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NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 09:37 AM Jul 2012

GOP wants distance from Utah accused serial rapist - Romney campaign releases a statement

http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-wants-distance-from-utah-accused-serial-rapist

Elections 2012
July 22, 2012
By: Alison Peek

Some members of Utah’s GOP and presidential candidate Mitt Romney are looking for distance between themselves and an accused serial rapist. Republican activist Gregory Nathan Peterson, 37, was charged Thursday with 23 felony counts including rape and aggravated kidnapping. He is in the Salt Lake County Jail with bail set at $750,000.

During an ongoing investigation, police noticed similarities between some rape reports over the past 16 months. The reports, filed with various agencies, added to the confusion. Salt Lake County Attorney Sim Gill did no know why it took so long to arrest Peterson after the first rape was reported on March 26, 2011. snip

Peterson has been running pictures of himself on Facebook with prominent Utah republicans and others including Senators Marco Rubio-R, Florida and Jim DeMint-R, South Carolina, as well as Mitt Romney.

Peterson claims to have a “close, personal friendship” with Romney sons Tagg and Josh from their days at BYU, and added the rest of the family during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The Romney campaign released a statement saying Peterson had not been involved in their campaign since 2007 when he helped chair an event and are “Appalled with the situation.” They added, “And you can believe he won’t be going forward.”


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GOP wants distance from Utah accused serial rapist - Romney campaign releases a statement (Original Post) NNN0LHI Jul 2012 OP
Republican activist , i'll zip it. orpupilofnature57 Jul 2012 #1
"not involved in the campaign since 2007" Enrique Jul 2012 #2
Can't he just call those 23 females his wives? HopeHoops Jul 2012 #3
This might be called "retroactive disassociation" 1-Old-Man Jul 2012 #4
When Ted Bundy was charged before his first escape Republicans helped him out with a defense fund. gordianot Jul 2012 #5
pictures like this won't help KurtNYC Jul 2012 #6
Sorry Willard: he's your guy-your responsibility gopiscrap Jul 2012 #7
Hell, they made up Ayers connection...most likely rMoney will say the Bagger is an Obama supporter uponit7771 Jul 2012 #8

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
5. When Ted Bundy was charged before his first escape Republicans helped him out with a defense fund.
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 09:58 AM
Jul 2012

Wonder how many pictures will be scrubbed from the internet?

gopiscrap

(23,674 posts)
7. Sorry Willard: he's your guy-your responsibility
Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:20 AM
Jul 2012

do you think for one fucking second that if this douche bag had as close of ties to the Dems as he has with Romney and the rest of his mormen ilk, that the MSM wouldn't be reporting this 24/7?

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