Cenk Uygur
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'Little Face Mitt' - What Does The Viral Hit Mean?
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October 28, 2012
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October 28, 2012
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3:54Now Playing"Reuben Glaser, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee freshman, noticed that presidential candidate Mitt Romney lacked a defining characteristic. "Ford fell down, Biden is Uncle Joe, and Obama is cool," he said. "Romney doesn't really have anything." So Glaser gave him something: a big head.
Glaser has been digitally minimizing Romney's facial features and posting it on Little Face Mitt, a Tumblr page that went viral in August.
Glaser, who voted in the Republican primary this year, says he has receives three or four user contributions a day, including a number from foreign fans in Ireland and Canada. He tells Yeas & Nays that there has been "costume interest" in Little Face Mitt, but "you would not believe how hard it is to get masks made." *Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies), and John Iadarola (Host, TYT University) break down what the viral hit means. Or does it not really mean anything, and is just funny and bizarre?
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