PITTSBURGH - The Secret Service confirmed today that they'd mistakenly pushed a mannequin into Romney's limousine yesterday.
"We are deeply embarrassed over the mistake," said Secret Service spokesman Milo Thompsett. "It was nearly 10 minutes until the agent in charge realized what happened and went back for the candidate at the mannequin factory. Thankfully Mr. Romney hadn't moved, and in fact held his smile exactly the same way, despite the fact that everyone had left."
In the limousine, Romney's wife Ann carried on the conversation they'd been having, and didn't realize she was talking to a men's clothing mannequin until the secret service informed her.
"Once I'd left Mitt at Macy's in much the same way," confessed Mrs. Romney. "Liked the suit so much, actually, I'm pretty sure I bought it for him when I returned the dummy back to the store."
Romney's campaign, meanwhile only issued a brief statement about the incident to the press. "It's unfortunate that the Secret Service keeps doing this," the statement read, "and we continue to monitor the situation with concern. We continue to look into the causes of this, and have asked the Governor [Romney] to be slightly more animated than normal in the meantime."