Update at 4:45 p.m. ET. And With That, The Fun Is Over; Texts From Hillary Decides To Call It A Day:
Saying that "as far as memes go — it has gone as far as it can go," the Texts from Hillary guys .
As they say, "TTYL."
But we still suggest checking out our original post:
Seen yet?
The Secretary of State has, and she apparently likes it.
, the suddenly popular Tumblr blog "has just added one VIP to its fan base. ... Clinton herself."
She met the blog's creators — Adam Smith and Stacy Lambe — on Tuesday and gave them her thumb's up. Clinton, almost surely with help from her staff, even .
We can't do the blog justice by just describing it. You really have to check it out to figure it out. But, basically, it's a series of visual jokes that pair a photo of a sunglasses-wearing Clinton — looking down at the mobile device in her hand — with photos of other famous folks. And as the captions show, they're supposedly trading texts.
An example from Monday:
-- In one photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg "texts" this: "Guess what I just bought!."
-- Clinton's "response": "A shirt with a big boy collar?"
Another one we liked:
-- Condoleezza Rice is seen with President George W. Bush, supposedly telling him that "I sent her a text saying I think [I] left my favorite sunglasses in the desk."
-- Clinton's "text" back to Rice: "Sorry Condi, haven't seen them."
And there's this one:
-- President Obama: "Hey Hil, Whatchu doing?"
-- Clinton: "Running the world."
Some are saying this all has some political relevance. According , Clinton's embrace of Texts from Hillary has "cemented her newly cool image and set off fresh chatter about her future. ... Her savvy public image gambit on Tuesday [meeting with Smith and Lambe] sent a signal she may not be leaving the stage forever."
Or, it could just be a fun meme.
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