This guy who's running for Prez, Milt Romney... I didn't know that much about him, and had no desire to know, but to no great surprise, he's a real douchebag. Read this small piece to find out why:
Romney defends Bush's commutation move
Former Mass. governor denied every pardon request during his term
Nati Harnik / AP
Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaking in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Tuesday, said the Scooter Libby sentence commutation is "reasonable".
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who as Massachusetts governor refused to pardon an Iraq war veteran's BB-gun conviction, on Tuesday called President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence "reasonable."
Defending Bush, Romney said at a campaign stop that "the president looked very carefully at the setting" before deciding to commute the 2 1/2-year sentence of Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, who was convicted in the CIA leak case.
The prosecutor in the case "went after somebody even when he knew no crime had been committed," Romney said. "Given that fact, isn't it reasonable for a commutation of a portion of the sentence to be made?"
As governor, Romney twice rejected a pardon for Anthony Circosta, who at age 13 was convicted of assault for shooting another boy in the arm with a BB gun - a shot that didn't break the skin. Circosta worked his way through college, joined the Army National Guard and led a platoon of 20 soldiers in Iraq's deadly Sunni triangle.
In 2005, as he was serving in Iraq, he sought a pardon to fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer.
In his presidential bid, Romney often proudly points out that he was the first governor in modern Massachusetts history to deny every request for a pardon or commutation during his four years in office. He says he refused pardons because he didn't want to overturn a jury.
During the four years Romney was in office, 100 requests for commutations and 172 requests for pardons were filed in the state. All were denied.
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So a guy who aided in committing treason, his commutation is considered "reasonable" by Romney. But a hero who busted his ass, finished school, went to Iraq, didn't get a pardon by this guy to be a police officer because of something he did when he was 13 years old. What a scumbag this guy Romney is. He couldn't have even read the pardons. I don't understand how someone can utilize that and use it as a badge of honor. Who does he think he is, Bush?
To anyone reading this in a state like Iowa, please don't vote for this tool in your primaries.
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