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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 12:58 PM Jun 2012

We Knew Mitt Likes To Fire Firemen - But Did You Know He Likes To Dress Like One Too?

Shop owners recall more teen Romney pranks: fake stickup, impersonating firefighter
Published: 12:24 AM 06/25/2012


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/25/shop-owners-recall-more-teen-romney-pranks-fake-stickup-impersonating-firefighter/#ixzz1ypDuIBgu


He recalled another staged stunt, “the fireman story,” that happened around the same year during the Christmas season. As holiday business picked up, Shaw kept the store open until 9:00 p.m. during the week, he said, and routinely received truck shipments around closing time.

So when he heard a “loud banging” on the metal delivery door in the back of the shop as he was preparing to lock the front door, he thought it was just another late-night delivery.

But when Shaw opened the door, he explained, he suddenly stood face-to-face with Mitt Romney “in full Bloomfield Township fireman’s regalia.”

“He had on the waterproof cape, the fire helmet, and he was carrying a bona fide fire ax,” Shaw told TheDC, and barged into the store screaming, “Where’s the fire? Where’s the fire?”

http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/25/shop-owners-recall-more-teen-romney-pranks-fake-stickup-impersonating-firefighter/

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We Knew Mitt Likes To Fire Firemen - But Did You Know He Likes To Dress Like One Too? (Original Post) kpete Jun 2012 OP
Mitt defines the word weirdo flamingdem Jun 2012 #1
That was the exact same word that sprang to my mind too - weirdo yardwork Jun 2012 #24
Seperated at birth? hedgehog Jun 2012 #2
Separated...or cloned? aquart Jun 2012 #4
Firemarshall Bill aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #10
Nah. One is an over-caffeinated, low-rent game show host. The other is a weasel-faced liar. Raster Jun 2012 #22
WTF? EarlG Jun 2012 #3
First cops, now fire personnel nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #5
Mitt is Mr Benn nxylas Jun 2012 #17
There are a bunch of those on YOUTUBE. MADem Jun 2012 #34
Socialist propaganda! nxylas Jun 2012 #36
Agggh....so Mitt's a socialist, then? Talk about an undercover brother! Who knew? MADem Jun 2012 #51
ooh no stay! Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2012 #26
And if he actually wins nadinbrzezinski Jun 2012 #31
we need to vet him completely Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2012 #35
Starting to wonder how teen Mittens didn't end up in the juvenile court system treestar Jun 2012 #6
I am really wondering that as well. Initech Jun 2012 #9
Daddy was Guv'nor. That's why. Creedence wrote a song about that: leveymg Jun 2012 #11
When your Dad is governor, those things don't go far SoCalDem Jun 2012 #44
$$$$$$$$ n/t progressivebydesign Jun 2012 #55
Romney has more outfits than Lady Gaga KurtNYC Jun 2012 #7
Even more than the contents of GWB's super secret hidden dress-up costume closet Bozita Jun 2012 #12
Romney fulfilled his youthful Fire Man dreams at Bain aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #8
Ok, before weird and crazy; now I am thinking he is a certified nutcase! nt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2012 #13
Awww. Isn't that cute. pa28 Jun 2012 #14
too funny! renate Jun 2012 #16
Duzy! NJCher Jun 2012 #39
We need to make sure he NEVER gets the chance to imitate the President. AzDar Jun 2012 #15
it just gets creepier and creepier..... notadmblnd Jun 2012 #18
It's not 'normal' Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2012 #25
George W Bush had a flight-suit costume. Did Rmoney? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #19
Impersonating cops and firefighters but that was back then, Now he wants to fire the real ones! MagickMuffin Jun 2012 #20
$500 for a picture of him in a Little Bo Peep costume. tanyev Jun 2012 #21
How much for one in a J. Edgar Hoover tutu? Bozita Jun 2012 #23
ha ha! How about a president outfit flamingdem Jun 2012 #27
rich boy "pranks". Had money to rent/purchase full fireman outfit. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2012 #28
this explains why he keeps talking about how FUN it is to campaign grasswire Jun 2012 #29
very insightful NJCher Jun 2012 #41
JESUS he is one CREEPY guy! Raine Jun 2012 #30
these "pranks" aren't even funny Skittles Jun 2012 #32
+1 dmr Jun 2012 #43
The rightwing Daily Caller printed this? Talk about sabotage! nt MADem Jun 2012 #33
This fits his narrative. An impostor in all that he does. morningfog Jun 2012 #37
He probably thinks that yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater is hilarious. trusty elf Jun 2012 #38
He's like Roger the alien in "American Dad". drm604 Jun 2012 #40
a thought NJCher Jun 2012 #42
Romney is lucky he wasn't shot aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #45
OMG!! Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #46
Here's a taste Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #49
Done!!! Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2012 #53
Mitt's antics PatSeg Jun 2012 #47
Now he wants to impersonate a President of the U.S. begin_within Jun 2012 #48
Romney was into dressage even as a youth aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #50
Mitt's line of thinking: why pay perfectly good teachers, firefighters, and cops when you can impersonate them for free? Initech Jun 2012 #52
There is something seriously wrong with that guy.... progressivebydesign Jun 2012 #54
The list ... up dated Botany Jun 2012 #56
What about dressing up as a gangster and pretending to stage a hold up of a store aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #59
Part of a really weird pattern Botany Jun 2012 #62
This guy makes my skin crawl. Marie Marie Jun 2012 #57
Would I now be surprised to learn next that Rmoney is a "furry"? beac Jun 2012 #58
...What... the... fuck? Scootaloo Jun 2012 #60
I thought he dressed up as a cop. mwb970 Jun 2012 #61

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
17. Mitt is Mr Benn
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 03:51 PM
Jun 2012

A show I remember from my childhood. From Wikipedia:

Mr Benn is a character created by David McKee who appears in several children's books, and an animated television series of the same name transmitted by the BBC in 1971 and 1972. Whether in a book, or on television, Mr Benn's adventures take on a similar pattern. Mr Benn, a man wearing a black suit and bowler hat, leaves his house at 52 Festive Road and visits a fancy-dress costume shop where he is invited by the moustachioed, fez-wearing shopkeeper to try on a particular outfit. He leaves the shop through a magic door at the back of the changing room and enters a world appropriate to his costume, where he has an adventure (which usually contains a moral) before the shopkeeper reappears to lead him back to the changing room, and the story comes to an end. Mr Benn returns to his normal life, but is left with a small souvenir of his magical adventure. Additionally, scenes before and after his adventure usually have some connection to it, such as the games the children are playing in the street as he passes.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
34. There are a bunch of those on YOUTUBE.
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 09:01 PM
Jun 2012


I was an adult when they came out, but I remember them as well.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
36. Socialist propaganda!
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 10:07 AM
Jun 2012

The circus folk only succeed in crossing the river when they learn to work together. And Mr Ben gets given a red nose at the end. You know who else said "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"? Karl Marx, that's who.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
51. Agggh....so Mitt's a socialist, then? Talk about an undercover brother! Who knew?
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 04:38 PM
Jun 2012


Of course, the way the guy waffles, he really could be anything, if you pick and choose his quotes over the years!

treestar

(82,383 posts)
6. Starting to wonder how teen Mittens didn't end up in the juvenile court system
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:08 PM
Jun 2012

Some of this crap was bound to be illegal and ordinary proles would have been found delinquent under juvenile justice for it.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
11. Daddy was Guv'nor. That's why. Creedence wrote a song about that:
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:34 PM
Jun 2012

Like Dubya, another Fortunate Son who grew up in a world over his head and ability to comprehend.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
44. When your Dad is governor, those things don't go far
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 12:29 PM
Jun 2012

He was a brat who got away with anything he wanted to.

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)
7. Romney has more outfits than Lady Gaga
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:12 PM
Jun 2012

If he wears them all at once he can impersonate the Village People.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
8. Romney fulfilled his youthful Fire Man dreams at Bain
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:13 PM
Jun 2012

And the prank where he disguised himself as a gangster to stick people up is another strange twist where he fulfilled those dreams when he grew up as well. You've now got to wonder what nuttiness from his past remains to be discovered.

pa28

(6,145 posts)
14. Awww. Isn't that cute.
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:58 PM
Jun 2012

One day they are impersonating cops and firefighters and before you know it they turn into serial liars running for president.

They grow up so fast! *sob*

MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)
20. Impersonating cops and firefighters but that was back then, Now he wants to fire the real ones!
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 04:28 PM
Jun 2012

What's the matter Mitt, you didn't fit in then, and you don't fit in now.

Seek HELP!


ETA: a missing word

 

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
28. rich boy "pranks". Had money to rent/purchase full fireman outfit.
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 08:42 PM
Jun 2012

and the name to avoid arrest for it.

NJCher

(35,688 posts)
41. very insightful
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 11:29 AM
Jun 2012

Of course it's fun to campaign. He can be anything he wants to be!

I agree with the posters who say this is getting creepier and creepier.

Nothing like dropping by DU in the a.m. for Mitt's "identity for a day."



Cher

NJCher

(35,688 posts)
42. a thought
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 11:37 AM
Jun 2012

I was thinking about another person I know who opines for another occupation.

In this case, the person is a psychiatrist. Well, who listens to psychiatrists? They listen to everybody else all day long, so the only person left to listen is their wife or their girlfriend.

In this case, my psychiatrist significant other just loved to talk about all these different occupations he could have. One of his faves was "shoe salesman." No he wasn't a foot fetishist. He just thought he could be really good shoe salesman. I regarded it as the imaginative part of his empathizer self.

So it makes me wonder if Mitt, who we all surmise is probably a psychopath incapable of empathizing with other living beings, was thwarted in his maturation process--the part when most humans learn a modicum of empathy.

Mitt just got the "costume" part and never went on for the rest.

Just a little armchair psychiatry here.


Cher

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
45. Romney is lucky he wasn't shot
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 12:49 PM
Jun 2012

Last edited Tue Jun 26, 2012, 01:53 PM - Edit history (1)

Pretending to be a gangster and staging fake hold-ups of stores, pointing a fake machine gun at store owners and yelling "this is a stick up" could get him killed. If trigger-happy George Zimmerman had owned one of the stores that Romney pranked we might be discussing some other weirdo Republican candidate for President. I think there might be jurisdictions where what Romney did, even in jest, may have been illegal. I don't think you can barge into a bank, for example, and say "stick 'em up" even if it's a fake bank hold up.

And this is more evidence of Romney's violent side. We know he assaulted a student with scissors. He likes to push people's faces into plates of food. And according to the shop owner describing this latest Romney prank, he shoved his way through customers as he entered the store.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
46. OMG!!
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 02:18 PM
Jun 2012

It's the Walter MITTy character!!!

In this case, Willard Mitty.

I'm off to photoshop the movie poster now!!!

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
47. Mitt's antics
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 02:30 PM
Jun 2012

remind me of those coming-of-age movies about the well off preppy kid who is always getting into mischief at school. They were relatively amusing to watch I suppose, but I never thought there were real people who behaved like that.

Initech

(100,081 posts)
52. Mitt's line of thinking: why pay perfectly good teachers, firefighters, and cops when you can impersonate them for free?
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 04:39 PM
Jun 2012

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
54. There is something seriously wrong with that guy....
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 05:52 PM
Jun 2012

..these stories get weirder and weirder!! Poor little Richie Rich, has to play at REAL jobs to get his thrills.

Wow.. these things are just disturbing.

On edit: the comments on the story on daily caller are equally disturbing. Love the rightwingers that post that it's no big deal because they, themselves, used to play "cops and robbers and firemen all the time" Really? Did they play that when they were old enough to DRIVE?? And did they use Trooper uniforms to pull people over???

SOunds like Romney's Dad knew of Romney's uniform fetish, and supplied him with uniforms. Seriously.. he is a sick, sick, person. It's not ONE thing that makes him messed up, it's a PATTERN. The assault on the long haired student at school, the dressing up like a fireman, dressing like a State Trooper in COLLEGE, pushing his kid and grandkids faces down into butter and whipped cream, tying his dog onto the car roof, etc. etc. etc. It's the collection of things that make up someone's character.

Botany

(70,517 posts)
56. The list ... up dated
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 06:26 PM
Jun 2012

torturing a gay young man
walking a blind man into a wall
dressing up as a state cop and pulling people over in traffic
pushing his grandson's face into a plate of food
protesting for the war in Vietnam all the time knowing he would not have to go
making millions by hurting innocent workers in companies he took over
insulting his hosts about the food he was served and then asking a woman why
she wasn't in the kitchen cooking
Wants to be POTUS but keeps his $ in Swiss and Cayman accounts
forced his dog to ride on the roof of his car for hours and when the dog crapped its self
out of fear Mitt hosed the dog and the car down and kept driving.

I am sorry but Mitt really needs a good old fashioned ass kicking.

"The guy lives off his investments... running for Prez seems to be a hobby." quote from DUer progressivebydesign

update
Mitt dressed up as a fireman to scare people and think the building they were in was on fire.
Ann Romney, her vet, and her trainer doped up a show horse who was lame in order to con
some buyer out of his or her money ..... $125,000 ..... when she was worth @ least $50 million.

These people are fucking freaks! When will the police find latex gloves and tie down straps as
part of Mitt's "fun bag?"

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
59. What about dressing up as a gangster and pretending to stage a hold up of a store
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 12:01 AM
Jun 2012

and shoving people aside as he made is way with a fake machine gun? That's in the linked story above. I'm astonished that almost no one commented on that behavior in this thread and that people are paying more attention to the fireman dress up. The fact he wanted to play gangster and pretend to strafe the people in a store is something he should have grown out of at age 10.

Botany

(70,517 posts)
62. Part of a really weird pattern
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 08:34 AM
Jun 2012

Last edited Wed Jun 27, 2012, 09:19 AM - Edit history (1)

The dressing up as a cop in a highway patrolman's uniform and making
real life traffic stops pegs my creep-O meter. But I will add his gangster
act to my list of his actions.

BTW How much did we hear about Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright but outside
of the article about his school day bullying these really disturbing actions
have gotten zero press in the national (liberal ) media.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
57. This guy makes my skin crawl.
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 10:28 PM
Jun 2012

He has one sick sense of humor. Creepy doesn't even begin to describe him and I see no evidence that he has evolved into a fully functioning adult.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
60. ...What... the... fuck?
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:54 AM
Jun 2012

I have to sit down and take a drink for this one. Seriously, just... wow.

This guy is two ES&S machines away from being our New Glorious Leader?

Fuck me, I'm moving to Mexico.

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