So it turns out that there's someone on Twitter who's been enthusiastically twittering nonstop about Employee Free Choice, advocating for the legislation and spreading the good word. Lately the person has taken to trying to convert followers of Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and former Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis to sign a pro-Employee Free Choice petition.

From @EFCANOW's Twitter feed:

Brush it off as an overzealous Twitterer and move on, right? Nope. Not if you're Newt and Saul. Newt and Saul are threatening to sue because of this person's pro-Employee Free Choice tweets.

From The Hill:

Attorneys for Gingrich and Anuzis wrote Twitter on Wednesday, asking it to disable a posting by the anonymously owned "EFCANOW" handle, which asked followers to sign a petition supporting the labor legislation. The posting included Gingrich's and Anuzis's Twitter handles, which function as their screen names.

[...] The attorneys allege that the posting, of which the authorship is unknown, violates the pair's trademark and publicity rights and contravenes trespassing and wire fraud laws, and maybe even so-called RICO laws, which are traditionally used to target organized crime groups.

Newt and Saul allege @EFCANOW has committed Twitter fraud, and are complaining to Twitter about the users on the site and demanding a response--or else.

But even Kanye West doesn't threaten legal action about being impersonated on Twitter, instead choosing to express his rage to the world with an all-caps rant on his blog (the all-caps lets readers know that Kanye means business). Exactly why is Kanye SO ANGRY about this twitterjacking? Because he feels the constant Tweets appearing to come from him via @kanyewest lower his 'coolness quotient' and make it seem like he has nothing better to do all day than...Tweet:

I'M TOO BUSY ACTUALLY BUSY BEING CREATIVE MOST OF THE TIME AND IF I'M NOT AND I'M JUST LAYING ON A BEACH I WOULDN'T TELL THE WORLD. EVERYTHING THAT TWITTER OFFERS I NEED LESS OF.

For some reason, however, Newt and Saul can't seem to shake this one off--they're even more pissed than Kanye. Who would've thought two politicians could become so enraged over the use of an "@" sign...This may end up redefining what we classify as a "frivolous lawsuit."

"How dare someone imply that Newt Gingrich has been spending his time fighting for justice in the workplace, rather than his true passion: starting frivolous lawsuits," Service Employees' International Union (SEIU) spokeswoman Christy Setzer shot back Thursday afternoon. "We stand with Twitterers everywhere when we say, thank you Newt, for sparing us a Kanye West-like all-caps rant on first contract arbitration."