Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, Mother Jones David Corn and MSNBC analyst Michael Steele debate what a new report on a young Mitt Romney, hazing a possibly homosexual student with shears, might tell us about the man today.
On the day after President Obama became the first sitting president to endorse same sex marriage, Mitt Romney is facing a blistering portrayal as an anti-gay prep school bully.
A story published today by The Washington Post recounted an incident at the prestigious Cranbrook School in Michigan when Romney orchestrated a hazing against a presumed homosexual student.
The student, John Lauber, was tackled and pinned to the ground in 1965 by a group of students led by Romney, who wanted to cut the student's bleached-blond hair (Romney would’ve been 17-18 years old at the time).
Five of Romney’s fellow students separately and independently recalled the incident the same way, including Romney's close friend Matthew Friedemann.
"Friedemann entered Stevens Hall off the school’s collegiate quad to find Romney marching out of his own room ahead of a prep school posse shouting about their plan to cut Lauber’s hair,” the Post reported. “Friedemann followed them to a nearby room where they came upon Lauber, tackled him and pinned him to the ground. As Lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help, Romney repeatedly clipped his hair with a pair of scissors."
Thomas Buford, the wrestling champion who helped Romney restrain the boy, later apologized to Lauber, telling the Post "to this day it still troubles me."
Romney responded to the allegations this afternoon on Your World with Neil Cavuto on Fox News.
“I don’t recall the incident myself but I’ve seen the reports and not going argue with that,” Romney said. “There’s no question that I did some stupid things in high school and, obviously, if I hurt anyone by virtue of that I would be very sorry for it and apologize for it."
"I certainly don't believe that I thought the fellow was homosexual," Romney said of Lauber in a live radio interview with Fox News personality Brian Kilmeade. "That was the furthest thing from our minds back in the 1960s, so that was not the case."
But this is not the only incident. Gary Hummel, an English student who later came out as gay, says Romney would taunt him with "atta girl" when he spoke out in class.
Ed will have full coverage of this scandal tonight on The Ed Show at 8pET on MSNBC!
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there was always something about Romney that disturbed me (aside from his plastic, phony character)... an arrogant nastiness i guess you could label it....now i know why my radar was picking up something...not only is this guy without any core values, he is a nasty, self-serving bully; however, the event in question was not an act of bullying, it was an outright attack...does any sane individual really believe this guy should be President of the US?
You past will always catch up with you......I think this today would be treated as assault, and as A HATE CRIME.
He reminds me of a Principle I worked with during my teaching years. He had no tolerance for different. I called him the empty pretty suit. He though the way one dressed or wore their hair might interfere with someones education or become a distraction? Go figure.
What Romney and his bully pals did was a crime. They assaulted that boy and physically abused him. Charges should have been filed and he should have been prosecuted. Today, he would be.
Unbelievable. You people have to back to the 60s to find something on Romney. What does that tell you? Gosh, 20 years ago, Barack was snorting coke and smoking pot. We don't bring that up. What is it with you lefties?
You cannot talk about your man's record, ...why? because right now we all are in much worse shape as our country is than we were 3.5 years ago. There is not one thing positive this man has done for our economy....NOTHING. So what do you do? Find something Romney did as a kid?
Come on people....whomitmay, thankful mom...and all of your buddies. Wake up. Is this what you are running on with Mr Obama. I have never heard any of you say one positive thing about your democratic nominee.......all I hear is name calling and the men in Chicago trying to dig up dirt on Mitt.
Wow, I cannot wait until November....then in January, Barak can move his family out to L.A. with his friends.....and Ed can just hush.
Well, let us look at it this way.....the reps go all the way back to Obama's birth, and his early college days. But Obama didn't hold anyone down and abuse them did he?
And it was Carl Rove that taught us all how to dig dirt, and if you can't find any make it up......does that not come from the republican play book?
willards problem is that he thinks that he, himself is so exceptional.......BULLY he is.
Get real thankful. We shouldn't go back that far...neither should you. Its just plain ridiculous. YOu think Barak never had a fight in his life? Forget I said that. It isn't about that. I just don't get it. 40 years ago. Wow. What did Obama do in his early college days? I don't even know. Why don't we all just concentrate on the here and now. You know why? There is nothing for you guys to say about the present and since he took office. Shame on anyone who brings up anyone's past that far back...right or left.
Romney was a bully in the 60's and he is still a bully. That character of him will never change. He is arrogant, lies, flip-flops, heartless, has anger management issues, has no moral or ethical backbone. Mitt, the twitt, nitt witt is the poster child for Wizard of Oz - he is in dire need of: 1) a brain (so he can remember what he says one time, then changes it to what someone else wants to hear - the Etch-A-Sketcher), 2) courage (called a backbone) to stand up to people who, like Lush Slimeball, refer to a college woman as a slut and a prostitute, and a woman who says Pres. Obama should be tried for treason, (remember the Dixie Chicks were ostracized for saying they were ashamed for being from the same state as Bush??? O-o-o-o-o-o-h-h-h-, how dare they say something like that???), and 3) a heart (he's not concerned about the poor - they have a safety net. Sure they do and he will do everything he can to cut a hole in that safety net since he is in bed with Paul Ryan and his "take from the middle class and poor and give more to the rich" budget.) Rob-me is devoid of character, personality, morals. He believes people envy him. What a joke!!! I know of few people who want to be like him. Who wants to be someone no one likes. Only Rob-me!!! Rob-me, the vacuous suit, turned up his nose at cookies that came from a well known bakery in PA. The people were only trying to do something nice for him. I guess he expected caviar and $400 bottle of wine instead. I feel the need to wash my eyes out with clorox whenever I see him on TV and then recycle the TV since it has been contaminated with his pious attitude.
Johnny that is a really reckless statement about Our President. You got proof! People get sued for that kind of statement Johnny boy. To start with nobody knows if there is any fact to this claim and you are off the chart saying this about President Obama. Who in the hell do you think you are little boy!! Grow up and quit acting and talking like the lousy GOP that has done much to bring this country to the low point it was at the end of 2008! You sound just like the liars that I hear from the GOP almost everyday. Ya know what Johnny boy if this is fact this was not a fight, this was an attack or can't you read and understand what you are reading!! Attack the President before you know the facts on this! In your last statement you said you don't even know what Obama was doing in his college days yet you make a statement like you did about him. Just what do you want here Johnny?? Wrongney in the Office with his Paul Ryan Budget Plan that takes all from you and gives it to the rich that have already taken us to the cleaners on wages? Just remember Wrongney wants to give them 4X the tax cut Bush did!!!
CC...
Why are you hurling racist slurs at Johnny? Why can't you just debate the point without calling names? I did not see him referring to anyone on this board in any derogatory manner.
Exactly what reckless statement are you talking about? His use of cocaine? He admitted to doing that and marijuana and alcohol while in HIGH SCHOOL. If you are going to call out Romney for a "hate crime", then call out the president for committing a FELONY.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/us/politics/09obama.html?pagewanted=all
Storm have you ever heard the song Johnny Boy. I guess that is a Racist slur too. RIGHT! Get a grip. There was nothing racist in what I said. Are you a racist??
oh...so it is okay to call any guy named Johnny boy and it is not racist. I love how you guys can manipulate any scenario to make it okay for you to do it, but not a Republican.
I am sure that John In Texas won't mind being called boy.
You don't have to go back to the 60s to know he is a bully. Apparently, he had his sense of entitlement from an early age. You can see his bullying nature from the sense of pride and enjoyment he takes from bankrupting companies, closing them down and firing people. He just does his bullying on a higher scale now.
Johnny and CC - it is no as much what he did when he was 18, but rather how he responded to it. I am 62 and I know what I did in High School, especially those moments you wish you could forget. I also remember there were deragortory names said about individuals and groups said by the guys in our school - I graduated in 1967.
His first response was no, I do not remember that. Four other participants remembered the details, but he forgets, and was the leader. Than he says, I don't remember that specific incident but I was a prankster and did some things I should not have. Than his third time he gives an apology?? Look that was not a prank, it was an assault and he was older enough to know it was wrong.
What he should have said was - it was a terrible thing to do and it was never meant to cause harm and I understand that it was a form of bullying and should not and can not be tolerated. But he offered excuses - when I see Romney the only image that comes into mind is Pinocchio with an ever growing nose.
The family of John Lauber is releasing a statement saying the portrayal of John is FACTUALLY INCORRECT. They are not real happy that he would be used to further a political agenda. He's the guy that the Washington Post said that Romney ALLEGEDLY cut his hair 45 years ago in high school. Was there ever an investigative report on this, or was this just typical left wing liberal bull s#@&t trying to stir up a hornets nest. Why don't they read Nobama's book and see what he admits that he did in high school, cocaine, marijuana, bullied girls. Who really gives a rats furry ass what Romney, Nobama did back in high school. This upcoming election should be judged by more important issues, not this B. S.
I dont suppose it occured to you to notice the topic... it isnt about Obama, its about Romney... just saying.. stay focused 'kay?
The contrast of a bullying Romney attacking a gay fellow student with a sensitive Obama musing over TS Elliot, sure looks bad.
musing over Elliot while he has a cocaine needle in his arm, smoking a joint and drinking liquor. Yep, you are right ...that does look bad.
Wow such detail!!! Sounds either like you were there with him partaking or you suffer from very vivid delusions.
No delusions, he admitted to it..
Nope storm just tries to prove he has nothing to say over and over and over. You should hear storm protecting diaper Daves hookers and the right of diaper Dave to wear diapers.
So Romney was a viscious gang leader in high school.What did they call themselves The Gay Hating Rich Kid's? He say's he does'nt remember the incident.If he does'nt remember this one,there must have been many. Does'nt say much for his character now does it. Some people will say oh well he was just 18 yrs old.Well there are many violent gang member's in prison right now for something they did at "18"yrs. old.To bad the statute of limitation has run out.He was a spoiled rich brat then and he is a spoiled rich a$$hole now. He does'nt remember it. (Bull$hit)
But folks, he appoligized. That makes it all OK. Like all the lies they call "mis-spoke". Youve got to give it to the right. They give the english language a whole new meaning.
Man, everybody mis speaks...on both sides. For every mis-spoke anyone on the right has claimed...you can claim the same on the left. Why point a finger at someone when your party does the same thing. Why should we point a finger at someone on the left when we do the same thing. We should not. You should not.
Why don't we concentrate on the two people running for President and who they are now. Can we do that?....on both sides? If Obama "evolved" into saying men can marry men and women can marry women.....so be it. The chips will fall where they may as a result. I personally believe marriage is sacred and has always been intended from creation to be between one man and one woman. If you believe otherwise...that is your choice. Don't call me names. I won't call you names. Don't belittle me. I won't belittle you...but I will say I believe Mr. Obama is wrong and what he believes, no matter what his daughters tell him, is wrong and against God and the Bible. That is my belief and opinion.
By the way, I do not believe in Mormonism. But I will not berate Romney or make fun of him. I believe he is a faith based conservative who wants the best for the people of the US and this country. I believe he has the tools to turn this economy around instead of empty promises that we were fed in 2008 by Barak Obama.
There you go again Johnny berating Obama. If you knew Jack about what the Congress has done to stop Obama at everything he has tried to do you would know Obama has done very very well with no help from the lousy GOP Tea Baggers!! Can you Pronounce Filibuster??? Do you have any idea what it means. Do you have any idea how many times the GOP has pulled that on Obama?? No I guess you don't!! However you just keep running your mouth.
Larry:
I guess Obama's use of cocaine is ok because he admitted it was a moral failure on his part.
Which side of the issue will Obama be on next week when he finds out that bolsters his poll results to change his mind for the FOURTH time. ON THE SAME ISSUE!
Once again storm that is your guy Mittens who was against everything before he was for everything. Funny how you defend Mittens actions by bringing up what Obama did while leaving out the fact that people did experiment with drugs and I'm willing to bet the GWB also played around with street drugs too in college. But again Mittens assaults someone, a real crime btw as a preacher who did the same attack on teens for stealing gas from a church bus, at the time gas was under $.50 got 5 years in prison, only this Mittens crime is worse because the other kid was doing nothing wrong. Add to that Mittens hides wealth off shore, the IRS has to take Mittens word on how much as they can not get the bank statements from off shore banks, wanna bet there is a lot more then Mittens says there is, so Mittens is a tax evader, a crime, yet one that you tea bagging republicans seem to think is ok the same way people idolized bank robbers in the 30's. Yeah this is a guy you tea bagging republicans seem to think would be a good president. Hypocrites, liars and worse at their best, I bet if you tea bagging republicans heard Mittens dug up a grave and raped the corpse you would try to pass that off as just a college prank too. After all you made excuses for GWB's drunken adventures most of his life.
Should have been yet everyone of you tea bagging republicans seem to think its ok for someone to tax evade.
Storm is it OK for Wrongney to lie just about every time he opens his mouth? I have never heard such a double talker in my life! Lying is a moral failure as well! I wonder when the last time was he went thought the Mormon temple?! I question he was honest when he did!! If he was then he has changed one huge amount since then!!! I don't want him leading this nation with the Ryan Budget Plan and his even higher tax cut plans for the rich!! Tax cuts helped get us in this mess in the first place. Then to say nothing about unpaid for wars??!! All from people that are already hurting just to give it to the rich!! That is where Wrongney will take us. Right back where we just were. No thanks!! By the way Wrongney changes his mind on every thing he talks about and then changes it back again and again...etc! Have you not been listening??? If it is the fourth time for Obama is doing a lot better than Wrongney? Won't be long and his number will be higher than the debt amount number and we still have six months to go! No Wrongney in this house and don't tell me not to call him Wrongney after all the rotten lies he has said about Obama!
Whom...if he is hiding it, how do you know about it? What evidence do you have that he is a tax evader? Since Tim Geitner and about 50% of all of Obama's appointees were tax cheats, I figured you guys would be good with that, if in fact he did it.
Good deflection on your part to move the subject off of Obama and show your hypocrisy again. If I have to choose between a teenager who hazes a fellow student and one who is doing marijuana, cocaine and alcohol, take a guess which one I think is a better moral leader.
We have to take Obama's word on exactly what his greased were throughout his educational career since we can't see them for ourselves.
Please go back to school and learn how to construct and punctuate a sentence properly so that your posts are easier to read. You really are not doing the Democrats any favor by showing your government education the way you do. I am sure that a home schooling mom in your area will be happy to take you on as a special project.
correction....paragraph 3....grades
Well gee storm Mittens is well know to avoid the truth at all costs I'm sorry but I am not a fool to believe that anyone is honest especially rich republican politicians who can't remember from one day to the next what he was for before he was against it. Then to show real laziness he didn't even bother looking up the videos where he contradicts what he is saying today.
And that has what to do with your false claims about his hiding income and avoiding taxes? As usual, nothing of substance from Whom...and of course, no concept of proper English.
CC...nothing could be higher than Obama's deficit number, unless we give him another four years. Then we will really see how idiotic his ideas are.
Why else would a person stick money in off shore tax havens. Now get away from the computer and turn off Fox nonsense and think really really hard, here is a clue to help you, TAX HAVEN so now get to it storm I know it will take a matter of weeks for you to come up with the answer but I'm pretty sure a smart guy like you will get it sooner or later.
If he reports the income, how is he hiding it? His deposits in those accounts are 100% legal under current US law. You should consider it yourself once you get more than two dollars so that you can open an account.
Laws written to allow the wealthy to hide wealth storm once again you just don't think you just repeat the same old nonsense. Whats really screwed up storm is you are the one stuck picking up the tab for these wealthy pricks that wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire.
It is either legal or its not...and you just admitted it is, so it is a non-issue.
Actually, I am stuck picking up the tab for the 46% of the people in the country who don't pay income taxes at all and suck from the economy instead of contributing to it. The people you demonize are the ones who pay the VAST majority of all the taxes in this country...so that you don't have to pay any.
It was a non issue the second you brought it up then defended it and continue to defend. Anything to stop discussion that Mittens is another piece of crap just as bad as GWB was. Whaty storm you think you are that important, you are not as there are many like you that are just little kids still on the play ground refusing to grow up.
And I'm tired of helping to take up the slack for corporations that pay no taxes whatsoever. Just like YOU stormguy. You people are so confused you can't even figure out who your getting screwed by.
That's true storm...
but begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more.
Remember, you're talking to people who think social programs generate wealth (remember that one?) and more taxation (of the wealthy or anyone else) will bring in enough revenue to cover our deficit.
The blame game doesn't surprise me at all, and the deflection and anger are just symptoms of a larger underlying problem.
I mean think about it, if you made no contribution to society and spent your whole life taking away and living off a hard working person's sweat, you'd probably get to feeling guilty about being a leech. Embarrassed people who feel guilty are usually very angry.
Having no job to go to, you'd jump on your government subsidized internet connection to rant away on a discussion forum about how people who actually had the drive and motivation to make something of themselves cheated you out of a fair chance.
You'd do that before you ever went on career builder to look for a job.
You'd probably say that wealth is an accident of birth or that earning your way to a better life was a lie that Reagan or some "teabagger" made up.
You'd probably have a lot of anger toward anyone who had more than you did, especially if they actually earned it. These people would anger you because they lived up to their potential and would serve as a reminder that you never did. You'd depersonalize the whole thing by saying they didn't earn it themselves. That way you could feel better about taking something from them that doesn't belong to you.
I always try to remember that angry people of low intelligence and zero self-esteem always resort to personal attacks and name calling too. They know they'd be on the losing end of a rational argument without it.
Who with any credibility wants to demonize the rich? I demonize the peope who pretend going back to Clinton tax rates would be akin to Stalinism. That's what we're talking about here not radical phony made up bekkist style conspiracy plots.
The mainstream right wants to cut taxes on rich people to raise them on the poor. keep corporate loopholes. That's what mainstream GOP congresspeople are wanting. They want to spend more on defense. That's crazy our current post 9/11 defense spending is high for a reason but it is not reasonable or sustainable. Why ramp up defense spending when we're ending wars and spinning down....another war on their minds? I think so....'cuz that's totally what our armed forces need....
They want to take welfare from the poor and keep corporate welfare untouched.....does big oil need subsidies nore than the starving need food I think not......
The defecit we had just from under Bush mark my words shall never be paid off it will be have be dealt with when the world banking system finally dies from its own lack of common sense. Anyone find it odd how the richest nations in the world are so in debt? Ron Paul is right on that issue. Mostly.
JIT....show me any corporation that paid no taxes....and I will show use Democratic logic to prove you wrong.
CC...I have no problem with the Clinton tax rates.....ALL of them...for EVERYBODY. The problem with the left is that they truly don't believe in everyone paying their fair share...only the wealthy.
The Bush tax rates have cost us a little over $125 billion a year. The "unfunded" wars cost us about $140 billion per year. Those two items do not even had up to 20% of the annual deficit that Obama has created. Until we get out financial house in order and stop spending money like we can just print it, the problem will not be resolved.
During the last 10 years, all tax paying citizens have gotten the benefit of reduced tax rates in this country...if we are to resolve the issue, all citizens are going to have to bare the burden.
Right here goes storm and his rewrites while ignoring that it was loop holes put in by the GOP that allow corporations to get out of taxes. Like the tea bagging righties whining GE paid no taxes, mainly because of GE being the parent company of MSNBC, while ignoring that a tax benefit for small businesses to write off the cost of research after the GOP got done with it GE was able to use it to avoid taxes, but GE isn't the only one it is just the one they like beating up on, Koch industries also use that same tax loop hole yet crickets from storm. Then good old storm yet again shows he knows nothing about taxes he has talking points that were proven a lie the wealthy are paying 16% of the taxes after loop holes and off shore banking. So who does storm want to tax why none other then the 46% that live below the poverty line. Oh yeah because you know there is so much wealth that can be found by taxing people who live pay check to pay check.
Can you put that into a properly formatted sentence so that it can be read and understood?
show your proof that the wealthy are only paying 16% of the income taxes in this country. Show it or STFU! Your ignorance is really annoying.
the wealthy might only be paying an effective tax RATE of 16%, but they still pay nearly 70% of the taxes in this country. If you don;t now what you are talking about, stay out of the conversation.
Do'nt forget Mom they went back to an incident when the Pres.was just six yrs old.When he was in Indonesia and someone fed him dog meat.They did that up big on Fox.
Actually, the Pres brought that one up himself.
And storm once again shows he has nothing intelligent to say so he posts what pops out OxyRush's rear end.
and once again, Whom is wrong.
I'm not the tea bagging republican on a left leaning blog thinking he is on Fox news blog. Guess what storm, your word around here has about as much value as Mittens or the Alaska hillbillies the Palins.
Since, according to you, my comments have no value around here, you sure spend a lot of time trying to discredit me. Seems as if you are really worried about the fact that I might be telling the truth.
Picking on a nonconformist classmate, animal abuse I wonder what else this guy with a convenient memory has done. Let's not leave out the car accident where a woman got killed! What really happened? It seems hidden like his money. It seems as if he is more like Raygun "I don't recall" Well what about your last 10 years income tax returns MR. ROMNEY???
Is there a law requiring him to release those returns? Let me answer that...NO. You have no proof that he has "hidden" money. Is this the left's equivalent to being a birther?
I'm thinking of a T.V. show where a guy goes around apologizing to some 300 million people he had done wrong in an effort to restore his karma. "My Name is Mitt"
Do you think it will fly?
Barney Frank was on Martin Bashir today and said as long as he's known Romney there has been a meaness at his core. (That is if you can find a core.) I'll bet he can be mean and ruthless. Look at poor, old Seamus or all of those people he threw out of work without a second thought.
Barney Frank talking about someone else being mean...now that is funny!
Why is that storm? Barney frank didn't beat up anyone nor cut there hair with his goons. You just don't like that a gay guy won't put up with GOP nonsense.
No, I don't like the fact that a member of Congress protects his live in companion during the housing crisis while the citizens in this country were watching their investments get flushed down the drain because he blocked a tighter oversight of Fannie and Freddie.
I don't like that a member of Congress had a prostitute living in his house and that the house was being used as a brothel.
I don't give a damn whether he is gay or not. it does not affect me.
Right storm and we get the good old lame excuse but reality is you threw Barney in for 1 being gay and 2 distract from what a piece of crap Mittens is.
You are the one who brought up the gay issue, not me. I never mentioned anything about Romney.
What time is your grammar class?
Wrong again storm you brought it up when you used Barney as an example of a bully. Then you tried to make that lame old false claim about the housing crisis being the fault of Barney's actions when in fact Barney had very little to do with the Freddie and Frannie mess because GWB's rubber stamp congress where writing the laws not the democrats. Oh I'm sure you have that old video of Barney's sarcastic remark about why not deregulate them all book marked, but a video taken out of context is pretty much like your opinions, meaningless. Oh and to educate you on the housing collapse Freddie and Frannie came into it rather late and had very little to do with the housing collapse, the collapse was caused by shady bank deals that had nothing to do with the home buyer and everything to do with the lenders..
As usual Whom, you have the facts completely twisted to meet your agenda. Look back at 9.1 and it was MJB who brought up Frank's name.
Good try, but once again you are wrong...
typo....see 9.0 for MJB's first comment...
Poor storm once again spins his tires and ends up flat with an attempt at playing grandma police. Gee whats next storm going to say something like your momma wears combat boots all to defend a guy you said would never be the GOP candidate just a few months ago because you believed that either Cain would win or Huntsman.
Good avoidance of the fact that you were wrong about this whole line of chat. When all else fails for you, change the subject.
Well storm seems you are the one who changed the subject a few times including playing grandma police. Yes storm that is what you done then you have the guts to say I changed subjects. MJB was talking about Barney saying Mittens seemed to have a mean strike. You then went and posted nonsense about Barney accusing him of being the same way. You then brought Barneys SO into the discussion to make false claims about Barney doing something for his SO. Then you blamed Barney for the housing crisis which was a bald faced lie. Then you attacked me on my grammar. Then you claim I changed subjects on you.
Good avoidance again Whom..you were trained well by your masters. I notice how you completely ignored the fact that you lied. Impressive.
As far as your grammar is concerned, I was just doing a public service for everyone else out here.
BTW, the claims are not false...
So storm just when did Barney get his goons together and go attack a younger and smaller classmate. You were just playing grammar police because you are so full of yourself you can't admit you lied. But like I already said mr tea bagger, your word on the vine has less value then Bristol Palins word.
So storm just when did Barney get his goons together and go attack a younger and smaller classmate. You were just playing grammar police because you are so full of yourself you can't admit you lied. But like I already said mr tea bagger, your word on the vine has less value then Bristol Palins word.
Please Whom...I challenge you....point out any lie that I have said.
C'mon, be the man for once...back up your claims.
Prove that one thing I have said is a lie.. PROVE IT.
Be careful, your credibility is at stake...though I realize you really don't have any to begin with.
Trouble is many tea party republicans will cheer Mitt for his actions, much like the outbursts at the debates.
fore hey You are so right! Did you hear people cheer when the woman said he should be tried for treason? Nitt Mitt just stood there and rejoiced in what she said!! He loved it. I could just see him standing up to another country--any country!! Later when it did not matter he said Obama should not be tried for treason. The time so say that was the moment it happened and turn the cheers into silence!! He seems to be very weak. Not what this country needs in the least!!
Indeed the more vile and disgusting the better! Grover's plants to make it sound as if its a great thing to let people die for the lack of healthcare and cheer for executions in a barbaric manner! In an attempt to rile up support and put fear into those who not run with this pack of corporate controlled puppets.
But don't the GOP tea bagging supporters sound just like the terrorists? I bet they would behead someone and drag the body around just like the terrorists did, oh wait thats right the tea bagging republicans never uttered a word when photos showed up of troop urinating on dead Muslims now did they.
Why would anyone be surprised by this latest revelation? Mormon Stake President Romney referred to a senior single adult group as Quitters and Losers.
Romney is not very Presidential
"This is awful..How terrible!!! This guy came from a "Mormon"background..And they go around with those white shirts and backpack on their back to bring good news..While Willard was bullying the kids in school..what a hypocrite..I cannot stand this evil lying bastard...sorry for this insults..but everyday I learn something new from the sociopath..It gets weird with this loser..
I think this is interesting, this article coming out now one day after President O endorsed gay marriage. What a political strategy, lets paint the opponent as anti gay and nuts to boot! However with that said the American people are tired of this sort of transparent RHETORIC. They are not so concerned as to what people do in their bedrooms as they are about putting bread to feed their families on their kitchen tables. The bottom line is, this president has failed over and over again in the past three years and nothing can compensate for that, not a news story of half truths or more verbal unkept promises. The AMERICAN PEOPLE have had enough. 69% believe the USA is headed in the wrong direction. I am guessing that not even 1% care about or believe these kind of exaggerated articles! Those are the facts not the falsehoods!
Yeah when are you tea bagging republicans going to stop spinning everything into conspiracy theories. Just like your phony numbers of people who say the country is headed in the wrong direction, then leave out the part where they blame the republicans for getting in the way. Really that is dishonest and shows why tea baggers can't be trusted.
It's good to see we have such a strong economy, low unemployment, end of home foreclosures, no more terrorism, cheap gas and oil..... Oh, wait...that was just 'hope and change'. America is weaker now than what Obummer inherited from the previous administration in every economic indicator. Obummer 'flip flopped' on the gay marriage issue - one of many flip flops. The TV ads for this campaign are going to be awesome - using Obummer's words against him. Its great to live in an age of video, audio and Internet.
Well keep on defending Mittens and see where he takes the country. Have you learned to speak Chinese yet, you are going to need it when Mittens bankrupts the US and sells it to China. After all that is how Mittens made his money. Oh and I see you are confused here is a clue it is Mittens who was against everything before he was for everything.
Obummer has moved more jobs to China than GWB. He increased our debt by over $5 TRILLION - placing it on the Chinese Credit Card. Now you have Obummer supporting the expansion of Chinese banks in America. You won't read this on MSNBC.... It's comical to see all of Obummer's flip flops based on his 2008 campaign promises. Pure comedy! Obama also promised to weaken our missile defense with the Russians (caught off camera) if he gets re-elected. Most blacks don't support gay marriage.
Well of course we want hear about it on MSNBC or any other left leaning site because it is made up by tea bagging republicans who once again using fake outrage over nothing. Now tell us what that has to do with Mittens and his goons attacking a younger student.
Damn sound alike words should be won't not want, SO and kids are a pain, honey I want, dad I want wtf do I look like Bank of America.
It has always been my experience that many bullies that choose gays to direct their anger do so because they have problems with their own sexuality. I am sure that many psychologists and mental health professionals would agree. Wasn't it Romney that mentioned his hairpiece? Is it not vanity attributed to gay men not apparent in Romney's own appearance at his age? So this whole flash from his past seems to add up to this persona we call Mitt Romney and seems to explain a lot about him. It also explains his lack of ability in presenting himself or the true Romney.
I'm going to do a sports analogy here about what has happened in the last couple of days between President Obama and Mr. Romney:
Obama 10. Romney 0. Enough said.
I went to this type of school and I will tell you that the real story here is in the details: What did the school admin do about this and just why was the victim later expelled?
I would bet you money that the families of the perps, including Willard's family were involved.
Ed, you are one sick puppy!!!
Amen..True words
hey you dumb Obama supporters...why don't you read Obama's book Dreams of my father in which he so beautifully expounds on how he bullied a girl in high school.....some "man" he is.....shame on him and you people who support a woman basher.
Willard needs a new look.
Seems like we're getting under the RW nutters thin skins.
Hey CC....Obama says all of that in his own book...why don't you read it. I am going to get into trouble from quoting his own book. Get a life CC....you kool aid drinking leftie.
You guys stop throwing stones at people on the right when you ought to be throwing bolders on your own people. Obama even said in his own book he shoved a girl down. Is that a bully?
For those who say we can't hold his high school behavior against the man now, I say the point is his handling of the truth now. I am judging his character now as I watch him lie, dismiss, excuse himself, and act as if he is above such criticism.
He is proving once again that his character now, as an adult and a Pres. candidate, is badly lacking in ares of honesty and responsibility.
and you trust the character of a man who is a confessed cocaine user?
You guys, cut out the bashing, already! We don't need to bash Mitt, he needs no assistance in that area - he does fine all by himself, bashing himself. Nobody can critique or describe Romney's character, his beliefs, his behavior, his ethics and/or moral code better than Mitt himself can; and I quote, "Vote for me, I support the right things, I know I do, I wrote them down......" (that is just one of his famous gaffs but happens to be my favorite).
Follow the lead of our President; rarely, (and I can't recall that he has) does he berate, belittle, and/or bash his opponent as his opponents do him. The only two reasons I can think of why President O'bama does not participate in mud-slinging is because a. it makes him look like a class act, and the better man (which he is) by not slithering down to that level, and b. he is confident he needs not go there because Mitt does a fine job of putting his own *#%k in the dirt!
oh no...Obama never does any mud slinging....why, he has never blamed anyone else for anything. He takes on the responsibility himself. he never called anyone else unpatriotic or anything.
What a croc...