Five fake political types on Twitter we wish were real[ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:30:22 GMT ]As we saw during the presidential campaign when Mitt Romney's official Twitter account gained more than 100,000 followers in the span of a few days, the accusation of fake followers can cast a shadow on a politician's social media street cred, if not his career. But a satirical Twitter account portraying a fake version of a real politician, however vexing to the impersonated person, can be a whole lot of fun to everyone else.