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Related: About this forumR-Money sets twitter ablaze - “why oh why did Mitt Romney pose for this picture”?
The Hill: Fake Romney picture circulates on TwitterA potentially embarrassing but fake picture of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney hit the Web on Monday, lighting up Twitter with comments and retractions.
In the picture, Romney is arranging a group of children, each wearing a T-shirt with one letter of his last name.
In the real picture the children are lined up to properly spell his name, but in the fake version theyre aligned to spell R-money, a dig at Romneys considerable wealth and his time as an executive at Bain Capital, for which his critics have accused him of engaging in vulture capitalism.
Influential conservative blogger Erickson of Red State retweeted a link of the picture that said, why oh why did Mitt Romney pose for this picture.
http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/208911-fake-romney-picture-circulates-on-twitter
In the picture, Romney is arranging a group of children, each wearing a T-shirt with one letter of his last name.
In the real picture the children are lined up to properly spell his name, but in the fake version theyre aligned to spell R-money, a dig at Romneys considerable wealth and his time as an executive at Bain Capital, for which his critics have accused him of engaging in vulture capitalism.
Influential conservative blogger Erickson of Red State retweeted a link of the picture that said, why oh why did Mitt Romney pose for this picture.
Erickson's regrets - it speaks volumes that so many on the right werent surprised ...
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R-Money sets twitter ablaze - “why oh why did Mitt Romney pose for this picture”? (Original Post)
denem
Feb 2012
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Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)1. I wish The Hill article had given Democratic Underground credit for the photo like HuffPo did
Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)2. Who switched the M & the O? Was it someone on DU?
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)3. That naughty, naughty, Earl. n/t
Pirate Smile
(27,617 posts)5. Ha
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)6. Here's a link to EarlG's thread from last Saturday ...
Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101710448
p.s. Note the text in the bottom right corner of the photo
denem
(11,045 posts)4. Yes, but they are reporting twitter, and such 'luminaries' as Erikson,
I think it's just a what trending on twitter page.
EarlG deserves ton's of credit. I see the original and it looks fake
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)7. Nice going EarlG!
lolz Brilliant!
Absolutely hilarious how even the wingers are lamenting the "reality" of it.
Julie
Showrunner
(23 posts)8. If only those letters...
...could be re-arranged to spell BUFFOON! Hurry, Hurry, Hurry...This 3-Ringer Ain't Done Yet! Thoughts at 3 A.M. http://thoughtsatthreeam.blogspot.com/?spref=tw
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)9. This is great!
urbanRS
(1 post)10. Spam deleted by Ruby the Liberal (MIR Team)