Mitt Romney App Mocked for Making Paul Ryan Announcement Hours Late

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Mitt Romney Chooses Paul Ryan as VP: Hollywood Reacts

Mitt Romney Taps Rep. Paul Ryan as Vice Presidential Running Mate

For those who were chomping at the bit to learn who presidential candidate Mitt Romney would tap for his running mate, the former Massachusetts governor's campaign released a special VP app, which it touted as a first-alert system.

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“There's no telling when Mitt will choose his VP. But when he does, be the first to find out with Mitt's VP app,” a message on the campaign’s website read.  

But in what has been described as a major fail, the media reported that Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan was the choice hours before Romney’s official 9 a.m. announcement Saturday.

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The app was skewered on Twitter for its tardiness:

If Romney thought no one would leak that the pick is Ryan, he's as silly as the folks who are staring at the Mitt's VP iPhone app right now.

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 11, 2012

@schoolerla My VP app was good enough to wake me at 7 this morning. - 8 hours after I found out about Ryan #Romney/Ryan

— R Wood (@rlwood1) August 11, 2012

romney chooses VP via smartphone app. apparently ryan accepted as he changed his facebook status to 'mitts complicated'

— Dolph Ziggler (@HEELZiggler) August 11, 2012

7:11 am - Romney app confirms it's Paul Ryan for VP. So can I delete that useless app now?

— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) August 11, 2012

But for Ryan fans disappointed that his ticket debut didn’t go as planned, perhaps they can take comfort in knowing that he is making a comeback on Tumblr. Hey Girl, It's Paul Ryan, a meme pasting pickup lines over alluring pictures of the congressman, reemerged from its months-long hibernation to mark the occasion.

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A photo of Ryan and Romney together noted the candidates' lustrous heads of hair: “Hey girl, This ticket may have some incredible hair, But your ticket is still to my heart.”

Another played up Ryan’s passion for the federal budget: “Hey girl, “That figure? I know you built that.”

Perhaps the Romney camp shouldn’t’ feel too bad over its app woes, as even the tech-savvy 2008 Obama campaign fell victim to its own VP announcement fail. 

In August 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama planned to unveil his VP pick via a text message. But the choice of then-Sen. Joe Biden was uncovered by the media two hours before the mass text went out.