Mitt Romney - prep school bully

[nathanm]

I can't really condemn someone for high school hijinks, no matter how shitty. The vast majority of us were complete morons in high school. It comes with the territory. There's plenty not to like about Mittens in the last decade. There's no need to go farther to find something to put a wet blanket on any enthusiasm one might have had for him.

Part of the problem is that he has serious trouble showing any real empathy. I understand what he meant when he said we don't have to worry about poor people because they've got a safety net, but the way he put it was very nearly the least empathetic and most dismissive possible.

[Townsend]

I'll pass along your concerns about the age a person suffers abuse having some sort of meaning to Trig Palin...

Might want to tell his mother to knock it off too.

[carltonplace]

Many of those levying those attacks are racist.

Many of the attacks on Obama are based on things when he was a small child, younger than high school.  Not with a group of kids/teens holding another down and physically attacking him.

If Romney really did this, he did a bad thing.  Would it make him a bad president?  I don't know.  Not really important to me. 

What a whiney baby. He only got held down on the ground by a bunch of boys while they called him a fag and cut his hair. It's not like they raped him.

[guido911]

What a whiney baby. He only got held down on the ground by a bunch of boys while they called him a fag and cut his hair. It's not like they raped him.

The guy's dead Carlton....We can't ask him how he feels about anything right now.

[RecycleMichael]

Anyway, let's see how this plays out over the next couple of days because if more facts show the story to be BS, folks in here will have some 'splainin to do.

And if the story proves true, we expect the same from you.

[Conan71]

Can anyone on here honestly say they never made fun of or bullied someone else?  I hardly think this rises to the level of qualification or disqualification for POTUS.

Let's talk about economic acumen and real world accomplishments, not who strapped a dog to a car, not who ate a dog, not who wears magic underwear or who attended church led by a black separatist.

[RecycleMichael]

Can anyone on here honestly say they never made fun of or bullied someone else? 

Nope. Just you and Mitt on this one.

[Townsend]

Can anyone on here honestly say they never made fun of or bullied someone else? 

Never grabbed a group of guys and held a kid down in order to do harm, no.

[guido911]

And if the story proves true, we expect the same from you.

And you'll get it. I was wondering when you would start kicking up dust in favor of Obama. I remember last election cycle when you went after Obama when you were bumping with ol' Hillary. Here's a thread where RM went after Obama for being unAmerican:

The voters in Michigan deserve to have their votes counted. Either count the earlier election or have a do-over.

The demcratic national committee is OK with the plan, The Governor of Michigan is OK with the plan. The top democratic leadership is OK (and came up with the plan), and the Hillary camp is OK with the plan to re-vote.

Obama stands in the way.

To not count every vote is un-American.

http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=9376.0

[Emphasis added].

And another...

Sorry, rufnex.

The point of the story is that Obama said he would follow the rules for public financing if McCain did. McCain did, but Obama wants to change his mind.

Now he can raise more money...I guess money is more important than doing what you said you would do.

And another...

The reason why USA Today did a story on it and I posted in here was that Obama is running television ads saying he is not taking this money. He is criticizing the others while doing the same himself.

Yes, they all take money from lobbyists. Obama just runs misleading ads saying he doesn't.
   

http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=9764.0

And another....
http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=9698.0

And the kicker....

I am saying that Obama is lying.

He has every right to take money from any individual and any individual has a right to contribute to him. He knows clearly well that people in the oil industry gave him money, but he made a campaign commercial where he said he didn't take money from oil companies.

When the CEO of an oil company becomes a campaign bundler for you, you don't get to pander to the American public and attack oil companies and lie about your relationship with them.

Obama folks said Hillary lied when she embellished her personal story about a trip to Bosnia. To me, Obama's lie is worse. He made a paid commercial.

http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=9493.0

[Teatownclown]

throw down....

[guido911]

To be fair, Romney probably has evolved from being a homophobic monster into someone who now cares for people over a period of 50 years.   ::)The question really is has RM evolved from his despising of Obama in less than four years?

[Townsend]

And you'll get it. I was wondering when you would start kicking up dust in favor of Obama. I remember last election cycle when you went after Obama when you were bumping with ol' Hillary. Here's a thread where RM went after Obama for being unAmerican:

And the kicker....

That has nothing to do with this.  We're ripping on Romney on this thread.  There are over 100 threads to go rip on Obama.

Obama wears mom jeans, et al.

Realizing what Romney did and continuing to hear people make excuses for him is starting to get to me a bit.  Making me want to smash.

[Conan71]

That has nothing to do with this.  We're ripping on Romney on this thread.  There are over 100 threads to go rip on Obama.

Obama wears mom jeans, et al.

Realizing what Romney did and continuing to hear people make excuses for him is starting to get to me a bit.  Making me want to smash.

You should be used to it by now.  Everyone's been making excuses for Obama for the last four years.

[RecycleMichael]

You caught me. I spoke out against Obama.

I still have reservations about him. I wish he would have accelerated the troop withdrawals. I wish he would have not added to the bank bailout. I don't feel as if he has taken the lead on the economy and has instead allowed Congress to go first. He renewed the Bush tax cuts in exchange for a small tax holiday. I don't think he is a good negotiator.

I do believe he was a better choice than McCain and a better choice than Romney. What's your point?

[Townsend]

You should be used to it by now.  Everyone's been making excuses for Obama for the last four years.

Now excuses are being made for a candidate for physically attacking someone weaker than him.

Pass.

It shouldn't happen until he declares war on a country.