Romney adviser: Mitt's no bully, just look at how he treated Rick Perry

[kpete]

An adviser to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign defended the candidate's "kind impulses" on Friday, pointing to his treatment of Texas Gov. Rick Perry during recent GOP debates as proof.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/226863-romney-adviser-romney-has-kind-impulses-tried-to-help-perry-in-debate-

[sharp_stick]

1. To be fair though

if I was in a room with Rick Perry it would take every bit of self control I had to not just wind up and kick him in the nuts.

Mitt Romney is a privileged asshole to be sure but few humans could contain their disgust at being in the same room as Perry IMO.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. What was kind about it it? Only betting $10K when he could have bet a million?

[polichick]

3. Actually, he entered Perry's personal space and then put his hand on him.

[emulatorloo]

5. Was definitely a Bullying move. I thought so at the time.

[polichick]

6. I thought so at the time too - meant to intimidate.

[emulatorloo]

7. Typical of Romney campaign to say this displays Romney's "kind impulses"

As the saying goes, "Don't piss on me and call it rain"

[Erose999]

11. Of course kindness is an "impulse" for Shitt Romney. Def. not his true nature, lol.

[PatSeg]

8. That was when I realized

that Romney had a tendency to be a bully, though I had no idea how bad he could be. He was very overbearing with Perry and the look on Perry's face indicates that he thought so as well.

Romney is a man who is used to getting his way and during the debates he was very impatient when he didn't.

[emulatorloo]

10. That he would do that in a televised presidential debate shows that he cannot control himself.

i don't like playing "armchair psychologist" but these bullying stories go a long way towards explaining his choices at Bain Capital.

[PatSeg]

13. I know!

I was thinking the same thing at the time. After years of campaigning, he still couldn't control himself knowing millions of people were watching? I cringed when he talked to Perry like a six-year-old child. If this is how he behaves "on camera", how does he treat people when he is off camera?

I think we are starting to get a bigger picture of the man and I wonder what else is yet to come.

[mac56]

4. See also: straws, grasping at.

That defense is weaksauce.

[sendero]

9. Bullies don't attack the strong.

..... Perry might be an idiot but he would hand Mitt his ass in a fight.

[PatSeg]

14. But Mitt would PAY

someone big bucks to beat up Perry!

[DearAbby]

12. Who the hell does Romney have running this campaign?

This is pathetic, and this is blowing up in their faces.