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Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully
Posted by SMAZ on Thu May 10 12:32:23 2012 fiogf49gjkf0d Mitt Romney Was a Bully By Alexander Abad-Santos \| The Atlantic Wire Mitt Romney Was a Bully Look, we aren't proud of our high school ways. But it turns out back in the day at the Cranbook School, if you were gay, had uncool hair, were a near-sighted teacher, or weren't rich, Mitt Romney would've probably bullied you for he was a feared "Day Student," a menacing "Cranny" if you will. The Washington Post's Jason Horowitz has a troublesome profile about the tyranny of a high school-aged Mitt Romney, gleaned from interviews with a bevy of his Cranbrook classmates. Horowitz examines the logistics and hierarchy of the popular kids at Cranbrook ("day students" were cool because they weren't boarding there, Romney was a day student), but most importantly, since Romney is seeking the Republican nominee for president, the way Romney interacted with gay students (he called one "a girl"), how he treated his elders (he pranked one and slammed or "bidded" the same, vision-impaired teacher into a closed door), and how obsessed he was with wealth (“He wanted to know what my father did for a living ... He wanted to know if my mother worked. He wanted to know what town I lived in"). Of course, if you were so inclined, you could draw parallels between Romney's teenaged Cranbrook self and his current presidential platform. Anti-gay, pro-wealth, anti-old--fits nicely right? And it's definitely a shock from Romney's effusive and played out "Nice guy" schtick. But it's this one instance, of Romney terror that we just couldn't shake: He can’t look like that. That’s wrong. Just look at him!” an incensed Romney told Matthew Friedemann, his close friend in the Stevens Hall dorm, according to Friedemann’s recollection. Mitt, the teenaged son of Michigan Gov. George Romney, kept complaining about Lauber’s look, Friedemann recalled. A few days later, 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. 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. As Horowitz notes, Romney's spokespeople say that the candidate couldn't recall this or any instances mentioned in the report. Funny how that works, since Romney has been really good at remembering things from his past, even if they didn't happen or if they occurred before he was born. For the full story head on over to The Washington Post.
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Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully
Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 12:53:06 2012, in response to Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 10 12:32:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Hasn't changed a bit.
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Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully
Posted by LuchAAA* on Thu May 10 12:55:56 2012, in response to Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 10 12:32:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Do you think President Obama lost his virginity to Michelle at age 28 or so?
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Posted by SLRT* on Thu May 10 13:03:56 2012, in response to Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 10 12:32:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Well obviously, he should have handled his bullying ways not by growing up and reforming himself, but by doing some blow when he could get it and then saying he did it because of his confusion, like one of the other Presidential candidates.
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 13:19:21 2012, in response to Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 10 12:32:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Obama ate a dog.
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Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully
Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 13:22:39 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 13:19:21 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d When he was 6 years old, during a dinner prepared by his parents. Not a situation he had any control over. Contrast that with Willard's behavior. Everything he did he could have just as easily NOT done. Clearly he has no conscience, no concept of consequences beyond those affecting himself, exclusively.
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 13:24:10 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 13:03:56 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d I wonder how long they sat on this. My guess is that they saw Obama getting humiliated on Tuesday and "activated it".
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Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 13:25:25 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 13:24:10 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d ?
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Posted by SLRT* on Thu May 10 13:35:23 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by bingbong on Thu May 10 13:22:39 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Obama did coke. Did his mommy and daddy make that for him, too?
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Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully
Posted by SLRT* on Thu May 10 13:36:56 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by bingbong on Thu May 10 13:25:25 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d He means that non-breaking stories are kept in reserve for dribbling out to embarrass politicians as needed.
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 13:38:39 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 13:36:56 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d See George Allen's "macacca moment" and Rick Perry's racist rock. This is a WaPo specialty.
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Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 13:46:08 2012, in response to Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 10 12:32:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Obama ate a dog, all over again Next time, CHECK THE FUCKING BOOK FIRST!
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Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully
Posted by AlM* on Thu May 10 13:50:36 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 13:35:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Notice that no Republicans in office bring up Obama's use of cocaine. There's a very good reason for that.
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Fred G* on Thu May 10 13:51:51 2012, in response to Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 13:46:08 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Just like your dog tactic this one's an empty pecker. Your pal, Fred
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 13:54:23 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Fred G on Thu May 10 13:51:51 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Perhaps you've been in a hole for the past few. The dog thing both entertained conservatives and served to shut up lefties (except Gail Collins) regarding the Seamus thing. And now it's happening all over again.
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu May 10 13:55:11 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 13:35:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Good for him.
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Thu May 10 13:55:52 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by LuchAAA on Thu May 10 12:55:56 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d WTF?
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Posted by Jeff Rosen* on Thu May 10 13:58:33 2012, in response to Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 10 12:32:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Maybe he WAS but Obama IS one now as President.
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Fred G* on Thu May 10 13:59:31 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 13:54:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d We completely deconstructed your dog panic posts. Please. Your pal, Fred
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 14:02:06 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu May 10 13:58:33 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d I want an alpha as a President, not some dorky beta who likes trains and ponies and.....oh dear.
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Posted by SLRT* on Thu May 10 14:04:58 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by AlM on Thu May 10 13:50:36 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Yet. Just as you can say that the real issue is "lying," not [whatever the bad thing is], the real issue to me is the way the press completely ignored the cocaine use when it first came up, where it would have sunk almost any other Presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican.
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 14:09:10 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Fred G on Thu May 10 13:59:31 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d LOL.
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Olog-hai* on Thu May 10 14:12:29 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Fred G on Thu May 10 13:59:31 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d LOL, when?
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 14:13:12 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by AlM on Thu May 10 13:50:36 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d They fear being labelled a racist for doing so.
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 14:13:47 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Olog-hai on Thu May 10 14:12:29 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Obama eats dogs and bullies fat girls.
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Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 14:22:58 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 13:36:56 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d You mean that tactic learned from the RW. Things to hound Willard with for the next 6 months.
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Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 14:24:00 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by AlM on Thu May 10 13:50:36 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d It'll open a whole new can of worms for so many of them it's not funny. So they acknowledge and move on.
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Posted by Fred G* on Thu May 10 14:26:07 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by AlM on Thu May 10 13:50:36 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Because a coke addict lost the WTC. Your pal, Fred
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Posted by Fred G* on Thu May 10 14:29:12 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 14:02:06 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Yeah like a guy who ate dog and kills terrorists :) That's who I want as President. Your pal, Fred
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Posted by AlM* on Thu May 10 14:31:57 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 14:04:58 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d What do you mean "yet"? It was known in 2008. Republicans who are gung ho on the war on drugs don't want their college friends pointing out that they used coke in college.
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Posted by Easy* on Thu May 10 14:33:08 2012, in response to Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SMAZ on Thu May 10 12:32:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d ????
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Posted by AlM* on Thu May 10 14:33:41 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Spider-Pig on Thu May 10 13:55:52 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d LuchAAA is obsessed on the topic. He thinks Obama is abnormal. He can't comprehend that there are women who do not want to be known publicly as Obama's one-time girlfriend.
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 14:34:53 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Fred G on Thu May 10 14:29:12 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d At least our current president did one of those things.
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Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 14:37:15 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 14:34:53 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Did both. I don't remember bush getting Binladen. In fact, he so much as said he'd prefer not to. Gave him justification to continue his wars.
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Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 14:38:29 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 14:04:58 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Maybe 10-20 years ago. Doesn't matter so much now. It's not like he used it well into his 30s.
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Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 14:42:23 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 14:02:06 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d So vote for President Obama and all will be forgiven.
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Posted by Jeff Rosen* on Thu May 10 14:46:36 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Fred G on Thu May 10 14:29:12 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d When did Obama kill any terrorists?
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 14:48:46 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu May 10 14:46:36 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d I heard he once told a joke that really cracked up Bill Ayers.
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Posted by Jeff Rosen* on Thu May 10 14:50:25 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by bingbong on Thu May 10 14:37:15 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d You just love misquoting conservatives and taking their quotes out of context don't you? And neither Bush nor Obama killed Bin Laden, the miltary did, although both Presidents laid the groundwork for it.
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Posted by G1Ravage* on Thu May 10 14:55:53 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by bingbong on Thu May 10 14:42:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d LOL
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Posted by SLRT* on Thu May 10 15:00:30 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by AlM on Thu May 10 14:31:57 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d That's what I mean. In 2008. It just went by... This after the well-timed leak of George Bush DUI decades earlier, released four days before the 2000 election, almost cost him the election. But the PRESS refused to follow up on Obama.
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Posted by AlM* on Thu May 10 15:07:02 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 15:00:30 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d No Republican made an issue of Obama's coke use, and they could have. The press would have covered it if they had. You do realize, don't you, that it was in Obama's own book? The press never reports old news. It wouldn't become new news unless someone else brought it up again.
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Posted by bingbong* on Thu May 10 15:08:21 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 15:00:30 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d What's to "follow up"? It's in his book, and that's the end of it. Wish the DUI thing had gone a little differently though. It'd be a very different world right now.
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 15:15:28 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by AlM on Thu May 10 15:07:02 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Because they were afraid of being labeled racists, Not this time around, though.
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 15:16:58 2012, in response to Re: Willard Mitt Romney Was a High School Bully, posted by bingbong on Thu May 10 14:42:23 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d
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Barack Hussein Obama was a racist, grade school bully
Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 15:20:05 2012, in response to Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 13:46:08 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Did anyone bother to read his book(s)?
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by SLRT* on Thu May 10 15:33:42 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 14:13:47 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Would you be more or less likely to vote for him if that were reversed?
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Rockparkman* on Thu May 10 15:35:18 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Fred G on Thu May 10 13:51:51 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Him and that other Chris belong in a labor camp and I EAGERLY support a Constitutional Convention to make it happen.
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Thu May 10 15:38:47 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by SLRT on Thu May 10 15:33:42 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d Less. Bullying dogs is my hot button issue.
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Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully
Posted by Rockparkman* on Thu May 10 15:45:21 2012, in response to Re: Barack Hussein Obama was a grade school bully, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu May 10 15:38:47 2012.* fiogf49gjkf0d but cruelty to people is OK.
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