[TheRealThing]

It's not that Romney did something in high school that he shouldn't have. It's that he still appears the same way today. "I like to fire people." "I'm not concerned about the poor." "Corporations are people too." Strapping his dog to the roof of the car.

Romney is now -- and always has been -- an entitled, elite, bully used to getting what he wants. I suspect he is a caring, maybe even compassionate person to his family and those close to him. But, if you aren't like Mitt -- maybe it's just that your hair is too long -- he will belittle and step on you. He has poor character. He doesn't stand up for what he believes in because he has to leave room to "believe" whatever it takes to get what he wants.

So, your laundry list of disqualifying percieved personality flaws are those listed above. I actually am familiar with the interviews and speeches you took those from.

"I like to fire people" --- Here's when and what he actually said; Jan 9, 2012, "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me," Romney said at a Monday breakfast in New Hampshire, when talking about health care. "You know, if someone doesn't give me a good service that I need, I want to say, 'I'm going to go get someone else to provide that service to me.'" --------- Now, call me stupid, but that doesn't really seem too bad to me. He's just saying he doesn't want to be roped in and bound by federal law to have only one possible health care provider.

"I'm not concerned about the poor" --- Here's when and what he actually said;
By Tami Luhby@CNNMoneyFebruary 1, 2012: 5:26 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) --

"I'm not concerned about the very poor," the Republican presidential candidate said on CNN Wednesday morning. "There's a safety net there, and if it needs repair I'll fix it. I'm not concerned about the very rich, they're doing just fine. I'm concerned about the heart of America, the 95% of Americans who are right now struggling." ------- Again, I must be missing something, what's wrong with saying he's not concerned when we have put so much emphasis on helping the poor?

"Corporations are people too" --- Here's when and what he actually said; August 11, 2011|By James Oliphant

Reporting from Des Moines — Campaigning in Iowa on Thursday, Mitt Romney told a heckler, “Corporations are people, my friend”—words immediately seized upon by Democrats in what they termed as a possible defining statement by the presidential candidate.

Romney, speaking to a crowd of hundreds at the Iowa State Fair, was being pressed about raising taxes to help cover entitlement spending. When one mentioned raising corporate tax rates, Romney responded by saying corporations were no different than people. The line earned him a sustained round of applause from the crowd.

But the Democratic National Committee fired off emails almost immediately after the remarks, as part of a continuing effort to frame the GOP frontrunner as an out-of-touch elitist.

--------LOL, mission accomplished! Your post might as well have come, and probably did, from some liberal blog somewhere.

The "strapping his dog to the roof of the car" is killer, I have no defense for that.