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Ann Romney: Unzip Mitt!

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To prove he’s not as stiff as he seems.

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In an attempt to convince people that her husband is not as stiff as he appears on the campaign trail, Ann Romney suggested “we better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out.” Her comment, unsurprisingly, has gone viral, but what she meant to say was, Mitt’s not a robot! “You know it’s so funny to me that that is the perception out there. Because he is funny, he is engaging, he is witty,” she insisted. “He’s always playing jokes. When I met him as a teenager, he was the life of the party,” and so on.

Read it at ABC News