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Sounds like a bully. Swede Jun 2012 #1
garden-variety bully Skittles Jun 2012 #48
you heard of the "butter prank", no doubt? stlsaxman Jun 2012 #2
wow. i am disgusted with the butter, seeing my brother doing something like that with my boys seabeyond Jun 2012 #3
Seeing as he likes to fire people, and uses power moves on the weaker/kids WingDinger Jun 2012 #4
you know, i hadnt thought about that. i dont believe he can win. money is the only thing that seabeyond Jun 2012 #17
the shoe thing The Blue Flower Jun 2012 #68
The sanctity of marriage... AlbertCat Jun 2012 #69
..the sanctity of friendship... seabeyond Jun 2012 #75
exactly, yes. and why would this man not get, how serious a moment this is. taking vows. seabeyond Jun 2012 #74
Some fratboys never grow up. But, they do run for president. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #5
"...and now we do it to OUR kids... naturally" Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #6
He is a psychopath plain and simple krawhitham Jun 2012 #7
He ain't right... kentuck Jun 2012 #8
he ain't right at all, Blanche... n/t ejbr Jun 2012 #18
Yeah, Romney is a sick sick puppy, I believe ohgeewhiz Jun 2012 #9
Controlling people through humiliation aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #10
This is how sociopathy is passed down through the generations. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #11
+1 nt laundry_queen Jun 2012 #35
C'mon, the "Help" thing is pretty funny. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #12
If You Never Decked The Fella, Son, You Never Grew All The Way Up.... The Magistrate Jun 2012 #13
Yup. I was 20 years old ... TahitiNut Jun 2012 #20
Mr. dressage looks like the toughening up type? He's an asshole, the light swtich thing is from uponit7771 Jun 2012 #14
You should get together with the Romney boys & trade stories. Ino Jun 2012 #15
I was not being abused. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #30
Wrestling doesn't seem to be in the same behavior bracket LiberalAndProud Jun 2012 #47
A lot of people laundry_queen Jun 2012 #109
But yet he doesn't appreciate it when the joke's on him. Quantess Jun 2012 #26
That's the story that was unclear. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #33
Child abuse?! I doubt it. Quantess Jun 2012 #34
I don't disagree with you. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #36
I am always in favor of the cut-and-dry. Quantess Jun 2012 #42
Look at his record! From bullying kids in school, to MADem Jun 2012 #80
"I just think people are piling on and trying to make him seem worse than he is." demwing Jun 2012 #61
His policies are bad enough. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #99
I don't recommend minimizing his policy failures demwing Jun 2012 #101
This so-called " butter prank goes beyond toughening up and into some sort of enough Jun 2012 #27
He's a weirdo. I don't know of anyone who does that kind of thing. TNLib Jun 2012 #59
I know of a case where a man smeared his wife's face in peanut butter treestar Jun 2012 #72
help onshoes hollysmom Jun 2012 #32
RMoney didn't go to public school. He was a prep school kid. AllyCat Jun 2012 #49
Your brother knew HELP was printed on his shoes, Willard's former friend mulsh Jun 2012 #90
Not at a wedding, it isn't karynnj Jun 2012 #39
Please. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #40
I bet a number of people noticed and thought it completely stupid karynnj Jun 2012 #41
I agree. Something like that is disruptive of a special moment in a couple's life together deutsey Jun 2012 #53
I'll thank you to be careful with the insults. tomp Jun 2012 #54
Enough with the "stick-up-the-ass" bullshit demwing Jun 2012 #63
I am hardly a bully. In fact, that's laughable. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #106
And that response laundry_queen Jun 2012 #108
I can't believe how badly you're reading me. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #112
Perhaps it was a different era or something laundry_queen Jun 2012 #114
But it took peoples minds off the ceremony and wedding and tender thoughts. Auntie Bush Jun 2012 #92
The family of the bride might not have been so amused. thesquanderer Jun 2012 #93
Sorry, but I don't think your father was normal. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #50
Well you're wrong. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #52
MrSlayer, I completely agree Harry Monroe Jun 2012 #81
If the recipient found it funny or amusing then there was no abuse Harry Monroe Jun 2012 #56
In my family, we kids dished it out and took it, but our parents were adults JDPriestly Jun 2012 #71
My dad would play harmless practical jokes all the time Harry Monroe Jun 2012 #78
And everyone, no matter how old you are, is a kid at heart Harry Monroe Jun 2012 #79
Yes, you're wrong. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #118
There's a fine line between practical jokes and abuse Harry Monroe Jun 2012 #55
Instead of making Romney seem reasonable, you've made your dad sound like an asshole Orrex Jun 2012 #57
Have to agree; just because he is their father treestar Jun 2012 #73
Bullshit. Hugabear Jun 2012 #60
There's A Fine Line raindaddy Jun 2012 #65
The featured comment to the piece on Jezebel does a good job of explaining this IMO. Pirate Smile Jun 2012 #77
"Normalization" of abuse El3 Jun 2012 #83
I appreciate that everyone's family dynamics are different, but Still Blue in PDX Jun 2012 #85
"Part of your duties as a father is toughening your boys up." We must live in different universes. frazzled Jun 2012 #97
You must. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #105
That excuse is incredibly lame. jeff47 Jun 2012 #115
There's going to be no winning this with some of you. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #116
Sorry what you call toughening up nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #103
"reinstatement"? It never ended....or slowed down... n/t n2doc Jun 2012 #16
Nothing to be sorry about. GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #19
I had a few of people act like this was no big deal too... AynRandCollectedSS Jun 2012 #21
Like father ~ like sons goclark Jun 2012 #22
Interesting that Willard's "sense of humor" never takes a self-deprecating turn Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #23
Greg Stillson... nt raccoon Jun 2012 #24
+1 000 000 000 kestrel91316 Jun 2012 #25
There is Aerows Jun 2012 #28
"He does like pranks but he doesn't like to get pranked. We've learned that the hard way," Josh said Bozita Jun 2012 #29
Don't these candidates have professional advisors? roody Jun 2012 #31
I just caught the end of them with Wolf B. goclark Jun 2012 #37
Amen! The whole R party is out of touch. treestar Jun 2012 #76
The more stories I hear the worse he appears karynnj Jun 2012 #38
There is something really creepy about him Raine Jun 2012 #43
The look in the eyes of these boys was haunting in the pictures posted here last night. freshwest Jun 2012 #44
I'm not saying Mitt Romney's a serial killer... Cheap_Trick Jun 2012 #45
Was that really 'with affection'? LiberalAndProud Jun 2012 #46
Mitt Rob-me's pranks are what I would expect Jamaal510 Jun 2012 #51
that man is a wierdo TNLib Jun 2012 #58
"some people think GITMO should be closed; I want to double it." Mitt 2008 Maine-i-acs Jun 2012 #62
Dads are supposed to say, "Pull my finger," and then fart. That's a prank you pull valerief Jun 2012 #64
+1,000 nt MADem Jun 2012 #82
My dad used to eat raw eggs right from the shell demwing Jun 2012 #102
As long as he didn't smash the eggs in your face, I agree. nt valerief Jun 2012 #117
From the shell to his mouth demwing Jun 2012 #119
There is something deranged about him..... Swede Atlanta Jun 2012 #66
Maybe a couple of months back PCintern wrote a profile Mira Jun 2012 #67
You're sorry for telling the truth? WTF? cognoscere Jun 2012 #70
"Full reinstatement of the torture regime", like GITMO? just1voice Jun 2012 #84
I'm sorry but there's somewrong terribly wrong with the cult of personality just1voice Jun 2012 #86
If Mitt had actually proposed anything re: healtchcare, equal rights or corruption... Orrex Jun 2012 #98
Fine on that issue we win treestar Jun 2012 #100
What a sick jerk. FlyinButter Jun 2012 #87
There is something wrong with him liberal from boston Jun 2012 #88
Mitt Romney has always striken me as somebody extremely mean. Is that the president we want to have? Mass Jun 2012 #89
Mitt will be the first corporation elected into office Rex Jun 2012 #91
Correct! And right now in Utah, Romney and his investors are planning that hostile takeover. Avalux Jun 2012 #94
Another aspect of that scenario that concerns me Ilsa Jun 2012 #110
One of my co-workers lived in Utah and we had a conversation about their canned food. Avalux Jun 2012 #111
My best friend, not a Mormon, Ilsa Jun 2012 #113
Just a good ol' boy, Never meanin' no harm.... Beartracks Jun 2012 #95
I've seen that "Help" trick before Blue_In_AK Jun 2012 #96
I've heard of it, but I think a whole lot of people would find it extremely unfunny. gulliver Jun 2012 #104
K & R Scurrilous Jun 2012 #107
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