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In the discussion thread: Conservatives counter claims that Mitt Romney was a bully: Obama was even worse! [View all]

Fri May 11, 2012, 04:49 PM

56. Buried deep in the original WP story were some chilling lines:

"Friedemann, guilt ridden, made a point of not talking about it with his friend and waited to see what form of discipline would befall Romney at the famously strict institution. Nothing happened."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-prep-school-classmates-recall-pranks-but-also-troubling-incidents/2012/05/10/gIQA3WOKFU_story.html?hpid=z2

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Conservatives counter claims that Mitt Romney was a bully: Obama was even worse! [View all]	truthisfreedom	May 2012	OP
not to mention Obama growing into a decent person and Rmoney	mysuzuki2	May 2012	#1
I think the measure of damage done is this: Which one was screaming? Which one left four witnesses	truthisfreedom	May 2012	#2
Sounds like both of them	HotRodTuna	May 2012	#35
More false equivalence	bongbong	May 2012	#42
Middle school is not High school	AlbertCat	May 2012	#64
This message was self-deleted by its author	AlbertCat	May 2012	#65
Obama was on the playground in elementary	sufrommich	May 2012	#69
Really? Just as pissed?	Orangepeel	May 2012	#71
The more they say, the worse they look.	polichick	May 2012	#3
President Obama owned his mistakes when he wrote about them for all to see.	ZombieHorde	May 2012	#4
We will know that Obama has really "grown" when he stands up for liberals	JDPriestly	May 2012	#29
Interesting Goal-Post moving. Obama must call Republicans "idiots", or DU can't support him,eh?	emulatorloo	May 2012	#39
Obama should not be ashamed to be identified with those of us	JDPriestly	May 2012	#59
Plus, this was in Obama's memoir. Rmoney claims "not to remember"	villager	May 2012	#5
Huge differences here	nobodyspecial	May 2012	#6
There is more logic to it than appears.	zeemike	May 2012	#17
That is not logic	nobodyspecial	May 2012	#21
...it is the logic of Machiavelli...	happerbolic	May 2012	#23
completely OT but i just stole your sig line animated gif	yodermon	May 2012	#46
Hell, i can't even remember...	happerbolic	May 2012	#61
If you can't be better than them, make sure they do the same thing.	obxhead	May 2012	#7
+1000	mac56	May 2012	#25
I don't see any fucking scissors (aka a 'deadly weapon') in	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#8
Haha, good ole sean. Love the	iamthebandfanman	May 2012	#9
I believe Mitty said.	spartan61	May 2012	#16
Willard and the disabled teacher	riverwalker	May 2012	#10
actually remembering with regret	Voice for Peace	May 2012	#11
But what amazes me is ...	1StrongBlackMan	May 2012	#12
I'm beginning to think conservatives own more copies of Dreams From My Father than liberals	thelordofhell	May 2012	#13
The Bible?	bongbong	May 2012	#43
That's my point	thelordofhell	May 2012	#54
Naive	Libertarian90	May 2012	#81
crhistian---is that an offshoot?	ScreamingMeemie	May 2012	#82
Where did I say that all republicans are bible thumpers?	thelordofhell	May 2012	#83
re:Conservatives counter claims that Mitt Romney was a bully: Obama was even worse!	allan01	May 2012	#14
Well hell... I fought with a neighbor kid over a swing and then she fell....	Harriety	May 2012	#15
He was definitely marked for life. Here's a quote from the original article, from the victim:	truthisfreedom	May 2012	#18
"Sean Hannity, human bag of hammers" -- Steven Colbert ... eom	Kolesar	May 2012	#19
I think analyzing someone's behavior as a child is pretty dumb.	chrisa	May 2012	#20
Okay then how about this?	Stinky The Clown	May 2012	#22
Willard was 17-18 years old...n/t	monmouth	May 2012	#30
Sounds to me that Obama was being bullied by kids claiming he was Coretta's	JDPriestly	May 2012	#24
very good point. nt	magical thyme	May 2012	#45
I thought about this story more and realized that it was about	JDPriestly	May 2012	#57
12-14 Year Old Obama Pushes Girl; 17-18 Year Old Romney Pushes Boy to the Ground	erpowers	May 2012	#26
Here's a little breakdown.	truthisfreedom	May 2012	#33
Actually, he was only 10, in 5th grade	TuxedoKat	May 2012	#72
If it gets even worse for	Iliyah	May 2012	#27
Just like the swiftboaters did to Kerry.	drm604	May 2012	#32
Yes, expect to see all of the right wingers saying this on news sites	adigal	May 2012	#44
You mean the thing he wrote about himself because he felt shitty about? Yeah this is taylor	Guy Whitey Corngood	May 2012	#28
By what twisted logic is that worse?	drm604	May 2012	#31
So, Romney was trying to prove he wasn't in love....?	McCamy Taylor	May 2012	#34
rimshot	HotRodTuna	May 2012	#38
I have no doubt that Willard's tiny pecker...	Frank Cannon	May 2012	#68
Let's just face the elephant in the room. Mitt Romney should have been tried as an adult and served	truthisfreedom	May 2012	#36
And thus the criminalization of youth continues	HotRodTuna	May 2012	#41
I should have put in the sarcasm emoticon. It was an attempt at being over-the-top.	truthisfreedom	May 2012	#51
Although: When principals were asked what would happen to a student if this happened in a modern-day	truthisfreedom	May 2012	#52
+1 Absolutely	treestar	May 2012	#74
Buried deep in the original WP story were some chilling lines:	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#56
Yes, I Saw That Too	DallasNE	May 2012	#80
A crime is a crime	treestar	May 2012	#75
Obama Remembers An Event	DallasNE	May 2012	#37
Exactly. Right wing "equivalency" is as usual, false	treestar	May 2012	#76
Is Hannity as dumb as he appears, or is he acting	emulatorloo	May 2012	#40
Both. They're not mutually exclusive. n/t	VWolf	May 2012	#47
the real comparison is between one man	grantcart	May 2012	#48
Yea, looks like he is worse, just look what is happening to them.	nolabels	May 2012	#49
"Uncovered."	CBHagman	May 2012	#50
What Hannity, et al, fail to disclose is what Obama wrote immediately following the excerpt	Tx4obama	May 2012	#53
exactly~ eom	roscoeroscoe	May 2012	#55
it was something he felt bad about at the time and never forgot , what Romney did was even worse	JI7	May 2012	#58
Talk about false equivalence!	HeiressofBickworth	May 2012	#60
It states in the article he was TEN. How is that Middle School?	alphafemale	May 2012	#62
Isn't Middle School 6th, 7th & 8th Grades?	DallasNE	May 2012	#79
How low can they go?	Brooklyn Dame	May 2012	#63
Romney as an adult is still part of the party that bullies gays.	athenasatanjesus	May 2012	#66
Actually, they're now saying it never happened	nxylas	May 2012	#67
In the interest of fairness and balance, here's the rest of that passage	rocktivity	May 2012	#70
I read the book and don't remember that part	treestar	May 2012	#73
I've read some of the book and remember the story quite clearly	RFKHumphreyObama	May 2012	#78
Obama remembers and is ashamed of it	ibegurpard	May 2012	#77

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