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If a candidate commits a hate crime, does it end his chances of winning?
No one will remember this come November. I don't like the story, but he was a teenager. How many of us are the same people today, with the same values, that we were as teenagers.
Ted Kennedy was a fully-grown adult when he did something a lot worse than this, and that didn't derail his career.
No one will remember this come November. I don't like the story, but he was a teenager. How many of us are the same people today, with the same values, that we were as teenagers.
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I agree w/you.
I actually want a pres. who tried some things (booze, pot) when they were younger. And don't tell me you didn't inhale.
Hate crimes of today may not have been hate crimes of yesterday...calling an italian a warp or quinea today is a hate crime where it was not in the 50's or 60's using the N word was not either.
Anyway... this will not hurt Rommney winning the presidency....there will not be four more years of OBAMA!!!
No one will remember this come November. I don't like the story, but he was a teenager. How many of us are the same people today, with the same values, that we were as teenagers.
The story on it's own isn't that telling, but what is important is how it will be used to "frame" Romney's character.
Certainly there's an effort to paint Romney as so elite he's really out of touch with everything, even the feelings of others. The dog story reinforces the frame, this story reinforces the frame. His 10,000 bet reinforces the frame...there's a lot of example.
His reaction to the question wasn't really very human. Basically he said I don't remember, I didn't even know he was gay, excuse, excuse....
What he should have done as a LEADER was turn the question into a teaching moment about bullying and how it impacts everyone. This would have made it seem like he had a clue.
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