The Romney bullying story really bugs me

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_moksha
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Re: The Romney bullying story really bugs me

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Brigham Morris Young (son of Brigham Young)
In drag as Italian opera diva "Madam Pattirini"
(circa 1901 photographic placard advertising "her" appearance
in the Sugar House Ward, Salt Lake City, Utah;
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At least Mitt never tried to cut this guy's hair.
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Not sure this really happened. The alleged victim (who is deceased) has sisters who claim no knowledge of the assault.

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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Not sure this really happened. The alleged victim (who is deceased) has sisters who claim no knowledge of the assault.

Even without my (admitted) bias, I would tend to believe multiple, separately interviewed witnesses/participants rather than a relative who was definitely nowhere near the alleged event.

I don't know about you, but my sisters don't have any idea what happened to me in the school hallways.
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krose wrote:
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Not sure this really happened. The alleged victim (who is deceased) has sisters who claim no knowledge of the assault.

Even without my (admitted) bias, I would tend to believe multiple, separately interviewed witnesses/participants rather than a relative who was definitely nowhere near the alleged event.

I don't know about you, but my sisters don't have any idea what happened to me in the school hallways.


Sure. I also understand politics can make a lot of people insane. So... Who knows?

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http://www.salon.com/2012/05/11/yes_mitt_gets_worse/

"What’s giving the story legs isn’t merely the homophobic hair-cutting episode, which a lawyer friend of Romney’s termed “assault and battery,” not “hijinks.” It’s Romney’s callous reaction. His campaign first tried to shrug off the story with an insincere non-apology, but when the details of Horowitz’s tale got people’s attention – the “terrified” classmate John Lauber “with tears in his eyes” as Romney chopped off his hair with a scissor; the callow preppie leading a sight-impaired teacher into a set of closed doors – the candidate made his own statement. And what a statement it was."
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But how does Obama's behavior excuse Mitt's?


I hold hopes that there is a special place in hell for bullies. Perhaps it's explains some things about who I am right now.

So why does this story about Mitt not bother me so much? Because every time I get up for work on Saturday and often times Sunday, and every time I read my paystubb, I'm reminded of who the bully is right now.
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ajax18 wrote:So why does this story about Mitt not bother me so much? Because every time I get up for work on Saturday and often times Sunday, and every time I read my paystubb, I'm reminded of who the bully is right now.

Ah, so your employer is a bully. You know, you're always complaining about how bad your job and your life are. Maybe you should consider a change in career. It can't be good for your health to work at a job you hate so much.

Still, personal issues aside, I don't see what it has to do with Romney's bullying story.
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