Romney's Bullying/Gay Bashing High School Days

[Razgovory]

It has been nearly 50 years since the alleged incident.  I'm sure when there's that much time between me & my high school years, I'll have forgotten a lot of stuff I did, good or bad.  And there's a good chance that the story itself might be a bit different than it was originally reported.

True, he could have been much, much worse.

[Maximus]

Jeez, overreact much?

I would expect criminal charges if a group of 18 years olds jumped me and cut off my hair. And I have a lot less hair than the average high school student. 

Yea, physical assault is a criminal matter. The tendency to laugh it off just because it happens in school is disgusting and makes it difficult to clamp down on that sort of thing.

This having been said. It's not really relevant in this case. The statute of limitations is probably out on this one.

[CountDeMoney]

This having been said. It's not really relevant in this case. The statute of limitations is probably out on this one.

That, and the victim died in 2004. 

[DGuller]

This having been said. It's not really relevant in this case. The statute of limitations is probably out on this one.

That, and the victim died in 2004. 

Well, I think somebody ought to look into how the victim died. 

[CountDeMoney]

This having been said. It's not really relevant in this case. The statute of limitations is probably out on this one.

That, and the victim died in 2004. 

Well, I think somebody ought to look into how the victim died. 

The Clintons did it.

[alfred russel]

This having been said. It's not really relevant in this case. The statute of limitations is probably out on this one.

That, and the victim died in 2004. 

Someone should look into whether the Romneys have baptised him yet.

[alfred russel]

I finally ended the bullying by the second guy on one clear morning.  While he was home sleepping, I got on the plane and flew to Warsaw, and from there flew to New York, with my family.  The sadist never bothered me again after that.

[alfred russel]

Well, the thing is Romney's kind of a dick. This childhood story is believable because it supports that.

Just like most of the stories about Obama's childhood brought up in supports the narrative that he's not at all an average white guy but rather at least a little bit foreign.

Someone contrasted this to a story about Bush who apparently took up for a gay guy getting harrassed in college by saying, "why don't you try walking a mile in his shoes first?" You had a sense that Bush at his core was a basically decent guy. You don't get that with Romney.

[Neil]

Having said that no-one should be judged for what they did at high school.  But I still think Romney's lying when he says he doesn't remember this.  He should have said 'yeah this happened, I'm sorry to those, but I was a jerk at high school - that happens'.

I disagree--I think he was 18 in the story, and if not he was close to it. Getting a group of people together to attack and then cut the hair of a guy that is suspected of being gay (or at least different) is criminal. If a story like this came up and the students went to jail, I don't think anyone would be appalled by a criminal charge.

He can't admit that he remembers doing the things in the story because they are actually really bad. Until he admits them, the reporting of the story has to reflect some possibility that it isn't true.

See, this was in the sixties, before all that lawyer crybaby bullshit that has resulted in six-year olds getting perp-walked in cuffs.

You're everything that's wrong with the world.

[Neil]

This having been said. It's not really relevant in this case. The statute of limitations is probably out on this one.

That, and the victim died in 2004. 

Someone should look into whether the Romneys have baptised him yet.

[DGuller]

Well, the thing is Romney's kind of a dick. This childhood story is believable because it supports that.

Just like most of the stories about Obama's childhood brought up in supports the narrative that he's not at all an average white guy but rather at least a little bit foreign.

Someone contrasted this to a story about Bush who apparently took up for a gay guy getting harrassed in college by saying, "why don't you try walking a mile in his shoes first?" You had a sense that Bush at his core was a basically decent guy. You don't get that with Romney.

Bush did have a frat boy douchebag vibe about him, but yeah, I would generally agree that politics aside, he was a pretty decent guy.  Romney gives off a sociopath vibe.

[derspiess]

I always thought Mitt came across as a likable guy, even when I opposed him.

I suppose anyone who dare run against Obama becomes teh evol here though.

[Camerus]

Jesus Christ.

I don't give a fuck what Mitt Romney did in high school.

Really? Romney, at 17 or 18 years of age, targeted, planned and then assaulted an innocent person.  Seems odd to just dismiss it out of hand.

Though granted, this was back in the '60's, when fag bashing and youth violence generally was as mainstream as Tweeting.

[Razgovory]

I always thought Mitt came across as a likable guy, even when I opposed him.

I suppose anyone who dare run against Obama becomes teh evol here though.

Yeah, bullies do tend to like one another.  I didn't care for him to begin with, even if he is a Democrat who has infiltrated the GOP.  He's like what you would get if you asked Central Casting for a guy who looked like a president.

[KRonn]

What an amazing non-story this is, eh? A little acting up by high school kids in the 60s! The guy who claimed it bothered him for a long time apparently only learned of it from the Post a little while ago. And he heard if from a friend of a friend, or someone else did. Great story Post! Front page! Lol. The family of the guy being talked about, who is deceased, want nothing to do with this story. Apparently it wasn't gay bashing, but hey it might have been,who knows. Certianly not the supposed witnesses.

Oh, and it comes out in Pres Obama's book that he was mean to girlfriends, probably in grade school or something? Maybe a right wing newspaper can do an expose on that, find some witnesses, or those who may know a friend of a witness. Lol..