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What Is With Romney’s Habit of Giggling When He Apologizes for Abusive Behavior?

May 11, 2012May 11, 2012 Jon Ponder

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Watching Mitt Romney giggle as he “apologized” on Fox News for an episode in prep school in which he and a gang of boys chased down a kid who had bleached his hair and cut off his bangs, Rachel Maddow noticed that Romney has a habit of reacting with mirth to stories like this. He also giggled when he was confronted about forcing the family dog to ride in a kennel strapped to the car roof on a 12-hour vacation many years ago.

And here’s a link to the Washington Post front page story about Romney’s bullying episode, in case you missed it.

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3 thoughts on “What Is With Romney’s Habit of Giggling When He Apologizes for Abusive Behavior?”

Bamboo Harvester says:

May 11, 2012 at 5:52 am

ROMNEY UNFIT FOR OFFICE !!!

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SmittyPA says:

May 11, 2012 at 6:36 am

I’d second that… ROMNEY UNFIT FOR OFFICE !!!

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Trish Ponder says:

May 11, 2012 at 8:19 am

I love that Romney says he has no memory of the whole thing BUT he didn’t think the guy was gay. That’s kind of like telling someone your dog doesn’t bite and then when the dog on the end of the leash you’re holding bites them, saying, “Yeah but this isn’t my dog.”

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What Is With Romney’s Habit of Giggling When He Apologizes for Abusive Behavior?

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