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78. I've read some of the book and remember the story quite clearly

Sat May 12, 2012, 02:00 PM

May 2012

What struck me at the time -and what I took away from it -was that President Obama was remorseful for his actions and the way that he had behaved and not only regretted it but learned from the error of his ways and became a better person because of it.

Whereas the half-hearted non-apology that Mittens gave suggests to me that he probably remembers the incident and couldn't care less

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Conservatives counter claims that Mitt Romney was a bully: Obama was even worse! [View all] truthisfreedom May 2012 OP

not to mention Obama growing into a decent person and Rmoney mysuzuki2 May 2012 #1

I think the measure of damage done is this: Which one was screaming? Which one left four witnesses truthisfreedom May 2012 #2

Sounds like both of them HotRodTuna May 2012 #35

More false equivalence bongbong May 2012 #42

Middle school is not High school AlbertCat May 2012 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author AlbertCat May 2012 #65

Obama was on the playground in elementary sufrommich May 2012 #69

Really? Just as pissed? Orangepeel May 2012 #71

The more they say, the worse they look. polichick May 2012 #3

President Obama owned his mistakes when he wrote about them for all to see. ZombieHorde May 2012 #4

We will know that Obama has really "grown" when he stands up for liberals JDPriestly May 2012 #29

Interesting Goal-Post moving. Obama must call Republicans "idiots", or DU can't support him,eh? emulatorloo May 2012 #39

Obama should not be ashamed to be identified with those of us JDPriestly May 2012 #59

Plus, this was in Obama's memoir. Rmoney claims "not to remember" villager May 2012 #5

Huge differences here nobodyspecial May 2012 #6

There is more logic to it than appears. zeemike May 2012 #17

That is not logic nobodyspecial May 2012 #21

...it is the logic of Machiavelli... happerbolic May 2012 #23

completely OT but i just stole your sig line animated gif yodermon May 2012 #46

Hell, i can't even remember... happerbolic May 2012 #61

If you can't be better than them, make sure they do the same thing. obxhead May 2012 #7

+1000 mac56 May 2012 #25

I don't see any fucking scissors (aka a 'deadly weapon') in coalition_unwilling May 2012 #8

Haha, good ole sean. Love the iamthebandfanman May 2012 #9

I believe Mitty said. spartan61 May 2012 #16

Willard and the disabled teacher riverwalker May 2012 #10

actually remembering with regret Voice for Peace May 2012 #11

But what amazes me is ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #12

I'm beginning to think conservatives own more copies of Dreams From My Father than liberals thelordofhell May 2012 #13

The Bible? bongbong May 2012 #43

That's my point thelordofhell May 2012 #54

Naive Libertarian90 May 2012 #81

crhistian---is that an offshoot? ScreamingMeemie May 2012 #82

Where did I say that all republicans are bible thumpers? thelordofhell May 2012 #83

re:Conservatives counter claims that Mitt Romney was a bully: Obama was even worse! allan01 May 2012 #14

Well hell... I fought with a neighbor kid over a swing and then she fell.... Harriety May 2012 #15

He was definitely marked for life. Here's a quote from the original article, from the victim: truthisfreedom May 2012 #18

"Sean Hannity, human bag of hammers" -- Steven Colbert ... eom Kolesar May 2012 #19

I think analyzing someone's behavior as a child is pretty dumb. chrisa May 2012 #20

Okay then how about this? Stinky The Clown May 2012 #22

Willard was 17-18 years old...n/t monmouth May 2012 #30

Sounds to me that Obama was being bullied by kids claiming he was Coretta's JDPriestly May 2012 #24

very good point. nt magical thyme May 2012 #45

I thought about this story more and realized that it was about JDPriestly May 2012 #57

12-14 Year Old Obama Pushes Girl; 17-18 Year Old Romney Pushes Boy to the Ground erpowers May 2012 #26

Here's a little breakdown. truthisfreedom May 2012 #33

Actually, he was only 10, in 5th grade TuxedoKat May 2012 #72

If it gets even worse for Iliyah May 2012 #27

Just like the swiftboaters did to Kerry. drm604 May 2012 #32

Yes, expect to see all of the right wingers saying this on news sites adigal May 2012 #44

You mean the thing he wrote about himself because he felt shitty about? Yeah this is taylor Guy Whitey Corngood May 2012 #28

By what twisted logic is that worse? drm604 May 2012 #31

So, Romney was trying to prove he wasn't in love....? McCamy Taylor May 2012 #34

*rimshot* HotRodTuna May 2012 #38

I have no doubt that Willard's tiny pecker... Frank Cannon May 2012 #68

Let's just face the elephant in the room. Mitt Romney should have been tried as an adult and served truthisfreedom May 2012 #36

And thus the criminalization of youth continues HotRodTuna May 2012 #41

I should have put in the sarcasm emoticon. It was an attempt at being over-the-top. truthisfreedom May 2012 #51

Although: When principals were asked what would happen to a student if this happened in a modern-day truthisfreedom May 2012 #52

+1 Absolutely treestar May 2012 #74

Buried deep in the original WP story were some chilling lines: coalition_unwilling May 2012 #56

Yes, I Saw That Too DallasNE May 2012 #80

A crime is a crime treestar May 2012 #75

Obama Remembers An Event DallasNE May 2012 #37

Exactly. Right wing "equivalency" is as usual, false treestar May 2012 #76

Is Hannity as dumb as he appears, or is he acting emulatorloo May 2012 #40

Both. They're not mutually exclusive. n/t VWolf May 2012 #47

the real comparison is between one man grantcart May 2012 #48

Yea, looks like he is worse, just look what is happening to them. nolabels May 2012 #49

"Uncovered." CBHagman May 2012 #50

What Hannity, et al, fail to disclose is what Obama wrote immediately following the excerpt Tx4obama May 2012 #53

exactly~ eom roscoeroscoe May 2012 #55

it was something he felt bad about at the time and never forgot , what Romney did was even worse JI7 May 2012 #58

Talk about false equivalence! HeiressofBickworth May 2012 #60

It states in the article he was TEN. How is that Middle School? alphafemale May 2012 #62

Isn't Middle School 6th, 7th & 8th Grades? DallasNE May 2012 #79

How low can they go? Brooklyn Dame May 2012 #63

Romney as an adult is still part of the party that bullies gays. athenasatanjesus May 2012 #66

Actually, they're now saying it never happened nxylas May 2012 #67

In the interest of fairness and balance, here's the rest of that passage rocktivity May 2012 #70

I read the book and don't remember that part treestar May 2012 #73

I've read some of the book and remember the story quite clearly RFKHumphreyObama May 2012 #78

Obama remembers and is ashamed of it ibegurpard May 2012 #77