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2016 Postmortem

treestar

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14. Wikipedia Mitt article:

Reply to jillan (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 02:45 PM

Apr 2012

Romney was named after hotel magnate J. Willard Marriott, his father's best friend, and his father's cousin Milton "Mitt" Romney, 1925–1929 quarterback for the Chicago Bears.

Wonder how Milton got that nickname. But notice a "hotel magnate" was his father's best friend.

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I think I know why Mitt's mom named him Mitt. jillan Apr 2012 #2

Actually, his real name is Willard. Jamaal510 Apr 2012 #6

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