'I'm glad to know that I did all I could': Man with Mitt Romney face tattoo has no regrets
If you're still trying to scrape off a Mitt Romney bumper sticker, consider Eric Hartsburg face before you complain.
Hartsburg, of Indiana, got Mitt Romney's campaign logo permanently tattooed on the side of his head for a cool $15,000 in October.
'Totally disappointed, man,' Hartsburg, 30, told Politico. '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.'
Disappointed: Eric Hartsburg said he's said Mitt Romney lost, but doesn't regret getting his campaign logo tattooed on his face
Even though he'll be reminded of the failed campaign every time he looks in the mirror, he said he had no regrets.
'I’m a tattoo guy, and it was something fun,' he said. 'I was trying to make politics fun. I didn’t change no lives; I’m no hero. But I shed blood for this campaign, and I’m glad to know that I did all that I could.'
Hartsburg originally offered the skin for sale on eBay with a starting bid of $5,000 but the money tripled before someone finally won the right to mark him forever
Hartsburg, who also works as a professional wrestler, explained his motivation to ABC News when he first posted the ad.
'I wish it could be a more noble cause than just saying, 'hey, let's have a good time',' Hartsburg told them in August, before the winning bid for a Romney design. 'But you only live once, and I was born with a forehead, so why not?'
Entertainer: Hartsburg hopes his Romney face tattoo will open some doors in showbiz
Hartsburg's only specification was that the tattoo not be racist or hateful.
He actually rejected a higher offer because the requested tattoo was 'lewd.'
But when the buyer offered $15,000 for a Romney tattoo, Hartsburg said it was something he could live with because he was a registered Republican.
Hartsburg said the lesson of Barack Obama's victory is that 'the Republican Party needs quite a bit of reform,' especially attracting young voters.
Even though he admits to being the butt of more than a few jokes since his candidate lost, he's upbeat about the future.
'I’m hoping this opens some other doors in the entertainment business,' he said.
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