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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 02:55 PM
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Mitt Romney's having an essay contest!
For an entry fee of $50, you can submit a 250 word essay entitled "What does a free and strong America look like to me?"

Nope, not making this shit up. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/11/mitt-romney-announces-ess_n_214394.html

The "winner" gets to visit with Mittens.
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:00 PM
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1. Fifty dollars?
For that price the winner should get to kick Mittens in the pouches.
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JayMusgrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:05 PM
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3. I'd pay for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:05 PM
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2. Gross prize!
WTF? Who does he think he is, Ozzy? Jeez...
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:15 PM
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4. the fee is worth more than the prize :/
Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 03:15 PM by NatBurner
and what's mitt planning on doing with the roughly $600 he's sure to rake in from this little contest?

isn't he a brazillionaire? why is he trying to fleece these poor people?
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Happyhippychick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:17 PM
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5. Raising money for his campaign. I suggest a waterboarding demo if he wants more.
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RoccoR5955 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:21 PM
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6. Do I get back my $50 if he comes to visit me? n/t
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:24 PM
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7. and here I thought it might be to submit new recipes
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:27 PM
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8. May I submit a photo?
This is what a free and strong America looks like to me.....



.... and I look forward to demonstrating this again in three and a half years!
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:31 PM
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9. Maybe a FREE America essay shouldn't cost fifty bucks.
I suggest we start there.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 03:37 PM
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10. So he'll pay $50 for someone to write him a valentine? Here's some ideas
to help you win the $50


Dear Gov Mittens

America is strong because of:

1. Magical Mormon Underware
2. Life-like Robotic former Governors
3. Grown men with names usually reserved for kittens
4. Billionaires
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:22 PM
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11. Not counting his sons, I predict three entries.
Maybe.
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sarah553807 Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-11-09 04:25 PM
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12. hmmmmm,I wonder what the money is gonna pay for?
:eyes:
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-13-09 08:15 PM
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13. Just goes to prove the old adage:
Freedom essays aren't free, they cost fifty bucks.
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 01:59 AM
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14. Good luck with that, Mittens. I don't think your target audience can string 25 words together
coherently, much less 250.

Maybe change it up a bit and have them draw Tippy the Turtle or a pirate?


At least then you'd know which ones have minds dangerously creative enough to imagine YOU as POTUS! :rofl:
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 02:57 AM
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15. I would not pay 50 cents to meet him
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 07:08 AM
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16. I'd pay $50 not to visit Mittens.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 10:20 AM
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17. OMG a cruel Mitt Joke no less...How could he???
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 10:38 AM
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18. Mine, "A strong and free America is a place where i can tie my dog to the roof of my family car"
i'll have to get going on the actual essay part.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 10:40 AM
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19. Does the winner get to pick the entertainment?
I believe I would enter if (1) I could be assured of winning and (2) I could take Mr. Romney to Centerfolds Boston and The Glass Slipper to discuss historic restoration of Boston's city center...you know, like how can we bring back the Combat Zone? Unlike many other cities of its size and stature, Boston was always kind enough to mark on its maps where the stag district was, so people who didn't want to partake in adult entertainment would know to stay the hell away from there.
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 11:23 AM
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20. I can do it in fewer: "Look around you NOW."
Amazing, isn't it? Especially in comparison to the previous EIGHT!!!

BTW Mittens, WHY DIDN'T YOU HAVE THESE ESSAYS ANYTIME DURING THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, HUH?!!!
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 01:36 PM
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21. Yay! An essay I can do!
Edited on Sun Jun-14-09 01:37 PM by RFKHumphreyObama
"A free and strong America is one in which Mitt Romney never even comes close to having a chance of winning the presidency and destroying the nation like his Republican predecessors have done. A free and strong America would also be one where the GOP was out of power in every office of every state"

There! I've won!

I thought the whole point of essay contests was to award a prize actually worth having. Meeting Mitt would be my equivalent to getting a tooth extraction with no anaesthestic
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-14-09 01:47 PM
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22. Cool! If I win, I have a question for Mitt:
"Governor, do you secrete your own hair gel?"
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