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iandhr

(6,852 posts)
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 05:35 PM Jan 2013

Romney Makes Desperate, Last-Ditch Bid For Presidency

WASHINGTON—With hundreds of thousands of onlookers assembled on the National Mall to celebrate Monday's inauguration, defeated Republican candidate Mitt Romney reportedly rushed out onto the stage to make one last frantic bid for the presidency. "My fellow Americans, I come to you at this late hour to plead with you to reconsider my candidacy for president of this great nation," a panting Romney said as multiple Secret Service agents attempted to physically drag the former Massachusetts governor away from the podium. "Please, if you'll just give me a second chance—Wait! No! Get your hands off me! IdosolemnlyswearthatIwillfaithfn—" At press time, sources confirmed that a weeping Romney was repeating phrases from the first presidential debate to himself as authorities escorted him into a waiting police vehicle.

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Gotta love The Onion.

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Romney Makes Desperate, Last-Ditch Bid For Presidency (Original Post) iandhr Jan 2013 OP
Tagg Romney tweeted, "Dad didn't really want to be president. He just likes Bibles. #sourgrapes" Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #1
All that money lost...... wandy Jan 2013 #2

wandy

(3,539 posts)
2. All that money lost......
Mon Jan 21, 2013, 06:53 PM
Jan 2013

All those friends not in high places.
The privatized fortunes slipped away.
The disappointed Wall Street cohorts weeping for more.
The Foxcon dreams of Kansas sweatshops put on hold.
Thats gotta sting.
Oh well Mittans, life's a bitch, and then you ....................

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