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50 Years Later, a Bullying Case Snares Romney
The New York Slimes ^ | May 10, 2012 | ASHLEY PARKER and JODI KANTOR

Posted on 05/10/2012 7:08:30 PM PDT by Malone LaVeigh

The day after President Obama endorsed gay marriage, Mitt Romney found himself responding to allegations that as a teenager he taunted a prep school classmate who later came out as gay.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bully; fakebutaccurate; gay; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; jasonblairsyndrome; kenyanbornmuzzie; romney; romney2012; romneytruthfile; smearcampaign; swrdswllwngsdshw; yellowjournalism
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To: mo; ridesthemiles

Exactly! I said the same thing when I first heard about this latest propaganda. They can find out about Romney 50 years ago, but no HS classmates from Punahou?? My brother-in-law is younger than Barry, but was at Punahou at the same time, AND followed basketball. He never heard of Barry (not that it’s THAT small a school, but supposedly Barry was some hot-shot basketball player).

Any classmates? Anyone who remembers him??


21 posted on 05/10/2012 7:54:13 PM PDT by Borax Queen
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To: Malone LaVeigh

The concept of “bullies” resonates deeply and is pretty common human experience. People who’ve had a run in with bullies have a visceral reaction when they encounter another one.

I bet zero’s campaign is behind this - and is just the tip of the iceberg.

Now that RINOmney apologized - confirming he was guilty - I believe the bullying meme will be used to tie into him also being one of the 1 percenters - who got their $ by defrauding , cheating or abusing others (another common meme about rich people... Especially business men)


22 posted on 05/10/2012 7:55:20 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ("I'm comfortable with a Romney win." - Pres. Jimmy Carter)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Only gays can be victims of bullying, just like only blacks can be victims of racism.


23 posted on 05/10/2012 7:56:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh
Nothing like POTUS beating up defenseless little girls! "I ran up to Coretta and gave her a slight shove; she staggered back and looked up at me, but said nothing. "Leave me alone!" I shouted again."


24 posted on 05/10/2012 7:57:38 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Malone LaVeigh

I think stuff like this actually gives Romney street cred.

Seriously.

Turns out he’s not as Glenn Beck says, “a monocle away from being the Monopoly guy”.


25 posted on 05/10/2012 7:59:40 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (Vote for the straight guy.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

I hope Mitt resigns over this.

Can we start a petition?

Can they find something even better than this to make him resign? Please.

Keep digging, and thank you for your effort.

Sincerely,

All Conservative Americans


26 posted on 05/10/2012 8:00:25 PM PDT by word_warrior_bob (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs6qZd_xP1w)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

If it turns out that he gave someone a wedgie he will never recover..lol.
These stories actually make Romney look great by comparison as the Obama campaign shoots self in the foot again.
It just so happens that during this exact time the president was doing cocaine and smoking weed, or so HE SAYS in his memoirs.


27 posted on 05/10/2012 8:00:56 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (Cogito Ergo Doleo Soetoro, ABO and of course FUBO!)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

And this Romney story has been running all day long on radio news. Just heard it again on the ABC radio news at the top of the hour.

Haven’t heard a single thing about Obama’s HS pot smoking and goofing around, today or anytime since he became a candidate.


28 posted on 05/10/2012 8:07:11 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Ronin

And for others the reaction will be — “hey, he got into a brawl. He’s normal.”


29 posted on 05/10/2012 8:07:34 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Mitt! You're going to have to try harder than that to be "severely conservative" my friend.)
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To: Zeppelin

Yep. But to tell the truth, I expected they would have better ammunition than this.

Comeon! I was not much of a bully because I was more likely to BE bullied when I was a kid, but even if I remembered who did it, I wouldn’t hold it against them at this stage of my life.

I imagine Bubba Clinton would have had some funny things to say about geeks when he was in high school, as would most anyone else. This is just silly.


30 posted on 05/10/2012 8:09:52 PM PDT by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

This is just the start of the death of a thousand cuts they have planned for Romney... He is not who he says he is that will say, can’t be trusted. Example after example will be offered keeping him on the defencive. He will get full measure and then some of what he dished out on the conservatives, tea party , Palin and others. Yes he was behind some of the attacks on Palin through his surrogates.

I would not underestimate the quiet impact of even this seemingly small one. There are many many voters out there who remember the rich kid bullies and socialites in school that looked down on them, teased them and made themselves bigger by being obnoxious, rude and snobby because that were untouchable and rich. The kids that took the city bus or lesser transportation not their own cars will remember. Might not be fair but it is what it is.


31 posted on 05/10/2012 8:10:28 PM PDT by Breto (The Establishment party is killing our country)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Dear NY Times:

No one gives a s**t.

Next..........


32 posted on 05/10/2012 8:12:30 PM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: Borax Queen

From this day forward, Romney should make a point of challenging the media to compare accounts by his “childhood acquaintances”,... to Obama’s.

Obama has no “childhood acquaintances”.

That’s just weird. Creepy.


33 posted on 05/10/2012 8:13:14 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (Vote for the straight guy.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh
The Nytimese declare their nonpartisan vetting of both with this description of the effort to vet President Obama:
A thorough vetting of President Obama revealed nothing of any concern.. Times staff examined every book released by President Obama. Dreams from My Father, The Audacity of Hope,Of Thee I Sing, Change We Can Believe In, Barack Obama in His Own Words. No effort was spared to vet the President.
34 posted on 05/10/2012 8:13:51 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: p. henry
"I’m sure there was no coordination here - none at all."

Nope......nope; nothing to see here. Just take the pill and swallow; just trust 'em. Yep. Pure coincidence.

35 posted on 05/10/2012 8:16:28 PM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

New York Times reporting = Nobel Peace Prize = Harvard degree:

All totally, completely compromised and utterly worthless.


36 posted on 05/10/2012 8:22:21 PM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Who said Pravda west can’t vet candidates? It just depends on who the candidate is.

Well, this will dominate the news for a couple weeks so obama’s record can be ignored. And after that, it will be something else.

I fully expect them to come up with something Romney said or did when he was 5 or 6 years old.


37 posted on 05/10/2012 8:22:38 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: Malone LaVeigh

“Was this a sole episode of youthful poor judgment by Mr. Romney or a larger statement about his character? “

The possibilities are endless. I can see the NY Times going on as if they’ve ID’d another Auschwicz concentration camp guard. I don’t know about everyone else, but now that “Romney the Remorseless” has been found, if the NY Times continues to hunt down every male that acted like a jerk during his teens, I’m going to have plastic surgery, change my name, and slip into Argentina.


38 posted on 05/10/2012 8:26:21 PM PDT by haroldeveryman
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda; All

Here is what we know about his sordid past.

The best Obama exposure site on the net:

The Obama File
http://theobamafile.com/

The United States Library of Congress has selected
TheObamaFile.com for inclusion in its historic collection
of Internet materials
http://theobamafile.com/LibraryOfCongress.html

http://theobamafile.com/index_next_politics.html

http://www.theobamafile.com/index_next_personal.html

http://www.theobamafile.com/BarackObama.htm

http://www.theobamafile.com/_family/FamilyPage.htm

http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaEducation.htm

http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaPsychology.htm

http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaReligion.htm

http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaWife.htm

http://www.theobamafile.com/_associates/ObamaAssociates.htm

http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaIconography.htm

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39 posted on 05/10/2012 8:28:01 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: mo

I’d be real interested in hearing form any of Obama’s school buddies.. from anytime...anywhere.


That kind of stuff is a more closely kept secret than the Manhattan Project was. Kept secret by the media, I mean. Anyway, Pravda west would say that was sooo long ago it doesn’t matter.


40 posted on 05/10/2012 8:28:05 PM PDT by chessplayer
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