"I like to fire people". I'm starting to think Romney gets a kick out of hurting people.

[Solomon]

That he doesn't do it because has to, but because can, and that he gets some kind of perverse joy from it.

[PDJane]

1. The thought has occurred to me now and then.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. Gingrich and Santorum apparently felt bullied by Mitt's campaign tactics

The infusion of massive amounts of cash to deliver nothing but distorted negative ads and no positive ads about Mitt's own policies. I suspect this kind of bullying behavior is the main reason for their resentment of Romney and their lukewarm endorsements.

[The Magistrate]

3. No Question About It, Sir: He Does --- Sublimated Sadists Are The Very Worst

[villager]

4. He's a Republican -- that's axiomatic

n/t

[siligut]

5. He gets a kick out of feeling superior to people

And hurting them lets him feel that he is more important than others. I agree, hurting others makes him feel good, it reinforces his Mormon upbringing, that he is special.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. Martin Bashir about to talk about about Romney's bullying

His show's about to start.

[hifiguy]

7. Wish I could see that.

Bashir is a tough customer and doesn't let people bullshit their way out of his questions.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. Even Michael Steele thinks it's a big deal

and that Romney should come clean before it turns into too big a story.

[siligut]

10. But now he is saying that it shouldn't be applied to Rmoney's character, because it was long ago

And there are more important issues. Of course he wants it to go away, because it does apply to his character.

[siligut]

8. "Selective memory"

And Bashir is explaining that Rmoney was the leader of the gang . . . how could he forget it?

[siligut]

11. Johnathen Capehart described Rmoney as the type of bully who will always get his way

Even if he has to come back at night to burn your house down!

[hifiguy]

12. Ouch. That is gonna leave a mark.

Because it is so true. Willard is a closet sadist; he's fairly good at hiding the fact but it sneaks out when he says things like how he likes to fire people. He enjoys inflicting pain on helpless people, one of the surest signs of a sociopath.

[siligut]

13. Bashir made light of it, a bit . . .

It was an extreme example, but the gist was that Rmoney will go to underhanded lengths to hurt people, especially those who he thinks have hurt or will hurt him. A truly delusional sociopath that shouldn't be in power.