Man assaults girlfriend over suspected Facebook affair with Mitt Romney

[warrior1]

A Tennessee man was recently arrested after he allegedly assaulted his live-in girlfriend because he became suspicious that she was planning an affair with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

Lowell Turpin, 40, confronted his girlfriend earlier this month when he saw a photo of a man who he did not recognize on her Facebook page, according to a police report obtained by The Smoking Gun.

“Mr. Turpin saw a picture of an unknown (to him) male on Ms. [Crystal] Gray’s Facebook page, and angrily demanded to know who the male was,” Anderson County Sheriff Deputy Bradley Prewitt wrote.

Gray explained that the picture was of Romney, but Turpin became angrier and started “smashing the laptop against the wall” when he suspected that she was trying to communicate with her friends through Facebook.

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[Ruby the Liberal]

1. Thats the base for ya.

[hughee99]

16. His base is people who don't know what he looks like? n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. I prefer to call them LIV

Low Information Voters.

Unless Willard's face is on a bumper sticker - then no - many won't.

[hughee99]

21. Even the LIV's

SEE his face in commercials on the Tee Vee during Hillbilly Hand fishing reruns?

[Ruby the Liberal]

26. You are not baiting me into south bashing.

But nice try. I bleed orange.

Next time, try to stay on topic.

[hughee99]

28. I wasn't trying to.

but LIV do watch TV and I'll bet Romney is targeting that demographic with his ads. I'm guessing this guy will be one of the roughly 3/4 of the people who doesn't vote at all.

[lame54]

32. C'mon - you know you want to

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. ty, Ruby...

I am wondering what his girlfriend looks like, tho....amazed he has one.

[Downwinder]

2. Can I call him a redneck?

[cali]

4. yikes. I think neanderthal might be a better fit.

[Initech]

36. At least neanderthals were progressing and inventing things. This guy is way less than that.

[darkangel218]

3. LMAO!

I don't know what's more disturbing, the story or this guy's face

[4_TN_TITANS]

29. Or that he actually had (has?) a live-in girlfriend?

There's hope for anybody here in Tennessee!

[Cali_Democrat]

42. A face only a mother could love

good lord!!

[Enrique]

5. he looks a little like Romney with facial hair

maybe that's why she is a Romney supporter, he reminds her of the love of her life.

[southernyankeebelle]

6. I can't agrue with that. Gee I wonder what county this guy lives in? Am in TN but we aren't

all that way. I am a social democrat and proud.

[KamaAina]

20. Anderson County

according to the article.

[LunaSea]

24. Town of Clinton

Nationally known for an appalling desegregation-related school bombing back in the 50s.
But also home to "The Clinton Twelve"
http://www.greenmcadoo.org/story.html

We have it all here in East TN.
The good, the bad.
And occasionally, the extraordinarily ugly.

[stevenleser]

7. Can't imagine why anyone would want to leave him...

Ignorant, Violent, Suspicious, and not exactly in the 'taking care of himself' category.

[Octafish]

8. I can understand the jealousy. Romney's younger.

You know how it is with authoritarians and their looks.

[snooper2]

9. Now if you didn't start to LOL (really, laugh out loud) the instant you saw that picture

[TwilightGardener]

13. Of course his name is Lowell. That just adds to it.

[reflection]

10. Bulk Smash!

Thank goodness she didn't have a picture of Obama. That would probably have enraged him even more.

[HughBeaumont]

11. For once . . . I have approximately nothing to add.

Simply stunning.

[Initech]

37. Apparently Burt Reynolds has changed his name to Turd Furgeson.

"Funny name...."

[KansDem]

12. Hmmmmmmm...

Lowell or Mitt?





It's a toughie!

[reflection]

17. Well, to be fair

it does appear that Mitt's sideburns are moonlighting as Lowell's beard. So there are obviously many dynamics at play here.

[nolabear]

14. That's a heart attack with a guy wrapped around it right there.

Hurts just to look at.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. You can almost smell the deep-fried, bacon-wrapped snickers bars

[denverbill]

15. I'm a bit surprised he knows how to get on a computer.

That does explain a lot of angry rants I see on some news sites though.

[frogmarch]

19. Looks like he et a few too many

squirrels.

Stories such as this one make me want to barf.

[dhill926]

22. and once again.....

not The Onion. Lordy they is some dumbasses out there.....

[Glassunion]

25. $10 says he still votes for him.

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. Not necessarily. There are other RW parties to vote for, if he is so inclined.

[Xyzse]

30. LOL

So, I am curious, where is his proof of his Live in Girlfriend's affair with Mitt?
Is she going to be a hidden sister wife?

-sorry, couldn't help it-

[Lint Head]

31. Damn! Is this nitwit the result of sex with a chipmunk?

[SoCalDem]

33. His brothers weighed in with the following comment

Dayum.. Lowell's gone & dun it this time..

Otis


Leroy


Slim


Larry had no comment

[Lint Head]

34. Excellent!

[Scuba]

35. Hey, if my squeeze put Romney on her page I'd defriend her too.

[Motown_Johnny]

39. and he could walk into any sporting goods store and buy an AR-15

[slampoet]

40. Proof that Mitt is not reaching his kind of voters.

[Ruby the Liberal]

41. This is an excellent point.

Probably would bother Willard loads less if someone didn't vote for him than if someone didn't even know who the hell he is.

[warrior1]

43. I thought the photo was

photoshopped at first.

[Aerows]

44. Isn't he a winner

I can't imagine why such an amazing specimen as him has reason to be jealous. I'll bet the women just line up in droves to get with that.

[pepperbear]

45. link to actual story here....

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/man-accuses-girlfriend-of-affair-after-seeing-mitt-romney-picture-on-facebook/story-fnd134gw-1226440257400