Mittens will be addressing CPAC ("Please love me, I'm conservative!") starting at 12:55 ET

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Link to one of the livestreams online, if you're curious but can't watch it on cable news:

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/live-stream-mitt-romney-cpac-speech-163639781.html

It'll be interesting to see how the right wing crowd accepts him

An anti-Romney joke made by Santorum's sugardaddy, while introducing Santorum, got both boos and applause:

http://thehill.com/video/campaign/209967-friess-cracks-romney-joke-at-cpac-gets-booed

The top donor to Rick Santorum's presidential campaign, Foster Friess, took a dig at Mitt Romney while introducing the former Pennsylvania senator at CPAC Friday morning.

"There's a little bar a couple door downs, and recently a conservative, a liberal, and a moderate walked into the bar. The bartender says 'Hi, Mitt,' " Friess joked as a mix of boos and applause rained down from the crowd.

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1. "I'm just like you, I'm pissing in my designer underwear".

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2. kick

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3. The intro for Mittens is on now, quoting Jack Welch saying Mittens is the most qualified person to

run for president in his lifetime.

I didn't realize Welch was quite THAT delusional...

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4. Mediocre speech so far. Lots of stuttering.

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5. Mentioning his maternal grandfather coming to US from England.

Mentions his paternal grandfather next, but not WHY the family was in Mexico.

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6. Giving his (probably revisionist) history as MA gov -- will wait to see expert analysis of his lies.

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7. He was a "severely conservative Republican governor" -- said with severely constipated expression.

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8. "Social Security and Medicare are unsustainable."

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9. "Tax hikes -- they're off the table."

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10. Says he's on "same page and same verse" as Paul Ryan.

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11. Promises to defund Planned Parenthood.

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12. "The presidency is more than public office, it's a sacred trust."

And "sacred trust" to him means not cutting the defense budget. In other words, the Pentagon is sacred.

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13. Well, he got through one speech without quoting song lyrics...

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14. That was a disaster laced with LIES

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15. Yes. I'll post links to fact-checking articles later.

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17. Thanks

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16. Overall, Mittens came across like a small business owner giving his first speech to the local Rotary

Club or Chamber of Commerce.

Terribly nervous at first, then seemed relieved that they weren't booing him off the stage, and showed a bit more confidence.