Wide-eyed Chipotle worker, Romney photo goes viral

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney poses for a photo with workers as he makes an unscheduled stop at a Chipotle restaurant in Denver, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak, Associated Press)
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney poses for a photo with workers as he makes an unscheduled stop at a Chipotle restaurant in Denver, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (Charles Dharapak, Associated Press)
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Updated: 10/03/2012 2:10 pm
DENVER (AP) - The manager of a Denver Chipotle restaurant has become an Internet celebrity thanks to the wide-eyed pose he struck alongside Mitt Romney when the Republican presidential candidate stopped by for lunch.

Twenty-year-old Marty Arps struck the pose during a group photo with Romney and Chipotle employees Tuesday afternoon. Arps is seen making a wide-eyed expression while pointing at Romney.

Arps told The Daily he makes the expression when he's excited.

He said he doesn't know yet who he'll vote for, and says he's "not too hip to elections and stuff."

The Associated Press photo is being shared extensively via Twitter and is making the rounds on websites.

Romney ordered a pork burrito bowl with guacamole during a break from practice for Wednesday's debate with President Barack Obama in Denver.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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TipsyTilly - 10/3/2012 6:58 PM
2 Votes
Twist & spin, spin & twist.....Huh????????????? Lame, lame, lame!!!!

twister2 - 10/3/2012 6:11 PM
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They may not eat there but they do work there.

PeekABoo - 10/3/2012 4:10 PM
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Hispanics eat chipotle? Lol j/k

TheSource - 10/3/2012 3:58 PM
1 Vote
LOL is he trying to work the Hispanic vote by going to "Chipotle"?

TipsyTilly - 10/3/2012 3:43 PM
2 Votes
THANK YOU, EO!!!! That was wonderful, and I wish everybody would take the time to watch it. I knew about the lost girl story and the milk story, but not the other two, and it was really nice to hear them from those involved. ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 !!!!

ExitiabilisOdium - 10/3/2012 2:54 PM
4 Votes
Peek this out DixieDoll: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqREE_5Txn8 I read that info you posted yesterday. Nice!!! Mitt doesn't like to toot his own horn. GO MITT!!!

PeekABoo - 10/3/2012 2:50 PM
2 Votes
Lol..his rich butt just doing it for fun while the rest of us do it for our livelihoods. :) mainly just said it to get under mitten supporters' skin :) love ya friend! Yah my computer is acting up so on my phone. Please pardon any type o's and poor punctuation

TipsyTilly - 10/3/2012 2:43 PM
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BTW PeekABoo, glad to see the problem worked itself out and wasn't as bad as I feared!!!!!

TipsyTilly - 10/3/2012 2:43 PM
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Girlfriend!!! I can't let this one slide!!! Verified Romney quote and action: "During my campaign for governor, I decided to spend a day every few weeks doing the jobs of other people in Massachusetts. Among other jobs, I cooked sausages at Fenway Park, worked on an asphalt paving crew, stacked bales of hay on a farm, volunteered in an emergency room, served food at a nursing home, and worked as a child-care assistant. I’m often asked which was the hardest job – it’s child care, by a mile. One day I gathered trash as a garbage collector. I stood on that little platform at the back of the truck, holding on as the driver navigated his way through the narrow streets of Boston........ a lot of us don’t think garbage men are worthy of notice; I disagree – anyone who works that hard deserves our respect. – I wasn’t a particularly good garbage collector: at one point, after filling the trough at the back of the truck, I pulled the wrong hydraulic lever. Instead of pushing the load into the truck, I dumped it onto the street. Maybe the suits didn’t notice me, but the guys at the construction site sure did: “Nice job, Mitt,” they called. “Why don’t you find an easier job?” And then they good-naturedly came down and helped me pick up my mess." All this comes up easily if you Google or Bing. ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 !!!!!

ExitiabilisOdium - 10/3/2012 2:33 PM
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Reactions of Chipotle workers and future POTUS Mitt Romney watching the recently released 2007 Senator Obama video where he suggests racism slowed aid to post-Katrina New Orleans... GO MITT!!!
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