Eric Hartsburg Plans To Remove Tattoo Of Romney On Face

[DonViejo]

Source: The Huffington Post


The Huffington Post | By Ariel Edwards-Levy
Posted: 11/29/2012 9:23 am EST Updated: 11/29/2012 10:17 am EST

The indignities of losing a presidential race don't stop on election night.

Since Nov. 6, Mitt Romney has seen his Facebook followers dwindle, and his merchandise land in the discount bin. Now, a professional wrestler with a Romney/Ryan logo facial tattoo is planning to remove it, calling Romney's post-campaign performance "pretty shameful." Eric Hartsburg told Politico the final straw came when the former GOP presidential candidate attributed his loss to President Barack Obama's "gifts" to minorities.

“It stands not only for a losing campaign, but for a sore loser,” Hartsburg said. “He’s pretty shameful as far as I’m concerned, man. There’s no dignity in blaming somebody else for buying votes and paying off people. I can’t get behind that or stay behind that.”

Hartsburg, who said he hoped the 5-by-2-inch tattoo would make politics more fun, had initially resigned himself to keeping the mark. “I’m the guy who has egg all over his face, but instead of egg, it’s a big Romney/Ryan tattoo. It’s there for life,” he told Politico after the election, saying he was a man of his word.

But the 30-year-old is now planning to fly to Los Angeles to have the tattoo removed, a year-long process. He hasn't ruled out getting another tattoo, maybe in 2016 when the "R" could do double duty for a potential Marco Rubio candidacy. Or, maybe, he said, he'll just get a yard sign next time.

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[RevStPatrick]

1. "Or, maybe, he said, he'll just get a yard sign next time."

Great punchline!

[ashling]

12. Where is he going to display the yard sign ?

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I respectfully suggest he stick it up his ...

[Angry Dragon]

2. Then he owes the person that paid him their money back

[Aristus]

4. They paid him to get the tattoo on his face. Contract fulfilled.

Unless his contract, if there was any, specified that he had to wear it for life, he is not in breach. I say, let him keep the money. As for the guy who paid him: a fool and his money, etc, etc...

[Kelvin Mace]

40. I wonder how much that is going to cost?

This may have been a major money losing deal.

Fortunately he didn't get an Obama tattoo on his face, as some wingnut would either shoot him or beat him with a baseball bat.

[Ken Burch]

55. I'm surprised they didn't have the tattoo guy use special ink

that made the stripes disappear at midnight on Election Day, leaving, say, the words "I'm A Tool" or "Midget Dick" in their place.

[grahamhgreen]

62. Oh, but they did!

LOL

[Ken Burch]

54. Uh, no.

A person who gets a tattoo doesn't owe the tattoo artist any obligation to keep the tattoo for the rest of their life-nor is it an injustice to the tattoo artist to remove the tattoo.

If the Romney campaign paid HIM to get the ink and keep it until he died, that's a different matter.

Besides, we don't know that the tattoo artist him or herself was a Romney supporter. Most tattooists don't take sides on the imagery they are asked to apply to the skin of their customers.

What would really be great, actually, would be if the artist had designed the tattoo so that, as the Romney stripes faded, the words "total" and "douche" emerged from beneath them.

[TwilightGardener]

3. I give him credit for realizing what a sorry schmuck

Mittens is.

[LeftInTX]

21. Was he the only person in America that didn't know about the 47% video?

[TwilightGardener]

22. LOL--Does he look like a guy who's on top of things?

[Fantastic Anarchist]

58. He still has early 90s hair for fuck sake. He is not on type of anything.

[mzteaze]

33. Sadly

He probably saw it and thought like so many of the others that he wasn't a part of the 47%.

Someone posted a video of a guy who worked THREE jobs and still thought he was part of the 53% Romney was appealing to.

[freshwest]

52. Weird, that he stayed clueless until after the election...

[Kelvin Mace]

41. I give credit to the person

who gave him the excuse, since I don't think he was bright enough to come up with it on his own.

[crim son]

45. Not me.

All he cares about right now is getting that loser's losing symbol off his face because he looks like a jackass. Mittens has always been the same schmuck, tattoo or no tattoo.

[Cha]

46. Yeah now it seems he's gearing up to be a smuck

for "Rubio".

[onehandle]

5. You can't remove stupid. nt

[Quantess]

6. Will it cost more than $15,000 to remove?

How much does high quality tattoo removal cost, anyway?

[maddogesq]

7. The question you should be asking:

Will Obamacare pay for that? Sorry, couldn't reist...



As posted above, you cannot fix fucking stooopid.

[KamaAina]

64. He could always claim it was a cancerous growth

that way insurance would pay for it.

[Egnever]

29. Much less according to this guy

http://www.drtattoff.com/laser-tattoo-removal-cost

Probably m ore in the neighborhood of 2k or less. Guy made an easy 12k it looks like to me.

[Quantess]

36. I don't know about "easy"

I hear tattoo removal is at least as painful as getting tattooed.
Also, there's going to be some marks left behind, as removal is not perfect.

Hmmm. I'm glad the nitwit came to his senses, though.

[Kelvin Mace]

42. To come to one's senses

one must have sense in the first place.

I think he just realized he was going to be laughed at for the rest of his life.

[MADem]

49. Apparently, per the link to the doctor, they can get it all and it isn't quite as awful a process

these days with these new lasers.

If the ink is dark and the skin is pale, the result is usually pretty slick, per the videos...

[blackspade]

8. oops!

This was one of the dumber stunts this election season.

[B Stieg]

9. right next to the GOP presidential candidate!

[leftyohiolib]

10. “He’s pretty shameful " hey goofball they are ALL shamefull and so is the next republican

you vote for. yard sign was pretty funny maybe he should give up wrastlin' and try comedy writin'

[AlbertCat]

11. but for a sore loser

Like you are literally gonna be soon.

Tattoo removal....OUCH!

[Liberal Veteran]

13. If he wants to save some dough, a new hairstyle will fix it.

[rivegauche]

16. Louise Brooks!! One of the loveliest stars ever. nt

[mzteaze]

35. ROFL!

Of course there is the updated version:

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[SoapBox]

14. ...dumbass.

Plain and simple.

[rivegauche]

15. What a dope.

Nothing broadcasts "I'm a pure fool" like a face tattoo. Especially if it's those assclowns.

[Clouseau2]

17. I imagine his Doctor visit went something like this

Doctor: I've got good news, and bad news. Which one do you want first?
Eric Hartsburg: Give me the good news first.
Doctor: We can remove your tattoo.
Eric Hartsburg: Great! What's the bad news?
Doctor: We can't cure your stupidity. It's permanent.

[Vietnameravet]

32. Nice!!!

[iandhr]

18. who cares?

[JohnnyRingo]

19. Good, now he'll just look like he went through a windshield.

I know I'd rather look like the victim of a horrible disfiguring accident than a complete moran (sic).

He still has the other side in case Sarah Palin runs in 2016 though, so I hope he has someone who loves him enough to protect him from himself. Meanwhile, this is an example of Darwins theory on unnatural selection. He'll be much less likely to reproduce, thereby strengthening the gene pool of the human race.

[MADem]

50. You should look at those Before/After pics at the tattoo place--they've apparently gotten MUCH

better at removing the whole Magilla...!

Astounding, really--the laser just breaks up the ink; the body absorbs it and gets rid of it.

http://www.trlaser.com/photos.php

[Hassin Bin Sober]

53. If he's smart (yeah I know) he should finagle a freebie out of these folks for advertising.

The script writes itself.

[Historic NY]

20. dumbass..cost to remove probably more expense than what he was paid.

[Egnever]

26. Not even close

He was paid 10k or 15k to get it done. Here's a site that will remove it for likely less than 2k. I am sure those costs aren't unusual and I am sure this tool knew what the costs for removal were before he did it.

I actually think the guy was pretty clever getting this done I figure he made an easy 8k. The part that makes him a tool is believing in Romney in the first place.

http://www.drtattoff.com/laser-tattoo-removal-cost

[Third Doctor]

23. Romney was shameful before this guy decided to tattoo his

face. The guy is just now figuring this out? I guess this is a symptom of a lot of those who voted for him.

[struggle4progress]

24. f I Only Had a Brain

[Egnever]

28. Pretty smart actually

Made an easy 12k , now the guy that paid him....

[struggle4progress]

30. There are still some things money can't buy IMO

[Kelvin Mace]

43. I don't know if being know

as the stupid git who got a Romney tattoo on his face is worth $12K. And yes, people will remember even when he gets it removed.

[Hayabusa]

25. Heh, he won 1st place in a wrestling boards "worst tattoo" contest

and that was beating that thing on Icarus' back!

[libdem4life]

27. He could save time and "face" by just asking them to make it a "P" awaiting Ms. Palin's

certain revival and reappearance, somewhere, sometime, but she will pop up again.

[Vietnameravet]

31. Maybe they can transfer the tatto to his ass where it belongs

[catbyte]

34. This guy is going to be very sorry. Removing a tattoo is excruciating, at least it looked that way

when I watched an MSNBC special called "Removing Hate." It was about a reformed Skinhead who had all sorts of racist tattoos all over his body--including his face--and the Southern Poverty Law Center paid to have them all removed. It was a remarkable show, and the treatments caused the man much agony.

[Quantess]

37. yes, I read somewhere that

tattoo removal hurts worse than getting tattooed.

[Kelvin Mace]

44. Good!

Stupid should hurt.

[montanto]

38. So, he had an asshole tattooed on his face?

[47of74]

56. Yeah, pretty much.

[Kelvin Mace]

39. A little late for "face saving" excuses,

don't ya think?

[JohnnyRingo]

47. Capital "L" on his forehead would be more appropriate anyway.

At least the scar will reduce the chance that he may reproduce.

[Zorra]

48. Buyer's Remorse. Shop more carefully next time, bro. An Obama tatoo

will be in style for generations.

[SummerSnow]

51. His insurance company ...

Will they pay for the removal because his stupidity is a pre existing condition?

[jmowreader]

60. No, Romney already paid to have it removed

It did NOT cost $15,000 to get that thing put on there, so the couple grand it's going to cost to get it off will come out of Romney's money.

Hopefully the artist set his machine up really shallow.

[olddad56]

57. Romney needs to have the tatoo of Karl Rove removed from his ass.

[lunatica]

59. fk him

I hope the removal hurts.

[rks306]

61. Damn

I thought he could keep it, kind of like a scarlete letter to say I'm a idoit.

[lunatica]

63. He's an idiot

He belongs in

[sakabatou]

65. You'd think he'd know better

Who the hell would put a permanent tattoo, like that, on their face?