Does Mitt Romney's attack on a high school classmate bother anybody? It bothers me. It was in the news a while ago about how Romney led the attack on a presumed gay prep school classmate, held him down and cut some of his hair off. Here's the link to the Washington Post article about the incident.
This Doonesbury cartoon focuses on that incident.
Romney said he couldn't remember doing this particular incident.
Really?
I asked my daughter and her husband what they thought of it and they didn't seem to be too bothered by it. They felt that a lot of politicians have these little forgotten secrets in their past and that if you dug enough, you'd find something in everybody's life.
I disagree.
I think that what Romney did really shows his character. Oh yes, it shows leadership qualities all right. He did lead the attack on the defenseless student. Do you want a president who would be inclined to do such a thing?... attack someone for being different? lead others to do it also? and then forgetting what he did because his action didn't make enough of an impression for him to remember it?
I would have been far more forgiving of him if Romney had said that, yes, he remembers it and is utterly remorseful. Yes, he learned from that terrible time. Yes, he's sorry for hurting that kid. Yes, it made him grow to be a more understanding, sensitive, kind person.
But he didn't. He laughed it off. He says he can't remember.
This Doonesbury cartoon focuses on that incident.
Romney said he couldn't remember doing this particular incident.
Really?
I asked my daughter and her husband what they thought of it and they didn't seem to be too bothered by it. They felt that a lot of politicians have these little forgotten secrets in their past and that if you dug enough, you'd find something in everybody's life.
I disagree.
I think that what Romney did really shows his character. Oh yes, it shows leadership qualities all right. He did lead the attack on the defenseless student. Do you want a president who would be inclined to do such a thing?... attack someone for being different? lead others to do it also? and then forgetting what he did because his action didn't make enough of an impression for him to remember it?
I would have been far more forgiving of him if Romney had said that, yes, he remembers it and is utterly remorseful. Yes, he learned from that terrible time. Yes, he's sorry for hurting that kid. Yes, it made him grow to be a more understanding, sensitive, kind person.
But he didn't. He laughed it off. He says he can't remember.
