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MADem

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24. He was. No excuse--and didn't the Missus go to the "girl's campus" of that outfit?
Thu May 10, 2012, 12:10 PM
May 2012

I rhought that's where he met his beloved, Miss Caddy in Every Garage/Horse in Every Barn. It's not really "all male" when the opportunity to interact with young ladies at school dances and other events exists. He may have gone to classes with boys, and lived in a boy's dorm, but he wasn't off in the country with no access to female companionship.


Look at the little fucker now backtracking and (non) apologizing-- now he's claiming he didn't know the kid was gay, and issuing one of those Non-Apology Apologies....he's fucked. You know how the "Obama's playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers" meme goes around? Don't tell me that someone at WAPO didn't tip BO that this story was being readied at the printer!

Romney Apologizes For Bullying In Prep School, Says He Didn't Know Victim Was Gay


WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney made a surprise appearance on Fox host Brian Kilmeade's radio show Thursday morning to respond to a lengthy Washington Post story on his time as a prep-school prankster and occasional bully of closeted gay students.

"They talk about the fact that I played a lot of pranks in high school," Romney said. "And they describe some that you just say to yourself, back in high school I just did some dumb things and if anybody was hurt by that or offended by it, obviously I apologize."

“I participated in a lot of hijinks and pranks during high school and some might have gone too far and for that, I apologize," he added.

It's never quite clear whether a politician's high school years are fair game for political attacks. Romney suggested during the interview that the acts he was apologizing for were merely youthful indiscretions; the Post described him pinning a closeted gay classmate to the ground and cutting his long hair, for example. But with the story suggesting latent homophobia in an adolescent Romney and with President Barack Obama having endorsed same-sex marriage on Wednesday, the piece reverberated.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/romney-bully-gay-bullying_n_1506382.html

This isn't "hijinks" or "pranks." it's not even "bullying." It's fucking assault and battery. What a sick SOB.

He's mean to people, he's mean to dogs. He's an asshole.

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O M G lukkadairish May 2012 #1
This is an explosive story. SunSeeker May 2012 #2
Somewhere we have the story of his cornering and bullying a pregnant woman privately. freshwest May 2012 #46
Further proof he was an "entitled" little rich bastard groundloop May 2012 #3
Is John Lauber gay? TBMASE May 2012 #4
Boys will be boys? SalviaBlue May 2012 #7
I'm just curious TBMASE May 2012 #9
Looking to defend Romney here? Wrong website. freshwest May 2012 #48
Does it matter if he was gay or not? NewJeffCT May 2012 #11
It is bullying TBMASE May 2012 #14
He was. No excuse--and didn't the Missus go to the "girl's campus" of that outfit? MADem May 2012 #24
You are right, this is simply bullying and mean Tumbulu May 2012 #36
Was the kid gay? TBMASE May 2012 #37
Yes. The WAPO source has it. Mitt Romney Doesn't Like Gay People. MADem May 2012 #41
it really doesn't matter SemperEadem May 2012 #55
Like Rush excusing Abu Graib. Just a fraternity prank. freshwest May 2012 #47
Of course a politician's high school years are fair game SemperEadem May 2012 #54
Good for the goose, good for the gander! MADem May 2012 #60
Whether he was gay or not isn't even the point, if you attack someone because you presume Uncle Joe May 2012 #12
What if he was attacked because of his hairstyle? TBMASE May 2012 #15
That's the same "toxic ground" that I'm speaking of, it's basically just a matter of degree. Uncle Joe May 2012 #17
Some kids who have break up with a girlfriend/boyfriend TBMASE May 2012 #19
I don't view breaking up with a boy or girlfriend as being the same toxic ground Uncle Joe May 2012 #22
So we're to be judged by what we did as teenagers? TBMASE May 2012 #38
Not in isolation, actions as an adult carry more weight, people do change but we can use Uncle Joe May 2012 #42
point taken TBMASE May 2012 #45
+1 billion or so! eom BlueMTexpat May 2012 #67
Can you for a moment put yourself in his shoes? Like being attacked, thrown to crunch60 May 2012 #65
Someone should attack that bigoted asshole for those ugly-ass teeth he's got. MADem May 2012 #27
the point is: he was attacked. Period. SemperEadem May 2012 #56
Doesn't matter siligut May 2012 #23
Yes. Maven May 2012 #25
Lauber is dead now.... ingac70 May 2012 #49
yeah I read that TBMASE May 2012 #52
"Is John Lauber gay?"... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #58
Yes but the article framed it as an anti gay attack TBMASE May 2012 #59
I think the only reason he was attacked... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #62
I agree with that TBMASE May 2012 #75
bastard. barbtries May 2012 #5
+1 thanks. NT. Mc Mike May 2012 #70
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #6
"He can't look like that. That's wrong." HangOnKids May 2012 #8
Romney can't act like that. That's wrong. HCE SuiGeneris May 2012 #10
Ah, I see he's calling it all "hijinks" and "pranks" Ratty May 2012 #13
Very interesting comments below the story, well worth reading... HCE SuiGeneris May 2012 #20
To a repub, this shows "leadership" abilities IggleDoer May 2012 #16
"Hi-jinx" are funny. This sounds like "assault"! FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #18
Seamus was dusty, too--and he had four legs and a tail! Woof, woof! MADem May 2012 #28
Psychopath. krispos42 May 2012 #21
Thank goodness ajk2821 May 2012 #26
I wonder how many black people attended that private school back then? MADem May 2012 #29
Holy Hell... Hayabusa May 2012 #30
So Romney is a closet hairdresser. begin_within May 2012 #31
Romney Scissorhands? FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #34
Romney Scissorhands Windthin May 2012 #66
That's more like it! FailureToCommunicate May 2012 #74
Apparently, he liked to give people makeovers--he did it at University, too..... MADem May 2012 #39
The upper class is so childish. begin_within May 2012 #50
Just as cute as W's story of the frogs and the firecrackers Generic Other May 2012 #32
this story is well sourced and has legs grantcart May 2012 #33
Holy ****! Mittens was a bully!! Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #35
Mitt is a sociopath, he lacks all the higher emotions, Dont call me Shirley May 2012 #40
Tackling a kid to the ground and cutting his hair is "hijinks and pranks"? AllyCat May 2012 #43
This picture of Willard is hard on my eyes... Jamaal510 May 2012 #44
At the risk of being flamed for saying this, I am more concerned about the Mitt Romney of today totodeinhere May 2012 #51
No flame, but what you do as a child, and as a young adult, shapes you as you mature. MADem May 2012 #61
You make some good points. I understand exactly what you're saying. totodeinhere May 2012 #68
Some people, too, are single issue voters. MADem May 2012 #72
As reported by many here, this was hardly an isolated incident, BlueMTexpat May 2012 #69
Westbaro endrosement? Mkap May 2012 #53
What a dickhead... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #57
I use that term a lot, lol.. just seems appropriate sometimes. crunch60 May 2012 #64
Bully, judgemental, pig AC_Mem May 2012 #63
i told my husband about this and said of course it was a prep school ejpoeta May 2012 #71
The term bully does apply... obietiger May 2012 #73
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