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[Drunken Irishman]

1. Sounds like a serial killer.

[crunch60]

139. Yes indeed, and shades of these two serial killers. Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono.

I call Romney's behavior strange, delusional and dangerous.

Bianchi and Buono would usually cruise around Los Angeles in Buono's car and use fake badges to persuade girls that they were undercover cops. Their victims were women and girls aged 12 to 28 from various walks of life. They would then order the girls into Buono's "unmarked police car" and drive them home to torture and murder them.

Bianchi was deeply troubled from a young age, and his adoptive mother described him as being "a compulsive liar who had risen from the cradle dissembling". He often worried her with his penchant for trance-like daydreams.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

44. Agreed nt

[progressivebydesign]

63. Seriously. Whenever I see his pic, I think there is something very wrong in there. n/t

[yurbud]

190. I see something empty. With Bush and Cheney, you felt like you were looking at a corrupt

morally syphilitic person, but a person nonetheless.

It's hard to muster much for feeling for Romney than I would for an umbrella stand. There's just no one there.

[Javaman]

76. I've been saying all along he's a sociopath...

just another crazy ass repuke that likes to play pretend hero without doing the work.

[Orsino]

86. Sounds rather like a serial rapist.

If he often "pulled over students from a girls school next door to Cranbrook," what do we think happened during those stops?

[kemah]

171. Sounds to me like he was just lying about it.

Romney reminds me of a person who wants to impress with making stuff up. I doubt he had the courage to impersonate an officer. He just had the uniform and bragged about doing some fantasy he had. Just like the guy, who claims he has laid all the cheerleaders, just because he dated one and got turned down on the sex.
You know the type, bragging about stuff they never would ever do. And you know they are lying about it.

[whathehell]

3. Uh oh...More "bullying" from Mitt?

This could get bad -- or good -- depending on your viewpoint.

[goclark]

36. He sure has a pattern of behavior

He put his nice dog on top of the car and seemed not to care that the dog was a bit uncomfortable.

Bullied the nice kid at Cranbrook and then his memory went south when the issue cane out.

I was an Educator for many years, he is a classic case of the students that were sent to my office. Their rich mother's usually came to get them out of trouble. No matter what , they protected their little darling. Never seemed to have a clue /care that their little darling had a personality disorder.

Romney is a classic case.



"To some observers, Romney’s alleged masquerading as a cop to intimidate innocent drivers shows a character defect that is also revealed by other bullying incidents during his youth."

He really was a spoiled child and remains one.
Knowing that his personality disorder is still in place, why would they nominate this clown for President -- Why? Because they know he will stop at nothing to Lie, Cheat, Steal, Bully to get his way.

Wake up America!

[progressivebydesign]

64. but the media says that no one cares about what candidates did when they were young..

.. unless it's Barack Obama.

[whathehell]

75. I can't imagine why, LOL!

Let's hope they research this thing thoroughly!

I don't think I'd indict America as to having a "national character defect"....It's

not like Mitt's leading in the polls!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. Impersonating a Police officer is a crime

[rhett o rick]

8. Not for the wealthy. nm

[lastlib]

30. IOKIYAR.....

[FailureToCommunicate]

54. Mitt was just impersonating a real human, the outfit didn't much matter

[siligut]

92. This picture is so perfect! nt

[snacker]

5. That's creepy...

just saying.

[peace frog]

47. Totally

Very troubling. Reminds me too uncomfortably of Dubya's psychopathy.

[PossumSqueezins]

6. Ma'am, I just pulled you over to give you a warning....

"You can't have a dog inside the car. You'll have to strap him to the top."

[rhett o rick]

9. Welcome to DU, but........what the hell kinda name is "PossumSqueezins"?

On second thought, dont tell me.

[randome]

23. 'Beverly Hillbillies' reference?

[KansDem]

78. Mitt strapped the family dog to the roof of their automobile during a trip

Mitt Romney Heckled Over Dog-On-Roof Story

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney can't even grab some pizzas without being reminded of how he treated his dog nearly 30 years ago.

As Romney exited Joe's Pizza carrying a stack of pizza boxes in New York City on Tuesday, somebody on the sidewalk shouted, "Just don't put 'em on the roof of the car," according to a tweet from Reuters reporter Sam Youngman.

In 1983, the Romneys embarked on a 12-hour drive from Massachusetts to Canada. Since there wasn't enough room in the car for the family dog, Seamus, Romney put the Irish Setter in a crate fastened to the roof of the car. Though Romney has said Seamus loved roof rides, during this particular trip the dog suffered a bout of diarrhea that forced Romney to pull over and hose off the car.

Dog lovers have protested Romney over "Crate-Gate" ever since the Boston Globe first reported it in 2007. Romney said last month that he wouldn't do it again because of all the attention it received.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/mitt-romney-dog-on-roof_n_1468229.html

[24601]

147. That story kinda died when it came out that Mr. Obama never carried a dog on top of his car, but

he did season a few with BBQ sauce.

[alfredo]

148. No it was Hoisin sauce.

[klook]

167. Romney was an adult

who put Seamus's cage on top of the car himself. Obama was in Indonesia where his grandmother served dog meat (as well as grasshopper, snake, etc.) when he was between the ages of 6 - 10. There is NO comparison.

Oh, and by the way, this salacious story "came out" in Obama's book "Dreams of my Father" a few years ago.

[goclark]

172. Thank you for making it perfectly clear

that there wa/is a world of difference in the character of the two .

When will Rmoney write a book about his evil deeds --- crickets

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. LOL and welcome!

[sakabatou]

43. DUzy!

[goclark]

160. DUsy!

[truthisfreedom]

7. It's alright if you're a republican.

"Psst... come in here, I want to show you something."

"Wow, is that a real presidential seal on your desk?"

"Yep."

[renate]

11. I can imagine a college freshman thinking this was a hoot

So I won't read any evil intent into it. I do think, however, that it's evidence of his feeling entitled. I can't imagine feeling as if it would ever be okay for me to impersonate an officer, however young and stupid I was, but he obviously knew he'd be able to get away with it, because of his father or just his wealth in general, if he were ever caught.

[pennylane100]

32. I think that dressing up like a cop might be a prank to a college kid,

but pranks like that are done when you are with a group of friends. But going out on your own, and using the uniform to pull drivers over is just plain creepy. There is something seriously wrong with that man. While in college, he also attacked a younger student and cut off some of his hair. And don't forget the poor dog that he put in a box that was strapped to the roof of his car and drove for god knows how many hours, stopping only to hose the poor thing down when it pooped all over the place.
To quote from my favorite Beatles song, "Very Strange".

[renate]

53. you're absolutely right--I hadn't thought of it that way

He wasn't just showing off with his friends--he was on a power trip for his own enjoyment. That is creepy. Now that you've brought this facet of his behavior up, I'm imagining him at home alone, making the conscious decision to dress up to go out on his own to scare drivers... it's creepy as hell. The boy ain't right.

[iemitsu]

59. or he was lying to his friends to impress them.

he had the uniform but just said he used it to harass others.
he seems to think that a show or power will increase the respect others have for him. as a teenager, he used the "prankster" persona to gain acceptance with non-mormon kids (the hair cutting incident) and he views firing people as a joke as an adult.
he has some real issues when it comes to how one ought to treat others.
and he has an abusive personality.

[drm604]

70. There's at least one first hand account by a witness.

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZP3-rXn0H8sC&lpg=PT35&ots=Ns1rUk5WBg&dq=%22It%20was%20a%20terrible%20thing%20to%20do%22%20Cranbrook%20Graham%20McDonald.&pg=PT35#v=onepage&q&f=false

[iemitsu]

140. thanks, i read these after my hasty response.

he is clearly a sick individual.
and can't be trusted.
thanks for the link.

[goclark]

173. The first hand account speaks volumes!

It is a must read.

Thanks for sharing

[tblue37]

103. Apparently his main target was young women from the nearby girls' school.

That makes it even creepier. This is someone who loves to demonstrate power over women, to control and intimidate them.

[renate]

143. ew ew ew ew ew

At first I thought this story would probably blow over, but I wonder whether the ick factor will give it the same endurance as the Seamus story. I think parents of both parties would be squicked out by the idea of somebody impersonating an officer in order to pull their daughters over. The only people who could find it even a little bit funny would be young men (and certainly not all young men); young women and women of all ages are so sick of having to be on alert all the time against predators, even if they turn out to be practical jokers.

[goclark]

163. Power trip like Zimmerman

Had to feel important so he was 'In Charge."

Both have fathers that will take up for them and smooth things over by any means necessary.

I am still in shock that Daddy Rmoney arranged for him to have the Police Car.

Like father like son.

[MADem]

13. Jeez, he's making George BUSH look sane by comparison!

All George did was get drunk, do coke, drive intoxicated, skip out on National Guard duty, chickenhawk out of Vietnam duty, and dance naked on a bar in his salad days!

Mitt RMoney beats up a gay kid and chops off his hair, shaves the heads of his college adversaries (fixation on hair--frustrated Vidal Sassoon?), teases another gay male student with taunts of "Atta girl!," managed to get into a car wreck with a drunken because his car was overloaded with passengers in France and killed his boss's wife....AND he impersonates a state cop on more than one occasion, to boot?

And all this before he tortures a dog on a twelve hour hellride from MA to Canada! Mittsy's a busy boy! A sick, mean, nasty busy boy! The asshole!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

20. Well, Bush did have a fixation with skinheads and couldn't keep his hands off

Maybe Romney has the same fixation and wishes he could shave everyone.

[MADem]

21. That's true--George was always rubbing those heads--maybe he should have had RMoney do the

cutting and shaving for him!

[pennylane100]

33. I should have read your post first,

It is much more entertaining than mine.

[MADem]

52. Nyuck, nyuck!

I shoulda proofread my post--I meant to say "drunken priest" when talking about Mittsy's car wreck, but somehow I lost the priest word!!

[pnwskier]

65. You left one out

You forgot him leading a sight-impaired teacher to walk into a sliding glass door, but otherwise your list is fairly complete...at least of the stuff we know about.

[MADem]

66. OMG that one is news to me!

Welcome to DU, BTW.

[whathehell]

150. Romney was in a car wreck that killed his bosses wife?

Jeebus.

[MADem]

156. In France--a head-on with a drunken priest. RMoney's car was overloaded.

The boss was so broken up that he left the mission, and RMoney "moved up" as a consequence. That's one way of getting a promotion, I suppose.

The little hypocrite also supported THE DRAFT while enjoying a "religious deferment." Despicable fucker!

Details: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/14/mitt-romney-s-life-as-a-missionary-nearly-killed-in-a-car-accident.html

The story begins during the U.S. war in Vietnam, when the 19-year-old Romney—who had protested during his year at Stanford in favor of the draft—got a deferment to travel to France in 1966 to seek religious converts to Mormonism. Romney spent much of his time trying to get a population of largely secular Catholics in Bordeaux, Le Havre, and Paris to believe that God chose Joseph Smith to found the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Even then, he wasn’t very successful in convincing people about his deeply held personal beliefs -- he won only two converts in over two years -- a problem that still haunts him in the presidential race today.

And even then, he displayed the wholesome—some might say goofy—sense of humor, organizational skills, and work ethic that help to explain why Romney was designated an assistant to the American leader of the Mormon mission in France. And that is how, at the age of 21, he ended up behind the steering wheel of a stylish low-riding Citroën DS with the mission leader, his wife, and three others crammed into a car made for five people on a winding road in southwestern France. Another car, driven by a speeding priest, who by most accounts seemed drunk, struck Romney’s car head-on.

Police who arrived on the scene initially assumed that Romney was dead. A photo of him in the hospital later shows him with a cast on his arm and a black eye.) Tragically, the wife of the mission leader did die, and her injured husband departed France almost immediately. Romney, who had been transferred to Paris by then, was temporarily tasked with co-administrating to the needs of 200 missionaries in France until the Mormon hierarchy managed to send a new elder to take the leader’s place.

[whathehell]

186. Thanks for this, MAdem

As for protesting in favor of the draft, while making sure he

got out of it himself, he shares that "honor" with Dubya -- Pro-War For Other People.

Typical Chicken Hawk Repuke.

[Pab Sungenis]

14. I've said it before and will say it again.

Romney is a borderline psychopath.



http://cnx.com/?p=1748

[pennylane100]

34. The borderline part is still open for debate.

[DCKit]

96. You is, or you ain't. There's no fence.

[goclark]

175. Another "must read"

Thanks for sharing.

The more I read about RMoney the more I am totally convinced he is "not fit to serve" as water boy for a Little League Team.
He is Bat S--- Crazy!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. And now he's trying to impersonate a human being

[Enrique]

16. so he played barber in prep school

and cop in college. What was he in law school, an astronaut?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

27. Didn't he play a cheerleader, too?

More dress up. I seem to recall seeing a pic somewhere of that uniform.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

56. Romney too

http://www.mediaite.com/online/report-mitt-romney-was-a-cheerleader-alleged-bullying-target-rode-dressage-horses/

"...He was more at home on the sideline, cheering the football team on as a member of the Pep Club, chanting such cheers into a megaphone as “Iron them out. Iron them out. Smooooth.” ..."

[CrispyQ]

88. Rmoney is the teetotaling version of "W".

Excellent! That would make an outstanding bumper sticker!

[crunch60]

122. Romney has a similar Vietnam War" history as Bush. (altered reality)

He received FOUR deferments when he was
draft eligible. He was against the war..then.. Now, running for President, he says he wished he could have served, He and daddy did all they could so he wouldn't have to serve. Again, it's the lies that are the most troublesome.

Then and now. The old flip flop. His daddy was Governor of Michigan at the time. Rachel is right on this one.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#47714969

[NJCher]

174. yes, bupkus!

You nailed it!


Cher



p.s. I am still marveling over his record of accomplishment--two new Mormons in two years.

Actually considering how weird that religion is, I'm not even sure I could do that.

[Politicalboi]

17. Oh this is nothing

Do you think if Obama did that the Repukes would cry over it? You bet you're damned ass they would. If it's a felony, that disqualifies him for running for President. But of course, he was never arrested for it. Are we sure Ted Bundy is dead?

[PossumSqueezins]

29. Repukes would cry over it? YES, ad infinitum

Sean Hannity and Rush would whine every day about it. Faux Noise would do a three hour special. The Republicans would demand an investigation. A special prosecutor would subpoena 100 witnesses and state troopers from 30 years ago. Richard Mellon Scaife would give the women witnesses plastic surgery and new wardrobes and the male witnesses new cars. It would cost the tax payers 100 million. And Ann Coulter would write a best selling book about it entitled: "The Obama Cover-Up: How Pretending to be a Police Officer and Pretending to be President Have Ruined America."

[Pab Sungenis]

42. Spot on.

And welcome to DU. It only feels like Hell.

[iemitsu]

61. you pegged it.

i expect to see these very headlines in the future since the republicans always project what they do onto others.
welcome to DU.

[Rozlee]

77. You're good.

Welcome to DU.

[CrispyQ]

89. Love Ann's book title! ~lol.

Welcome!

[DaveJ]

22. It doesn't bother me that lots of people are a little deranged, or strange, at best.

It scares me that a large portion of the population, rethugs, actually consider it an asset in a leader.

[PossumSqueezins]

24. Perhaps there's an explanation for his crazy behavior...

Perhaps someone slipped him some caffeine.

[cosmicaug]

25. Give it a rest.

Give it a rest. You're not gaining anything bringing up something from 40 years ago (even if it really indicated a character defect).

[pennylane100]

35. No, I think it's "The Donald"

Who else would defend Romney on the most liberal democratic board in the country.

[whathehell]

31. Nah..Let's wait and see how that his little act played out before we "give it a rest".

This could be a real eye-opener.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

40. Oh look!

[woo me with science]

57. This story, if true, is NOT a minor thing.

I would be appalled, creeped out, outraged, and feel extremely violated if I had been pulled over by some man pretending to be a policeman. I don't care if he just gave a warning or a bogus ticket. That is an extremely creepy and invasive thing to do to someone.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

60. Why would someone do that?

Apparently he did it more than once. And he had a flashing light on top of his car at night time. Why would someone want to impersonate a police officer? To meet girls and get their phone number like some real police do? To feel important when his target has a look of intimidation on his/her face? I don't understand why someone would go to this trouble, especially if it involves strangers chosen at random.

[whathehell]

69. To harass people?...Sounds like it's in the same vein as cutting the hair of that student..

and it could be worse. If you watch true crime stories,

you'll find some creeps who did this to get over on women.

[goclark]

177. From the thread you should notice

that we are NOT giving it up.

Click on all the links in this tread ---- Rmoney has not changed.

Lots of us did silly things in our youth but his deeds indicate far more than silly- they were vicious, mean spirited and self serving.

He LIES and he enjoys telling LIES now - the problem is this man is not fit to serve as President.

Believe us now or believe us later

[Mnpaul]

28. Strange - In 2008 Romney had a staffer that impersonated cops

In 2008, during Mitt Romney’s campaign, his director of operations, Jay Garrity, resigned after several allegations that he unduly claimed to be a police officer. The case should raise questions about Romney’s potential abuse with power should he be elected President of this country.
http://www.daftblogger.com/mitt-romneys-director-of-operations-impersonates-cops/

Strange coincidence or maybe they like to take the law into their own hands. Power trip?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

39. Romney has a lot of skeletons in the closet

[klook]

183. Wow, I'd forgotten that

Very creepy. Very revealing.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

37. Mitt Romney doing more impersonations here

http://gawker.com/5900840/mitt-romney-is-doing-gay-voice-in-this-video-says-professional-gay-voice-expert-bob-corff

That he thinks saying "oh, I'll take the pink one" and trying to impersonate what he thinks in his mind is a gay man is funny is about as insane as saying "atta girl" to a gay person in his class. This guy is not right in the head.

[goclark]

176. K and R this thread

America needs to know how his behavior then is his behavior NOW.

This is a sick man

[TheDebbieDee]

38. Surely the statute of limitations has run out on that offense.............

But is impersonating an average human being a crime. 'Cuz that's what Mitt is doing. And he's doing a piss-poor job of that, too!

[canuckledragger]

41. on a side note..this stirred up a memory of Elvis Presley

doing the same thing:

http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/presley-illegally-impersonated-police-officers

[BeyondGeography]

46. Guy's a weirdo

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

48. He certainly wasn't anxious to wear a military uniform

and neither was I. Romney got four deferments. But now that it's safe, he says he wished he'd been in Vietnam. Instead of wearing the uniform of his country, he got a deferment to go to France to wear the uniform of his religion, complete with bike.

[patrice]

99. HAD to be in front of that car to dog-whistle, "I'm not so poor that I actually need this bike." nt

[Marie Marie]

49. Oh that Mitt - Just a wild and crazy guy.

[Tx4obama]

50. MSNBC TV: Lawerence O'Donnell is fixin to talk about this on his show !!! n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

51. Personality Traits

The guy seems to have this top of the world, narcissistic, sense of entitlement. He can do or say anything,
and the rules don't apply to him, he's not even accountable for his own words or actions, he can change
what he said previously or what policy he had, and everyone should accept it.

I'd call it arrogance, narcissism, just a hint of sociopath, perhaps even histrionic.

I don't think he worries about much because he believes he can get away with anything.

A real recipe for deviousness, for lying to people and then doing as he jolly well pleases.

Spoiled brat. If I saw these traits in a woman I would not want to date her.

[patrice]

94. Agree.

It'd be fun to take those traits and use them as headings for a spreadsheet of naturalistic observations that support each one, kind of a casual, and somewhat backward, application of trait theory.

[McCamy Taylor]

58. Sounds like another Dubya. Too many silver coke spoons in politics.

[HooptieWagon]

62. While everyone is pissing their pants over Rmoney's fantasy game...

tje GOP is refining their divide and conquer and voter supression strategies for November. Big picture, people, big picture.

[MjolnirTime]

121. Nothing to see here, right? Give us a break.

[HooptieWagon]

125. Just pointing out the story.isnt going to make a difference.

People who believe and are outraged by the story arent going to vote for Rmoney in any case. Rmoney supporters arent going to believe the story no matter what. Swing voters are going to ignore the noise unless something substantial comes up... like if an arrest record for impersonating an officer turns up. Lacking that, theyll ignore the story as an unsubstantiated rumor. So the story will have no effect on the election... but go ahead and knock yourself out wasting your time.

[kestrel91316]

128. Won't make a difference to YOU, perhaps. But to anyone with a lick of common sense......well.......

[HooptieWagon]

138. No, it wont make a difference to me...

Im not voting for Rmoney in any case. And it wont make a difference to people who are voting for Rmoney no matter what. And I doubt swing voters are basing their decision on what people post on DU. So "outrage" to your hearts content, but it wont make a bit of difference.

[cstanleytech]

67. Just a reminder for folks here, try not to focus to much on these type of fluff pieces as

they tend to be distractions from bigger issues which we should focus on over Mitt such as how well did he handle his job as Governor and also the impact his job at Bain had upon people who lost their own jobs because Mitt made certain decisions.

[whathehell]

71. They're not necessarily "fluff pieces"...If you can't see how this, together with

his other off-putting "pranks" and allover weirdness

could add up to his being personally unacceptable,

I don't know what to tell you.

[randome]

80. It's 'fluff'.

An accusation about something that occurred decades ago that can't be proven.

Therefore, it's 'fluff'.

[whathehell]

110. Nope.

I don't agree, and it's too early to say it "can't be proven".

[kestrel91316]

131. The passage of time does not in any way mitigate something this serious.

[newspeak]

87. yeah, well if more people paid attention to little boot's fluff pieces

maybe the sociopath wouldn't have squeaked in. blowing up frogs, not a very nice drunk, military record, alleged insider trading and two of his appointments were being federally investigated. The media and PR created a "cowboy" who's apparently afraid of horses, the manly man who didn't have to see the horrors of war; and yet, believed daddy would have won if he only started a war. Because everyone knows, the people in this country are so damn ignorant, they just love themselves a war president, even if it's bogus and causes human and economic damage.

[whathehell]

109. Exactly....Character does count.

We agree.

[cstanleytech]

93. No, this is a fluff piece. You want to focus on something then focus on his job

as Governor (which he did horribly at imo) or his job at Bain where he made decisions that cost hundreds if not thousands of people their jobs all so he and Bain could cash out and reap the benefits.

[whathehell]

111. Speak for yourself...People can "focus" on more than one issue.

At least most of us can.

[whathehell]

108. Sorry, but I think not and it seems many others here feel the same way. Also, one can focus on

more than one thing.

[cstanleytech]

114. But does this fluff really matter? I dont think it does compared to things like his performance

(or lack there of) as Governor or the negative impact he had on so many people when he was working for Bain.

[whathehell]

118. It's unfortunate that you think character issues are "fluff"...A lot of us think they matter.

Posing as a cop is illegal, for one thing. For another, it's "odd"...Odd as in

"Let me abuse my fake authority" odd.

Read some of the posts here...This is a not uncommon ruse

of men trying to assault women.

[cstanleytech]

127. The character "issue" though took place 45 years ago +/- 3 years.

Was it immature of him? Sure, but that is not an uncommon trait for kids that young.
Should it be the main focus on why hes unfit for office of president? No, I think there are plenty of other more current reasons to show why he is unfit for the office of president.

[whathehell]

142. So did the haircutting incident...Should be looked into..No one said it should be "main" issue. n/t

[kestrel91316]

133. If he's a serial rapist, I wonder what his victims would think of your calling this fluff?

For that matter, ask ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE US. They sure as hell won't consider it "fluff".

Thanks for watching Rmoney's back, though.

[cstanleytech]

136. The news is full of similar fluff pieces which have been used to distract people and thats why

I was just reminding people to try to not focus to much on this current fluff story.
For example remember the story people focused to much on about Palin and her youngest child? That story came back and nearly bit us on the butt because it was fluff and served as a distraction and it could have cost us the election.
Same for the story over the Bush papers that took down Dan Rather though in that case they played their hand better and it helped win Bush the election.
As for watching Rmoneys back comment thats uncalled for kestrel as I wouldnt vote for the sorry sob as he did a horrible job as governor not to mention what he did to so many innocent people when he worked for Bain nor would I vote for any republican for any office right now as I find their policies distasteful.

[kestrel91316]

132. You've got Rmoney's back, I see.

[cstanleytech]

137. See post #136 and if you dont like it then tough.

[jeff47]

106. Making a lot of people think Mitt is creepy is far more effective. (nt)

[whathehell]

116. What is it with the binary thinking?...One can certainly come at him from various angles. n/t

[jeff47]

117. Certainly, but the person up-thread wanted us to ignore this angle (nt)

[whathehell]

119. Yes, that's what I'm questioning.

and, like you, it seems, I think that would be "unwise", to say the least.

[cstanleytech]

134. If you meant me then explain how does reminding people not to focus to much on this

suddenly = asking people to totally ignore it, clue me on how you reached that please because I would really like to know.

[jeff47]

152. Your post is still there, ya know.

try not to focus to much on these type of fluff pieces as they tend to be distractions from bigger issues which we should focus on over Mitt

This is followed later by

You want to focus on something then focus on his job as Governor (which he did horribly at imo) or his job at Bain

This is followed again by you claiming it's a youthful indiscretion, and we need to talk about other issues.

So how exactly do you parse the hell out of that to not mean "We shouldn't be talking about this, we should be talking about other things"?

If that was not the point you were trying to get across, I suggest you may want to be a tad more careful when crafting your posts in the future. If you write them this far from the point you are trying to make, you aren't going to get your point across.

[cstanleytech]

153. Yes my post is there but

how you managed to jump from "try not to focus to much" to "lets totally ignore this" is the question.

[jeff47]

154. Perhaps you wrote that while I was adding the other instances of you shouting

"IGNORE THIS!!!!!"

[cstanleytech]

155. And of course you can link where I said "IGNORE THIS" right?

[jeff47]

157. I already did. Perhaps you should read that post again.

If that was not your point, I suggest you consider writing your posts more clearly in the future.

[cstanleytech]

158. Oh I admit I have difficulty in writing but hey if

you want to perceive that I meant everyone should bury their heads up their butts and totally ignore it then *shrug* I cannot stop you.

[jeff47]

164. Did you fail to notice the giant sub-thread of people you're arguing with

Who all seem to have the same "mistaken" impression as you think I do?

[cstanleytech]

169. Wouldnt be the first time that a large group of people got it wrong, a good example being

the people who ended up voting for Bush the first time not to mention the idiots who didnt learn their lesson the first time and went back for 2nds, now those really took the taco as it were.

[kestrel91316]

130. Presidential candidate as serial felon and possible stalker/serial rapist IS important.

[trusty elf]

68. A photo has surfaced.....

[IMG][/IMG]

[Gothmog]

74. I saw this onthe Last Word last night

This is a strange story

[liberal from boston]

95. It is a strange story

Also watched this segment on the Last Word last night. Joe Conanson who reported the story was Lawrence's guest & he gave the name of the person who was a witness. I just read that another witness has come forward & the Romney campaign will not comment. It is a strange story & it does reveal some troublesome qualities regarding Romney's character.

[KansDem]

79. A Michigan state trooper's uniform in California?

What was he going to say if challenged? That he's part of a state-trooper exchange program?

What a f---wad!

[Solly Mack]

81. That's more than a little creepy.

[Hepburn]

82. Iiiiiiiiiiiiiick

A Rambler police car???

LOL

[newspeak]

83. impersonating a police officer

reminds me of an incident in madeline ca, years ago. A young couple was driving through the dinky town at night and were pulled over by flashing lights, by two men impersonating officers. they tortured and murdered the couple.

Impersonating a law officer, not as a prank with friends, but by yourself, seems like there's some mental issues.

[BlueIris]

84. Bizarre.

Also sick and wrong.

[CrispyQ]

85. The guy is creepy.

He looks creepy, but hearing these stories, ick.

[lobodons]

90. Baird Man

Romney reminds me of a Baird Man:

[patrice]

91. PROOF! WILLARD. IS. A. FASCIST.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

123. I'm on a campaign to call him "Mitt". It's stupid enough as is.

[patrice]

124. You're probably right, lots of people may think, "Willard who?"

[appleannie1]

98. Perverts, sex offenders and serial killers do that. Normal people don't.

I worked in a police department for years. Impersonating an officer was more than frowned upon by the police because of the reasons I listed. It is how rapists and killers gain access to their victims.

[yurbud]

101. that was exactly my thought. Until this moment, I thought his only sexual orientation was Cheney's

covering himself in honey and rolling in money.

But this puts him in the Ted Bundy category.

[yurbud]

102. and the obvious question is: what if a Democrat had done this?

[whathehell]

113. If a democrat had done this it would still be creepy...Inconvenient, but still creepy. n/t

[yurbud]

141. I agree. I meant how would media treat it

[whathehell]

144. A democrat would likely be villified beyond measure. n/t

[mrmpa]

100. Are there any unsolved cases in Northern California..........

of people being stopped by an unidentified State Trooper???

Just asking.

[Taverner]

112. Zodiac Murders?

[kestrel91316]

135. Basics on Zodiac: your job is to investigate this possibility and report back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer

[spin]

104. Now Romney is impersonating a squeaky clean Presidential candidate. (n/t)

[goclark]

178. You nailed it!

"Now Romney is impersonating a squeaky clean Presidential candidate. "

[Taverner]

105. Serial Killers and Rapists do that kind of thing

[Gormy Cuss]

115. Eh, nothing but a youthful indiscretion.

He's a Republican after all.

[Uncle Joe]

120. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, bupkus.

[L. Coyote]

126. Is he sure it wasn't Rmoney?

[RZM]

129. Did anyone ever see him pull anybody over?

I do believe the source here. But the source does say that Romney claimed to have pulled people over. It's possible he did, but it's also possible he was bullshitting them and never actually went through with it. It would be especially risky to pull people over in California while wearing a Michigan uniform. That would raise a lot of suspicions.

[Snarkoleptic]

146. Mitt Romney...

Now available is extra creepy!

Also, where's Swamprat with a photoshop when you need him?

[alfredo]

149. I wonder what he did with them once he stopped them? Was he armed?

[unkachuck]

151. I'll bet it was a female police officer he impersonated....n/t

[StateApparatus]

159. Impersonating a police officer

Dubya rocks back in his lazyboy, washes the coke from his upper lip with a fresh splash of whisky and chuckles "amateur!"

[Skinner]

170. LOL.

Welcome to DU, StateApparatus.

[goclark]

161. Interesting that his father would think that was

"the right thing to do."

Like father like son ~ his father is a nutcase too!

[alp227]

162. Anyone remember Romney's former aide Jay Garrity?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002784149

Given Garrity's alleged actions, can anyone say "partner in crime"?

[goclark]

179. Bingo!

Partner in crime ~ theywereprobablyveryclose.

[TwilightGardener]

165. Weird, absolutely. I didn't know anyone who would try this as

a prank in college--most people that age know it's illegal, and there's no obvious payoff besides some kind of control over your "victims"--who's THAT messed up that this seems like fun? I don't even remember many pranks perpetrated on me or on any of my circle of friends--but apparently it's what rich well-connected young men do all the time in high school and college. All evidence points to Mittens being a disturbed nutcase.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

166. Sounds like a movie I once saw.

This guy was a criminal and busting people with a fake badge.
His wife just wanted a little house with a white picket fence, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh. She said "He comes home every night" and had no idea he was a criminal. She thought he had a job.

[spicegal]

168. That is truly bizarre and creepy. Just stop and think about that for a moment. What kind of person

would do something like that?? First of all, it is highly illegal, and who would have that kind of nerve and poor judgement? What kind of jollies did he get out of that? It's right up there with his comments that he enjoyed firing people and tying the family dog to the roof of the car. There's almost something very sociopathic about this guy. If this story is true and can be corroborated, it needs to get out there, although the argument will be that he did that while a young man. I don't think it really matters, as it seems to demonstrate something is profoundly amiss with this guy.

[goclark]

180. You nailed it and K and R this thread

again and again and again.

[gopiscrap]

181. Is the MSM

picking this up at all? or the car accident incident?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

187. MSNBC video of Romney 'Bad cop'

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word/47715547/#47715547

[gopiscrap]

188. thanks!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

189. Wish we could see this as big headline news

[syberlion]

182. I'm surprised no one's mentioned the movie The Dead Zone

Because that is exactly what I thought of when I read this post. You know the scene:

Martin Sheen as President Greg Stillson, launches WW-III "It's my Destiny" and "The missiles are flying, Hallelujah, Hallelujah."

I may not be Christopher Walken, but that's the vibe I get from Willard... Yes, I am strongly in the Willard camp because I cannot call him that cutesy fluffy-inducing name, there is nothing fluffy about him. I prefer another movie image to come to mind when discussing this Bundy like person and that's Willard, the boy who controlled the rats.

That's another creepy reference that seems to fit him as well. Torturing that poor boy in prep school, what if he did have the ability to control the rats back in prep school, oh wait it was a pack that went after that boy, wasn't it? At least the rats have shown regret for their actions...

Willard said, "It's my turn." So, what you're saying is this is your destiny Willard? I would love for someone to ask him that question so there's audio of him saying "Yes, it's my destiny" so we could loop that with Martin Sheen's Dead Zone audio together. Just putting it out there into the universe for the possibility...

Sorry, this is your pipe dream Willard, America is moving forward not into the looking glass.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

184. So far, four witnesses have told the same story

Robin Madden and his wife who saw the uniform at college in California and who were told about it by Romney himself, and Graham McDonald and Phillip Maxwell who actually describe specific incidents at the Cranbrook high school where Romney pulled people over. This apparently went on during both high school and college and was repeated behavior. Some of it is described in the book The Real Romney.

[marshall]

185. Another person who witnessed Romney telling the story

We need to see witnesses to the actual impersonation, not witnesses to Romney talking about it.

[goclark]

191. You are right

There must be some real witnesses by now.

Since this thread first started, there must be someone that can tell the real story ~