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Benjy Sarlin-
Mitt Romney offered a qualified apology for his behavior as a high school student, without specifically saying whether a report that he bullied a student thought by his classmates to be gay was accurate.
Back in high school I did some dumb things and if anybody was hurt by that or offended by that I apologize, Romney told FOX radio host Brian Kilmeade Thursday. If I did stupid things, Im afraid Ive got to say sorry for it.
Romney, 65, noted he graduated from high school nearly five decades ago, and said, Im quite a different guy now. He admitted I participated in a lot of hijinks and pranks in high school and some of them might have gone too far, and I apologize.
Five classmates described to the Washington Post on record an incident in which Romney, then a high school senior, teased and ultimately assaulted a student, John Lauber. According to their account, Romney mocked the students long blond hair, recalling that he once said, He cant look like that. Thats wrong. Just look at him! before joining classmates in chasing him, pinning him to the ground and cutting his hair as Lauber screamed for help.
I certainly dont believe that I thought the fellow was homosexual, Romney told Kilmeade. That was the furthest thing from our minds back in the 1960s.
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Just the qualities you want in someone who wants to be the leader of the free world, Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said of the report on Twitter.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/mitt-romney-apologizes-for-high-school-bullying.php
TPM's front page:
Mitt Apologizes If Anyone Hurt By Prep School Pranks
Mitt Romney offered a qualified apology for his behavior as a high school student, without specifically saying whether a report that he bullied a student thought by his classmates to be gay was accurate.
I smell toast!
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)psychologist's dream.
siligut
(12,272 posts)I guess his self-perceived alpha-male status prevents him from using the repugs SOP.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)lingo they inspired: "limited modified hang-out":
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PRESIDENT: You think, you think we want to, want to go this route now? And the--let it hang out, so to speak?
DEAN: Well, it's, it isn't really that--
HALDEMAN: It's a limited hang out.
DEAN: It's a limited hang out.
EHRLICHMAN: It's a modified limited hang out.
PRESIDENT: Well, it's only the questions of the thing hanging out publicly or privately.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout#Modified_limited_hangout
monmouth
(21,078 posts)chair, hot sauce on their sandwich, etc. This was no hijinks sir, this is sociopathic behavior in an attempt to be popular amongst your peers and ilk. Shame on you sir, absolute shame on you. Sometimes karma takes a long while to catch up but this could be the moment in time. Kids who have been bullied, some of the parents out there who have been bullied themselves in their youth, will register this in the negative column. Hijinks my a$$..
rustydog
(9,186 posts)to a spoiled sheltered rich-boy is simply hijinks...How special.
Vanje
(9,766 posts)In what planet is that an apology?
polly7
(20,582 posts)That part just broke my heart .... does it remind anyone of another thread heading here the last few days?. The student didn't get the same beating, fortunately ... but I imagine the fear was horrible. I wonder if he ever got over it.
cali
(114,904 posts)Kali
(55,019 posts)they LIKE that kind of shit. they ARE that kind of shit
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)sadly, this will probably help with the knuckledraggers
ProSense
(116,464 posts)apologizing and more comes out. Romney is a coward and a jerk.
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)There is an absence of remorse for the behavior if you are apologizing for people being "offended" (political correctness runs wild!!), that is not the same as apologizing for behavior.