Romney staff refusing to let frostbitten children leave PA rally

[TroyD]

http://americablog.com/2012/11/romney-staff-refusing-to-let-frostbitten-children-leave-pa-rally.html

[Iggy]

1. Hansel and Gretel Story??

n/t

[Scootaloo]

2. Isn't false imprisonment a felony?

[jsaro]

4. It's a crime

Not sure whether it's a felony or a misdemeanor, depends on state law. Somebody who is being held against their will should call 911.

[Downwinder]

3. Captive Audience!!

[sabrina 1]

5. And will these people still vote for Romney I wonder?

This should make headlines. Once again, Republicans demonstrate how even those who support them, are merely 'commodities', to be used, profited from and abused.

[ffr]

21. K&R Those are the words I had been searching for.

Well done!

[titaniumsalute]

6. It's cold, but no kids are getting frostbite

It's 44 degrees in Philly right now. Maybe they need to dress their kids better.

With that said, NO ONE, no matter what the fucking temperature, can be held at a political rally. You'd have to fucking shoot me from stopping me from leaving something like that if I wanted to leave.

The only exception is if you are trying to leave through a secured area by secret service or something.

[Alleycat]

10. Maybe they are just too pampered!

[marybourg]

14. People with Reynaud's Syndrome can and do get white bloodless

fingers and toes even at 60 degrees if it's damp and they've been outdoors for a while. There's a noticible right-wing-like lack of sympathy (and knowledge) on this forum lately.

[titaniumsalute]

16. For crying out loud...really?

Yes maybe their child had the rare blood disorder Raynauds Disease. You didn't even spell it correctly.

If they did have a child with the disease why did they take them out into a 40 degree evening going to a rally where you don't know a true schedule...

Don't give me crap about right wing lack of sympathy. I have four kids and make sure we plan appropriately when going out into public.

The real point is these people were herded and refused exit. I would think the Fire and Safety services would be furious.

[marybourg]

17. It's not rare at all and it's not a blood disorder. It's

an autoimmune neurological condition. A high percentage of females have it to some degree. We can't live our lives indoors, but when we get cold, we have to seek shelter. Your sympathy is touching.

[titaniumsalute]

19. Sorry I meant blood vessels, not blood disease

And yes it is rare. I have spent most of my life in Cleveland...a very cold place. I have four kids and a wife who has taught for 12 years in high school. She's also never heard of it. I researched it and multiple sites say it is rare. No offense, you are very concerned about this and don't even know how to spell it.

I'm sorry if you have this condition but the odds that the Romney "My kids are freezing" tweeter having this disease is a stretch.

[Cane4Dems]

7. That's what they deserve for going to a Romney rally

[Alleycat]

8. Does anyone else find this funny?

I can't stop laughing.

[Fresh_Start]

9. Romney's handlers too cheap to spend $5000 at Walmart to bring in compliant

people for this photo op?
At least the people should be learning what to expect from Romney.
You are there for his convenience, not the other way around.

[LP2K12]

11. Now they're saying...

it was a decision by the Secret Service for safety. HAHAHAHAH

[jsaro]

13. Baloney!

Verify that with the Secret Service. This could really get these guys in a mess legally. Pathetic and desperate! I feel for those people who don't know that they have a legal right t leave unless there is a true safety reason for them to be detained. Just leave, people!

[craigmatic]

12. From desperation to creepy to cruel, I guess Mittens has evolved.

[anneboleyn]

15. His true colors=cruel. The stories about how he interacted with women in the Mormon church

(when he was "bishop" in his particular area) show a breathtaking capacity for cruelty. Women who were in difficult situations and needed empathy and help reported that he would SEEM sympathetic but then turn on them quite heartlessly (mainly to preserve the "moral integrity" and power of his position).

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/02/mitt-romney-201202

[TwilightGardener]

18. Republicans. Can't find their way out of rallies and

wet paper bags.

[outsideworld]

20. Lmaoooooo