Mitt Romney 'pushed sons' faces into plates of butter'

[DesertRat]

Mitt Romney's sons have described their father's taste for aggressive horseplay, explaining how he enjoyed pushing their heads into plates of butter and wrestling them as children.

[snip]

Matt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor's second son, told how his father would present his children with a stick of butter, telling them "it's so rotten you have to smell it". When they leaned down he would gleefully shove their faces into the plate.

Mr Romney apparently repeated the trick recently with one of his grandsons, pushing the shocked child's head into a platter of whipped cream.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mitt-romney/9347495/US-election-2012-Mitt-Romney-pushed-sons-faces-into-plates-of-butter.html

[treestar]

1. That tells us volumes about this man

What a horrible person.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Probably tied his kids to the roof too.

Mitt seems pretty abusive all the way around.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He really is a bully.

What's really telling is what his son said: He likes pranks but he doesn't like to be pranked. And that's the way bullies are - they can dish it out but they can't take it.

[DesertRat]

8. So true

Calling them liars during the debate shows that he also likes to belittle them in public.

[ailsagirl]

34. Borders on abuse

He is loathesome

[arcane1]

9. He likes "pranks" that establish his dominance n/t

[Bozita]

26. "He does like pranks but he doesn't like to get pranked. We've learned that the hard way," Josh said

from the linked article

[sakabatou]

12. +1

[courseofhistory]

4. Having "fun"

at someone else's expense is sick. He's rotten to the core.

[marezdotes]

5. I truly believe that Romney is a sociopath.

It's pretty apparent that he gets off on inflicting humiliation upon others. And he's also a pathological liar. He's a deeply disturbed man. IMO.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

7. Is "sociopath" the clinical equivalent of "douche bag?"

Because if so, I think you're on to something.

[catbyte]

29. sociopaths are dangerous douche bags, jeff

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

35. Ah...He's a sub-genre...(nt)

[polichick]

17. I agree. No empathy, no conscience, no real emotions...

Like all sociopaths, he tries to mimic others' emotions.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Bingo!!!!!

What more do you need,all the symptoms and characteristics are there,sociopath bully and a soulless human. Can't imagine what the little tykes ask their fathers,oh that's just Grampa being Grampa,bullshit,that's being simply mean. Give us a break Willard,your are a fake.

[DesertRat]

10. And they probably put up with him because of the enormous trust funds. nt

[WI_DEM]

11. This man is a psychopath

[mzmolly]

13. What a sadistic POS.

[LibGranny]

14. He's a sick, sadistic s.o.b! Poor kids having to

grow up around him. What did Queen Ann do, stand by an applaud? Nobody would do that to one of my kids or grandkids and live to tell it! Just sayin

[lunatica]

38. Maybe she's the enforcer

Back in my day moms were expected to do the actual policing while dads took on the judge's role. Dad handed down the punishment and mom made sure it happened while he was off being the family provider.

Ann strikes me as that kind of wife and mother.

[HopeHoops]

15. Do we really need another definition for "evil"?

[polichick]

16. Too bad the boys are still glued to him...

You'd think at least one of them would've had enough by now.


edit: typo

[factsarenotfair]

19. $$$$$$

He could probably revoke their trust funds if they don't do exactly what he wants.

[polichick]

20. True, but that's not such easy money.

[factsarenotfair]

22. Plus they have to do whatever their bishops tell them to do.

I couldn't be that subservient.

[factsarenotfair]

18. From dictionary.com--

Prank is defined as "a mischievous trick or joke, esp one in which something is done rather than said."

Mischievous is defined as:
1. maliciously or playfully annoying.
2. causing annoyance, harm, or trouble.
3. roguishly or slyly teasing, as a glance.
4. harmful or injurious.

You can draw your own conclusions about Mitt Romney.

[DesertRat]

21. Also from dictionary.com

Bully:
a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.

Defines Romney to a tee.

[begin_within]

23. I really think this does have some impact on his reputation.

There's no argument against it, because the sons themselves said it on TV.
And retelling this pisses off Romney supporters like anything else I've seen.
Sure, it can be dismissed as a "prank" but I think it fits well into the larger picture of Romney's personality.
I think we should spread this story, so to speak.

[bushisanidiot]

24. What kind of father bullys his son and what kind of GRANDFATHER bullys his grandson?

NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT!

[We People]

25. Wonder how they felt about being called 'liars' at the debate

Even tho he was describing them when they were younger, I still wouldn't have liked it.

[Iris]

28. apples don't fall far from the tree

[We People]

33. My God, you're probably right

Mitt sure did fall pretty far from the tree he came from, though! He doesn't hold a candle to his father - even though he was a Republican, too - but it's a different party now.

[Iris]

37. There's always one bad apple.

btw - does Mitt have brothers and sisters? Maybe some of them are more like their dad.

[catbyte]

27. My mobile phone not opening link. Did it mention Mitt deliberately tripped

his daughter-in-law because she was beating him in a race? He tripped her so she would fall and he would win. Deliberately tripping the mother of your grandchildren just to win a silly fucking family race? How sick is that? Another Mitt horror story outed by his kids. Either they're trying torpedo his campaign or they're as sick in the head as he is. Yikes. Talk about pathological sociopathy.

He seriously scares the shit out of me.

[yellowcanine]

30. He also has to go first at family potlucks because he doesn't want to wait for the little kids to

fill their plates. Then he sits down and starts eating before anyone else has their plates. What a guy!

[catbyte]

31. What a colossal shithead. Sorry I just can't be more elegant than that

[yellowcanine]

32. Yeah that's about it. I guess it never occurs to him to help the kids get their plates before he

fills his the way most parents and grandparents do. No he is the top dog and he eats first.

[Blue Owl]

36. Margarine Mitt is a real sicko

n/t