Never-Before-Seen Photos of Young Mitt Romney, High-School Prankster

[no_hypocrisy]

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2012/10/mitt-romney-high-school-pranks#slide=1

Imagine this: as the election winds to a close, Vanity Fair uncovers a shoe box of old yearbook photos, newspaper clippings, and snapshots of a teenaged Mitt Romney. Our source is a disgruntled employee in the Romney-family stables who insisted that she be referred to only as “R.R.” before handing us the previously unseen images. In them, a very recognizable Mitt goofs off with friends and engages in the kinds of pranks for which he is well remembered from his days at the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. His now familiar childhood grin is on full display as he mocks gay classmates, slips a teacher a Mickey, and even fires a beloved school janitor. That Mitt! Such a goof! A handsome, wealthy goof!

[Lint Head]

1. This looks like a parody. The older lady looks too young and in the photo of him with other people

the other people do not look dressed for the period of 1965. Is this really Willard?

[KurtNYC]

2. Seems like it took VF 4 months to get this together

because it is 4 months too late to be remotely funny.

It actually softens what he really did in Ritchie Rich prep school -- impersonating a Michigan State Trooper complete with uniform and red light on his white car. It trivializes his assault on the gay student, the janitor and the blind teacher.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Perhaps Mitt staged these photo ops for the yearbook to dilute

his history of bullying, to make it look like he was a mad-capped, young prankster who engaged in youthful spirited highjinks. You know, a cover.

[4th law of robotics]

5. Or you know, he was a teenager

horsing around with his friends.

Let's not read "diabolical sadist" in to everything. It just looks silly.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Since the photographer is credited, these are obviously parody ...

EXCLUSIVE: Never-Before-Seen Photos of Young Mitt Romney, High-School Prankster
Imagine this: as the election winds to a close, Vanity Fair uncovers a shoe box of old yearbook photos, newspaper clippings, and snapshots of a teenaged Mitt Romney. Our source is a disgruntled employee in the Romney-family stables who insisted that she be referred to only as “R.R.” before handing us the previously unseen images. In them, a very recognizable Mitt goofs off with friends and engages in the kinds of pranks for which he is well remembered from his days at the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. His now familiar childhood grin is on full display as he mocks gay classmates, slips a teacher a Mickey, and even fires a beloved school janitor. That Mitt! Such a goof! A handsome, wealthy goof!

By Sarah Ball and Chris Rovzar Photographs by Justin Bishop Photo Illustrations by Hamish Robertson