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uponit7771

(90,344 posts)
Wed May 30, 2012, 04:58 PM May 2012

Romney Advisor Eric Fehrnstrom Recalls How Mitt Romney Joked About Firing a Maid

Could Eric Fehrnstrom be a mole for DNC?

Thx for you input

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/2012-election/romney-advisor-eric-fehrnstrom-recalls-how-mitt-romney-joked-about-firing#

“The governor, in order to turn the tables on this trooper, sat down an composed a letter as if it had been written by the hotel manager, addressed it to himself as Governor the the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, apologized for the bad housekeeping and the short-sheeting of his bed, and informed him that we have taken action to fire the chambermaid responsible."

“The governor showed that to the trooper that had short-sheeted the bed and, of course, his face went white. He was aghast that something like that had happened.”
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Romney Advisor Eric Fehrnstrom Recalls How Mitt Romney Joked About Firing a Maid (Original Post) uponit7771 May 2012 OP
it's a pattern, the bullying wasn't just something done long time ago in high school JI7 May 2012 #1
Oh, that wily rascal! LiberalEsto May 2012 #2
What is this shit about Mitt being such a prankster? Do the idiots think it humanizing lumpy May 2012 #3
Very, very telling. Jackpine Radical May 2012 #4
Meh -- I consider this a pretty clever prank on the trooper. Geoff R. Casavant May 2012 #5
The hell you say. lumpy May 2012 #6
So ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2012 #7
In this instance, yes. Geoff R. Casavant May 2012 #9
Did he ever put a firecracker up a frog's butt ?? kentuck May 2012 #8
Willard is such a riot! ecstatic May 2012 #10
What y'all said upthread. DCKit Jun 2012 #11
no, eric is an asshole. spanone Jun 2012 #12
it gives him great pleasure napkinz Jun 2012 #13
Forget the least interesting man in the world routine. Romney is now Scrooge. Initech Jun 2012 #14

lumpy

(13,704 posts)
3. What is this shit about Mitt being such a prankster? Do the idiots think it humanizing
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:18 PM
May 2012

that a state governor would lower himself to pull such a ridiculous "prank". Guess he is a little bit sadistic to enjoy seeing someone squirm.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
4. Very, very telling.
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:18 PM
May 2012

Not just that he would joke about the maid, but that he would do that to the trooper, who sounds like an actual human.

Behind every practical joke is a core of hostility.

Geoff R. Casavant

(2,381 posts)
5. Meh -- I consider this a pretty clever prank on the trooper.
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:20 PM
May 2012

The trooper played a prank on him, and he played a prank back on the trooper by making the trooper think his prank had gotten an innocent person fired. At no time was the maid's job ever actually in jeopardy, neither was she made to think it was, and as far as I know no one on the hotel staff was even involved in the prank.

There are so many reasons to despise Rmoney, but this isn't one of them.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
7. So ...
Wed May 30, 2012, 05:38 PM
May 2012

It's okay to lead someone believe they have harmed someone else because ... you know ... it was a joke?

Geoff R. Casavant

(2,381 posts)
9. In this instance, yes.
Wed May 30, 2012, 11:23 PM
May 2012

The trooper, part of the governor's security detail, played a prank on the governor first, by short-sheeting his bed. That is probably the kind of thing that can earn a disciplinary procedure, and certainly removal from the governor's detail, which I expect is a pretty plum assignment. Instead Romney just decided to have a little fun hoisting the guy on his own petard for a few minutes.

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