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Pic Of The Moment: College dorm mate: "Creepy" Romney Used To Impersonate Police Officer (Original Post) EarlG Jun 2012 OP
That's illegal as hell! catbyte Jun 2012 #1
And worse yet, it is profoundly DANGEROUS to this land and its people!!! The guy is a FACIST. patrice Jun 2012 #25
This is wild. Is this true? If so, what took so long to bring it up? wake.up.america Jun 2012 #37
Romney had a mean, cruel streak for sure. He directed a visually impaired teacher crunch60 Jun 2012 #38
I am not going to diminish what Romney did... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #41
It seems you already have diminished what Romney did, just by your response. crunch60 Jun 2012 #42
who said the teacher was driving? tnvoter Jun 2012 #58
Read the post... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2012 #59
Speaking as a lawyer, that is not illegal tclambert Jun 2012 #40
+1 davidwparker Jun 2012 #62
It is a felony Botany Jun 2012 #45
It would be a felony.... Vanje Jun 2012 #48
too true Botany Jun 2012 #57
This will be dismissed as college hijinks. drm604 Jun 2012 #2
But these examples of the young Rmoney's sociopath behavior are really piling up bupkus Jun 2012 #23
It's funny how effortlessly sociopaths rise to power. qb Jun 2012 #3
Do you mean funny/irritating or funny/peculiar? siligut Jun 2012 #14
Why is this just now coming to light? Tejas Jun 2012 #4
Multiple college peers have confirmed this now KurtNYC Jun 2012 #9
One word. FEAR! SoutherDem Jun 2012 #12
Plus, there probably is a lot more pressure on them now. DaveJ Jun 2012 #15
What the hell? ellie Jun 2012 #5
"and the nightstick, it glides gracefully upside your head".... trusty elf Jun 2012 #6
Fan of the nykym Jun 2012 #7
I hope this goes viral....n/t KoKo Jun 2012 #11
That's pretty awesome. bluedigger Jun 2012 #30
Wtf is wrong with this guy!?! PotatoChip Jun 2012 #8
Well. what is wrong with RePUGs who run for Office ... bayareaboy Jun 2012 #13
Another reason why there should be mandatory psychological evaluation RKP5637 Jun 2012 #17
I think so too. As well as an IQ test. Chemisse Jun 2012 #35
I've always felt there was something creepy/weird about him... KoKo Jun 2012 #10
He is creepy, just looking/listening to him talk and his ideas really RKP5637 Jun 2012 #18
Most of the Mega Rich are strong authoritarians. SoutherDem Jun 2012 #26
Ted Bundy. That is all. nt msanthrope Jun 2012 #16
I was thinking the same. They_Live Jun 2012 #19
Actually, I agree..he has that Bundy vibe.. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #20
Yes - Romney is in Ted Bundy territory. SalviaBlue Jun 2012 #29
Yes!! wendylaroux Jun 2012 #34
Bundy was a delegate to Repub Convention in 1968 stuffmatters Jun 2012 #49
Mitt is a nutjob Aerows Jun 2012 #21
Bring Back Aqua-Budda ! jerseyjack Jun 2012 #22
FACIST! To WHAT purpose would a RICH man DO such a thing? What need is he fulfilling? POWER. patrice Jun 2012 #24
It's kind of the methodolgy wilt the stilt Jun 2012 #27
Thought it was all those Teevee shows I was watching... DCKit Jun 2012 #28
There's got to be more to this story onlyadream Jun 2012 #31
Romney was arrested and booked for disorderly conduct in 1981 aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2012 #32
He was probably a serial rapist. n/t ingac70 Jun 2012 #33
For anyone else, I'd cite presumption of innocence nxylas Jun 2012 #67
Is the Romney camp still looking... Wait Wut Jun 2012 #36
WILLARD Madmiddle Jun 2012 #39
Doesn't surprise me a bit. Currently, he is trying to impersonate a human being. Not having much firenewt Jun 2012 #43
Hey...firenewt...Welcome to DU... Tikki Jun 2012 #46
, Jamaal510 Jun 2012 #44
Creepy! nt Vanje Jun 2012 #47
"Creepy" is the word that comes to mind whenever the guy opens his mouth. HuckleB Jun 2012 #50
I get a major ick factor every time I see his picture anywhere. Initech Jun 2012 #53
+1,000,000,000,000 HuckleB Jun 2012 #63
There is something seriously wrong in Rmoney's head. hifiguy Jun 2012 #51
What a weirdo TNLib Jun 2012 #52
OMG TNLib Jun 2012 #54
You'd thing if the media was Objective they'd air this ad nauseam fascisthunter Jun 2012 #55
Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #56
Um....... no. Cobalt Violet Jun 2012 #66
Looks like he's gotten George Zimmerman's vote. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2012 #60
Wasn't there a serial killer or rapist around that time in Michigan EC Jun 2012 #61
So, how do Law Enforcement personal feel about this? Ready4Change Jun 2012 #64
Dubya tortured frogs arikara Jun 2012 #65
me too ThomThom Jun 2012 #68
Is being a Sociopath, fascist pig and don't forget racist a requirement for this bunch? santamargarita Jun 2012 #69

catbyte

(34,403 posts)
1. That's illegal as hell!
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:49 AM
Jun 2012

At least in Michigan it is. What a piece of shit Romney is. The more that's coming out about him, the more he's looking like an out and out socio/psychopath. I can't imagine what he'd do if he was allowed to hold sway over the CIA, FBI & the Pentagon.





Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

patrice

(47,992 posts)
25. And worse yet, it is profoundly DANGEROUS to this land and its people!!! The guy is a FACIST.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:11 PM
Jun 2012

Those nukes you refer to aren't just a cute internet meme.

wake.up.america

(3,334 posts)
37. This is wild. Is this true? If so, what took so long to bring it up?
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 03:29 PM
Jun 2012

I have a friend who was recently involved as a policeman in a case involving someone who impersonated a cop. The guy was fined some 7,000 Euro. This is a serious incident.

 

crunch60

(1,412 posts)
38. Romney had a mean, cruel streak for sure. He directed a visually impaired teacher
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 03:37 PM
Jun 2012

into a closed door. He would probably cut the provisions of the ADA as well with his disgusting mindset.
We must keep him far away from the White House. I hate to imagine the kind of havoc he would inflict on the world with the kind of power he would have as POTUS.

snip:
Teachers were also the butt of Romney’s brand of humor?

One venerable English teacher, Carl G. Wonnberger, nicknamed “the Bat” for his diminished eyesight, was known to walk into the trophy case and apologize, step into wastepaper baskets and stare blindly as students slipped out the back of the room to smoke by the open windows. Once, several students remembered the time pranksters propped up the back axle of Wonnberger’s Volkswagen Beetle with two-by-fours and watched, laughing from the windows, as the unwitting teacher slammed the gas pedal with his wheels spinning in the air.

As an underclassman, Romney accompanied Wonnberger and Pierce Getsinger, another student, from the second floor of the main academic building to the library to retrieve a book the two boys needed. According to Getsinger, Romney opened a first set of doors for Wonnberger, but then at the next set, with other students around, he swept his hand forward, bidding the teacher into a closed door. Wonnberger walked right into it and Getsinger said Romney giggled hysterically as the teacher shrugged it off as another of life’s indignities.

http://truthquake.com/2012/05/10/mitt-romney-homophobic-racist-harassment-exposed-full-account-students/

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
41. I am not going to diminish what Romney did...
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 05:18 PM
Jun 2012

but with that kind of eyesight, should the teacher have been driving in the first place?

 

crunch60

(1,412 posts)
42. It seems you already have diminished what Romney did, just by your response.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 05:55 PM
Jun 2012

You seem to have forgotten the part where he purposely ran him into a door. It is the totality of his cruel, insensitive behavior, that makes me believe that Romney is a complete douche.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
59. Read the post...
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 09:49 PM
Jun 2012

I was responding to. The same teacher who Romney ran into a door (due to his extremely poor eyesight) had his rear axle blocked up.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
40. Speaking as a lawyer, that is not illegal
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 04:31 PM
Jun 2012

because he's rich, and therefore immune to most forms of prosecution.

By the way, I'm not really a lawyer. I just thought it would be fun to impersonate one on this thread.

Botany

(70,516 posts)
45. It is a felony
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 06:25 PM
Jun 2012

From Wiki:

Police impersonation is an act of falsely portraying oneself as a member of the police, for the purpose of deception. In the vast majority of countries the practice is illegal and carries a custodial sentence.
Impersonating a police officer is sometimes committed in order to assert police-like authority in order to commit a crime. Posing as a police officer enables the offender to legitimize the appearance of an illegal act, such as: burglary, making a traffic stop, or detaining.
Dressing up as a police officer in costume, or pretending to be a police officer for the purpose of play or a harmless prank toward an acquaintance is generally not considered a crime, provided that those involved recognize the imposter is not a real police officer, and the imposter is not trying to deceive those involved into thinking he/she is.
The following impersonations class as the offence:
Verbal identification: The imposter announces to the unsuspecting victim that they are a police officer.
Fake Badge or Warrant card: The imposter, though not in any special clothes, displays a police-like badge or identification card to the victim. Sometimes a real police officer will not even be able to differentiate between the real and fake badge, as some duplicates are very, if not exactly alike.
Fake uniform: The imposter wears a uniform that looks very much like that of a police officer.
Fake vehicle: The imposter places lights, decals, or other equipment on a personal vehicle to disguise it as a police car and enable the offender to make arrests or traffic stops.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
2. This will be dismissed as college hijinks.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:50 AM
Jun 2012

Now Obama, mind you, in his younger years was - horror of horrors - an evil community organizer!

All Mitt did was participate in some college boys-will-be-boys hijinks like impersonating a police officer and assaulting other students with scissors.

 

bupkus

(1,981 posts)
23. But these examples of the young Rmoney's sociopath behavior are really piling up
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:04 PM
Jun 2012

And they can't all be dismissed. Don't Republicans always insist on "character" as the main criteria for leadership?

Funny how they then always manage to nominate the worst characters they can find.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
14. Do you mean funny/irritating or funny/peculiar?
Reply to qb (Reply #3)
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 11:48 AM
Jun 2012

Because I know you don't mean funny/ha ha.

The real people in power need a front man.

Sociopaths like Romney are promoted to management because they don't have a conscience or empathy.

Rmoney is perfectly willing to cause suffering, for the sake of bolstering his keepers coffers.

 

Tejas

(4,759 posts)
4. Why is this just now coming to light?
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 11:00 AM
Jun 2012

Why has it been kept a secret? This could have helped keep Romney from ever becoming governor, is this a BS story?

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
12. One word. FEAR!
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 11:36 AM
Jun 2012

If I had dirt on my college roommate who was running for governor of another state, I might not tell for fear of the revenge he may take on me.

I might stay silent during the primaries because he wasn't, isn't the first choice of the people but the corporate machine saw to his being the nominee.

Now he might be president. I now have skin in the game.

Remember, Romney is known to be a evil person doing whatever needed to serve his purpose, and he certainly has the money to make it happen.

I said I might. I don't know. I think that is one of those things which until you are in the situation you don't know what you would do.

DaveJ

(5,023 posts)
15. Plus, there probably is a lot more pressure on them now.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 11:59 AM
Jun 2012

The media probably doesn't care much about a tidbit from a governor's past, but now his roommates are being hounded relentlessly be the worldwide media.

And there might be interview/money opportunities too, not to say they could just make it up, but they actually have incentive to reveal the facts now.

PotatoChip

(3,186 posts)
8. Wtf is wrong with this guy!?!
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 11:17 AM
Jun 2012

Seriously, we all need to work like hell to make sure he gets nowhere near the Presidency.

He's every bit as creepy as Cheney, if not more-so.

bayareaboy

(793 posts)
13. Well. what is wrong with RePUGs who run for Office ...
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 11:48 AM
Jun 2012

They have no real sense of the how the golden rule works best for all. They are liars, whether they wear magic pants or not, and they had friends or family who didn't correct when they were young.

Cheney wanted to show us how really bad he was. he was just a big batch of potato salad that was in the sun too long.

Mitts is just totally bonkers. Sometimes I like to watch him go on, but then I realize how that bad that is. His mind is not in gear.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
17. Another reason why there should be mandatory psychological evaluation
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 12:26 PM
Jun 2012

of candidates for very high office. Too much is quickly at stake anymore. Voters can't be expected to really understand the psychological underlaying dynamics of someone running for office.

Chemisse

(30,813 posts)
35. I think so too. As well as an IQ test.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 02:38 PM
Jun 2012

The president should, at the very least, have average intelligence.

Of course who would administer these tests? It would be tough to prevent sabotage.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
10. I've always felt there was something creepy/weird about him...
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 11:27 AM
Jun 2012

Sure shows he has strong streak of authoritarianism. We sure don't need him allied with our out of control MIC. It's bad enough as it is.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
18. He is creepy, just looking/listening to him talk and his ideas really
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 12:29 PM
Jun 2012

is creepy. And that strange smile of his ...

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts)
26. Most of the Mega Rich are strong authoritarians.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:13 PM
Jun 2012

Also, from what I know so are the leaders in the Mormon Church.

They_Live

(3,236 posts)
19. I was thinking the same.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 12:35 PM
Jun 2012

This kind of rabid need-for-power situation usually leads to rape, assault, and quite possibly murder/missing persons. Of course, none of this matters in the USA. All that matters is money. Money. Money. Money. It's a sad state of affairs.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
20. Actually, I agree..he has that Bundy vibe..
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 12:41 PM
Jun 2012

except I think Mitt iis dumber and less articulate.

But hell, people voted an even dumber guy into the White before Obama, so....

patrice

(47,992 posts)
24. FACIST! To WHAT purpose would a RICH man DO such a thing? What need is he fulfilling? POWER.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:07 PM
Jun 2012

Last edited Thu Jun 7, 2012, 03:45 PM - Edit history (1)

He had/has no NEEEEEED for power to survive or provide the necessities of life. That's why this is power for power's sake ALONE. This is also why the guy has been moving all over the place on every issue. He's driven by the desire for power for power's sake alone, so he will do/say A - N - Y - T - H - I - N - G - for - A - N - Y - O - N - E to get more power.

Consider his FOREIGN FINANCIAL entanglements and those of those who back him. A vote for Romney is a vote to sell the U.S. Military down the river into WAR SLAVERY and, hence, strongly increasing reliance on NUCLEAR WEAPONS, the BIGGEST POWER there is.



 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
28. Thought it was all those Teevee shows I was watching...
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:19 PM
Jun 2012

but it seems that Mitt may have a bit of psychopath in him. The signs have been there from the get-go.

Thanks and all that, but I'm voting for the Kenyan/Kansan in November... and his wife, too. She's just soooooooooo cool.

onlyadream

(2,166 posts)
31. There's got to be more to this story
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:36 PM
Jun 2012

What about the people who were pulled over? I'd LOVE to hear what happened, if he really did what he bragged about. I have suspicions that he was all talk because this kind of person usually needs a gang to be so brazen.
In addition, as a woman, the first thing that went to my mind upon reading this was - rapist.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
32. Romney was arrested and booked for disorderly conduct in 1981
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 01:45 PM
Jun 2012

I'd love to see the mug shot from that booking if it hasn't been sanitized by political operatives. Apparently Romney disobeyed an officer and put his family boat into the water even though his license wasn't in order. Later, Romney threatened to sue the arresting officer and badgered him.

He seems to have a weird relationship with the police and authority.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/mitt-romney-was-arrest-for-disorderly-conduct-in-1

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
67. For anyone else, I'd cite presumption of innocence
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 09:03 AM
Jun 2012

But considering the crap that Republicans have been throwing at Obama for the last 4 years, it's a case of sauce for the goose.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
36. Is the Romney camp still looking...
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 03:20 PM
Jun 2012

...for a former college "friend" to speak for him or have they given up?

There was that one guy that was "thinking" about it, but haven't heard from him. Apparently, all the money in the world can't buy you one freakin' friend to help elect you to the highest office in our nation. Gives me hope for humanity.

 

Madmiddle

(459 posts)
39. WILLARD
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 03:44 PM
Jun 2012

is a fringe creepo even to sociopathic republican party. I'm sure that the repukes new these facts, that's why they have their doubts about him. The more people dig into Willards background, the more creeped out people will be. Keep diggin' folks, the public needs to know this stuff.

 

firenewt

(298 posts)
43. Doesn't surprise me a bit. Currently, he is trying to impersonate a human being. Not having much
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 05:55 PM
Jun 2012

success in my opinion.

Tikki

(14,557 posts)
46. Hey...firenewt...Welcome to DU...
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 06:25 PM
Jun 2012


It's going to be a long hot Summer for ole Mitt...more will be known, I am sure.



Tikki
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
51. There is something seriously wrong in Rmoney's head.
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 07:31 PM
Jun 2012

This, the horrible incident cutting the kid's hair in prep school, the dog on the car. This guy just ain't right in the skull department. Giving him the presidency would be like giving whiskey and car keys to 16 year old boys. Not one good thing would come of it.

TNLib

(1,819 posts)
52. What a weirdo
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 07:36 PM
Jun 2012

I wonder what he did to the people he pulled over? Did he write them a fake traffic ticket or did he cop a feel while frisking them?



TNLib

(1,819 posts)
54. OMG
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 07:41 PM
Jun 2012

I just had this terrible thought. What if Mitt get's elected and we find out that he's a serial Killer.

 

fascisthunter

(29,381 posts)
55. You'd thing if the media was Objective they'd air this ad nauseam
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 07:59 PM
Jun 2012

but their guise of fairness will of course be used to let this nut job skate... just as they have been doing since Reagan. Corporate media is corporate... those who deregulate for corporations are part of their interests. This country is completely corrupt and becoming more of a failure by the day.

Response to EarlG (Original post)

Cobalt Violet

(9,905 posts)
66. Um....... no.
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 04:53 AM
Jun 2012

It's not at all trivial.


No one is "digging up dirt". People are coming forward in an attempt to warn us as to what this guy is about. I like to at least consider what they have to say.

EC

(12,287 posts)
61. Wasn't there a serial killer or rapist around that time in Michigan
Thu Jun 7, 2012, 09:55 PM
Jun 2012

that dressed like a cop? I seem to remember something like that, from back in the late 60's.

arikara

(5,562 posts)
65. Dubya tortured frogs
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 03:29 AM
Jun 2012

it didn't make any difference. Dubya was also an inarticulate drunk and a deserter and that didn't make any difference either. They have pots of money. They have lots friends in very high places. Corporate media covers up their "indiscretions" easily by simply failing to report them and the uninformed majority never find out. I'm totally sick of this kind of politics and I'm totally sick of the mess these bastards are making of our world.

santamargarita

(3,170 posts)
69. Is being a Sociopath, fascist pig and don't forget racist a requirement for this bunch?
Fri Jun 8, 2012, 10:05 AM
Jun 2012

Oh, I forgot servile scum!

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