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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt Romney's Ethics Problem: Creepy Fake Cop Edition
June 07, 2012 04:00 PM
Mitt Romney's Ethics Problem: Creepy Fake Cop Edition
By karoli
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/mitt-romneys-ethics-problem-creepy-fake-cop
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This incident is creepy, but it also points to an authoritarian and anti-woman streak in Romney. Let's not forget that Romney's religion forbids any alcoholic or caffeinated drinks. To set up two women with beer in the car, pretend to be a cop, and leave them there with it? That's not a joke. That's a disgusting, authoritarian, nasty statement about what Romney thinks of women who don't comport with his idea of what women should be.
Mitt Romney's Ethics Problem: Creepy Fake Cop Edition
By karoli
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/mitt-romneys-ethics-problem-creepy-fake-cop
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Phillip Maxwell, a prep school buddy, told the New Republic in 2008 that Romney had pulled over students from a girls school next door to Cranbrook while wearing a police uniform as a prank. Other former classmates described Mitt as a happy-go-lucky guy known less for his achievements and more for his pranks.
In The Real Romney, a biography published by Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman this year,another former friend recalled how Romney had put a siren on top of his car and chased two of his friends who were driving around with their dates. The two friends were in on the scheme, but the girls were not. There was beer in the car trunk, according to a prearranged plan. Mitt told his two counterparts to get out of their vehicle and into his car. Then they drove off, leaving the girls behind.
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To some observers, Romneys alleged masquerading as a cop to intimidate innocent drivers shows a character defect that is also revealed by other bullying incidents during his youth. When those incidents were disclosed in the Washington Post earlier this year, Romney issued an apology of sorts, stating that he had done stupid things and was sorry if he had harmed anyone.
In The Real Romney, a biography published by Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman this year,another former friend recalled how Romney had put a siren on top of his car and chased two of his friends who were driving around with their dates. The two friends were in on the scheme, but the girls were not. There was beer in the car trunk, according to a prearranged plan. Mitt told his two counterparts to get out of their vehicle and into his car. Then they drove off, leaving the girls behind.
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To some observers, Romneys alleged masquerading as a cop to intimidate innocent drivers shows a character defect that is also revealed by other bullying incidents during his youth. When those incidents were disclosed in the Washington Post earlier this year, Romney issued an apology of sorts, stating that he had done stupid things and was sorry if he had harmed anyone.
This incident is creepy, but it also points to an authoritarian and anti-woman streak in Romney. Let's not forget that Romney's religion forbids any alcoholic or caffeinated drinks. To set up two women with beer in the car, pretend to be a cop, and leave them there with it? That's not a joke. That's a disgusting, authoritarian, nasty statement about what Romney thinks of women who don't comport with his idea of what women should be.
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Mitt Romney's Ethics Problem: Creepy Fake Cop Edition (Original Post)
Amerigo Vespucci
Jun 2012
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99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)1. Not to mention the "wannabe Cop" persona a la Zimmerman. ~nt
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,509 posts)2. He and his fraternaty brothers just liked to dress up in costumes.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)3. People in my life* did a lot of stupid things, but never bullied, cheated, robbed or faked. Yet
The Romneys of the world control our lives more and more.
None of the things he says that are funny or make him laugh are funny to me or would be funny to my family.
We would call these things sick and cruel, every single one of us.
Has our day passed, is this the future?
*Meaning the ones I allow, not those I could not avoid, not family and friends.
None of the things he says that are funny or make him laugh are funny to me or would be funny to my family.
We would call these things sick and cruel, every single one of us.
Has our day passed, is this the future?
*Meaning the ones I allow, not those I could not avoid, not family and friends.