Accused Romney 'Glitter Bomber' Fired From Senate

[Freddie Stubbs]

DENVER -- The Colorado Senate has fired an unpaid intern accused of "glitter bombing" Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney after the Colorado caucuses.

Twenty-year-old college student Peter Smith was fired Thursday afternoon. Police say Smith threw glitter at Romney as the candidate greeted supporters in Denver Tuesday night.

Smith is a student at the University of Colorado Denver who was interning in the Democratic Senate as part of a college course. Smith's boss, Senate majority office chief of staff John

Cevette, says that Smith was terminated after a staffer alerted him to the incident.
Cevette said student interns are not chosen by Senate President Brandon Shaffer, a Longmont Democrat. He could not say whether Smith would lose course credit.

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[Sera_Bellum]

1. For Pete's sakes!

R/money bombs us every day with his buffoonery and embarrassing verbal gaffes that makes me wince.
The glitter could only improve him.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Can you actually 'fire' someone who is unpaid?

[Freddie Stubbs]

6. Yes.

I have had to fire unpaid interns.

[joeglow3]

3. Good. He deserved it.

He thought it would be a good idea to charge someone with Secret Service detail, pull "something" from his pocket and attempt to throw it at said candidate. He is lucky this is the worst that happened to him.

[stop them]

4. I agree...

this is a (very minor) form of assault...not to mention the idiocy of doing it to someone with a Secret Service presence

[onehandle]

7. In this scenario, it was indeed a stupid thing to do. nt

[LeftinOH]

10. I agree -and he'll fail the course. Dumbbell.

[bluedigger]

5. A predictable consequence.

Only he can decide if it was worth it.

[JNelson6563]

8. Always a bad idea to throw stuff at people.

Unless they have said "Dude, throw me that!" or whatever.

Julie

[kenfrequed]

9. Meanwhile you get to keep your job for doing this.

Republican staffers from congress were heavily involved in this. There is photographic evidence. They intentionally interfered with a recount.

How many were fired?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

[Arkana]

11. Romneybot can't get glitter in his joints.

It causes them to overheat and it disrupts Romneybot's CPU.

[emilyg]

12. Good. Stupid.