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Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-what-we-all-wanted dept.

redletterdave writes "In 2008, then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama decided to announce his running mate, then-Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, over a text message, which was sent out to Obama's legions of followers. Four years later, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the likely presidential nominee from the Republican Party, has decided to make his VP announcement over a smartphone app. On Tuesday, Mitt Romney's campaign team launched a smartphone app called 'Mitt's VP,' which promises app users will be the first to know the official news of Romney's running mate for the November election. Once Romney makes his decision, he will announce the news over the app, which will alert smartphone owners with a text notification."

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  1. Will it be misspelled? by Kenja · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mitt has a bad track record with phone apps.

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  2. His running mate will be Koch Industries by mykos · · Score: 5, Funny

    Corporations are people too!

  3. All of Amercia is waiting by kaizendojo · · Score: 4, Funny

    to see what he mispells this time.

  4. "Smart"phone App for VP? by thewiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like Max Headroom will be the new VP candidate.
    At least he has a mute button.

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  5. Re:I think everyone has already made up their mind by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    die-in-the-wool

    I think you mean "dyed in the wool," although the idea that they're so devoted that they'd die with the wool still pulled over their eyes works too :-P

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    "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
  6. Who Will Be the First to Hack It? by NicknamesAreStupid · · Score: 5, Funny

    If ever there was an app to be cracked, it must be this. Think of the possibilities --
    Mitt selects Kim Jong Il
    Mitt selects Vladimir Putin
    Mitt selects Sarah Palin
    Mitt selects Daffy Dick
    Wish I had the chops to try. Anyway, Let the Games Begin!

  7. Re:Tech savvy: A smartphone app for a text message by Chemisor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe this app is not just to receive a text message. Maybe this app really is Mitt's VP, and he needs a few million smartphones to run the neural nets.

  8. Re:I think everyone has already made up their mind by Fwipp · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think you can be your own running mate...

  9. Re:I think everyone has already made up their mind by gorzek · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure the GOP's got the blueprints to build another Romney.

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  10. Re:I think everyone has already made up their mind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure the GOP's got the blueprints to build another Romney.

    The problem is that the GOP bought those blueprints from the Democrats. The blueprints they bought were for John Kerry.