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

Sat May 12, 2012, 09:26 AM

treestar (40,532 posts)

75. A crime is a crime

That's an assault. They may be subject to the juvenile system. But we don't allow youth to commit assault and battery now, claiming it's just the way kids are and the law of the jungle. Kids are born barbarians, but they have to be trained out of it. By the time they are in high school (and we entrust them with driving) they should not better to commit assault and battery on others. That was not "normal" youthful behavior. Plenty of people get through their teens without assaulting other teens.

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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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