Why Do So Many Liberals "Like" Mitt Romney On Facebook?

pigrabbitbear writes "Mother Jones reports that, 'In recent weeks, a host of liberal types have complained that their Facebook accounts have erroneously "liked" Romney's page, and some are floating the theory that the Romney campaign has deployed a virus or used other nefarious means to inflate the candidate's online stature. This conspiratorial notion has spawned a Facebook community forum, and its own page: "Hacked By Mitt Romney" (cute url: facebook.com/MittYouDidntBuildThat)' So what's going on? Is the Romney campaign engaging in some tech wizardry to hijack Americans' Facebook pages? Seems unlikely, but Romney did somehow manage to acquire millions of fake Twitter followers. But it looks like the Romney campaign isn't behind this one — Facebook and its mobile app is."

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[baldass_newbie]

This first post brought to you by Obama for President.

Re:Simple mix up

[tomhath]

liberals that "like" him may have "liked" him for the purposes of trolling the page

Remember where the 47% video was claimed to have come from? Jimmy Carter's unemployed grandson spent all of his time searching the web for anything he thought might be insulting. After he "found" a snippet of the video on You Tube he hunted down the person who posted it (I don't buy that story, but let's assume it's true for now).

Same thing here, people follow Romney, listen to Rush Limbaugh, etc. hoping to catch a tidbit that can be used to insult the candidate.