Nobody seems to find it weird Mitt Romney used to dress up like a police officer and pull people over for fun
Sometimes when I’m lying in bed at night counting sheep and thinking about the day I often wonder about: 1) ponies and 2) the fact that a bigger deal hasn’t been made about the fact Mitt Romney used to dress up like a police officer in college and pull people over. For fun.
College is a time in many Americans’ lives when they do stupid shit like smoke too much pot, drink a lot, or have a lot of sex. That’s considered pretty “de rigueur” in college; these are kinks you work out of your system. You then leave said institution to go through the modern world paying your taxes and doing the right thing.
But the GOP presidential candidate had a different gig: instead of drinking and smoking like the rest of America (he claims to have had “one sip” of beer and one drag of a cigarette his entire life, a number we don’t dispute), he would remain perfectly sober and put on a police uniform and pull people over.
According to TV producer Robin Madden, a former friend of Romney during his time at Stanford:
“He told us that he had gotten the uniform from his father,” George Romney, then the Governor of Michigan, whose security detail was staffed by uniformed troopers. “He told us that he was using it to pull over drivers on the road. He also had a red flashing light that he would attach to the top of his white Rambler. We thought it was all pretty weird. We all thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty creepy.’ And after that, we didn’t have much interaction with him.”
In another story during Mitt’s high school days in Michigan, Mitt would pretend to pull his friends over while they were on dates.
Given the current climate of “being outraged over everything” it’s surprising, then, that nobody thinks it weird that the potential future president used to dress up like a police office and scare the shit out of people? I mean, yeah, I could see that shit flying in Michigan (because God hates Michigan and there is nothing to do there), but the behavior continued when he was in college in California during the late ’60s? Go to a reading. Go see a band. Don’t dress up like a police officer and pretend to pull people over FOR FUN.
This coupled with the fact that he personally goes around California beaches busting people for smoking pot paints Romney as a scary, weird guy with an authority complex. Here’s to hoping he loses in November.
July 11, 2012 at 2:09 pm, John Holland said:
Ned wrote: "Mitt would pretend to pull his friends over while they were on dates."
He didn't pretend to pull them over. He really ~did~ pull them over. He would pretend to be a police officer while he pulled them over.
July 11, 2012 at 3:01 pm, Owen O'Neill said:
Which is very illegal…
July 11, 2012 at 3:35 pm, Ronnie Walker said:
He would pull people over and pretend they were his friends, I believe
July 11, 2012 at 3:56 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
The source claims his buddies would be on dates, he'd pull them over and it would scare the women his friends were on dates with (who were unaware of the joke)
July 11, 2012 at 3:59 pm, Owen O'Neill said:
I believe that is because most people would not consider that very funny
July 11, 2012 at 4:52 pm, Chuck Wittman said:
Ronnie Walker lol hahahahahahah
July 11, 2012 at 5:09 pm, Matt Caruana said:
@Ned STILL illegal.
July 11, 2012 at 7:38 pm, Dustin Price said:
I could see his wierd ass in his room in front of a mirror, as a teen, pretending to pull his friends over on a date, just to see what a date was.
July 11, 2012 at 2:10 pm, Courtney Kirkpatrick Perry said:
for reals?
July 11, 2012 at 2:16 pm, Ian McCormick said:
I don't like Romney and don't want him to win in November, but my BS detector is beeping pretty loudly right now.
July 11, 2012 at 2:52 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
i'm just going by the multiple reports from various people, and the book. and the news articles.
July 11, 2012 at 3:04 pm, Ian McCormick said:
Well you've cited one source. And you're quoting a guy, who says Romney said he did it, decades ago when he was in college. I'm not saying it didn't happen. But it is possible that a socially awkward guy might have thought he was sounding cool. There's plenty of crap to go after with Romney. Let's not focus on dumb rumors. Let's stick with Bain Capital for now.
July 11, 2012 at 3:13 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
good points. there's other sources w/in the article i cited, but yeah. v good points dooder
July 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm, Violet York Cauthon said:
Not a rumor, folks, a true story from his college days. Did any of your college roommates act that "cool"?
July 11, 2012 at 4:02 pm, Sharon Silva said:
Dearest Ian, never ignore signs that indicate someone might be a psychopath
July 11, 2012 at 4:16 pm, Jason Yoo said:
Mitt's dad currently resides on a mormon compound in mexico battling the cartel on the daily so he can have multiple wives and whatever crazy shit he's into without the burden of law.
It doesn't seem too far out of reach that his dad would give him a cop car and uniform and keep him out of trouble…
July 11, 2012 at 6:24 pm, Brian Kozumplik said:
you think americans vote on the basis of things like Bain capital? thats adorable. Besides, I think having an authority fetish and clearly acting through with it in clearly illegal ways is a legitmate issue.
July 11, 2012 at 7:41 pm, Dustin Price said:
Get a life, dude. It's funny or it isn't. Take it at face value, or leave it. I find it funny.
July 11, 2012 at 7:43 pm, Dustin Price said:
Brian Kozumplik Me too. The whole Bain Capital thing goes waaay over most american's heads. Besides, it's done to death.
July 11, 2012 at 10:45 pm, RedDirt LoveGoddess said:
@Ian:
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/mitt-romneys-ethics-problem-creepy-fake-cop
another witness:
http://www.nationalmemo.com/did-young-mitt-romney-impersonate-a-police-officer-another-witness-says-yes/
victim:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-prep-school-classmates-recall-pranks-but-also-troubling-incidents/2012/05/10/gIQA3WOKFU_print.html
July 12, 2012 at 1:21 am, Susan Schutz said:
Yeah…but he did stuff his dog in a crate on top of his car…and drove for 8 hours to Canada…while his family (and luggage) rode comfortably inside. At least Seamus (the dog) was relinquished to Mitt's sister in California. Please don't sit back, have a Koch, and let Romney slurp us up!
July 11, 2012 at 2:26 pm, Gheddo Vedo said:
Not going to liue it would be fun but he prolly took it too far.
July 11, 2012 at 2:27 pm, Joe Davis said:
We all thought, ‘Wow, that’s pretty creepy.’.
That about sums it up.
July 11, 2012 at 2:28 pm, Kathy Holder said:
So creepy!
July 11, 2012 at 2:28 pm, Linda McPhee said:
I always thought that impersonating a police officer was against the law. How true is this?
July 11, 2012 at 2:36 pm, Nate Hartley said:
It is…
July 11, 2012 at 2:37 pm, Chris Harris said:
It is most certainly against the law. As to the veracity of the story: no idea.
July 11, 2012 at 2:38 pm, Ray Zographos said:
Yes, it is illegal to impersonate a police officer, from what I've heard. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_impersonation
July 11, 2012 at 2:41 pm, David L Backlin said:
Even if it IS against the law, I'm sure Mitt's father had enough $$ to buy off the police dept
July 11, 2012 at 3:12 pm, Nancy Marks said:
My inner gut feels it's true….it is so weird. but come on, he didn't really do that….did he???
July 11, 2012 at 3:23 pm, Mary Withers said:
it IS illegal … for us peasants. But if you're the son of a governor — a REPUBLICAN governor — anything you wanna do is cool.
Remember: IOKIYAR.
And his followers are the kind of people who LIKE Feudalism and hat-doffing to rich pervy pricks, apparently.
July 11, 2012 at 3:28 pm, Junior Boursiquot said:
The law has its flaws just cause you commit a crime doesnt mean you get caught
July 11, 2012 at 3:46 pm, Louis-Roch Gagnon said:
Impersonating a President would be worse!
July 11, 2012 at 3:46 pm, Louis-Roch Gagnon said:
Impersonating a President would be worse!
July 11, 2012 at 4:02 pm, Violet York Cauthon said:
Yes, it's true. But I am sure that if you, at the time, were son of a very wealthy governor, you'd be confident about breaking a little tiny law. Daddy'll fix it.
July 11, 2012 at 5:27 pm, Rob Blue said:
It's a felony.
July 11, 2012 at 8:41 pm, Bob Kimminau said:
Its an offence in England and Wales, but then again so is false accounting and missrepresntation to avoid paying tax – but it would seem our government just ignore that and do it anyway…..
July 12, 2012 at 5:48 am, Gary Ritzenthaler said:
Is impersonating a president against the law? If so, Obama should be behind bars.
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July 11, 2012 at 2:29 pm, Lynn Cross said:
All he needs is makeup to be the scariest evil clown ever. Maybe he doesn't even need that.
July 11, 2012 at 4:19 pm, Jim Roby said:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=161295010657925&set=a.161293170658109.33085.100003322806677&type=3&theater
July 11, 2012 at 5:07 pm, Janet Wyse O'Neill said:
Well, since we in Mass are familiar with his antics, HE IS A CLOWN!
July 11, 2012 at 9:23 pm, Mary Kathleen Kelly said:
How did Mitt Romney win Massachusetts in the primary?!?!?!
July 12, 2012 at 8:01 pm, Mitt RMoney said:
Massachusetts has rural towns & fancy suburbs too, my friend. They loved me there.
July 11, 2012 at 2:29 pm, Tyler Davis said:
I guess I must be one of the few people who doesn't care about this. My friends and I in high school did stuff like this all the time, granted we weren't as well equipped as he was. It's just fun pranks…
July 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm, Ellie Justice said:
Illegal prank
July 11, 2012 at 4:09 pm, Adrea Catfacemeowmers Plank said:
You also didn't impersonate a police officer (which is super illeagel). I think the reason why people care so much is because its just really creepy, and he continued to do it in college.
July 11, 2012 at 6:19 pm, Tyler Davis said:
Adrea Catfacemeowmers Plank You're impersonating a police officer as soon as you spotlight someone's car, or people in a park…and Ellie, you think Obama has never done anything illegal? For that matter have you never done anything illegal?
July 11, 2012 at 6:21 pm, Tyler Davis said:
Ellie Justice you're impersonating a police officer as soon as you spotlight someone's car, or people in a park…and Ellie, you think Obama has never done anything illegal? For that matter have you never done anything illegal?
Another point to take into consideration is how biased this article more than likely is, it hints at things that aren't verified to make the story seem worse than it actually is, and its horribly speculative at times…it's not really 'news' its speculation…
July 11, 2012 at 2:30 pm, Paul Wooderson Walsh said:
Michigan is glorious you ass.
July 11, 2012 at 3:00 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
i like it there! it was a joke.
July 11, 2012 at 4:35 pm, Devin LaPorte said:
No, No, all we have here is Birmingham and good hockey. That's about as far as it goes.
July 11, 2012 at 4:47 pm, John Hiemstra said:
Devin LaPorte there's also Interlochen Center for the Arts, Jim Leyland, Ann Arbor and "up north" all far better indicators of MIchigan greatness than Romney clan bullshit. Unfortunately, we also have straight party ticket voting, Rick Snyder and Detroit municipal government, which all suck ass.
July 11, 2012 at 4:49 pm, Devin LaPorte said:
Well, true. There are definitely great parts to the mitten, like Grand Haven, Traverse City, all of the Great Lakes, etc
July 11, 2012 at 4:50 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
also: camping, nature, Iggy Pop, Motown…
July 11, 2012 at 5:19 pm, Holly Orlando-Drauch said:
Devin LaPorte Birmingham? Really?
July 11, 2012 at 7:37 pm, Brady Schickinger said:
I think it would be a fair statement to say that God has given up on Southeast Michigan. West Michigan are northern Michigan are actually great places to live and vacation.
July 12, 2012 at 5:55 pm, Michelle L Powell said:
WE ARE BASHING ROMNEY NOT MICHIGAN
July 11, 2012 at 2:30 pm, Catherine Pannebecker Joseph said:
I'd love to know if this is true… but wait, what? "I mean, yeah, I could see that shit flying in Michigan (because God hates Michigan and there is nothing to do there)" Is this the writer's opinion? I'm from MI and not happy about that comment…
July 11, 2012 at 2:37 pm, Ricky Harding said:
Its a joke…
July 11, 2012 at 3:53 pm, Catherine Pannebecker Joseph said:
The Romney story or the MI slam?
July 11, 2012 at 4:37 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
"slam"? it was a joke. yeesh. i have friends there. they're cool people.
July 11, 2012 at 4:56 pm, Ricky Harding said:
Youre a bit touchy arent you.
July 11, 2012 at 9:30 pm, Catherine Pannebecker Joseph said:
Yep… I've got a Gov. trying to ruin my state…
July 11, 2012 at 2:31 pm, Brandon Hoffman said:
Well….. get over it. Try to make an issue of the issues, not some stuff he did in college.
July 11, 2012 at 2:32 pm, Brandon Hoffman said:
PS While yes it's creepy AND illegal to do pull your friends over and act like a cop, it does sound pretty funny.
July 11, 2012 at 2:39 pm, Griffin Lahre said:
they got on obama's case because he allegedly bullied a kid or something in 4th grade…like who cares? people change. i hate campaigns
July 11, 2012 at 9:43 pm, Tom Brown said:
I'll have to try that one
July 12, 2012 at 2:08 am, Michael Pomeroy said:
this only confirms that mitt romney has always enjoyed being an asshole, at least now we have proof
July 11, 2012 at 2:33 pm, Corey Heldmann said:
Michigan is awesome, Romney's just a douchebag.
July 11, 2012 at 3:24 pm, Suzanne Longo said:
The same can be said about Massachusetts too. You know, the State that Mitt Romney introduced Romneycare. It is still the law in MA, and 95% of people living there now have affordable health insurance.
July 11, 2012 at 2:37 pm, Alex Varnau said:
isn't this shit illegal? like… I'm 100% sure some rapper's posse got in HUUUGE trouble for just pretending to be police cars to clear traffic, let alone actually pulling people over and dispensing vigilante "justice" to those dastardly speeders.
July 11, 2012 at 3:14 pm, Alex Varnau said:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20054059-504083.html
yep. shit's illegal.
July 12, 2012 at 1:26 am, Autumn Bose said:
Alex Varnau DMX was given jail time for it. Nothing like being wealthy and privileged.
July 11, 2012 at 2:37 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
What I find weird is that a non US Citizen is our president, that is really weird!
July 11, 2012 at 2:38 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
What I find weird is that a non born national is our president, that is really weird!
July 11, 2012 at 2:43 pm, Chris Harris said:
'non born national'? What, you think he was hatched?
July 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm, Maleesha Kovnesky said:
oh, you're one of those
July 11, 2012 at 3:21 pm, Suzanne Longo said:
Why, was Romney born in Canada?
July 11, 2012 at 3:26 pm, Mary Withers said:
Zero Respect, Gullible Boy.
is there any shit that Fox and AM Radio spew that you DON'T believe?
July 11, 2012 at 3:34 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
Hell yeah I am one of those.!!
July 11, 2012 at 3:38 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
I think he is a liar too, where are the jobs he promised all young people that voted for him? 1 on 4 graduate has to go back to his parents to live… is that the Change he promised? Hell Yeah I am one of those that won't suck it, Obama is a Total Failure with a dark past, what about his Law Degree, why he and his wife surrendered their licenses? Hell yeah I am not an idiot! and if you think all the crap that is happening in South America and he doing nothing is all part of a bigger socialist plan then you are all blind!
July 11, 2012 at 3:49 pm, Mary Withers said:
Who knows what he could have done if the Plutocrat GOP Congress had not been standing on his head?
And yeah … you ARE an idiot. Paranoid, to boot. While being all scared of Obama, you are trusting people who are FAR worse, with a FAR more obvious destructive agenda … just cuz they ain't no Commieeez … is that it?
July 11, 2012 at 4:10 pm, Richard Van Hoosen said:
What I find weird is that you can type.
July 11, 2012 at 4:20 pm, Derek Borkey said:
Any president is just a middle man to fool the media.all have been since kennedy everyone standing beside obama in his term is wall street officials and bankers…..loot loot loot no one he's the perfect puppet to launch a new world order.bilderbergs decide what our future holds
July 11, 2012 at 4:29 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
NO MORE OBAMA!
July 11, 2012 at 8:34 pm, Dustin Price said:
@Chris: Hilarious. @Saul: Dipshit. Learn to spell, basic sentence structure, what to capitalize, then try again to form an opinion. By the second line, I dismissed you as ignorant. Were you hatched?
July 11, 2012 at 8:50 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
Focus on the meaning smarty, this is not a spelling bee contest, I think you got the message NO MORE OBAMA! you can't dismiss anybody just because you think different and remember it does not makes you Right it makes you just different! Thank God I do understand the meaning of tolerance!
July 11, 2012 at 8:54 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
Dustin Price https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utxWLFkIiI0 get out of your blind spot!
July 11, 2012 at 9:02 pm, Mary Withers said:
You dismiss everyone who disagrees with YOU. But I guess that's just like a Republican: one set of rules for THEM; another set for everyone else.
July 11, 2012 at 9:14 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
I did not dismissed anybody Miss Withers the words "I dismissed you as ignorant" came from Dustin Price.. just for the record! I am a true believer on Freedom of Speech and also tolerant with different opinions even if I disagree with the ideas expressed on them!
July 11, 2012 at 9:20 pm, Dustin Price said:
Dude, your on the wrong forum! No one understands your bad grammar! What, are you non-born national, too? Well then, shut the fuck up, and crack open that second grade english book for some one-on-one time.
July 11, 2012 at 9:21 pm, Dustin Price said:
Saul Bejarano No, you are being mistook by me for ignorant. Thats what I wrote.
July 11, 2012 at 10:10 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
Due to the graphic nature of my thoughts I will save to myself what I think about you Sir. !
July 12, 2012 at 7:26 am, John Werner said:
Saul Bejarano, how you can beg/blame the gubmint for jobs (aka money) & condemn it for spending in the same breath would be baffling if I didn't read this whiny BS every day
July 11, 2012 at 2:41 pm, Drucinda Woodman said:
Agree with BS detector.Snopes.com says 'undetermined & is investigating.
July 11, 2012 at 4:24 pm, Elle ED said:
snopes is BS, funded mainly by George Soros and originally pioneered by a husband/wife team as a hobby. I think your BS detector is off…
July 11, 2012 at 4:31 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
(actually snopes receives hardly any funding)
July 11, 2012 at 4:32 pm, Nani Barkman said:
^^ Which is Romney's publicists way of keeping this thing as "under wraps" as possible in a political election year.
July 11, 2012 at 4:33 pm, Nani Barkman said:
Also .coms are not reliable sources. We learn that in high school when we have to write papers. Credible sources do not typically end in a .com unless it is a newspaper or magazine.
July 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm, Batsheva BeSeven said:
Snopes is a husband and wife team who started it as a hobby and still run it, and they make their money from the incredibly numerous and massively annoying ads on the site. I put up with their ads because they list their documented sources with every answer they give, and they get NO outside funding from Soros or otherwise.
July 11, 2012 at 4:43 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
thanks for replying on deathandtaxesmag.com through the facebook.com comment system! <3
July 11, 2012 at 4:56 pm, Elle ED said:
maybe the Soros thing is a sham started by Glenn Beck, but I wouldn't doubt it if they take bribes like the rest of the selfish fools "providing facts" … I honestly just try to seek out the truth and we all gotta realize that regardless of the source, you can't believe everything you read… thanks for the input! : ) QUESTION EVERYTHING.
July 11, 2012 at 5:51 pm, Wendy Hart said:
Use watever "fact checking" website you want, then enter Snopes. If you use ANY of the better known sites, they'll say that Snopes is the most respected site of its' type on the web.
July 11, 2012 at 6:08 pm, Lisa Shiva Smith said:
Of course you should question everything. But I'm more willing to use a site like Snopes that actually SOURCES, than those that don't.
July 11, 2012 at 6:28 pm, Anita Olin said:
@Nani Barkman: ANYONE can buy a .org or a .net. This distinction of .com vs .org no longer matters on the Internet as it is today. Snopes actually does provide sources, which is more important than the bit after the "dot."
July 11, 2012 at 8:53 pm, Rebel Rhoads said:
My brother would say that snopes is run by liberals! LOL!
July 11, 2012 at 2:41 pm, Barbara M Smith said:
What's the statute of limitation on impersonating a police officer. Like eternal I hope. Please prosecute.
July 11, 2012 at 2:41 pm, David L Backlin said:
A wannabe cop. All he needs is a gun.
July 11, 2012 at 2:44 pm, Sara Cederberg said:
You had me until this lazy line: "God hates Michigan and there is nothing to do there." Because that is patently false. Exhibit A: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnandshelly/5917889110/ and Exhibit B: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mishpo/4639271449/.
July 11, 2012 at 2:45 pm, Steve Lustig said:
I can't believe people actually fell for that. C'mon, how many police cruisers have caged dogs on top?
July 11, 2012 at 3:29 pm, Gheddo Vedo said:
It's Michigan. unless u live here u wouldnt get it.
July 11, 2012 at 3:29 pm, Mike Mike said:
Well, he's got a uniform, and he's commanding dogs. That's a pretty scary combo, most would comply I would think.
July 11, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Lynne McCann said:
Steve, I just burst out LOL'ing. For real. Thanks for bringing a chuckle to my day.
July 11, 2012 at 3:47 pm, Jerry Drawhorn said:
The dog howling served as a siren. Arooooooooooooo!
July 11, 2012 at 4:05 pm, Yvonne Arcuri said:
One more reason why that fool shouldn't be in office. Spoiled brat on dad's money, and today, nothing but a liar and a thieve. And if that's the fun that Michigan has as a joke, that's a pretty sick state, sorry to say.
July 11, 2012 at 4:44 pm, Sean Tobin said:
Maybe Mitt pretended he was a K-9 unit.
July 11, 2012 at 5:23 pm, Rob Blue said:
You're a goddamn genius, Steve… haha I wonder if the dog cast a weird shadow when he hit the lights…
July 11, 2012 at 6:50 pm, Rob Bennett said:
at least he didn't eat dogs! lol
July 11, 2012 at 7:22 pm, Matt Loenen said:
Well in German "Lustig" does mean funny.
July 11, 2012 at 8:18 pm, Dentss Dunnagun said:
Hey that's too funny I live at the jersey shore and we used to do that all the time !
July 11, 2012 at 8:50 pm, Jack Swagger said:
Gheddo Vedo michigan is a faggot ass st8
July 11, 2012 at 9:52 pm, Mary Fultz said:
@ Steve: Nice touch! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
July 11, 2012 at 9:54 pm, Alex Nikolaou said:
i see what you did thar
July 12, 2012 at 3:26 am, Stephen Ray Dempsey said:
I don't know. How many dogs have Obama ate today?
July 12, 2012 at 5:52 pm, Michelle L Powell said:
I DONT KNOW HOW HE GOT A UNIFORM,WOULD THE TROOPERS UNDRESS AT HIS HOUSE,WERE THERE MANY SIZES TO CHOOSE FROM,WAS IT A CLEANING SERVICE TOO
July 12, 2012 at 10:15 pm, Mary Withers said:
Stephen Ray, as you well know, an 8-year-old eats what's put before him. That 8-year-old probably wasn't screaming, "Mom! Kill some more DOGS for me! Torture 'em first!"
That's a lot different from a 20-year-old breaking the law (and using his Daddy's authority) to scare people because he thinks scaring people is "funny".
But you have no goddamned sense. You'll believe any shitty spin Fox puts on reality. But I bet it's getting harder and harder, even for YOU, to convince yourself that Obama is Satanic and Evil and Demonic, while Mitt Romney, a clueless wealthy bully, is gonna Make America Whole Again.
I really feel sorry for you people. And if you WIN, I'll feel even sorrier … for you and for all of us. But mostly for YOU. You have fallen for the same exact set if propaganda gimmicks that fooled the most gullible Germans back in the 1930s. Same lies.
July 12, 2012 at 11:39 pm, Steve Lustig said:
Would it be in bad taste to pimp my blog? Of course it would, but fuck it.
NewsoftheBored.wordpress.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111!!!!!1111111!!!!11!1!
July 11, 2012 at 2:51 pm, Melinda Critzer said:
Source?
July 11, 2012 at 2:52 pm, Ken Project-Efat said:
An unfunny, ex-fratboy pig… A potential leader for America
July 11, 2012 at 2:52 pm, Melinda Critzer said:
Source?
July 11, 2012 at 2:56 pm, Chris Baker said:
See the thing that is weird is not that he did this. Like everyone's said, we all do stupid shit in college. It's that his Father assisted in the matter by providing a state issued uniform and siren and that's his point of reference for how leader's act. Also, the fact that his party has pushed so hard to get into Obama's younger life all the way down to his birth certificate that makes this more than fair game. There is no question that the Romney family has lead a privileged life, which I don't hold against them until it begins to break the law. That we are allowed to hold against you.
July 11, 2012 at 4:34 pm, Blake Briar said:
Actually, it is always illegal to impersonate a police officer in California.
July 11, 2012 at 8:45 pm, Mary Withers said:
You know … Romney is starting to remind me of that little shit Joffrey (sp?) in Game of Thrones …
The Right tries to paint Obama as this slavering out-of-control power-mad tyrant … to hide the fact that, really, that's MUCH more the GOP Leadership style. Too bad all the people who watch Fox uncritically believe every lie.
July 12, 2012 at 1:51 am, Erick Manley said:
Right, because the Left depiction of Obama is so fair and pure.
July 12, 2012 at 6:30 pm, Dustin Neumann said:
No one turd just looks like it maybe could be polished. The other is just a puddle of muck.
July 12, 2012 at 10:20 pm, Mary Withers said:
Erick Manley Turn off Fox. Turn on brain.
Obama's not perfect, but he's neither a corporate raider nor a congenital bully. He came from the actual middle class, something Romney knows about only via books, apparently. If that.
And, despite Fox's borrowing Goebbels & Hitler's winning strategy of yelling "OMG! COMMUNISTS!! FEAR! FEAR!" and "JESUS LOVES *US* & HATES OUR OPPONENTS!", fully half this country is aware that that's tired old bullshit that mostly scared old grannies believe.
Not your half, sadly enough. But you're just a kid. If you start observing actual life instead of counting on Fox to describe it to you, you might turn around.
July 18, 2012 at 4:22 am, Mary Withers said:
Erick, the Left bitches about Obama all the time. I don't know *anyone*, even among his biggest fans, who doesn't have *some* beef with him. There are just also a few — or a lot — of things we like.
We're not like you Right Wingers who all seem to have to share the same Group Mind.
July 11, 2012 at 2:56 pm, Robert Knowles said:
Turns out romneys a bit of a dick
July 11, 2012 at 3:32 pm, Mary Withers said:
A *bit*?!? He's a four-alarm son of a bitch. And he's a *pious* four-alarm son of a bitch, the kind of person who thinks any shitty behavior is OK as long as you don't swear, or LOOK weird.
July 11, 2012 at 2:58 pm, Alison Frye said:
hey thanks for knocking michigan. that's so original. other than that, great post. And Michigan – you should give it a try sometime. It's kind of awesome.
July 11, 2012 at 4:05 pm, Jo Rhett said:
Hm, let's see. Women banned from speaking on the house floor. No, not awesome. Not a state I'll give even a single dollar to.
July 11, 2012 at 8:26 pm, Dustin Price said:
Thanks, Joe. You saved me from making her cry.
July 11, 2012 at 2:58 pm, Alison Frye said:
hey thanks for knocking michigan. that's so original. other than that, great post. And Michigan – you should give it a try sometime. It's kind of awesome.
July 11, 2012 at 3:06 pm, Casey Niederhauser said:
Not worth reading.
July 11, 2012 at 4:37 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
thanks for reading! and then commenting!
July 11, 2012 at 4:50 pm, Casey Niederhauser said:
Anytime
July 11, 2012 at 3:12 pm, Jack Cartmell said:
Fuck yeah, ponies!
July 11, 2012 at 4:30 pm, Bryce Clemmer said:
Indeed. Ponies>politics.
July 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm, Jack Cartmell said:
The only politics I'm interested in is who's paying to fix the town hall. Applejack returned with 0% of the cash she said she would and the building is still in ruins.
July 11, 2012 at 5:31 pm, Matthew Chambers said:
I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE. WHAT.
July 11, 2012 at 3:16 pm, Nancy Marks said:
It would be fun once…twice max…but really through college. well we all know the guy ain't rite.
July 11, 2012 at 8:32 pm, Dave McIntosh said:
This terrible man should be shot, first he is a 7 yr old bully, then a high school/college prankster and lets not forget the dog thing, what next, will he be stealing warm pies from Aunt Bea's window. When our sitting pres was about the same age he was smoking pot and doing various other drugs, he makes Romney seem rather passive
July 11, 2012 at 9:10 pm, Mary Withers said:
Dave McIntosh Smoking pot may not be *wise*, but it isn't selfish, it isn't bullying, and it harms NO ONE but, possibly, the guy smoking it, and the jury is out on THAT.
Interesting to see that you think getting a buzz on is Just Turrible (sic), but impersonating a police officer and pulling people over to hasle them? Boys will be boys?
No wonder this world sucks. People like YOU live in it.
July 12, 2012 at 5:43 pm, Dave McIntosh said:
Mary it appears you drank the Obama kool-aide or are you just inhaling his second hand smoke
July 12, 2012 at 10:34 pm, Mary Withers said:
Pretty funny criticism from a guy who doesn't know what "passive" means.
And yeah, I get it: you're one of those toads who thinks Getting a Buzz On is a terrible terrible thing, but vicious bullying is just … ah, Glorious Childhood … no worse than stealing a pie, like some Tom Sawyer character from some glorious idealized past neither one of us ever lived in.
That's who you are, and that means … you suck. You're probably one of those Dads who sticks up for his rotten bully kids when they terrorize the neighborhood. 'Cause, "Yeah, they may be mean little bastards, but they're SOBER mean little bastards!"
July 14, 2012 at 4:19 pm, Nancy Marks said:
I never heard about the 7 y.o. bullying or the dog thing. but i am reading what the Globe says about his lies to sec and perhaps IRS and his involvement with Bain capital past the time he attests to. i don't see much dif between dems and rebs usually…but on this one i see that this country runs the risk of being controlled even more by corporations if Romney is elected. I love that his name contains the MONEY….that rminds me to remember to follow the money when i quesions how dispictable ppl can be.
July 11, 2012 at 3:16 pm, Daniel Hackel said:
If he has never been charged for it can he be now?
July 11, 2012 at 3:25 pm, Suzanne Longo said:
No, but he can be labeled as one of the most creepy people to ever run for President.
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July 11, 2012 at 3:24 pm, Monty McDoom said:
Is it not illegal to impersonate a police officer in the US? I'm pretty sure it is in the UK!
July 11, 2012 at 3:34 pm, Cammie Williams said:
Ask the community support officers next time they bug you.
July 11, 2012 at 3:35 pm, James Hutton said:
such a good idea!
July 11, 2012 at 3:38 pm, Monty McDoom said:
I might have to, though I must confess I've never actually had personal dealings with a CSO. I think the last time I even talked to a cop was when I went to court with my friend who was the victim in an assault case.
July 11, 2012 at 4:21 pm, Robert John Anglum said:
I think Obama impersonating a president is much worse
July 11, 2012 at 4:32 pm, Monty McDoom said:
Not in a great position to comment as a foreigner I suppose, but as far as I can tell he seems like the most sensible president there has been in a long time. Shame all his progressive policies seem to be annihilated by the right before they even make it into law.
July 11, 2012 at 9:01 pm, Mary Withers said:
Really, Robert? He's 10 times better than Bush. Who knows what he could have done if your pet Fox News Fascist Party had taken their foot off his head!
July 11, 2012 at 9:29 pm, Mary Withers said:
Monty, US Right Wingers only listen to Right Wing media. Right Wing media lies, telling them that Obama has made a "laughingstock" of the US, and that no one in the rest of the world respects us anymore because of the "clown" Obama.
Now — ten minutes spent reading overseas news sites proves that to be completely and verifiably FALSE. It was *Bush II* who destroyed our international reputation.
But they don't care.
They believe what they are TOLD to believe.
July 11, 2012 at 3:25 pm, Nali On Salt Lake said:
Ah.. This world is a trip. Are we really in 2012? Because sometimes it's hard to believe.
July 26, 2012 at 3:45 am, Rafael Ortiz said:
run DMC its like that and thats the way it is…..fkkk mit
July 11, 2012 at 3:27 pm, Britt Alexandra said:
Who does this? Really, who DOES this? Someone should have kicked his sober ass.
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July 11, 2012 at 3:34 pm, John Kingsbury said:
Rapists do the same thing around here.
July 11, 2012 at 3:35 pm, Andrew Cunningham said:
Am I the only one that thinks that this is hilarious? I'm no Romney fan, but the man was trolling people before the internet was around.
July 11, 2012 at 3:45 pm, Steve Lake said:
Hey Ned ! I hope Michigan takes off it's mitten, balls up a fist and dots your eye.
July 11, 2012 at 3:47 pm, Angela Lock said:
Where's the love Stevey Weavey ?
July 11, 2012 at 4:35 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
I like Michigan. It's a joke, Chachi.
July 11, 2012 at 3:46 pm, Rochelle Duffy said:
Talk about an authority complex ….To bad we don't explore our politician's make up as much as their idealogies.
July 11, 2012 at 3:57 pm, Robert Gilley said:
Just like he wants to dress up like a president and run the country. This guys creepy factor just keeps ticking up.
July 11, 2012 at 3:59 pm, Vasili Karamanos said:
You know who else liked to do that? The Zodiac killer.
July 11, 2012 at 11:29 pm, Ron Phillips said:
No, you're thinking of the Hillside Strangler (which was actually two guys working together)
July 12, 2012 at 1:37 am, David Ewald said:
That was the first thing that I thought. I had no idea that he was in Cali in 60's. Then I went to wikipedia & saw the drawing of the Zodiac Killer – http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Zodiac_blog_2100x147.jpg Creepy likeness. They have Zodiac's DNA does anyone have Mitt's? That would be hilarious if Mitt turned out to be the Zodiac.~ "This is Zodiac speaking. You will all now elect me president of the US. Then my real work will begin.- I was just kiddin' xoxo Mitt"
July 12, 2012 at 4:51 am, Jon Belk said:
That would be friggin awesome. But I think Mitt is too young. Zodiac was probably in his mid 30's when he was really active. Bundy and Gacy posed as cops too.
July 16, 2012 at 9:06 am, Dan Weddle said:
That is the funniest shit I've read all day -Mittens is really the Zodiac Killer! -Good post!
September 20, 2012 at 6:04 pm, Mary Withers said:
He was in that part of Cali in 1966-1967, at Stanford.
But the Zodiac operated from 1968 to 1969, and used cryptograms (which seems a little too "brainy" for Mitt), and Mitt was supposedly missionarying in France at that time.
July 11, 2012 at 4:00 pm, Leigh Claffey said:
What really disturbs me is that he was doing this in CA more or less at the same time that the Zodiac Killer was terrorizing the Bay Area. I'm not saying the two are linked, because they so are not, but with the ZK stuff going on don't you think even Romney would think twice about pulling this sort of crap?
July 11, 2012 at 4:02 pm, Lee Kavanagh said:
Mr. Hepburn.
I feel compelled to tell you that you are a partisan hack, and that this kind of idiotic, sideshow politics is so utterly corrosive to the collective mind of society that you should have your degree in Yellow Journalism revoked.
Did you not think his policies were enough to discredit the man?
Do you think this, the actions of an college students 5 decades ago, is what is important in the race for commander and chief of the most powerful military on the planet?
Are you going to write a piece about his dog? His dressage horse? Those poor golden locks of the 'allegedly' gay kid he went to high school with? Is there some other utterly irrelevant smear story I don't know about?
Do you know anything about his policies towards Israel? Towards China? His stance on interventionism? Do you think any of your poisoned, idiotic readers know or read about any of these things? Do you think they are better poised to make a decision this November, having spent their time reading about Mitt Romney's past antics.
If only Mitt Romney were a Democrat, you could work for Fox News.
July 11, 2012 at 4:08 pm, Violet York Cauthon said:
No, we don't know anything about Romney's politicies. The only theme I ever hear from his speeches is "throw Obama out" and let me be president. I want it so bad!
When asked about specifics, even from the friendly FoxNews clowns, he is quite vague. So, Lee, don't blame us when we can't elucidate Romney's "policies".
July 11, 2012 at 4:12 pm, Lee Kavanagh said:
Did you watch the presidential primary debates? He was asked very specific questions about his policies, and answered them.
And to be absolutely clear, here, I am not defending Mitt Romney. He is a terrible candidate and you absolutely should not vote for him, but you should not vote for him because of his aggressive interventionism, his warmongering towards Iran, his irrational support of Israel, not because of some shit he did a couple of times in college.
And for the record, his aggressive interventionism, warmongering and irrational support of Israel are all things he has in common with Barack Obama, and I encourage you to vote for Gary Johnson accordingly.
July 11, 2012 at 4:18 pm, Lee Kavanagh said:
Also, look at his website.
He clearly spells out his foreign policy: http://www.mittromney.com/collection/foreign-policy
On Afghanistan and Pakistan, on China and East Asia, on Iran, Israel, Russia.
His economic views: http://www.mittromney.com/jobs
On government regulation: http://www.mittromney.com/issues/regulation
On taxes: http://www.mittromney.com/issues/tax
Of course, reading all that shit (which probably totals 5,000 words at most) is a lot harder than reading a couple of smear pieces and concluding "ololololol what a douche, OBAMA 2012"
July 11, 2012 at 4:35 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
Sorry, I fell asleep reading your replies. Wake me up when you get an opinion that you didn't hear barked through the wall by your neighbor's dog.
July 11, 2012 at 4:41 pm, Jamie Atkinson said:
While I agree that generally that you should vote on policy and issues, personal character is and should be a large factor in determining a leader. Romney has consistently shown poor judgement, power mongering and authority issues throughout his entire life. It's demonstrated by these decisions. Aside from the issues, his personal issues alone are enough to vote for Obama.
July 11, 2012 at 5:05 pm, Robert J. Snow said:
Actually, if true this would be good material for a diagnoses of sociopathic behavior. We generally don't want sociopaths running countries, of course in top down hierarchical systems that's usually how it works.
July 11, 2012 at 8:14 pm, Dustin Price said:
Lee Kavanagh, what does "the actions of an college students" supposed to mean? To be fair, to make intelligent points, one has to be intelligible. If you can't spell-check your comments, your argument is invalid. Learn to spell, then take baby-steps towards an understanding of politics.
July 11, 2012 at 8:45 pm, Robert J. Snow said:
Wouldn't it be. What ARE "the actions of an college students" supposed to mean?
You can use are or is before supposed by never "does".
July 11, 2012 at 9:30 pm, Robert J. Snow said:
*but* never can you use "does". See this is why grammar Nazism sucks.
July 11, 2012 at 11:00 pm, Gabrielle Lloyd said:
I'm sorry, but I feel that this IS something that should be used to decide whether we would want him as the leader of our nation. The idea that you think that we shouldn't is a little, well… stupid and distorted. Judge him by his policies, too, yes, but this displays examples of his "moral fiber," or lack thereof in his case, really. I don't know about you, but policies or not, I would NEVER want someone who thinks that it's ok to act like this (OR strap his dog to the f***ing roof of his car!) to be in charge of how this country is run.
July 12, 2012 at 1:23 am, Lee Kavanagh said:
Robert: Stellar job addressing the content of my post, rather than picking at a single typo. By the way, "what does —- supposed to mean" is not even close to being grammatically correct.
Hepburn: Way to go; a hyperbolic response to criticism of your hyperbolic article. You'll go far in this industry.
Gabrielle: Since you were the only person here with enough sense and decency to give a real response, I'll respond in kind. It's not that I don't think you can gleam anything about Romney's personality from this incident, it's that I believe that whatever you can gleam is superfluous, since there is well and truly enough reasons not to vote for the man BEFORE this.
Furthermore: It's hearsay. That is, in the *original* article it is 40-year-old gossip. In this article it's second-hand 40-year-old gossip.
July 12, 2012 at 6:21 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
thanks, some-random-guy. let me know when you get the book deal.
July 12, 2012 at 8:12 pm, Dustin Price said:
The typo was easy to pick out. What's sad is, that you've posted on here for two days , not realizing that either this is a democratic site, and/or the fact that absolutely no one shares your views, and couldn't care less about the links you posted, the time it took you to draw your conclusions, etc.
July 11, 2012 at 4:04 pm, Patrick Healy said:
Our current President used to snort coke and hang out with Radicals bent on taking down the system. I'll take the guy messing with his friends.
July 11, 2012 at 9:00 pm, Mary Withers said:
Yes, Patrick, because it is SO MUCH BETTER to hand this country and everything in it to Corporate Fascists. That way, when you're sleeping on the street after your job is outsourced (until the cops come and beat your head in for "loitering") you can sleep so much better knowing, "Hey, we live under complete tyranny, but at least it's not SOCIALISM!! <shudder>"
You fools are incredible: staring out the window, gibbering in fear at some faraway (or completely nonexistent )Socialist/Marxist/Communist/Muslim conspiracy, while inviting the *open* Fascist/Corporatist Conspiracy — that Eisenhower, Truman, and even *Goldwater* warned us all about — in through the front door, making it a cup of tea, and giving it a hand job …
July 11, 2012 at 11:09 pm, Patrick Healy said:
Wow. Nice overreaction. Merely pointing out that both sides are hypocrites: equally despicable. YOU went on a fantastical diatribe about tyranny. We are all screwed, not just you Liberals who still insist your Savior Obama has all the answers, specifically starting with blame Bush and ending with blame Bush. Why not work towards a system with more than two parties (not the idiot tea baggers, either)? You leftists are by far the most Partisan…at least conservatives admit what they want. Liberals will not admit that they (you) believe that you know what is better for others than they do so you should be able to just go ahead and handle it for them. That is not democracy. Go ahead and insert your inane babble of a response. You will not change my mind and I will not make you see reason.
July 12, 2012 at 12:21 am, Erica Lynn Acera said:
Sad sad sad.
July 11, 2012 at 4:10 pm, Walter Hattey said:
It would be easier for a camel to pass though the eye of a needle than for a rich man(Romney) to enter the kingdom of Heaven. LOL
July 11, 2012 at 4:13 pm, Mocha Maria said:
I didn't know this either
July 11, 2012 at 4:14 pm, Chambree McClure said:
Holy shit. Add all of his "crazy antics" together and I think we've got a some sort of psychiatric case to diagnose. To those who think this is just a fun prank, based on his record so far, I'd say he's a bit of an asshole. Asshole for president? Oh yes please, he's such a great role model! He hates gays, dogs, pot smokers, speeders, local businesses, local workers, healthcare, taxes, women, did I miss anyone?
July 11, 2012 at 10:22 pm, Jessica Hess said:
Yeah, I pretty much don't get involved with opinions on politicians but MR definitely has several screws loose or missing entirely.
July 11, 2012 at 4:25 pm, Joe Stuart said:
Sounds like fun to me. You people are a bunch of morons.
July 11, 2012 at 4:26 pm, Thaddeus Emerson Pall said:
Your article sucks. In fact it belongs in the trash it's so bad.
First off, it's not surprising that Romney would try only a sip of beer and a drag of a cigarette; he's mormon, and mormon's don't engage in drug use, even "soft" drugs like alcohol and cigarettes.
Secondly, it's not that weird to dress as an officer and pull people over. It's a harmless practical joke and not that uncommon (at least in Michigan). I've had friends in high school that did the same thing. While slightly illegal, it's a harmless (hilarious) prank that does much less damage to society than the drinking and drug use that occurs in college.
Lastly, fuck you. "God hates Michigan and there is nothing to do there." Michigan is awesome with many great things to do. That one line, completely negates any arguments in your article. Not that your article is particular well-written or informative to begin with and from judging previous things you've written, you're not even qualified to write on the inside of a bathroom stall.
July 11, 2012 at 4:54 pm, Ryan Cagney said:
Don't listen to this guy ^ He once ripped several trees out of the ground just for fun..
July 11, 2012 at 5:34 pm, Chris Elliott said:
Slightly illegal? I don't think it's on the books like that. You've got your felonies, your misdemeanors and your slightly illegals? It's a misdemeanor, and a pretty serious one. Used in the commission of a crime, it's a felony. And, it's potentially actionable in civil proceedings. So yes, it's illegal. And hilarious? You have a low bar for humor I'm afraid.
July 11, 2012 at 5:38 pm, Thaddeus Emerson Pall said:
Hilarious if you do it to a friend, wouldn't go as well with a stranger. And yes, slightly illegal, you forgot civil infractions by the way. It's also illegal to go 60 in a 55mph zone, I would qualify that as slightly illegal as well. In regards to impersonating a police officer and pulling people over, I would classify it as slightly illegal if it's a prank on a friend, obviously it'd be much more serious if the person was actually trying to act as an officer and actually arrest people and take them to jail.
July 11, 2012 at 5:43 pm, Candra Cantrell said:
wow Thaddeus needs to loosen up!
July 11, 2012 at 5:46 pm, John Anderson said:
"Secondly, it's not that weird to dress as an officer and pull people over. It's a harmless practical joke and not that uncommon"
HAHAHHAHAH
July 11, 2012 at 5:56 pm, Jon Belk said:
If he actually did this then that is a HUGE indicator of an unstable personality, even if only done as a joke. And ppl don't impersonate cops to arrest them and take them to jail. What jail would they take them to? Serial killers/rapists use this method to control potential victims and get them alone. Gacy, Bundy, and the hillside stranglers did this, just to mention a few. If this is true then at the least he's creepy as hell.
July 11, 2012 at 6:03 pm, Thaddeus Emerson Pall said:
Yes, slightly illegal, like traffic laws and going 60mph in a 55. If it's just a prank on friends it's pretty harmless. People at my highschool did the same thing when they were bored; busting parties for underage drinking as a fun joke/scare. Obviously it'd be much more serious if you were dressed as a police officer and actually trying to arrest them and take them to jail.
I'm about 100% sure Romney wasn't doing this with the same intention as Bundy, we probably would've heard bout it.
Sorry, attacks on MI kinda set me off, specially when people say that God hates MI. This is one of the least worrying things I've seen from a presidential candidate. Strange pastime, yes, indication that Romney is a deranged serial killer, no.
July 11, 2012 at 6:09 pm, Jon Belk said:
Ok look at it like this. Impersonating a cop will land you on their radar REAL fast. If the cops had known he was doing this, and there were unexplained disappearances/murders in the area, he would've been the first person to be questioned with out a doubt.
July 11, 2012 at 6:12 pm, Kevin Soheili said:
Thaddeus Emerson Pall Hey mr understatement, its not at all like traffic laws, its a jailable offense. going 60 in a 55 you dont even have to go to court for. Bragging about pulling random people over in a police uniform in college is weird as fuck. In high school maybe thats a little funny, but in college? Even for a person that doesnt go to parties and etc its weird.
Why? you mad bro? for a guy with a sense of humor as big as yourself who finds impersonating a police officer and pulling people over funny, you sure are touchy when it comes to michigan. I was there this past weekend, and there is jack shit to do there. the author is right. it was so bad i had to drive to canada to get out of that place.
July 11, 2012 at 6:12 pm, Alexei Averchenko said:
Illegal – sure, weird – hell no, it's like marijuana for spoiled brats. Their cocaine is I guess gutting hookers.
July 11, 2012 at 6:14 pm, Thaddeus Emerson Pall said:
So clearly he wasn't murdering people.
We have a mentally unstable person in my hometown that dresses and literally thinks he's a cop, that makes me nervous, everyone just let's him be though.
Doing this to prank friends is pretty harmless though.
July 11, 2012 at 6:27 pm, Thaddeus Emerson Pall said:
Yo, Kevin, guess what? You can go to jail for traffic laws, such as DUI's, reckless driving and whatnot.
Michigan is awesome, Canada sucks. If you can't find stuff to do in MI, then you've lost your imagination and ability to truly enjoy life and the beauty of nature. It also means you're a tourist and a bad one at that. Michigan has entertainment for everyone as well as some of the best universities in the nation.
July 11, 2012 at 6:31 pm, Jon Belk said:
I dunno….to me, even if a friend of mine did this to me as 'only a joke' I would still get an underlying sense of….something sinister. I would definitely wonder what my friend had been up to recently. And yes i agree with you. He wasn't out murdering ppl. But if this is true, that creeps me right out.
July 11, 2012 at 6:33 pm, Kevin Soheili said:
Those are misdemeanors numbnuts, "going 60 in a 55" is a moving violation. Yeah well the only thing i found worthwhile in detroit was the GM building. The rest of the city is either too dangerous or fucking shitty. Windsor > detroit
July 11, 2012 at 6:33 pm, Kevin Soheili said:
Thaddeus Emerson Pall Those are misdemeanors numbnuts, "going 60 in a 55" is a moving violation. Yeah well the only thing i found worthwhile in detroit was the GM building. The rest of the city is either too dangerous or fucking shitty. Windsor > detroit
July 11, 2012 at 6:40 pm, Thaddeus Emerson Pall said:
Shoddy journalism makes Detroit look much worse than it actually is. Johnny Knoxville was part of a great documentary about Detroit, only 30min. long. You can watch it here if you're interested: http://www.palladiumboots.com/exploration/detroit#part1
And Jordan, you're part of the reason our generation sucks and why other countries look down on Americans.
July 11, 2012 at 6:48 pm, Kevin Soheili said:
i had my own look around the place, didnt know about how bad it was until i got there. ill still check out the doc u posted.
check this out. http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/09/reporter-golfs-18-mile-course-across-detroit/
July 11, 2012 at 6:56 pm, Thaddeus Emerson Pall said:
Looks like an interesting report, I'll have to watch the video when I have the time
July 11, 2012 at 7:00 pm, Skooby Self'Made said:
Drug use doesn't harm anyone, your actions do. Dressing up and wasting someone random person's time is just stupid. Your friends on a date now that would be funny i don't disagree there. Out here in Texas we have worries of cartels who are dressed up like military and are trained like them, a joke like this could get someone killed.A joke isn't funny once someone gets shot for taking a joke to far.
July 11, 2012 at 7:09 pm, Gina Stewart said:
Felonies: now only slightly illegal in Michigan.
July 11, 2012 at 7:24 pm, John Anderson said:
THAD – A couple years ago in my city someone was doing the same but would sexually assault women while dressed as a cop after pulling them over. Is the dressing up part still only "slightly illegal"? or is it only illegal when sexual assault started?
July 11, 2012 at 7:28 pm, Gina Stewart said:
John, that was EXACTLY my first thought. That's really the only time I've heard of this happening: when men are doing to to get women in a vulnerable position. It sounds like Mitt was doing something similar, if less sadistic, by intentionally causing fear.
July 11, 2012 at 7:48 pm, Dustin Price said:
Calm down, Thaddy-boy! We were all just shocked to find out that robots could drive as early as the 60's.
July 11, 2012 at 7:53 pm, Dustin Price said:
Thaddeus Emerson Pall Don't worry. God doesn't hate Michigan, the rest of the known world does.
July 11, 2012 at 8:11 pm, Brian Kozumplik said:
Somebody missed his nap.
July 11, 2012 at 8:14 pm, Ned Hepburn said:
you guys, take it easy on Thaddeus Emerson Pall. he has had to wake up with that serial-killer name every morning of every day of his life.
July 11, 2012 at 8:47 pm, Mary Withers said:
Yes, Thaddeus, it IS that weird. It is WAY that weird. WTF is *wrong* with you people? You'll excuse ANYTHING from a rich Republican.
July 11, 2012 at 8:51 pm, Mary Withers said:
And Thaddeus, it is young people like YOU that have the rest of the world worried. Not the Liberal young people.
You really need to crawl out of your Fox News Bubble some time. The *rest* of the world doesn't really want a rerun of Corporate Fascism. Only poor little chumps like you do.
July 11, 2012 at 9:43 pm, Mary Ellen said:
If you're going to judge the entire state of Michigan based of Detroit, you're an idiot. We have a house in Burt Lake, MI and it's beautiful up there. Also, if you're going to try to make an intelligent argument, "ppl" doesn't usually work. As for the allegations here, I highly doubt this is true, but then again I read this on the internet so what else would I expect…
July 11, 2012 at 10:49 pm, Autumn Bose said:
And so is weed!! (slightly illegal)
July 11, 2012 at 11:16 pm, Iris Kowalewski said:
Thaddeus try telling that to the police. I doubt that they share your opinion that it's "slightly illegal" to impersonate a police officer.
July 11, 2012 at 11:30 pm, Ron Phillips said:
Its a harmless practical joke? Its a felony. And its a good way to get yourself shot.
July 12, 2012 at 12:03 am, Erica Lynn Acera said:
"Not that weird" Are you kidding?….. It's also not "that" weird or uncommon to be an adulterer but that didn't stop The GOP from trying to impeach Clinton! Are you seriously that DIM? It's not socially acceptable. Especially for someone that one day hopes to be in politics.
July 12, 2012 at 12:34 am, Diana Baskin said:
How can you say this is harmless. For some of us law abiding citizens it is a big thing. Some people get really upset and almost have a heart attack when they get pulled over. People take this serious.
July 12, 2012 at 1:04 am, Amy Gorin said:
I'm sure your bishop is really proud of you for this post.
July 12, 2012 at 1:13 am, Diane Eggleston Ensley said:
It IS weird and illegal!
July 12, 2012 at 1:17 am, RWART! said:
RWART! ( A seal dies every time one of you takes this article too seriously… )
:'(
July 12, 2012 at 3:32 am, Derek Simmonds said:
I do find it weird that you guys are so hung up on the whole police thing and how terrible a crime that is and not the whole smoking of pot. Last time I checked only a few states (including the somehow hated Michigan) allow medicated pot, which still is illegal according to the federal government and there is some serious jail time for smoking, possession, and selling of pot. Second ripping Michigan? Has no one drove through Nebraska or any of the central states? Talk about wanting to shoot yourself at least Michigan has scenery and lakes! You idiots that judge Michigan base it off Detroit, yeah that's a fair assessment of entire state, God doesn't hate Michigan if he hated any state it'd be New Jersey
July 13, 2012 at 9:59 am, Alexei Averchenko said:
There is no way it can end up badly, right?
July 15, 2012 at 5:45 am, William Crafton said:
Lol…Thaddeus doesn't understand the meaning of the word "hyperbole". Or "colorful language". Or the phrase "Maybe he could learn to take a joke, based upon the context and viewpoint of the article".
July 11, 2012 at 12:34 pm, Holy WTF? « MjNet said:
[...] “He told us that he had gotten the uniform from his father,” George Romney, then the Governor of… [...]
July 11, 2012 at 4:39 pm, Kole Taylor said:
"God hates Michigan and there is nothing to do there." Hey, I'm from Michigan! Oh, wait, your assessment is entirely correct.
July 11, 2012 at 4:44 pm, Christopher Maj said:
How is this news?
July 11, 2012 at 9:11 pm, Mary Withers said:
It's a telling glimpse into the character of a person who thinks he should lead the country.
Try to imagine what the RW Media would be saying if *Obama* had done this while young! This is MUCH worse than smoking a little weed and reading a few radical books.
July 11, 2012 at 1:03 pm, Fake the Police « The New Print said:
[...] it comes as some surprise to me that nobody has yet jumped on to the fact that Romney used to dress up like a police officer and pull people over for fun. Said Madden in a recent interview, “He told us that he had gotten the uniform from his [...]
July 11, 2012 at 5:05 pm, Joshua Hector said:
So what he use to dress up like a cop and pull over people for fun apparently that is a norm in Michigan. I mean there are people who still are hating, discriminating, and hurting people. simply because they don't like their religion, race, or their ideas. if you're in the right setting is perfectly acceptable to beat up, haze, discriminant, and laugh at someone else's misfortune, and even kill because they're different and they deserve it. Right? Depending on the time peroid and location it may not even be against the law
July 11, 2012 at 5:06 pm, Danny Stoneking Mundy said:
he personally busts people for smoking pot? how is that possible? you ain't got a badge and a gun you ain't getting nothing except a polite "blow me asswipe".
July 11, 2012 at 5:23 pm, Brad Mitzelfelt said:
Where's the proof? Just a bunch ofo people saying he did? I bet they're all liberals too. This has smear campaign and out of proportion written all over it.
July 11, 2012 at 8:24 pm, Dustin Price said:
Brad, if you haven't noticed that this is a democratic site by now, you might want to search the web for one that lines up with what you believe. Also, look for forums on naivety, because if you've been on this site for any other reason than democratic views, you're in the wrong place.
July 11, 2012 at 10:52 pm, Brad Mitzelfelt said:
Someone posted the link on FB and I followed it is all. Never been here before.
July 11, 2012 at 1:30 pm, Are You Thinking US? - Nobody seems to find it weird Mitt Romney used to dress up like a police officer and pull people over for fun | Death and Taxes said:
[...] Nobody seems to find it weird Mitt Romney used to dress up like a police officer and pull people ove…. [...]
July 11, 2012 at 5:47 pm, David Reed said:
I read articles like this for the comments, which entertain me immensely. It's the usual suspects, but there's something about American humor that keeps me coming back for more. "You're a shill!" "You're a troll!" "This article was true/false/not worth reading/poorly written!" "Obama/Romney is unAmerican/crazy/whatever and anyone who votes for him is stupid and should leave the country!" Good stuff. God bless us, every one! And by that I mean American Americans.
July 11, 2012 at 8:01 pm, Ken Eldridge said:
I have enjoyed the comments far more than the article as well!
July 11, 2012 at 8:06 pm, Dustin Price said:
Me too. Especially the guy who gets butt-hurt when no one likes Michigan.
July 11, 2012 at 5:48 pm, David Abernathy said:
Christ, what an asshole.
July 11, 2012 at 5:53 pm, Mike King said:
Not only is it weird but its a Felony crime to impersonate the fuzz.
July 11, 2012 at 5:54 pm, Chris Kilbourn said:
All politics aside, this rules.
July 11, 2012 at 5:55 pm, Jerry Fair said:
I find it weird. Mitt is weird. He refuses to say what he would do about anything if he were elected other than lower taxes which will not do anything except put this country closer to bankruptcy. He won't cut the military. He won't cut spending other than some token amount which will do nothing. Why is this ass hole about to be nominated by the GOP? This country has lost its mind.
July 11, 2012 at 5:58 pm, Carlos Bermudez said:
Um! We can go to the beach in Michigan in Sumner n do winter sports winter this Guy is stupid
July 11, 2012 at 6:07 pm, Ian Whipp said:
Okay guys, SURE what he did was ridiculously illegal in every sense of the word, but on the other hand, he has a lot of money so it's okay!
July 11, 2012 at 6:09 pm, Sarah Miller said:
Who the hell cares! Nobody seems to care that our current president snorted coke or that our current VP is a total dip wod. I'm sure none of you, including the editor of this post, have ever done anything stupid in your life. You know what though, I think this is pretty minor compared to what we know about Obama. Does it bother anyone that he's a Mao lover and a marxist? Does anyone care that he was once buddies with a guy who blew up the Pentagon? I have an idea, instead of going to the polls in November, why don't you all move to Europe, so you can live the communist lifestyle you've always wanted? And, please take Bill Maher and Alec Baldwin with you.
July 11, 2012 at 8:41 pm, Dustin Price said:
What is a "wod"? Do you just sound this stuff out? Are you unaware this is a democratic site? Screw Europe, you need the first grade, all over again.
July 11, 2012 at 9:06 pm, Mary Withers said:
Interesting! All the things on your whiny "Does anybody care … ?" list are complete lies. That's why only RW puppets are freaking out about them.
Who blew up the Pentagon, Miss Liar? Who was he "buddies" with? You mean, William Ayers, the guy who served on the Board of the same foundation as Obama — the Foundation founded by Ronald Reagan's best friends, the Moderate Conservative Annenbergs?
And you have NO IDEA what Communism is. You have no idea what Marxism is. They're just Baddie Wordies to you. You are the perfect Fox News Creation.
July 12, 2012 at 12:15 am, Sarah Miller said:
Dustin Price, I said he's a "Dip Wod" it's another way of saying he's an idiot. It's a real phrase, I didn't make it up.
July 12, 2012 at 12:36 am, Sarah Miller said:
Mary Withers I'm very aware of what communism is, that's what Europe is. I'm also aware of what marxism is, marxism is social change, it was named after Karl Marx, a marxist who all the Liberals just love. Mao was also a marxist who wanted social change, he murdered millions of his own people, that's more people than Hitler and Stalin combined. Obama has talked about social change and social justice on numerous occasions, I've heard him talk about it from day 1. What do you think redistribution of wealth is? It's not what you think it is, what it means is he wants to take the money from hard working Americans who have done well and he wants to give it to people who haven't done a damn thing to earn it. People who think they are entitled to the same things the wealthy has, even though they are not. Socialists think that just by being born in America, the automatically have rights to things that they do not. They think they are owed things such as homes, cars, cell phones, clothes, etc. So, dont' tell me I don't know what communism or marxism is!
July 11, 2012 at 6:10 pm, Glyn Tomkins said:
my first opportunity to vote in US elections. I am really confused. One minute, the republicans talk about small government and freedoms, yet the next they insist on regulating and imposing restrictions on the people such as this and say who you can and can not love. Where they do have some policies, they don't appear to align with their fundamental principles.
July 11, 2012 at 6:34 pm, Dori Stivers Mikszta said:
Welcome to the USA…where everyone wants to have their cake and eat it too!
July 11, 2012 at 7:44 pm, Sammy Rapee said:
I am glad you are confused like the rest of us have been for years.
July 11, 2012 at 8:51 pm, Ron Adams said:
Don't worry mate. I'll help you choose.
July 11, 2012 at 9:25 pm, Mary Withers said:
It's very very simple, Glyn: The GOP wants small government and freedom for the 1%; For the rest of us, they want constant surveillance and restrictions and interference.
The GOP, Party of the 1% at the top, which LOVES to dupe the easily-dupeable bottom 30%, essentially wants to restore Feudalism to the United States. The bottom 30%, as you can see from comments here, enthusiastically supports their efforts, without realizing it. Just as long as you tell these dopes that some position is Anti-Communist, no matter HOW stupid the position is, they will buy it.
I have no idea WHY, but hey — these guys believe everything they hear on the news, and they buy lottery tickets, and they spend years in crooked & hypocritical greedy churches, so … we know they have no sales resistance to bad ideas.
July 15, 2012 at 5:50 am, William Crafton said:
Welcome to America – the land of misappropriated morality, lingering lies, and self-fulfilling prophecies.
July 11, 2012 at 6:16 pm, Defeat The Republican Tea Party This November said:
Dude is a creep. I'm certain he's got something super weird in his closet hidden back there.
July 11, 2012 at 6:24 pm, Juan Alvarado said:
I wonder which is worse…smoking a joint or pretending to be a cop?
July 11, 2012 at 9:30 pm, Mary Withers said:
The one that is a complete abuse of authority!
July 11, 2012 at 6:30 pm, Ag Ponzio said:
So having loads of sex is something stupid to do.. :nothingtodohere:
July 11, 2012 at 9:31 pm, Mary Withers said:
Yeah, but you have to have it with a Michigander! ;->
j/k. I know people from MI who are cool.
July 11, 2012 at 9:47 pm, Ag Ponzio said:
I don't know pple from MI :3
July 11, 2012 at 6:35 pm, Vicki J Barker said:
Yeah. that is someone who needs counseling!
July 11, 2012 at 6:46 pm, Melissa McClure said:
What else can you do when all the girls you come into contact with wear special encoded underwear? You pull over dates to see what others do when out with girls.
July 11, 2012 at 6:49 pm, Jason Charles said:
A bunch of people are arguing that "people do stupid shit when they are young, and thus this is a non-issue". I would agree with that, partially.
This story being about "things Mitt has done" is the wrong focal point. I've done stupid shit when I was young too. The difference is that I didn't get caught. Had I, I would've been in trouble.
Mitt was helped out by his father. Given a uniform and siren and everything. His father wasn't young and stupid. Just rich. Mitt went around breaking the law and scaring people needlessly, with his father's approval. Because he has money and power, he was allowed to do shit that, for you and me, is very illegal.
He is used to a life of privilege, where money and power is more important than the law. I think that is a far more interesting thing to note.
July 11, 2012 at 6:50 pm, James Proffer said:
Seriously?
July 11, 2012 at 6:56 pm, Barry Shaw said:
OK, are we at least 90% sure that Romney did this in college? I just sort of browsed through the comments and didn't see anything related to this, "is that not considered impersonating a police officer?" Did I miss something? Is this particular crime a misdemeanor or a felony? I don't think you can do that and then come back, laugh it off, and say I was just kidding, or can you?
July 11, 2012 at 7:17 pm, Jai Kossa said:
If you have enough money, you can.
July 12, 2012 at 5:06 am, Jon Belk said:
It's a misdemeanor by itself. When posing as an officer while committing a crime is an automatic felony.
July 11, 2012 at 7:02 pm, Katherine Lachcik said:
lol I'd laugh so hard if my friend got either pulled over by a fake cop, or was a fake cop pulling people over. perfect way out of a bad date. Call him up be like '911 need an evac''.
July 11, 2012 at 7:05 pm, Cindy Allred Parker said:
Yikes!
July 11, 2012 at 7:15 pm, Jesse Stover said:
Interesting…
July 11, 2012 at 7:18 pm, Curt Fischer said:
Come on seriously? People dress like cops all the time for costumes and jokes for parties and friends and they don't get arrested and it doesn't get prosecuted. Strippers it's time to turn yourselves in for breaking the law. Don't think so. When people say a guy is creepy for this and that, isn't this a little bit of a stretch by more Republican haters. Michigan and nothing to do? Kids say that about where ever they live, so maybe it's more of an age/maturity issue.
It's time to get serious about the next election and all of this is clouding the issues.The affordable health care that just was approved by the Supremes will cost us and you younger tax payers 500 billion and will continue to go up and will surely help bankrupt the U.S.
Just look at the socialistic policies bringing down the whole European union.That's what medicaid already is and those rolls just got bigger by like 17-30 millions more people who will be getting free treatment by doctors. Doctors who don't want it and hospitals that don't want it. These Drs. will quit and healthcare will become the DMV of waiting in line and being taken care of by nasty bureaucrats. All while we all pay more and more and more. Everyone else still gets to pay for it or pay the penalty. We already have had medicaid now just more of it.
Time to wake up and stop spending because the money is just paper and printing more and more of it will bring us hyper inflation where groceries and everything else will sky rocket astronomically then the collapse of everything you know and love yes even in Michigan will be the way of life. It's time to have a business leader who knows how to run large operations by cutting fat and making them profitable again. And no I don't mean a community leader with a few months of government work running for president again. The last 3.5 years don't count at all because he didn't have the experience to get us out of the jam that we still are not out of. And he had several trillions at his disposal to make it happen. Dereliction of duty are what the last 4 years have been. This post has been long because there are to many comments to this post that are just the disaffected or even nonvoters who really just don't know how things work. Voting for the cool, white/black dude that used to smoke weed and have community rah-rah meetings really is not the responsible choice. We just found that out. Just look at Leno or Kimmel when they ask people questions about politics and how clueless they are.
July 11, 2012 at 8:13 pm, Andrea Kaufman said:
My friends and I played Starsky and Hutch when I was 8-10. Then we grew up.
Playing cop in college. Weired. Really weird.
BTW, my college boyfriend would've beat the crap out of anyone who pulled a stunt like that on us, especially on a date.
July 11, 2012 at 8:42 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
Focus in the content Price, we are not here in a spelling bee contest, just check the context and read this NO MORE OBAMA… did you get it?
July 11, 2012 at 8:47 pm, Yehuda Schwartz said:
Ponies? Someone just got 20% cooler.
July 11, 2012 at 8:55 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
Are these the guys you are asking me to keep another term leading our Country? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utxWLFkIiI0
July 11, 2012 at 8:57 pm, Saul Bejarano said:
There is this posting from Liberals about Mitt Romney and I sent them this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utxWLFkIiI0 asking all these liberals if these are the two guys they want me to vote for a second term at the office… check the video.
July 11, 2012 at 9:08 pm, Andrew Thompson said:
Mitt Romney: totally not creepy. At all.
July 11, 2012 at 9:15 pm, Greg Burton said:
Here's why: http://www.topnews.in/files/sexy-cop.jpg.
July 11, 2012 at 9:27 pm, Billy Taylor said:
Looks like a crock of shit to me.
July 11, 2012 at 9:28 pm, Billy Taylor said:
Its either the socialist or the Morman and i'm going with the Morman!
July 12, 2012 at 7:37 am, John Werner said:
is that like a Mormaid?
July 11, 2012 at 9:45 pm, Oscar Mike said:
Great, yet another distractive news piece for those who lack the ability to stay focused on truly important issues. Young Obama did drugs; Young Romney was a prankster; and he said she said "bullshit." This kind of rhetoric annoys me as much as that pitiful lot of "Birthers." Why feed the current climate of "being outraged over everything" when it polarizes decent people beyond reason. Sometimes when I, like Ned, am lying in bed at night counting sheep and thinking about the day I often wonder about: 1) a variety of cheeses and 2) what future lies ahead for a land of ever rifting minds and hearts.
July 11, 2012 at 9:46 pm, Oscar Mike said:
Great, yet another distractive news piece for those who lack the ability to stay focused on truly important issues. Young Obama did drugs; Young Romney was a prankster; and he said she said "bullshit." This kind of rhetoric annoys me as much as that pitiful lot of "Birthers." Why feed the current climate of "being outraged over everything" when it polarizes decent people beyond reason? Sometimes when I, like Ned, am lying in bed at night counting sheep and thinking about the day I often wonder about: 1) a variety of cheeses and 2) what future lies ahead for a land of ever rifting minds and hearts.
July 11, 2012 at 10:04 pm, Amy Leister Long said:
Nicr
July 11, 2012 at 10:04 pm, Amy Leister Long said:
Interesting
July 11, 2012 at 10:13 pm, Cory Bigelow said:
I don't know why sobriety should exclude him as being a serial killer. I'm sure you'd find most serial killers are.
July 11, 2012 at 11:01 pm, Amy Leister Long said:
VERY True!
July 11, 2012 at 6:12 pm, Mitt Romney used to dress up like a police officer and pull people over for fun - Christian Forums said:
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July 11, 2012 at 10:16 pm, Susan Weber said:
How very very strange and sobering. And impersonating an officer is a crime, big time. Can this really be true? Mittens! Do you still do it?
July 11, 2012 at 10:32 pm, Adam William Majkowski said:
I can't take someone seriously if they never got drunk. I don't bother listening to people who have never smoked pot. They are obvious idiots.
July 11, 2012 at 10:50 pm, Cynthia Peterson said:
Apparently he has always been "out of touch".
July 11, 2012 at 6:59 pm, Creepy Mitt Romney Stories | 2012 President said:
[...] The creepy stories from Mitt Romney’s younger years are starting to pile up. In May the story about Romney harassing a long haired gay classmate made the rounds and now there’s this story about Romney pretending to be a police officer. [...]
July 11, 2012 at 11:46 pm, Lynn Price said:
I don't know about there, but here, it's against the law to impersonate a police officer. You can't even buy the same equipment OR a uniform here – it's illegal.
July 11, 2012 at 11:49 pm, Storm Jolt Landew said:
this seems ligit.
lol jk I'm no stupid.
July 12, 2012 at 12:20 am, Reno-Now Chris Winfield said:
Look up "creep" in your Funk & Wagnell and you'll see Romney's picture, with the note "See duplicitous horses ass."
July 12, 2012 at 12:30 am, Lea Merkerson said:
dude yo should really read up on your facts… there is plenty to do in Michigan, an what he did when he was young shouldn't header him now… look at all the things that are closed to us about Obama… when some one does try his lawyers jump to make sure that it doesn't happen…
July 12, 2012 at 12:34 am, Erin Lish said:
There was a guy who did this at the University of Missouri when I was a student there in the '80s, but he raped a friend of mine and several other women before he had to give up his "pranks."
July 12, 2012 at 12:48 am, Jan Falk said:
Romney is a creepy, grotesque and scary character, Not funny, just creepy. When he laughs he sounds like the bully that he is. Our country is super F-ed if people are STUPID enough to vote to become a serf to this guy cause he has no soul.
July 12, 2012 at 12:48 am, Jan Falk said:
add the dog on the top of the car thing and you have a recipe for a serial killer.
July 12, 2012 at 1:16 am, Rachel Bailey said:
Don't forget him hunting down and cutting the hair off of a gay class mate because he thought the guys hair looked "gay" and/or was too long for a boy. To him and his supporters this is just "Boys being boys". They often say that when they rape women to so you have that. This man is messed up.
July 12, 2012 at 2:37 am, Jan Falk said:
and the dog on the car, I mean he shouldn't just NOT be president, he needs a psych evaluation.
July 12, 2012 at 2:37 am, P.n. Elrod said:
Did he give them a ticket or force a haircut on them? What a twisted creep.
July 12, 2012 at 2:56 am, Michael Lee Ó Foghladha-Röhm said:
Lots of rapists and other criminals do this. This is not normal behaviour. Maybe for a Mormon Republican (they believe in their shared delusions, like Kolob and the Invisible Hand of the Market) but not for real people who have sense.
July 12, 2012 at 3:00 am, Robin Lampkin said:
Yeah, when I read this I seriously had no words for about an hour. I'm not sure why this isn't much bigger news.
July 14, 2012 at 5:36 pm, Mary Withers said:
Robin Lampkin Because bitches like Dora Aranda-Johnson think that reading books about radical politics is MUCH more evil than, say, bullying your classmates or dressing up like a cop to practice scaring people and abusing power.
That's why it isn't bigger news.
July 12, 2012 at 3:01 am, Dottie Turner said:
Gee. It seems money can buy anything except, maybe, integrity.
Anybody else would most likely still be in jail.
July 12, 2012 at 4:01 am, Dora Aranda-Johnson said:
You need to some serious research on Obama. If this scares you, go research what Obama was doing in his college days….and even scarier what he is doing now to our country….
July 14, 2012 at 5:34 pm, Mary Withers said:
Oooo! He FLIRTED WITH RADICAL POLITICS … like half the college kids in America! Oh, Horrors! Eek! Eek! COMANIZM!!!!
Nope. Nothing Obama did could ever be construed as bullying or abuse of power. Romney, OTOH, is a patrician shithell who thinks he can do anything he wants.
Sorry you're so dumb.
July 12, 2012 at 5:06 am, Maggie Duckworth Rudnik said:
They are all sick fucks.. Every last one of them, this tool too.
July 12, 2012 at 7:09 am, Ian T. MacLeod said:
I commented when it first came out that he ought to be in jail for impersonating an officer for that. There's NOTHING worth voting for this time around. If there was he or she likely wouldn't survive as long as election day.
July 22, 2012 at 6:19 pm, Michael Gentry said:
Yes ! Ian.
July 12, 2012 at 5:12 am, Kevin Ghurraggitee said:
I hate the guy, but this is super trivial and not at all relevant to anything. It's like getting on Bill Clinton's case because he smoked mad blunts. Who gives a fuck? Shitheads, that's who.
July 14, 2012 at 5:33 pm, Mary Withers said:
Smoking mad blunts tells me nothing about a guy's character other than that he likes smoking mad blunts.
THIS, OTOH, is a story about a spoiled rich dick who LOVES to abuse whatever power people are stupid enough to give to him.
July 14, 2012 at 6:31 pm, Kevin Ghurraggitee said:
Welcome to every politician ever. You will NEVER find a political figure who isn't a complete powertripping cunt.
July 14, 2012 at 6:33 pm, Mary Withers said:
There are matters of degree. Mitt is the most arrogant dishonest snot ever to shoot for the Presidency during my long lifetime … and that's going some.
I wonder why the 'Wingers can't tell there's Nobody Home behind those eyes.
July 14, 2012 at 6:34 pm, Kevin Ghurraggitee said:
I'd argue that Gingrich was worse, but he was so comically out of it that he'd never realistically have a shot at presidency.
July 12, 2012 at 5:28 am, Gregory Bolen said:
Rich spoiled little jackass. Still is. Ack!
July 12, 2012 at 5:34 am, Joshua Hubeny said:
Ummm hmmmm
July 12, 2012 at 6:47 am, Clinton Lowery said:
Ha……this guys an arrogant asshole…. please vote for him
July 12, 2012 at 7:45 am, Harry Jennings said:
Yet another reason I'll be voting for Ron Paul (even if I have to write him in).
July 12, 2012 at 11:23 am, Justin Greenleaf said:
lol good show mitt.
July 12, 2012 at 2:02 pm, Roscoe Tarwater Beaumont said:
Beer? My favorite Mormon joke — as told to me by a Mormon friend: "Why should you always take two Mormons fishing? Because if you take only one, he'll drink all your beer." Hah, hah, hah, hah.
July 14, 2012 at 5:32 pm, Mary Withers said:
I heard that from a Mormon friend too.
I also had occasion to test it. It's true. If you have two of them along, they get into a "Who's More Pious & Upright & Straightedge?" contest with each other, and your beer and your weed … and your girlfriend .. are *all* safe!
July 12, 2012 at 2:27 pm, Just Ron said:
Godwin told me that I could ask if this goosestepper wore an arm band when he did this.
July 12, 2012 at 4:50 pm, Ben Demolish said:
No big deal. I bet he was just out raping and murdering.
July 12, 2012 at 7:41 pm, Louellen Rossi said:
What do you mean " Nobody?" I find it weird as hell….and illegal and as someone mentioned, kinda creepy.
July 12, 2012 at 7:48 pm, Marte Hult said:
You're darn right it's weird!
July 12, 2012 at 7:57 pm, Ashley Grice said:
You've really got it out for this guy. I could share far more disturbing (and frankly, relevant) facts on BO if you were interested.
July 14, 2012 at 5:30 pm, Mary Withers said:
Ashley Grice No, Ashley … you really couldn't. Most of us don't get an attack of the Vapors upon discovering that someone flirted with radical politics in college 30 years ago.
That never bloodied anyone's nose.
That never humiliated anyone.
July 12, 2012 at 9:26 pm, Natalia Medina Coggins said:
I like this story. Shows the real Romney — the creepy one that he is vs the robotic look he is currently wearing in public.
But, really — did you really feel the need to slam MI — it is a beautiful stae, especially the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore and the Traverse City area. Beautiful beaches and camping! No sharks, no salt, no worries — a great MI beach motto.
July 13, 2012 at 1:59 am, Julie Klotz said:
What a nutter…
July 13, 2012 at 11:23 am, Week done. Let’s roll. | incredulousinvestor said:
[...] the US circus election Ned Hepburn asks a perfectly reasonable question about Mitt Romney, or as he puts it: “Sometimes when [...]
July 13, 2012 at 9:11 pm, Susan Lowe said:
Wow, I wonder how much Mitt has contributed to George Zimmerman's legal defense fund. Wanna-be cops gotta stick together!
Seriously, this is beyond peculiar. It's criminal behavior and is perfectly in line with a man who would lead a gang to attack, physically restrain and mutilate a fellow student who had committed the horrendous act against humanity of choosing a hairstyle that offended Mitt.
Is he Teflon Mitt? Why has all this bizarre behavior not disqualified him from serious consideration as a presidential candidate?
July 14, 2012 at 5:29 pm, Mary Withers said:
Because Teatards think bullying "faggots" and pretending to be a police officer so you can pull over and scare girls is HILARIOUS!!! Just youthful hijinks.
July 13, 2012 at 10:26 pm, Hayley Rose said:
woah
July 14, 2012 at 1:41 am, Jenny M Porter said:
I'm from Michigan and think this shit is weird. Please don't try to hold Michigan accountable for Romney or his weird-ass hobbies.
July 14, 2012 at 3:44 am, Karen Sellers Cafaro said:
Isn't it illegal to impersonate a police officer?
July 14, 2012 at 5:41 pm, Doug Kawashima said:
Of course people bash him for this and question the legality of it but no one ever talks about Obama and the book he wrote a few years back. In the book he openly admits to being a huge pothead in high school and college. Smoking weed is illegal just like what Romney did so why don't people bash Obama for that? And before eveyone starts going off on me for my comment, just know I hate politics in general. I think they bring the worst out of people and I tend to just go with facts and not sides (ex: liberal, conservative, etc).
July 15, 2012 at 5:36 am, William Crafton said:
Uh, yeah, isn't impersonating a police officer a crime? Furthermore, how did Mitt transition his little "Cops and Robbers" playtime? Would he tell the people he pulled over that it was a joke, or that he was playing "dress-up"? Would Mitt actually try to arrest people? How far did he take his role-playing? I gotta know.
Does Mitt have a personality disorder? Because it sounds like he has a huge inferiority complex.
July 17, 2012 at 8:04 pm, Amanda Sawyer said:
So scary to think this cretin might become President, whether or not this sotry is even true. I'll tell you what's wrong with this country in two little words: red states.
Better dead than red.
July 18, 2012 at 5:38 am, Corey Grove said:
Implying sober Mormons can't be serial killers?
July 18, 2012 at 2:20 am, Phire Walk With Me | Weekly Link Round-Up said:
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July 19, 2012 at 2:40 am, Mitt Romney is a tool said:
We happen to think it's super weird, and made a great photoshop to share in honor of it: http://mittromneyisatool.com/mitticism/mitt-romney-tough-on-crime-tender-on-pine/.
July 19, 2012 at 8:05 pm, Sean Kruse said:
LOL @"…the fact that he personally goes around California beaches busting people for smoking pot…"
July 19, 2012 at 8:06 pm, Thomas Hansen said:
I got into a pretty heated discussion because I posted this article the other day! Isn't that such a creepy thing to do?
July 19, 2012 at 8:08 pm, Sean Kruse said:
i mean its KIND of funny, but at the same time…it would prob only be funny if you weren't sober. but he's mormon so we know that isnt the case. lol
July 19, 2012 at 8:13 pm, Thomas Hansen said:
You're right, it's KIND of funny, but it says something real and scary about his character, especially the second article you mentioned. He had a sip of beer once when he was a teenager and felt "wayward" afterward? He would make a terrible president with his terrible religion and bigotry.
July 19, 2012 at 8:22 pm, Sean Kruse said:
but but but, he says "y'all" and eats "cheesy grits" he cant be all that bad lol
July 19, 2012 at 8:49 pm, Miguel Gomez said:
fuck the police!
July 19, 2012 at 4:18 pm, ‘You People’ need to get off of Ann Romney’s dick | Death and Taxes said:
[...] not like you.” It’s racism and classism and everything else that is wrong with Mitt Romney rolled up into two little words and thrown at the American public. She used the phrase on [...]
July 20, 2012 at 2:51 am, Jeffrey Loewen said:
What I think is even weirder is that NONE of the so-called "tolerant liberals" are willing to tolerate Mitt Romney while they are will to tolerate Barack Obama's addiction to marijuana laced with who knows what, his incessant alcohol abuse and the fact that he did other drugs. Hmmmm… tolerate that!
July 20, 2012 at 12:10 am, The Podcast : Episode 73 | Angry Hippie's Soapbox said:
[...] Romney used to impersonate police officer and pull people over for fun [...]
July 22, 2012 at 12:45 pm, Aviva Luria said:
Here's the added bonus: It's ILLEGAL to impersonate a police officer! You're right: it's bizarre that people haven't made more of this issue. (Everyone who's reading this: Let's make more of this issue!)
July 24, 2012 at 4:04 am, Brian Scott-Preston said:
Romney is the dog on top of my police cruiser.
July 24, 2012 at 4:04 am, Brian Scott-Preston said:
I can't even stand to look at the Bastard.
July 25, 2012 at 3:32 am, Daniel Bush said:
If this crap is the amount ofhis skelletons, Romney is one of the cleanest and most honest presidential canidates in history. LMAO
July 28, 2012 at 12:10 pm, Jim Fowler said:
people,,, i have something rather very disturbing to talk with you about this morning,,, i have had a very clear and medicated mind last night and the earliest part of my waking day today,,,, i thought about what transpired yesterday here in hampden maine,,,,, it is very alarming,,, not in the sense that a man shot his wife and committed suicide,,, and not in the sense that it took them around 50 to 60 cops, and a five and a half hour armed standoff, only to gain access to an empty house with two dead people in it,,,,, it lies more in the fact that we have witnessed a first under president obummer's ndaa act that he snuck through the houses last new years eve whilst we all partied,,,,, we witnessed a governor utilizing his new found powers to unleash the military on us! I witnessed at least one van load of bdu clad military people,,, national guardsmen so we later found out and were told,,, that were there very much to squelch the "uprising"! people this is dangerous and very very much against MY UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION,,, THE ONE THAT I RECOGNIZE,,, THE ONE MY FOUNDING FATHERS WROTE,,, NOT THE NEW ONE THAT IS BEING SHOVED DOWN OUR THROATS IN THE WAKE OF THE 9/11 TERRORIST BLACK FLAG SCAM,,, THE ONE THAT IS BEING AUTHORED BY SATAN HIMSELF!
people,,, we need not stand for this,,, we need to write the governor and let him know that his and law enforcement's ease and willingness to utilize the military against us in force,,,, has not gone un-noticed or fallen on blind eyes! let them know that we do realize what is happening, and let them also know that we will not stand for it either,, and people,, please understand that we are now fully in a police state,,, and it will only be a matter of time that the police,,, AND MILITARY are in our streets permanently!
July 28, 2012 at 12:51 pm, James G IV said:
Don't know what's worse pretending to be a cop or getting a blowjob in office. Seems like everybody who run for pres is corrupt.
August 01, 2012 at 6:01 am, Mitt Romney: Failed Strategy, Fucked-up Future and I | वसुधैव कुटुंबकम said:
[...] Nobody seems to find it weird Mitt Romney used to dress up like a … http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/…/nobody-seems-to-find-it-weir…; [...]
August 02, 2012 at 2:13 pm, Flip Flops are for the Beach, Romney « mslifeisbestlife said:
[...] dresses up like a cop and pulls people over for [...]
August 04, 2012 at 6:30 pm, Anthony Landgraf said:
Maybe….just maybe, hrs' learned something from it and obviously has more ability to run for office than any if us so I say leave the past in the past in the past. I only wish I could get a fresh start in life and my past was forgotten.
August 04, 2012 at 6:38 pm, Anthony Landgraf said:
What is it with Americans being so judgemental of peoples past rather then focusing on what they have done to grow from there experiences. Hell….No one is perfect and if I had the chance to run I'd totally do what's best for this country regardless of how much I've screwed up my own life. They have advisors to help make the best decisions. So the president doesn't get to do just anything he wants. Maybe Mitt was a little crazy but I'm pretty sure all politicians have skeletons of some kind. Besides…can can't do any worse then past presidents. We'll NEVER gave a perfect man run for office so all college students should just focus on yourselves and do the best you can while you can. Take it from a fuck up who knows and wishes he could turn back the clock.
August 04, 2012 at 6:39 pm, Anthony Landgraf said:
They say it's never too late …..Bullshit!
August 20, 2012 at 10:58 pm, Heather Jacks said:
Let's see, there was another person who used to dress up like a cop and pull people over—who was that guy? Oh yeah–Ted Bundy….
August 20, 2012 at 11:17 pm, Gail A Webb said:
God the Politics and Comments Suck! Will be Glad When It is Over!
August 24, 2012 at 11:15 pm, Lynn Walker-Beccaria said:
Mitt's all about the power. What a weirdo! First he illegally drives around in a fake Police car while dressed up in a uniform in an attempt to impersonate a police officer (Maybe he should have coupled that with his other illegal past-time & strapped his defenseless dog on the roof of his fake police car.) Next think your know, he'll start going around the country trying to impersonate the president… Yikes….. Too late!
August 28, 2012 at 5:42 pm, Kelly Swainson-McFadden said:
He WOULD be the type to call the cops on people peacefully smoking pot on the beach. What a wet blanket and goody-two-shoes…and also a sociopath.
August 29, 2012 at 7:59 pm, Andrew Salazar said:
Let's not get distracted from the issues. Just because many Republicans are concerned with nonsense and irrelevant issues doesn't mean we should give a fuck about the pranks Romney pulled in college.
August 30, 2012 at 2:32 pm, Tevin Trammell said:
So now instead of doing that he's impersonating a political candidate to scare the shit out of the other 49 states?
September 01, 2012 at 12:27 am, Terrie Western said:
Well, I find it not only "wierd" but disturbing. I wonder, like another commentator, if there MIGHT be some DNA somewhere where a poor dead young woman may have come in "contact" with good old Mitt. It is NOT far fetched at all, especially when you know the history of Ted Bundy..a young, good looking intellgent, well, that's where THAT comparison of Mitt stops,, LAW Student who was an up and coming rising star into the political scene….Sounds like Mitt, walks, like Mitt,,, if it sounds like a duck, walks like a duck, it's most likely a duck. I think someone should investigate further into this.
September 07, 2012 at 3:37 pm, Shocking no one, Mitt Romney is a dick to our troops - Page 2 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum said:
[...] Mitt Romney used to dress up like a police officer in college and pull people over. For fun." Nobody seems to find it weird Mitt Romney used to dress up like a police officer and pull people ove… __________________ space! HUGGY QUOTES "Only a fool would make a deal with the devil [...]
September 09, 2012 at 8:37 pm, Harold Austerman said:
Being a Silver Spooner has its Privileges!
September 15, 2012 at 11:09 pm, St Go said:
So we want to put a possiblwe felon into the President's Seat? I think not. that's a Very Dangerous thing to do.Everyone knows dressing up like a cop I a felony!
September 15, 2012 at 11:09 pm, St Go said:
I knew this guy was a Criminal at heart..
October 05, 2012 at 1:15 am, Margie Brown said:
He is creeeeeeeepy!
November 04, 2012 at 3:01 pm, Pherson Turner said:
That's mighty white of him!
November 05, 2012 at 3:43 pm, Tony Salaiz said:
He's a scary weirdo!
November 06, 2012 at 10:17 pm, Martin Edmonds said:
Maybe it's a little weird. But prankish and harmless.