@Pistachio found the link, so I can't take credit, but one of my favorite things to read throughout the day/evening as I'm working are the tweets from the characters of The West Wing. Four years after the show ended, many (all???) of the wonderful characters, including Leo McGarry's ghost are still talking politics with the smooth suave styles that marked the show during it's 7 year run. As a fan of the show, it's great that the characters, who were brought to life so vividly in Aaron Sorkin's show, continue to live and breath.
Now I don't know if these are names are being run by the official 'West Wing' staff, and I don't particularly care, either. They seem as genuine as they were on the show.
Twitter, according to it's wiki, was started in 2006. The West Wing ended in 2006. No idea if the two overlap at all, or if the characters were created in twitter after the fact.
No matter what else, this is a wonderful way to keep a very popular, well loved show continuing in people's minds and hearts. After reading their posts for the last few days, I'm thinking about going and finding the series of DVD, so if nothing else, it's a fantastic marketing move because it makes people remember a show 4 years after it ended.
What can Twitter do for you? It's an amazingly powerful platform, and a lot of fun as well.
Check out:
@joshualyman/colleagues -It seems to have most of the Characters on that list.
And of course:
http://www.amazon.ca/West-Wing-Complete-Collection/dp/B000HC2LI0
UPDATE - November 29
Just directed to an article by @CharlieYoungEsq on Twitter that explains at least part of the mystery behind the characters. I still find the whole thing pretty cool. Now.. to go find the DVD's somewhere.
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