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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGillespie: Romney ‘Doesn’t Remember’ Bullying Incidents In Post Report
Senior Romney adviser Ed Gillespie responded to a Washington Post story that details how Romney led an incident of bullying while he was a student at the elite Cranbrook school, on MSNBC Thursday morning.
Gov. Romney doesnt remember that at all. It was in high school. I suppose if there was an investigative team that went through my high school yearbook, they could find some incidents that I dont remember that if I did remember I might not like, Gillespie said, adding that those who know Romney know that he is a caring, compassionate person and that has been evidenced in his career.
Does Gillespie find it troubling?
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/gillespie-comments-on-romney-bullying-incident
Wash Post article - Romney was an anti-gay bully in High School - assaulted gay student
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002668805
Scuba
(53,475 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)been 30-some years ago.
surrealAmerican
(11,361 posts)... Romney is older than he looks.
He probably bullied other kids every day. Why would he remember this one?
Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)as long as you live. Romney is either lying about not remembering or incidents like this were so commonplace to him that he can't recall any one of them in particular.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)asking Colonel Sanders about "that one chicken".
FSogol
(45,485 posts)ret5hd
(20,491 posts)either the multiple witnesses are lying, or
bullying incidents like this were so common to Rmoney that he simply can't be expected to remember each and every one of them.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)pranks? right.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)Last edited Thu May 10, 2012, 10:48 AM - Edit history (1)
of limitations and prohibition on ex post facto laws, Romney could be charged with felony assault.
And Gillespie isn't 'troubled'?
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)where have we heard that before?
Rush Limbaugh said that what happened was no worse than a fraternity prank-that soldiers were just having a little fun. His message was that these prisoners had it coming to them. (Never mind that the famously hooded prisoner, hooked up to the electric wires, was actually under arrest for carjacking, not terrorism. Never mind that these same conservatives pundits want to put film-makers in jail for showing nudity on the public airwaves, but forcing naked Iraqis to perform sexual acts on film is just some good old American fun.)
http://voices.yahoo.com/the-legacy-abu-ghraib-was-really-torture-74711.html
sgsmith
(398 posts)And not a prank?
Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Can't say I'm surprised.
Better get ready to keep tally marks. How many times will Mitt have said "I don't recall" after this thing completely blows up?
malaise
(269,004 posts)It has always been about him - why would he remember anything about anyone if it isn't about him and his money
George A
(6 posts)redqueen
(115,103 posts)I'm so sick of abuse and harassment being minimized by bullies.
Skinner
(63,645 posts)I have no doubt that Romney remembers this incident. You don't forget something like this. This is a truly awful, gut wrenching story. The fact that he won't own up to it indicates that he is either deeply ashamed of it, or he is a cold-hearted asshole.
If he had any guts, if he had any human decency, he would admit that he did it and express how ashamed he is. But he didn't because he is a coward and a bully.
Ishoutandscream2
(6,662 posts)with the "I was young" line if he came out and sincerely apologized and showed regret for the incident. He is once again taking the coward's way out.
madmom
(9,681 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Let's not normalize Romney just because we don't usually speak his 1%-er language:
"Romney was a bully while in Upper School; assaulted perceived gay student with scissors"
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Republicans have NO capacity for empathy.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)It's about the assault of another student because of his perceived sexual orientation. Someone capable of such an act should not be President of the United States.
demgrrrll
(3,590 posts)radar for people. This is it. This defines him. People who have this mind set do like to fire people and don't care who they hurt as long as they get what they want and no one in their immediate environment is threatening their notions of how the world should operate. This man should not get anywhere near the White House. Romney remembers pinning that person and cutting his hair. Bet on it.