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Kalidurga

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10. Read the headline sounded plausible that Romney would say something like that...

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:16 AM

Sep 2012

then I checked to see if it was the Onion. Didn't get to the Rufus part. If Romney's background was more unknown, I think he would try to pull something like this.

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Romney:�Ann and I, we know what it�s like to grow up with nothing, to wonder where your next meal is [View all] Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 OP

and heartbreak when all his sons ran away to join the military nt msongs Sep 2012 #1

I know how she feels too! chknltl Sep 2012 #2

Oh, you don't know real deprivation. SheilaT Sep 2012 #3

Bah, that's not so bad. Rincewind Sep 2012 #6

Did you check the fridge out in the Rolls? chknltl Sep 2012 #8

Damn PD Turk Sep 2012 #4

The Onion had me Cha Sep 2012 #5

Same here! I did a double-take at "Rufus"! pacalo Sep 2012 #7

Lol..yeah, Cha Sep 2012 #9

Read the headline sounded plausible that Romney would say something like that... Kalidurga Sep 2012 #10

Yes, trying to eke out a living on only $400,000 worth of stock Warpy Sep 2012 #11

And the warm memory of that Christmas when Mitt cut off and baked one of his butt cheeks aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #12

I actually read the first paragraph with my mouth hanging open tavalon Sep 2012 #13

"Romney then produced a harmonica from his hip pocket and played a stirring, lonesome melody." Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #14

Yes, it must have been torture not knowing Shankapotomus Sep 2012 #15

Politifact has rated this Mostly True n/t Enrique Sep 2012 #16

one more Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #17