Log in

View Full Version : Mitt Romney


Guest
04-29-2012, 11:34 AM
This is the best one yet out of the double-talking Mitt Romney campaign. Yesterday, chief Romney spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, the guy that used the Etch-A-Sketch analogy, announced that the auto bailout was actually Mitt Romney's idea. This despite Romney himself penning an editorial titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt".

Don't these guys realize that their words are recorded?


Eric Fehrnstrom: Auto Bailout Was Mitt Romney's Idea (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/eric-fehrnstrom-auto-bailout-mitt-romney_n_1461805.html)


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/opinion/krugman-the-amnesia-candidate.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general

Guest
04-29-2012, 12:41 PM
This is the best one yet out of the double-talking Mitt Romney campaign. Yesterday, chief Romney spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, the guy that used the Etch-A-Sketch analogy, announced that the auto bailout was actually Mitt Romney's idea. This despite Romney himself penning an editorial titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt".

Don't these guys realize that their words are recorded?


Eric Fehrnstrom: Auto Bailout Was Mitt Romney's Idea (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/eric-fehrnstrom-auto-bailout-mitt-romney_n_1461805.html)


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/opinion/krugman-the-amnesia-candidate.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general

FactCheck.org : Obama ‘Road’ Film Takes Some Detours (http://www.factcheck.org/2012/03/obama-road-film-takes-some-detours/)

Guest
04-29-2012, 03:20 PM
Last Thursday, that would be in 2012, the Romney campaign told reporters on a conference call that there was a warning of a soviet threat to Czechoslovakia. These are the neo-con war hawks that advised the Bush Administration - the shoot first, ask questions later crowd. Somebody needs to drag these advisors over the line into the 21st century.

Romney Campaign Warns Of Soviet Threat To Czechoslovakia (http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/romney-campaign-warns-of-soviet-threat-to-czechosovakia//)

Guest
04-29-2012, 03:48 PM
This is the best one yet out of the double-talking Mitt Romney campaign. Yesterday, chief Romney spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, the guy that used the Etch-A-Sketch analogy, announced that the auto bailout was actually Mitt Romney's idea. This despite Romney himself penning an editorial titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt".

Don't these guys realize that their words are recorded?


Eric Fehrnstrom: Auto Bailout Was Mitt Romney's Idea (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/eric-fehrnstrom-auto-bailout-mitt-romney_n_1461805.html)


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/opinion/krugman-the-amnesia-candidate.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=general





Well, we know Willard would NOT have helped the US auto industry.

And we also know he would NOT have gone after Bin Laden.

If Willard will not help the US auto industry, and he would not pursue the world's number terrorist and the person responsible for murdering thousands of innocent americans on 9/11, what exactly would Willard do as POTUS.

Would Willard just say NO to everything? Seems that way.

Guest
04-29-2012, 04:21 PM
Well, we know Willard would NOT have helped the US auto industry.

And we also know he would NOT have gone after Bin Laden.

If Willard will not help the US auto industry, and he would not pursue the world's number terrorist and the person responsible for murdering thousands of innocent americans on 9/11, what exactly would Willard do as POTUS.

Would Willard just say NO to everything? Seems that way.

He would say YES to more tax cuts for millionaires (him) and billionaires. He wants to give millionaires and billionaires another $150,000 a year in tax cuts while raising taxes on everyone else.

Guest
04-29-2012, 04:48 PM
Anybody out there know why Ma was 47th in job creation when Mitt Romney was governor? Any lurkers who might have lived in MA while he was in office?

Guest
04-29-2012, 06:00 PM
man o man o man just listen to the drums...the natives have obviously gotten the new talking points for the week and are becoming restless!!

btk

Guest
04-29-2012, 11:17 PM
man o man o man just listen to the drums...the natives have obviously gotten the new talking points for the week and are becoming restless!!

btk

I'm with you. This thread should have been "Let's bash Romney." I also doubt it they are natives.

Guest
04-30-2012, 02:15 AM
[QUOTE=Guest;486039]Anybody out there know why Ma was 47th in job creation when Mitt Romney was governor? Any lurkers who might have lived in MA while he was in office?[/QUOTE

my guess would be that he had a democratic state congress....maybe?

Guest
04-30-2012, 02:16 AM
NOTE: No Reverend Wright
No Chicago Seven


I am more impressed with Romney every time someone comes up with trivial material to slander him with. When you have no smoking gun you have a great candidate.

Guest
04-30-2012, 06:29 AM
makes an interesting contrast even for the faithful, when remembering the likes of Van Jones et al!.

btk

Guest
04-30-2012, 07:54 AM
I'm with you. This thread should have been "Let's bash Romney." I also doubt it they are natives.

You're welcome to post all the good things he has done while governor and beyond.

Guest
04-30-2012, 09:00 AM
use the same piece of paper with the list of good things done by Obama...there will be plenty of room left on it!

btk:a20:

Guest
04-30-2012, 09:09 AM
Shoulda just let the lefties chatter among themselves here. That would have been the best message.

Guest
04-30-2012, 09:19 AM
[QUOTE=Guest;486039]Anybody out there know why Ma was 47th in job creation when Mitt Romney was governor? Any lurkers who might have lived in MA while he was in office?[/QUOTE

my guess would be that he had a democratic state congress....maybe?

The State Legislature in Massachusetts was as it has been extreme liberal at the time when Romney was Gov.

I lived there.

Guest
04-30-2012, 12:27 PM
You're welcome to post all the good things he has done while governor and beyond.

Governorship of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorship_of_Mitt_Romney)

Guest
04-30-2012, 02:53 PM
Governorship of Mitt Romney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorship_of_Mitt_Romney)

He balanced the budget. He did not raise taxes. He did a god job.

Guest
05-01-2012, 05:53 AM
He would say YES to more tax cuts for millionaires (him) and billionaires. He wants to give millionaires and billionaires another $150,000 a year in tax cuts while raising taxes on everyone else.


http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/417/58132639340165530831359.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/58132639340165530831359.jpg/)

Guest
05-01-2012, 05:40 PM
Richard Grenell, Mitt Romney's openly gay security advisor, stepped down amid criticism from anti-gay conservatives. This will really help Romney with the LGBT vote. Hopefully the candidate will explain soon.


Romney’s openly gay adviser steps down - The Plum Line - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/romneys-openly-gay-adviser-steps-down/2012/05/01/gIQAiA8zuT_blog.html)

Guest
05-01-2012, 08:08 PM
Anybody out there know why Ma was 47th in job creation when Mitt Romney was governor? Any lurkers who might have lived in MA while he was in office?

If you look at the Wikepidia article cited by Taltarzac725, you will discover the following - "Job growth increased at a 1.3 percent rate during Romney's term, ranking Massachusetts 47th out of 50 states in that statistic during that time, in absolute terms.[18][35]
In relative terms, however, Massachusetts added 51,362 jobs during Romney's tenure, while its population grew by 26,500 residents during that same period.[36][37] Massachusetts therefore added two jobs for every resident gained.
The state's unemployment rate fell during the same period, from 5.6 to 4.7 percent.[35"

How many state governors can you cite with equal employment accomplishments?

Guest
05-02-2012, 04:57 PM
Here's an excellent article on how Mitt Romney used fees to close the budget gap as MA governor thereby claiming he never raised taxes. This gives some insight as to how he might govern as president.


Mitt Romney Used Fees To Close Budget Gap As Massachusetts Governor (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/mitt-romney-fees-tax-increases-massachusetts_n_1470307.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D157203)

Guest
05-02-2012, 06:34 PM
Here's an excellent article on how Mitt Romney used fees to close the budget gap as MA governor thereby claiming he never raised taxes. This gives some insight as to how he might govern as president.


Mitt Romney Used Fees To Close Budget Gap As Massachusetts Governor (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/mitt-romney-fees-tax-increases-massachusetts_n_1470307.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D157203)

So, what is your problem. I lived through it. The fees at the time were very low and in some cases didn't cover the cost of providing the service. It was a good idea. Better to charge those who used the service than tax everybody.

He'll get my vote.

Guest
05-04-2012, 09:09 AM
Why is Mitt Romney picking on Jimmy Carter? First he said "even Jimmy Carter would have ordered Bin Laden killed". Jimmy Carter was the first president who served as a naval office on a nuclear submarine.

Where was Mitt Romney during the Viet Nam war? He was living in France trying to convert people to mormanism on his "ministerial deferment". How do you get one of those when you're not trained to be a minister? I'll bet the families of the 66,000 dead service members wish they had gotten a "ministerial deferment".

Chris Matthews says it well.


Matthews: Romney is all talk, no guts - Video on msnbc.com (http://video.msnbc.msn.com/hardball/47286820#47286820)

Guest
05-04-2012, 09:22 AM
Excellent post, Janmcn, and excellent points made.

However, none of these wubers will link to anything from Chris Matthews or MSNBC. It is against their mindset to listen to anything except from FOX Noise.

I would think that the wubers on this forum who are Vietnam-era veterans would certainly take exception to their candidate getting deferrments from the draft because of his Mormon missionary work.

I had a couple of good friends in the Army who were Mormons and were draftees. Neither believed in killing, their Bishops supported their viewpoints and both were given C.O. status and were medics.

Guest
05-04-2012, 09:52 AM
You might want to read up on some morman history, like this one for example: Mountain Meadows massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_massacre)

Maybe as an individual choice one might not believe in killing, but that is not LDS beliefs.

Guest
05-04-2012, 11:53 AM
Figmo,

I know that Mormons are not considered C.O.'s automatically. It is an individual belief and if their Bishop wrote a letter to the draft board, they could be given C.O. status.

Guest
05-04-2012, 04:27 PM
Not to be outdone by President Obama's trip to Afghanistan to visit the troops, the GOP presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney today paid a surprise visit to his money in the Cayman Islands.


Romney Pays Surprise Visit to his Money in the Caymans « Borowitz Report (http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/05/02/romney-pays-surprise-visit-to-his-money-in-the-caymans/)

Guest
05-06-2012, 04:39 PM
When is Mitt Romney going to start traveling around to hold rallies at college stadiums? There's been so much discussion today about how many people actually attended the president's kick-off rallies yesterday. The only way to gage support of each candidate is to compare the numbers with Romney's attendees.

Guest
05-06-2012, 04:43 PM
The suggestion keeps being made that we decide this presidential campaign by comparing crowds at rallies here in the beginning of May. While that might be easier I suppose, it should make everyone nervous.

I opt for having discussion of ISSUES...ISSUES only and then go ahead and still have that doggone election in November based on that.

Guest
05-06-2012, 04:47 PM
On the other hand...


President Obama demonstrated the power of his office this week, shifting seamlessly in a span of just over 30 hours from commander- in-chief in a dangerous war zone to campaigner-in-chief on the trail in D.C.

Fresh back from Afghanistan, Obama attended two private, $40,000-a-plate fundraisers Wednesday at the exclusive W Hotel, raising at least $2 million for the 2012 campaign, Democratic officials said.

The big money events, coming ahead of Obama’s first public campaign rallies on Saturday, are the latest reminder of how the president is padding his war chest at an unprecedented rate.

Obama has headlined 132 re-election fundraisers for his campaign and the Democratic Party since early last year, according to tracking by ABC News and U.S. Naval Academy political scientist Brendan Doherty.

President George W. Bush attended 86 fundraisers for his re-election campaign, the Republican Party or both groups during his first term. Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush appeared at a total of 70 and 24, respectively.

And as Obama travels the country – or across the street, as was the case last night – taxpayers foot most of the bill, experts say."

Frequent Fundraiser: Obama Sets Record - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/obama-easily-switches-into-campaign-mode-for-fundraisers/)

So if we are picking up the tab...

Guest
05-10-2012, 04:26 PM
Mitt Romney organized a posse to attack and humiliate another student he perceived as gay while he was in prep school in the 1960's. While holding the student down, Romney cut his hair off while the student screamed for help.

Romney started out the day saying he didn't remember the incident, then switched to a 'mistakes were made' apology. This story has been corroborated by several others who were there at the time. Unfortunately, the victim has since died.

If President Obama had been involved in an incident of this nature while in high school, everyone at Fox News would need smelling salts.


Mitt Romney’s prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-prep-school-classmates-recall-pranks-but-also-troubling-incidents/2012/05/10/gIQA3WOKFU_story.html?hpid=z3)

Guest
05-10-2012, 05:39 PM
Mitt Romney organized a posse to attack and humiliate another student he perceived as gay while he was in prep school in the 1960's. While holding the student down, Romney cut his hair off while the student screamed for help.

Romney started out the day saying he didn't remember the incident, then switched to a 'mistakes were made' apology. This story has been corroborated by several others who were there at the time. Unfortunately, the victim has since died.

If President Obama had been involved in an incident of this nature while in high school, everyone at Fox News would need smelling salts.


Mitt Romney’s prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-prep-school-classmates-recall-pranks-but-also-troubling-incidents/2012/05/10/gIQA3WOKFU_story.html?hpid=z3)

While this particular post does not surprise me, the space used by the Washington Post instead of writing about the problems facing this country does disappoint me a lot.

We should leave both these guys alone on this stuff when deciding who should be President, however....you must find this stuff important for whatever reason...so..

"While the Washington Post has been diligently digging into relatively innocent high school pranks by Mitt Romney, they’ve spent the last few years diligently ignoring President Obama’s far more controversial high school days.

Obama, by all accounts, was a habitual drug user in high school. He tried cocaine, he admits in Dreams From My Father; he “tried drugs enthusiastically.” The Chicago Tribune reported back in 2007 that Obama thanked the “Choom Gang” in his high school yearbook; “chooming” was Hawaiian slang for smoking pot. The Honolulu Advertiser reported that Obama’s senior portrait “prominently displayed … A package of ‘Zig-Zag’ rolling papers and a matchbook.” One of Obama’s close friends was arrested for drug possession during high school.

In his memoir, Obama talked about routinely getting high. “Junkie. Pothead,” he wrote. “That’s where I’d been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man.” But, according to Obama, he only got high because he was contemplating deep matters: drugs could “push questions of who I was out of my mind.”

Obama told students in 2007 that this activity constituted “goofing off” and “wasting time”:

"I will confess to you that I was kind of a goof off in high school as my mom reminded me," Obama said. "I went to high school in Hawaii, so there's a lot of opportunity to goof off because the weather is really good all the time …

"You know, I made some bad decisions …. You know, got into drinking and experimenting with drugs. There was a whole stretch of time where I didn't apply myself. It wasn't until I got out of … high school, and went to college that I started realizing, man, I wasted a lot of time.”

The New York Times, however, went out of its way to find Obama’s classmates to testify that drugs played only a “bit part” in Obama’s youth. Yet Obama would later brag on the campaign trail that he “inhaled frequently … that was the point.”

During his high school years, Obama hung out with communist radical Frank Marshall Davis; in 2007, the Los Angeles Times reported that during his high school days, “he felt the first stirrings of anger toward whites. He says he also delved into black nationalism.” He was “offended or even enraged when white classmates adopted black street slang or revealed their underlying consciousness of his race by going out of their way to tell him how much they admired a black musician or athlete.”

This activity is certainly more reflective of Obama’s ideological history than Mitt Romney’s pranks on teachers and fellow students. And as for the drug use – well, that seems just a bit more serious than walking a teacher into a door or cutting a student’s hair. But leave it to the Post to ignore or downplay all of that in favor of continuing stories about Romney’s dog, his high school hijinks, and whatever other nonsense they can use to protect President Obama from his own incompetence."

"http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/05/10/Obama-High-School-Drugs

And I know this is important stuff to decide how to solve our unemployment problem, the Arab Spring, the debt crisis, the spending, etc......SOOO...lets investigate who was potty trained first. That will surely give us the best indicator of who should be the leader of the free world.

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS POST PLEASE ? WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS, INCLUDING WHAT I POSTED HAVE TO DO WITH THE PROBLEMS FACING MY COUNTRY ?

Guest
05-10-2012, 05:53 PM
It's called vetting the candidate. When you're on the big stage, as Mitt Romney is now, every aspect of his past is going to be investigated. It's a matter of determining what his character is.

Guest
05-10-2012, 05:57 PM
It's called vetting the candidate. When you're on the big stage, as Mitt Romney is now, every aspect of his past is going to be investigated. It's a matter of determining what his character is.

I am all for it....couple problems....much of Obama's past is shrouded in mystery or as in the case of at least his college grades...he will not release them. And on others like his associations with dubious characters he just denies and press drops it.

But explain to me what HIGH SCHOOL activities have to do with vetting ?

For example I would never bring up that Obama has changed his stance on same sex marriages...THREE times on the record.....2004...2008....2012. Now lets vet that a bit and see what might be the common factor...OH..WAIT, they were all election years !!!!!

PS...I might add that I used to vet candidates for a living many years ago. No need to explain what it means

Guest
05-10-2012, 06:33 PM
and I apoligize for this in advance, MITT-picking....



It's called vetting the candidate. When you're on the big stage, as Mitt Romney is now, every aspect of his past is going to be investigated. It's a matter of determining what his character is.

Guest
05-10-2012, 06:38 PM
and I apoligize for this in advance, MITT-picking....

Now that is funny !!!!

Actually the story as presented is beginning to fall apart just a tad. Seems one guy says on thing in the Post and then is reported at ABC as not even being there.

This stuff is so minor league but it just points out that the media controls the show...totally. They made the decision in 2008 and are off and running already.

I know the Repubs have stuff....dont know whether it will be used. If you recall, an option to use some of it was given to McCain and he said he would not run a campaign like that. If necessary I hope they just let it all go...but would much prefer the decision be made on who can get this country back to work.....and who best to handle the economics.

BUT I liked your play on words.

Guest
05-10-2012, 08:35 PM
While this particular post does not surprise me, the space used by the Washington Post instead of writing about the problems facing this country does disappoint me a lot.

We should leave both these guys alone on this stuff when deciding who should be President, however....you must find this stuff important for whatever reason...so..

"While the Washington Post has been diligently digging into relatively innocent high school pranks by Mitt Romney, they’ve spent the last few years diligently ignoring President Obama’s far more controversial high school days.

Obama, by all accounts, was a habitual drug user in high school. He tried cocaine, he admits in Dreams From My Father; he “tried drugs enthusiastically.” The Chicago Tribune reported back in 2007 that Obama thanked the “Choom Gang” in his high school yearbook; “chooming” was Hawaiian slang for smoking pot. The Honolulu Advertiser reported that Obama’s senior portrait “prominently displayed … A package of ‘Zig-Zag’ rolling papers and a matchbook.” One of Obama’s close friends was arrested for drug possession during high school.

In his memoir, Obama talked about routinely getting high. “Junkie. Pothead,” he wrote. “That’s where I’d been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man.” But, according to Obama, he only got high because he was contemplating deep matters: drugs could “push questions of who I was out of my mind.”

Obama told students in 2007 that this activity constituted “goofing off” and “wasting time”:

"I will confess to you that I was kind of a goof off in high school as my mom reminded me," Obama said. "I went to high school in Hawaii, so there's a lot of opportunity to goof off because the weather is really good all the time …

"You know, I made some bad decisions …. You know, got into drinking and experimenting with drugs. There was a whole stretch of time where I didn't apply myself. It wasn't until I got out of … high school, and went to college that I started realizing, man, I wasted a lot of time.”

The New York Times, however, went out of its way to find Obama’s classmates to testify that drugs played only a “bit part” in Obama’s youth. Yet Obama would later brag on the campaign trail that he “inhaled frequently … that was the point.”

During his high school years, Obama hung out with communist radical Frank Marshall Davis; in 2007, the Los Angeles Times reported that during his high school days, “he felt the first stirrings of anger toward whites. He says he also delved into black nationalism.” He was “offended or even enraged when white classmates adopted black street slang or revealed their underlying consciousness of his race by going out of their way to tell him how much they admired a black musician or athlete.”

This activity is certainly more reflective of Obama’s ideological history than Mitt Romney’s pranks on teachers and fellow students. And as for the drug use – well, that seems just a bit more serious than walking a teacher into a door or cutting a student’s hair. But leave it to the Post to ignore or downplay all of that in favor of continuing stories about Romney’s dog, his high school hijinks, and whatever other nonsense they can use to protect President Obama from his own incompetence."

"http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/05/10/Obama-High-School-Drugs

And I know this is important stuff to decide how to solve our unemployment problem, the Arab Spring, the debt crisis, the spending, etc......SOOO...lets investigate who was potty trained first. That will surely give us the best indicator of who should be the leader of the free world.

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS POST PLEASE ? WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS, INCLUDING WHAT I POSTED HAVE TO DO WITH THE PROBLEMS FACING MY COUNTRY ?


As my wuber friend, RichieLion, would say about this post - just another feeble attempt of trying to divert the question. Sorry, Bucco, it does not fly. Attempt to discredit the President when your candidate has already been totally discredited does not work. :loco:

Guest
05-10-2012, 08:36 PM
As my wuber friend, RichieLion, would say about this post - just another feeble attempt of trying to divert the question. Sorry, Bucco, it does not fly. Attempt to discredit the President when your candidate has already been totally discredited does not work. :loco:

This post may be the funniest of your often funny posts. WOW

Guest
05-10-2012, 08:43 PM
The post obviously was so correct that you did not know how to respond. If you would like to state how Mr. Romney did NOT do what was stated, please do so. Otherwise ... ...

Guest
05-10-2012, 08:50 PM
The post obviously was so correct that you did not know how to respond. If you would like to state how Mr. Romney did NOT do what was stated, please do so. Otherwise ... ...

I will spend a few minutes on this although it is such a little kids game.

ONE. ....I dont care if he did !!!!!! I posted only to show the total and stupid foolishness of the entire thing.

Will share a few things.....counting skeletons in the closet is NOT something the Obama campaign wants or needs. Enough said on that ! Second, the entire story bout a 50 or 45 year ago instance in high school is falling apart all evening....THIRDLY opinions I am reading and hearing is that this stupidity on behalf of someone will backfire in its entirety BIG TIME. Those are opinions but coming from some pretty smart people. And lastly, I am still working on who was potty trained first...that will surely settle this race.

Guest
05-10-2012, 09:07 PM
dredging up crap from 40 years ago nets what?

Desperation that's what.

btk

Guest
05-10-2012, 09:16 PM
Speaks to his character. :smiley:

Guest
05-10-2012, 09:35 PM
As my wuber friend, RichieLion, would say about this post - just another feeble attempt of trying to divert the question. Sorry, Bucco, it does not fly. Attempt to discredit the President when your candidate has already been totally discredited does not work. :loco:

sorry, buggyone, can't agree here. bringing up a romney issue such as this begs for a tit-for-tat response. in this case, the newspaper [obama campaign?] is attempting to discredit romney; and has since run into a prob since one of those alleged to have been at the scene personally denies the event. same cannot be said about the high school drinking and dope smoking by obama since it was personally written by himself in his memoir! can't claim that it did not happen - unless the pres can come up with another lame excuse like he has re julia, the composite.

now, THAT speaks to obama's character!

Guest
05-11-2012, 07:11 AM
Mitt Romney organized a posse to attack and humiliate another student he perceived as gay while he was in prep school in the 1960's. While holding the student down, Romney cut his hair off while the student screamed for help.

Romney started out the day saying he didn't remember the incident, then switched to a 'mistakes were made' apology. This story has been corroborated by several others who were there at the time. Unfortunately, the victim has since died.

If President Obama had been involved in an incident of this nature while in high school, everyone at Fox News would need smelling salts.


Mitt Romney’s prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-prep-school-classmates-recall-pranks-but-also-troubling-incidents/2012/05/10/gIQA3WOKFU_story.html?hpid=z3)

Romney Apologizes For Bullying In Prep School, Says He Didn't Know Victim Was Gay (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/10/romney-bully-gay-bullying_n_1506382.html)

Not sure how much relevance this really has as it was many years ago. I agree with you janmcn about Fox News. They'd have this on 24/7. Character is important but so is forgiving mistakes people have made when very young. That's why they seal juvenile records because teens can grow up to be good citizens. Sealing Juvenile Court Records | Nolo.com (http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/sealing-juvenile-court-records-32228.html) Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: Sealing Juvenile Record Has Benefits And Barriers (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/youth-radio-youth-media-international/sealing-a-juvenile-record_b_1439194.html)

Guest
05-11-2012, 08:37 AM
I am all for it....couple problems....much of Obama's past is shrouded in mystery or as in the case of at least his college grades...he will not release them. And on others like his associations with dubious characters he just denies and press drops it.

But explain to me what HIGH SCHOOL activities have to do with vetting ?

For example I would never bring up that Obama has changed his stance on same sex marriages...THREE times on the record.....2004...2008....2012. Now lets vet that a bit and see what might be the common factor...OH..WAIT, they were all election years !!!!!

PS...I might add that I used to vet candidates for a living many years ago. No need to explain what it means

We have revelations to present on Obama's sordid activities in High School, such as his association with communists, the black nationalism movement, and his rampant drug use.

Lefties better beware the direction they want to take this process.

Flashback: Obama (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/05/10/Obama-High-School-Drugs)