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Title: It's come to this.
Post by: Chris_ on May 10, 2012, 12:56:38 PM
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Romney: 'Back In High School, I Did Some Dumb Things'

In a hastily arranged radio interview, Mitt Romney apologized Thursday for pranks he played in high school that "might have gone too far."

The interview came a few hours after The Washington Post published a detailed story recounting incidents from Romney's years at Michigan's prestigious Cranbrook prep school in the 1960s.
Politico (http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/05/10/152421845/romney-back-in-high-school-i-did-some-dumb-things?ft=1&f=1001)

This is how ridiculously desperate the Washington Post is to make Barry Big Ears look good.  It's so stupid, I don't even want to bring it over.
Title: Re: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: Freeper on May 10, 2012, 01:09:15 PM
Show us Barry's school records
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: docstew on May 10, 2012, 01:10:37 PM
He should have spun it something like this:

"I realize that as a youth, I did some stupid things. I remember TPing the coach's house one night, and doing (insert any number of mild pranks). I would like to apologize to those who were hurt by my actions. I hope that the voters don't hold my past episodes of poor judgment against me the same way I don't hold Pres. Obama's past drug use and interactions with Marxists and domestic terrorists against him. I would ask that the voters decide this election solely on the record of actions during our respective careers."
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on May 10, 2012, 01:12:04 PM
Bill Ayers waged war on the United States

Jeremiah Wright is a bigot
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: thundley4 on May 10, 2012, 01:14:31 PM
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 10, 2012, 01:12:04 PM
Bill Ayers waged war on the United States

Jeremiah Wright is a bigot

Those are good resume points for the left.  Bullying a faggot in high school is a career ender though.
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: JohnnyReb on May 10, 2012, 01:20:05 PM
Quote from: thundley4 on May 10, 2012, 01:14:31 PM
Those are good resume points for the left.  Bullying Rearending a faggot in high school is a career ender builder though.
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on May 10, 2012, 01:24:13 PM
Quote from: thundley4 on May 10, 2012, 01:14:31 PM
Those are good resume points for the left.  Bullying a faggot in high school is a career ender though.

Oddly, the article says dude was closeted.

So how would Rmoney know he was gay?
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: thundley4 on May 10, 2012, 01:28:54 PM
Quote from: SGT Snuggle Bunny on May 10, 2012, 01:24:13 PM
Oddly, the article says dude was closeted.

So how would Rmoney know he was gay?

Good point, so it was just normal high school high jinx. Another non-story blown out of proportion by the left.

Then again, the timing of this is curious.  Was the left sitting on this until Obama came out of the closet?
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: Splashdown on May 10, 2012, 01:29:35 PM
Obama hit a little girl.
link (http://twitchy.com/2012/05/10/rut-roh-looks-like-barack-was-a-bully-too/?tw_p=twt)
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: BEG on May 10, 2012, 01:35:33 PM
Quote from: Splashdown on May 10, 2012, 01:29:35 PM
Obama hit a little girl.
link (http://twitchy.com/2012/05/10/rut-roh-looks-like-barack-was-a-bully-too/?tw_p=twt)

I bet he is regretting "writing" that book now.  :-)
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: BEG on May 10, 2012, 02:01:15 PM
Breitbart on the issue: LINK (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/05/10/Washington-Post-Disgraces-Self-With-Romney-High-School-Story)
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: BEG on May 10, 2012, 03:00:19 PM
LINK (http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/10/cracks-in-the-washington-post-story-on-romneys-pranks-emerge/)

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A question emerges in reading the Washington Post piece on Mitt Romney today: How can Romney’s old pal Stu White tell the Washington Post that he has “long been bothered by the Lauber incident” — and then later admit to ABC News that he was “not present for the prank” and “was not aware of it until this year when he was contacted by the Washington Post”?

This is curious.

The Washington Post story reports: “I always enjoyed his pranks,” said Stu White, a popular friend of Romney’s who went on to a career as a public school teacher and has long been bothered by the Lauber incident.”

But ABC News, says: “White was not present for the prank, in which Romney is said to have forcefully cut a student’s long hair and was not aware of it until this year when he was contacted by the Washington Post.”

What are we to make of this?

Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: Eupher on May 10, 2012, 03:14:06 PM
What are we to make of this?

Nothing, other than continuing to press the attack on Zero and his record on the economy, jobs, and the mounting debt.

Do not allow this kind of character assassination to control the campaign.

I do like one of the comments that said, paraphrased, "I'll worry about this when the MSM publishes something, anything, even a little bit, about Barry's time in college. Really."
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: BEG on May 10, 2012, 04:11:46 PM
So I did a search and just entered Romney. The 2nd item that came up in the "suggestions" was "Romney Bully".

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y131/Foam_Kitty/6c33565d.jpg)
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on May 10, 2012, 04:16:44 PM
I will not be lectured by the party that re-elected Ted Kennedy term-after-term even though he left a woman to drown.
Title: Re: It's come to this.
Post by: Danglars on May 10, 2012, 04:23:08 PM
This is probably a plus for Romney the Staid. Proves he's human, in a relatively harmless way.

It is also, as Chris wrote, such small beer it's microscopic.