i’m a bit more fuzzy on the notion of whether “the people who can’t pass up an opportunity to protect and apologize for a bully” 40 years later are really functioning as enablers.

Given that anti-bullying initiatives are being considered in various states and communities and that some politicians, pundits and religious fanatics are opposing any anti-bullying laws, I’m not fuzzy on this issue at all.

It doesn’t say a lot that Romney is the best that the GOP could find, it says WAY TOO MUCH.

Bleh- non issue.

How many times have we had this discussion about how you are always dismissive of other people’s suffering?

Woops, achieving redundancy has been achieved. Sorry about that. Too much horror for the brain to filter through.

You have been made aware of this chain of events, from the initial assault led by an 18 year-old Romney as recalled by others who were not only eyewitnesses but participants, and GOP members, to the current day wherein the GOP nominee not only has no remorse, but refuses to acknowledge any memory of his behaviour despite the clear memory of own friends to prompt him.

To purposefully disregard what you have been made aware of in your estimation of candidates for the highest office in the land is absolutely ridiculous and I warrant that you know it.

You can’t claim that you only concern yourself with matters of policy in these estimations, because character and integrity are reflected in policy, which is why they are important in selecting policy-makers. It is also a bad idea to select a policy-maker that has such a poor memory, a really bad idea.

And a policy-maker  who has no empathy is the -very- -last- -thing- you want, whether you know it or not.

ETA – Romney isn’t going to be much different than Obama if he wins. None of them are that different. They only differentiate when they want to win elections.

Oh please.

Which president do you think will be more likely to push for gay marriage next year? The one who just endorsed it or the one who said he never would?

When Prop 8 comes before the Supreme Court, which president do you think will instruct the Department of Justice to defend the prop and which will tell them not to defend it?

The false equivocation between Romney and Obama is complete bullshit, and only works if they only thing you care about — and the only thing you think the president does — is deciding whether companies get bailed out to save the economy.

j/k, but you are wrong to assume that assaulting someone the way Romney did when he was 18 years old is the same as throwing paper airplanes in class or cheating on a quiz.

BTW you think you are not a douchbag now, and Romney seems to feel the same way about himself. 

Did you lower your bar just now, or raise it?

I was surprised that HuffPo only had about 6,000 comments on this by the end of the day, especially since it was their banner for a while. President Obama’s gay marriage support had > 50,000 comments. Just thinking about it made me need to lie down with a cool cloth on my forehead.

The few occasions I assaulted anyone as a kid I was turning the tables, sticking it to a bully. Mostly after 7th grade when I realised I could take a severe beating and probably live, and never shed a tear or capitulate. 

I can think of a few girlfriends I’d like to see again and apologize -again- for being somewhat insensitive, but most of my ex’s are on good terms or still friends.

Dumb things?, yes, assaulting someone?, not in that context. Not even close.

Zombie Romney would be better than the current edition, at least it would be honest and direct. Anyway I wouldn’t vote for anyone with a dead person inside them.

BTW Romney was 18 years old and legally an adult at the time of the incident in question.

*) Not meant to be a factual quote. He left out the part about the layoffs.

http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html

The only thing he had to do to avoid either of those interpretations was tell the truth.

That said, I can choose to remember nothing. I don’t believe Romney doesn’t remember and I’m disappointed that he cannot make anyone believe it.

I think it the latter, because he used his privilege to establish himself as a leader and then had other children doing very bad things with him. Without the privilege of being the son of the Gov. he would have faced stiffer competition in all things and faced penalties/rewards for his behaviour that may have modified it. But as it stands he went from a pre-pubescent that leads others to throws rocks at girls, even while in the uniform of a system that espoused honourable behaviour, to a post-pubescent man-boy that attacked homosexuals and coerced others to do the same.

We know he is not remarkable, he could not be who and where he is without taking full advantage of his privileged upbringing. 

Something has been noted, but probably not what you were going for @bill stanley

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