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denem

(11,045 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 01:06 AM Feb 2012

R-Money sets twitter ablaze - “why oh why did Mitt Romney pose for this picture”?

The Hill: Fake Romney picture circulates on Twitter
A 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 they’re aligned to spell “R-money,” a dig at Romney’s 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

Erickson's regrets - it speaks volumes that so many on the right weren’t 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 OP
I wish The Hill article had given Democratic Underground credit for the photo like HuffPo did Tx4obama Feb 2012 #1
Who switched the M & the O? Was it someone on DU? Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #2
That naughty, naughty, Earl. n/t lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #3
Ha Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #5
Here's a link to EarlG's thread from last Saturday ... Tx4obama Feb 2012 #6
Yes, but they are reporting twitter, and such 'luminaries' as Erikson, denem Feb 2012 #4
Nice going EarlG! JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #7
If only those letters... Showrunner Feb 2012 #8
This is great! Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2012 #9
Spam deleted by Ruby the Liberal (MIR Team) urbanRS Aug 2012 #10
 

denem

(11,045 posts)
4. Yes, but they are reporting twitter, and such 'luminaries' as Erikson,
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 01:25 AM
Feb 2012

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!
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 10:10 AM
Feb 2012

lolz Brilliant!

Absolutely hilarious how even the wingers are lamenting the "reality" of it.

Julie

 

Showrunner

(23 posts)
8. If only those letters...
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 10:21 AM
Feb 2012

...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

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