an allergy . Phew. (hash)wasgettingreallynervous."
Murphy isn't worried about the jokes, nor has the incident changed his opinion on using Twitter — or following pop culture. "I just think that people in government tend to take themselves too seriously, and social media is a way for me to show people that I'm just a regular guy," he said in a statement.
All the same, though, there won't be a Justin Bieber concert T-shirt in Murphy's dresser drawer anytime soon, nor is he likely to be humming verses of Bieber's hit "Baby" on his way to Capitol Hill.
After his "ugh" reaction on Twitter to Bieber's abortion stance, the congressman drove home his point with two more hash tags: "(hash)timetobequietagainjustin" and "(hash)bieberfevercured."
No word, though, on whether he's gaga for Lady Gaga.
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'Bieber also mentioned his opposition to abortion, which he considers to be "like killing a baby."'
Like killing a baby? It IS killing a baby, you bouffant-crowned, lesbian look-alike bozo kid.
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A US congressman in anyway sharing an article with a prissy kid off of You Tube. This country is fu$ked What does that child know about life? He just barely came out of his diapers. Just because he is cute in a teeny-bopper sort of way doesn't make him an authority on social issues.
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Like everyone else he is entitled to his opinion. As adults we sometimes think that we have all the answers, but let's remember that it's girls his age who are getting pregnant. Add that to glorifying it by paying an abusive, unwed, bullly $83,000 to film her train wreck of a life for a reality show.
---
So the general public disagrees with Justin's view on abortion, so everyone is just going to hate him now? Abortion is murder, its truth, people who are okay with abortion just don't want to accept that it is the truth. One second everyone had "bieber fever" but the minute he says something people don't like, their favorness towards him is gone. Its really sad honestly, it actually made me like him more. Not only for his views, but because he wasn't afraid to voice them.
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Bieber is very young, very naive and has no business in politics or show buisness. And now for all you liberal wacko's out there the time to practice birth control is BEFORE you are pregnant. Otherwise it's murder plain and simple. Too bad the so called feminists don't do more to teach birth control and protect women from ever having to "chose" to murder their unborn child.
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Shut up and sing .... or better yet : just shut up.