I have noticed something about Congressman Billy Long. If there is something negative about him in the paper, he uses Twitter to spin the negative and avoids the issue. Take for instance this to the point opinion in the March 8, 2001 Joplin Globe.
Where is Billy Long?
Since his election to the House of Representatives there is no sign of him. What is he doing? He has not answered any of the correspondence sent to him. Has he done anything at all? Just wondering.
Jim Morse
Joplin
Coincidently on Twitter a couple days later this appears:
Would Congressman Long like to share these great comments, because Jim Morse of Joplin, Missouri, doesn't seem to be happy with Long's constituent services either. Let's remind people of how one of the Long staff members answered the phone when Long was noticeably absent from the reading of the Constitution on the House floor.