Saving face: Ind. man removing Romney-Ryan tattoo


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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off.

Eric Hartsburg of Michigan City, Ind., says he plans to have the red-and-blue "R" removed from its prominent place next to his right eye.

He says a Republican supporter paid him $15,000 to get the tattoo and keep it until at least the election was over.

Weeks after President Barack Obama defeated the former Massachusetts governor in the Nov. 6 election, Hartsburg says "now to me it represents not a losing campaign, but a sore losing campaign."

Hartsburg says he reached out to the Romney campaign about the tattoo, but feels snubbed that no campaign staffer ever contacted him.


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  • longwayhome wrote...
    I hope he got paid
    For doing that to himself. Probably got stiffed out of the 15 grand, knowing the republican con men.
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    Looking at this again
    I can picture "its the Boo Hoo boy! Unemployed, huge nose, no direction in life other than posting nonsense on this site. The cute little flower tying his ponytail gave it away. What a stud!
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