Loser of the Month Jim Messina, speaking to Gultaggen in Norway. Photo by Jarle Naustvik
June was not a kind month for Jim Messina. After managing Barack Obama's successful re-election campaign, the Washington, DC political consultant from Idaho switched sides and began advising Britain's Conservative Party, the Tories.
After Messina lead the Tories to a spectacular defeat, he was the focus of devastating news stories.
Yet that bad press Messina received was nothing compared to the loathing he received on Twitter.
The social media outrage was so intense that Raw Story is recognizing @Messina2012 as the Twitter Loser of the Month.
As The Intercept noted in a profile of Messina, he "became known as a world class *sshole who kept an 'enemies' list on an Excel spreadsheet."
Judging by the breadth of outrage against Messina, he's going to need to update his enemies database.
Here's a look at the best social media digs, by Glenn Greenwald, Libby Watson and Messina himself:
@Messina2012 you can help stop trump by joining his team as a strategist— Unapologetic Wanksta (@Unapologetic Wanksta)1498490028.0
Meet Jim Messina, the reverse Midas of campaign strategy https://t.co/jTjc4hDliY via @FT https://t.co/o9ifp094fr— Tobias Buck (@Tobias Buck)1497279239.0
@Messina2012 how does it feel to have no soul?— Jack Devine (@Jack Devine)1496438181.0
@Messina2012 @nycsouthpaw @YouGov @benleet This looks terrible on your resume FYI... might want to put "traveling"… https://t.co/SAaf33oXER— ACAB Spring 🌹 (@ACAB Spring 🌹)1496972164.0
@Messina2012 Welcome back. Arby's is hiring. Don't get your dick caught in the flash fryer. What am I saying? Ofc y… https://t.co/1TdLs5z6Vu— matt christman (@matt christman)1498493865.0
@Messina2012 Really?! Working for the Tories?! I guess $$ more important than any principles...#mtpol— #WearADamnMask😷 (@#WearADamnMask😷)1496573783.0
He's a Dem but the @Messina2012 tweet says much of modern USA - Still brash and arrogant, but ungracious, out of to… https://t.co/a01pkLhh8h— Julian Sayarer (@Julian Sayarer)1497342098.0
"If the US wants to remove Assad, they should send @Messina2012 to go work for his campaign" - @ByYourLogic https://t.co/NY4Vakm1x3— Glenn Greenwald (@Glenn Greenwald)1497660418.0
Whose re-election are you going to help next, Jim? Can I suggest Rodrigo Duterte? Or maybe Bashar al-Assad? @Messina2012 #GE2017— 🌹 Clark, a proud citizen of GoFundMe nation (@🌹 Clark, a proud citizen of GoFundMe nation)1497105261.0
.@Messina2012 https://t.co/HQ3V7tqljN— rymerry curtmas 🎄 (@rymerry curtmas 🎄)1496957542.0
It's not that easy @Messina2012 - you've helped the homophobic, sectarian DUP into power. https://t.co/5PlnciH8gl— Aaron Bastani (@Aaron Bastani)1498493231.0
@Messina2012 You can't work to gut NHS in England and pretend to care about RNC efforts to gut healthcare in US. R… https://t.co/kAQ2CBzf3a— Maggie duPree (@Maggie duPree)1498571092.0
What do you believe in, exactly? What are those values that Trump threatens but that Theresa May upholds? @Messina2012— Claire Sandberg (@Claire Sandberg)1498505902.0
@Messina2012 What's it like to believe in absolutely nothing?— ian🦔 (@ian🦔)1496952560.0
@Messina2012 Jimmy's back from his awesome #GE2017 adventure! https://t.co/BH570G1Rdr— 🌹 Clark, a proud citizen of GoFundMe nation (@🌹 Clark, a proud citizen of GoFundMe nation)1498492097.0
@Messina2012 Glad to hear you "love and believe" in a Muslim ban— jordan (@jordan)1498491054.0
@Messina2012 https://t.co/ZAXKYJHS87— Chris Wagner (@Chris Wagner)1496959139.0
@Messina2012 You are so out of touch it's laughable. You have officially jumped the shark you odious little prick.— Bernie was right there America (@Bernie was right there America)1496980142.0
@Messina2012 this couldn't have happened to a nicer person— your a bean one, mr. binch (@your a bean one, mr. binch)1496967104.0
@Messina2012 https://t.co/IT6KqZY8PH— Tainted Bill ACAB (@Tainted Bill ACAB)1496957210.0
@Messina2012 Get shovel. Dig hole. Jump in.— Blue Oyster Cat (@Blue Oyster Cat)1496856213.0
@Messina2012 Never show your face in America again— Will 🦥 Menaker (@Will 🦥 Menaker)1496435667.0
@Messina2012 Stay over there you bootlicking rat.— Red Flag Respecter (@Red Flag Respecter)1496843879.0
@Messina2012 I hope you never set foot in the U.S. again— Kirara Decline 🧺 (@Kirara Decline 🧺)1496435679.0
@Messina2012 Never come back to America Jim.— Mike Dickerson (@Mike Dickerson)1496848354.0
@Messina2012 stay in the U.K., you empty husk of a person— KG (@KG)1496841155.0
@Messina2012 Never show your face this side of the Atlantic again— Eric Brown (@Eric Brown)1496840835.0
@Messina2012 @YouGov @benleet computer, show me a Spectator intern who was breastfed right up til the age of 40 https://t.co/s3RDkaviIr— wariotifo (@wariotifo)1496271543.0
@Messina2012 Sup sellout— dustin (@dustin)1496434909.0
@Messina2012 Seriously, buddy, you'd be better off burning this all down and rebranding yourself as a YouTube food reviewer.— 🦝𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 🦝 (@🦝𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 🦝)1498578858.0
@Messina2012 It's rare to see someone so swiftly punished for selling out their values. And it is very satisfying to witness.— Ben Stadler (@Ben Stadler)1496973460.0
@Messina2012 hahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahha… https://t.co/OzbNPDYxtb— Biden will cut your social security (@Biden will cut your social security)1496967958.0
