One of the men who held down the victim, as Romney cut his hair, is now a lawyer. He says it was assault and battery and he is ashamed he didn't try to stop it.
High School child. Can you not remember how young and stupid you were then? There are many good arguments against Romney. This is not one of them. Follow this path and Mitt Romney is the next president of the United States. Everyone has regrets from high school. He will benifit from that fact. Focus on current events.
@realtimecoffee, I was young and stupid years and years ago. I grew up being bullied by others who thought it was the cool thing to do. In all the stupid things I did, I could never hurt anyone. Although it's in his past and most likely best not drudged up, that kind of behavior is still inexcusable.
I was young and stupid in high school, but I can't honestly recall a time when my youth and stupidity led me to pick on somebody else. More specifically, I can't remember a time when I got my buddies together so we could gang up and pick on somebody else. And I KNOW I was never involved in an incident that anyone could have legitimately labeled assault and battery!
Why do I suspect that the people on this thread who say "Get over it!" or "This is irrelevant!" are the people who, back in high school, were DOING the bullying, not BEING bullied?
Straight from Obama's book: "When the other students accuse Obama of having a girlfriend, Obama shoves Coretta and insists that she leave him alone." I guess that settles it..Obama is a bully (or a compulsive liar).
Oh please, even if you don't disapprove of what he did in high school, for any Presidential candidate to say he doesn't remember something so severe means he either is suffering from alzheimer's, is a bold-faced liar, or was such a persistent chronic bully that this was merely one of the many cruel acts he performed. In any case if you would support any of these explanations I would find it hard to believe you could call yourself Christian-like or impartial.
Paul Harris Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina"
The elipsis ... in the transcript indicates where Mitt was nervously chuckling, ala boys will be boys, through the entire "apology". I don't believe he was at all sincere.
I hate that excuse, "boys will be boys". What the heck does that mean? That we are to allow our boys to behave like animals? Are we not suppose to teach them self-control and respect?
Romneys a jackass. We go from having an idiot in office to having some burb raised silver spoon big business friendly, knows not what the working man & woman do. Spends a few million to land a job that pays less than a CEO gets. THAT should tell you sheep something.
This is about the phonies issue, and the oldest issue, that I've ever seen the Libs use.. Dang, but they must be desperate for something.. Libs.. listen up.. You're just making fools out of yourselves.. Come on...let's go a different way.. For example, tell us why you support Obama... Let's get real.. Let's talk about the issues... Obama is going to lose the next election.. Why? Because he has absolutely nothing to campaign on... unless it might be Romney's actions as a student 50 some years ago.. This is almost funny... but, mostly pathetic..
Good point! Maybe some of you should revisit Obama's book, oral version, where he explains how he sold and used drugs , in HS, was a heavy drinker , cut classes and on one occasion shoved a female student to the ground... I wonder if the left wing media wants to re-visit Obama's HS days. Hypocrites!
Dems are digging 50-year-old dirt... Can we find out if he failed to share in Kindergarten? Romney has tons of much more recent stuff, specifically the last three years of Obamanomics! Let's see how Barack Hussein fares when the next polls come out... He is dropping like a bloody stone!!!
People don't change that much. Calling what he did to that kid a "prank" is ridiculous. Remember the $10k bet offer during the debates? We all know what kind of person he was and is. Whether you want his kind of character as your President is up to you; just don't try to pretend he's something else.
When Romney was Governor of Massachusetts he dismantled an agency that was dedicated to stopping bullying of lesbian and gay children. NOW WE KNOW WHY ---- HE WAS A BULLY OF GAYS.
Come on, what's next, lurid details on potty training? Is this what we're going to judge people on? Back in those days hazing (on Romney's part) or grabbing a little reefer madness and skipping (on Obama's part) were just part of the fabric of the time. There are so many mmore important things to consider CBS. Leave this stuff to the National Enquirer along with the alien endorsements.
Wait, wait! Boy do I know some stuff about Romney.
I know for a fact, a fact I tell you, that Mitt Romney, the likely Presidential candidate in November, actually stuck his chewing gum on the bottom of his desk in the 8th grade! Gasp!
And, And (breathless) he was seen scratching "Becky & Me" on a column in the front of his high school with a jack knife!
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(And by the way, what HE calls a "prank" law enforcement would call "assault and battery"!)
Why is it excusable when a prank is done on school property but assault off school grounds?
I guess you thin bullying is no big deal. Well, tell that to the parents of children who killed themselves due to bullying.
Why do I suspect that the people on this thread who say "Get over it!" or "This is irrelevant!" are the people who, back in high school, were DOING the bullying, not BEING bullied?
Paul Harris
Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina"
I know for a fact, a fact I tell you, that Mitt Romney, the likely Presidential candidate in November, actually stuck his chewing gum on the bottom of his desk in the 8th grade! Gasp!
And, And (breathless) he was seen scratching "Becky & Me" on a column in the front of his high school with a jack knife!