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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
Thu May 10, 2012, 10:08 PM May 2012

Does it really matter that romney was a high school bully? [View all]

I saw a headline much like this one on Google news. It was from the Christian Science Monitor. I didn't read the article so I'm not going to attack or defend. I'm not a republican. Like our President, I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak. My motivation in writing this is merely to answer the question. Anyone from their late 40s and older will recognize my "Laugh In" inspired response.

You bet your sweet bippy it does!

This is the "man" who gathered a posse and forcibly cut the hair of a young man he thought to be gay. He shows his contempt for anyone he pleases in his school. He issues a weak assed apology "IF" he offended anyone for being the perpetrator of a "Lord of the Flies" environment in his school. He does this only after the story comes out and is verified by several of his "friends" of the time, including a former republican official. He then tries to imply that this is a dirty trick by the Obama campaign. SICK!

bain romney is one of the most detestable human beings I've ever seen run, not only for high office, but for ANY office.

This is the man who put a dog on the roof of his car and thought it was an endearing moment.
This is the man who identifies with the working class by saying his wife drives a couple of Cadillacs.
This is the man who shows that he's a regular guy because he knows some Nascar owners.
This is the man who claims to identify with the unemployed by saying that HE was unemployed, too. Shit, while I was out of work for 10 months I was sure as hell glad that I had my quarter of a billion dollars to fall back on.
This is the man who decries the state of the economy while offering another candidate a $10,000 bet. If he'd done this to a candidate who wasn't a moron, that candidate would've run this for miles. Couldn't the dumb bastard have at least said "Payable to the charity of your choice"?

Of course, that was a stupid question. We are after all, talking about republicans here.

When I was in grade school, I was bullied from first grade to fifth grade. It was due to my being in a Catholic School as the child of divorced parents. In the early and mid 60s, Irish Catholics didn't get divorced. It stopped when I pounded one of the bullies faces into the back of his stupid assed head. Unfortunately and tragically, too many young children choose to harm themselves or take their own lives.

People like bain romney don't care. He is a bully. That makes him a coward, a liar and a totally unreliable and untrustworthy person. That isn't someone I want as the leader of my country.

Maya Angelou said it best:

"The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them"

You've shown me what you are, Mr. romney.

I believe you.

No thank you.

PEACE!

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No bigwillq May 2012 #1
I see what you say. MarianJack May 2012 #2
I was just answering the question you asked in the subject. bigwillq May 2012 #4
Thanks for your feedback MarianJack May 2012 #7
It matters that he hasn't apologized now, certainly XemaSab May 2012 #41
Raised in a golden bubble. What could possibly have happened to him since then that would patrice May 2012 #3
Windowdressing mixed with... MarianJack May 2012 #5
And that's the truth Politicalboi May 2012 #6
Some points to repond to you. MarianJack May 2012 #9
It is a shame Politicalboi May 2012 #11
It took me years to notice that... MarianJack May 2012 #12
Doesn't that remind you of G Bush? marlakay May 2012 #13
I hate to say this, marlakay,... MarianJack May 2012 #22
Yes, as long as we can use it to create reasonable doubt among undecideds dickthegrouch May 2012 #8
Right! MarianJack May 2012 #10
Of course it matters, but the lamestream media won't think so!! center rising May 2012 #14
As I, and many others here, have said many times before,... MarianJack May 2012 #18
Of course Gaije May 2012 #15
Very true. MarianJack May 2012 #19
Yes, because it is still part of his character and attitude LeftishBrit May 2012 #16
Thank you for your insight, LeftishBrit! MarianJack May 2012 #20
Like I said in another thread, how is this relevant to his actions as an adult? Bolo Boffin May 2012 #17
His corporate raiding... MarianJack May 2012 #21
We already know that Romney is an uncaring asshole as an adult... mojitojoe May 2012 #23
I would say that it's relevant in that... MarianJack May 2012 #30
If you add everything together RDANGELO May 2012 #24
Sounds like a very accurate depiction... MarianJack May 2012 #31
NO ... now let's discuss an important issue .... Obama's birth certificate!!!!! JoePhilly May 2012 #25
That, and... MarianJack May 2012 #32
And what about that thing Bill Ayers did when Obama was 6!!!! JoePhilly May 2012 #37
You sure can't trust those first graders, can you. MarianJack May 2012 #38
It Matters, and the fact he is lying about it now matters more. mikekohr May 2012 #26
He sounds like someone who would... MarianJack May 2012 #33
No, it doesn't. GoCubsGo May 2012 #27
It certainly shows that he's not only an ass,... MarianJack May 2012 #34
As an IMHO, judging people on their past, especially their childhood is wrong. Amimnoch May 2012 #28
When I was in my teens,... MarianJack May 2012 #35
Of course it matters! spiderpig May 2012 #29
First and foremost,... MarianJack May 2012 #36
Thank you MarianJack! spiderpig May 2012 #39
As a kid, I was bullied mercilessly. Herlong May 2012 #40
And it's nice when we do outlast them! MarianJack May 2012 #45
I hope that the person who hurt your sister sat his ass in jail for awhile, but... MarianJack May 2012 #44
Believe it or not, it was treated as "boys will be boys" spiderpig May 2012 #46
At least everyone here now knows that brian & cuffy... MarianJack May 2012 #49
For the record the CSM seems to think that it does matter XemaSab May 2012 #42
CSM is usually pretty good,... MarianJack May 2012 #43
Saarinen was the father of the designer of the St. Louis Arch, Eero Saarinen. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #54
Yes, to people "not worth speaking of" (but who wants to think of themselves like that?) JHB May 2012 #47
Thank you for sharing that! MarianJack May 2012 #48
Only if you say it by popping out of a wall... JHB May 2012 #51
Better that than... MarianJack May 2012 #53
But an arrogant, cowardly bully as the most powerful man in the world wouldn't be dull. Kablooie May 2012 #50
True point, but... MarianJack May 2012 #52
Well put davidpdx May 2012 #55
Not so much forgot, but... MarianJack May 2012 #56
Romney is disturbing me. musical_soul May 2012 #57
romney's apology is about as sincere as anything else he says,... MarianJack May 2012 #59
Yes, as a gay man who was bullied horribly in school, this matters to me. n/t musicblind May 2012 #58
It matters a great deal to me also. MarianJack May 2012 #60
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