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struggle4progress

(126,566 posts) Tue May 29, 2012, 11:33 PM May 2012

Romney app misspells ‘Amercia’ [View all]

Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign misspelled the word “America” on its new iPhone app, and it’s already paying a price for it.

In the app, the phrase “A Better America” is misspelled “A Better Amercia.” The misspelling was picked up and tweeted widely Tuesday night, soon spawned a hashtag-driven Twitter meme in which people imagined just what Amercia stood for and what kind of policies Romney had planned for Amercia ...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/romney-app-misspells-amercia/2012/05/29/gJQAgN8K0U_blog.html

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Romney app misspells ‘Amercia’ [View all] struggle4progress May 2012 OP

Bozo moments can lose elections TrogL May 2012 #1

But we elected a bozo 2x from 2000-2008. Jamaal510 May 2012 #7

We. The. Hell. Did. Not Mira May 2012 #9

No, we let the bozos steal it. JHB May 2012 #24

+1000 deutsey May 2012 #30

Another dog on roof moment. lonestarnot May 2012 #2

At least he didn't spell it Amerika SoutherDem May 2012 #3

uh oh... oldernwiser May 2012 #4

Amercia? Sounds like a Mexican name. FarCenter Fan May 2012 #5

Repubs are incompetent, #348,263. chollybocker May 2012 #6

You can't spell "Amercia" without the CIA - n/t lapfog_1 May 2012 #8

I call that license for us to use Mira May 2012 #10

Some great tweets: NYC Liberal May 2012 #11

Thank you! Hillarious!! :D nt daaron May 2012 #34

It's going to be SUCH a fun campaign! Oilwellian May 2012 #12

I love this. Hilarious. bigtree May 2012 #13

Amercia ~ goclark May 2012 #14

They are second and third tier... Aviation Pro May 2012 #15

He only hires the lowest bidders. msu2ba May 2012 #19

Better yet: Rmoney's Amercia. Says it all. LuckyLib May 2012 #36

I can already hear Cokie Roberts dismissing this as a "non-issue." Orrex May 2012 #16

I always dismiss her as a "non-reporter" n/t deutsey May 2012 #31

I see what you did there Orrex May 2012 #33

I will proudly support RMoney for President of Amercia pinboy3niner May 2012 #17

And here it is. I'm with Mitt. Kablooie May 2012 #18

Here's another good one JHB May 2012 #27

Too funny!! +1000! This one!! nt daaron May 2012 #35

Dreaming Of Amercia Street thelordofhell May 2012 #20

America + Commerce = Amercia cthulu2016 May 2012 #21

Untied Slates of Amercia Mutiny In Heaven May 2012 #22

Amongst themselves they usually spell it Amerikkka. n/t Martin Eden May 2012 #23

Really? Dogs saying "I'm with Mitt" and Amercia? Heywood J May 2012 #25

Oooh! He gets to have some fun firing someone! JHB May 2012 #26

Romney channels Nixon:"My fellow Amercians, I am not a cook." Iterate May 2012 #28

AmerCIA malaise May 2012 #29

The best way to appeal to TeaBaggers lame54 May 2012 #32