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Teenage mitt romney bullied student believed to be gay, schoolmatesallege by ferujkll sdff
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Teenage mitt romney bullied student believed to be gay, schoolmatesallege by FERUJKLL SDFF
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By Callum Borchers, Globe Correspondent A day after President Obama became the first holder of the OvalOffice to endorse same-sex marriage, presumptive Republican nomineeMitt Romney is being accused of bullying a student believed to be gay as a teenager in the 1960s. The Washington Post -- citing five of Romney s fellow students atthe Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. -- reportedThursday that Romney led a posse that pinned down another boy whileRomney, himself, cut the boy s bleached-blond hair, which usuallydraped over one eye. The alleged incident occurred in 1965, when Romney was a senior.The target was a junior named John Lauber, whom the Post reportdescribed as soft-spoken and perpetually teased for hisnonconformity and presumed homosexuality. Mathew Friedemann, a Romney friend and dorm-mate, told the Postthat Romney complained often about Lauber s appearance.
He can t look like that. That s wrong. Just look at him! Friedemann said, recalling Romney s words about Lauber. Friedemann claimed that one day Romney and a group of boys soughtout Lauber, tackled him and held him to the ground while Romneyclipped the locks he found offensive.
Three other former Cranbrookstudents corroborated the story on the record, and a fourth spoketo the Post anonymously. A Romney campaign spokeswoman told the Post that Romney does notrecall such an attack. Anyone who knows Mitt Romney knows that he doesn t have amean-spirited bone in his body, Andrea Saul said in a statement. The stories of 50 years ago seem exaggerated and off base, andGovernor Romney has no memory of participating in theseincidents.
But during a Thursday-morning interview with conservative radiohost Brian Kilmeade, Romney offered a vague apology. Back in high school, I did some dumb things, and if anybody washurt by that or offended by that, I apologize, he said. Romney did not acknowledge the specific incident reported by thePost but said that he participated in a lot of hijinks and pranksin high school, and some of them might have gone too far. Romney added that he is quite a different guy now.
Callum Borchers can be reached at callum.borchers@globe.com. Followhim on Twitter @callumborchers. I am an expert from Special Purpose Bags & Cases, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as humminbird fish finder , white batting gloves.
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