They need some stinkin' badges
By Steve Benen Thursday Jul 19, 2007 8:03pm
About a month ago, we learned about a bizarre situation in which one of Mitt Romney’s top campaign aides came under investigation for allegedly impersonating a state trooper. According to reports, the senior aide, Jay Garrity, allegedly pulled over a New York Times reporter in New Hampshire and said he had run his license plate. He also reportedly called a private company, threatening to cite the driver of a company van for erratic driving
Garrity, who was director of operations on Romney’s presidential campaign and a constant presence at the former governor’s side, quietly stepped down from the campaign to tend to his legal troubles. The whole thing was odd, but it was hard to blame Romney too much for the inexplicable actions of one member of his staff.
But what if it wasn’t just one?
In an apparent violation of the law, a controversial aide to ex-Gov. Mitt Romney created phony law enforcement badges that he and other staffers used on the campaign trail to strong-arm reporters, avoid paying tolls and trick security guards into giving them immediate access to campaign venues, sources told the Herald.
One guy allegedly impersonates an officer? Romney has plausible deniability. A whole group of aides are all given phony badges, which they’re encouraged to use? Romney starts to look like he’s the head of some kind of criminal enterprise.
How could the candidate not know?
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Perhaps he learned this from the current Administration?
Cheap strong arm thug or the next president of the United States?
What do you expect from a dog abuser? ;)
This is one of several rethugs just itchin to take the depredations of Bush/Cheney to the next level.
Everything about Romney is a HUGE fake.
He's flip-flopped more than a catfish just pulled out of the water, he kisses up to religious fascists like Pat Robertson, and now he may not know about this?
BULL-CRAP.
Actually, what this is really indicitive of is the desperate hunger GOP operatives have for power and authority. It is the same reason why any hooker will tell you their most kinky customers into Dominatrix play, spanking, and punishment are Republicans. These people love playing cop, soldier, or dictator. When are they going to be held to the standard of law?
First of all he's too fucking stupid to think up something like this. He'd make a great president.
The whole freaking Republican party is one big criminal enterprise.
Hm. Interesting. I like the "Ask Mitt anything" behind him in the picture. Really, ask you anything? But....will you really answer, or just throw my question in a cage and drive around with it on the roof of your car a scene from a demented "National Lampoon" like movie?
Recall that a secret service agent threatened a blogger at the GOP's 2004 convention with expulsion, when the blogger was too busy to stand for the "Pledge (of fucking) Allegiance". Or the folks who were 86'd from a Bush appearance in Denver because of their T-shirts.
Deputy Dog types abound, and they're invariably assholes. Of course Romney knew, and approved, because he's the same breed of cat.
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Obviously, we need a law.
Why not require all candidates, and their staffs, to be tattooed on their foreheads. Not only would this preclude the abuses mentioned, but it would start an enormous home-grown American industry, which could NOT be outsourced to China or India, thus boosting our economy to unbelieveable heights.
It would also make it easy to distinguish between candidates and the ordinary drunken homeless orators on the streets.
I leave the wording of the tattooes to you, but recommend different tattooes for Republican and Democratic candidates and staffs. (Perhaps 'RAH' and 'DAH'?)
He's a repugnacan, of course he's part of a criminal enterprise.
No doubt that those imposters flashing bogus badges all have one thing in common, and something they also share with their perfect hair/perfect smile boss; they're all creepy GOP-LDS clones.
If there's one thing wingnut mormans believe more than anything else it's that they are god's chosen people, hence the latter day SAINTS label.
They can do no wrong and their man, Mitt, has been anointed to save us all.
Of course, they'll never say so in public.
There's a new sheriff in town.
There's no reason to believe Romney would know about this. Presidential campaigns are filled with all sorts of people up to shady stuff that the candidate never knows about. It's sad, but true. But I don't think it is particularly unique to a republican or democratic candidate.
Phony cop for a phony candidate. Mitt (Cover Girl) spent $ 2,000 for make up as governor. What does he really look like? Fred Thompson?
"Ask Mitt anything?" OK. That dog you tied to the top of your car for the 10 hour trip from Boston to Orlando, did the dog shit down the back of the car and piss down the front or the other way round?
...compassionate conservative.
Geesh, 2 crappy repugs in a row. I need to sleep soon.
The funniest thing about the Republican meltdown is watching Tim Russert scamble to try and find guests for Meet the Press.
Every single one of the republic candidates is a loser. Make that Loser. There is something wrong with every one of them.
I think that every single one of them has tried to pander to the christian wingnuts and this is killing all of them. I mean, that was soooooooooo 3 years ago.
I know lots of people who would tell you that the Republican party is no longer so much a political party as a criminal enterprise. They should be investigated under the RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations) statutes. This latest revelation really does put the icing on that particular cake. Delicious!
Hey all!
the Mitt Police
If only they were losers. They are 20 steps ahead of us. Maybe the chess players or those who understands the criminal mind could be more on top of this. It would all be funny if the vote weren't already compromised for 2008.
I have a warning for Republican operatives who are planning on using fake badges or impersonating law enforcement personnel: you pull that shit on me, and I figure it out, I'll kick your fat punk asses black and fucking blue.
I can't shake the feeling that Romney was created in a eugenics lab.
Goodbye, Mitt. Those tactics are illegal and will not be tolerated.
Bush actually uses real law enforcement to do that. Mitt has to resort to fake IDs. Big oops.
slippytoad @ 25:
Damn right. It's time to make eyes black.
He quietly stepped down?
How is it this isn't all over the MSM just as the fact the Republican party has a long history the past 50 years as the party of dirty tricks and fraud?
Dhalgren @ 31:
And these fascist bastards think progressives are cowards. Not fucking hardly.
Did you hear the new CD by "Cardboard Mitt & the Fake Police"?
1. I'm a Mormon, not a Moron
2. Whole Lotta Fakin' Goin' On
3. Make Up Time
4. Taxachussetts (I hated dem libruls)
5. Please (Don't) Come To Boston
6. I "Big Dig" A Pony
7. The Fake Police (Are Inside Of My Head; and in my campaign)
8. GOP-ABC-123-Baby, You 'n' Me
9. We're All Rich White Men
sulphurdunn @ 29:
A poorly managed eugenics lab...
10. (I Ain't On No...) DC Madam List
Ask Mitt anything.??? OK, hey Mitt do you wear that Magic underwear that Mormons wear?
I was awoken this morning by Sheriffs deputies concerning a bogus error in an adjacent county about a year old fine. Why my family member let them in the door I don't know. It won't happen again.
I think it was because I just registered as a Democrat in a predominately Republican county here in Ohio.
The locals took me to county but the CO wouldn't book me because I had the cash to pay the fine - again. My people got me out and I'll call Monday to ask WTF.
Hey. these people are vicious. And they use the law and the JD to subvert due process.
Kinda pisses me off.
Does Mitt's cultists police squad ride bicycles, wear clean white shirts with black ties and are they on a mission from god?
Sounds like the devil in disguise.
make up, phony badges, Mitt has quite the dinner theater troupe
In an apparent violation of the law, a controversial aide to ex-Gov. Mitt Romney created phony law enforcement badges that he and other staffers used on the campaign trail to strong-arm reporters, avoid paying tolls and trick security guards into giving them immediate access to campaign venues,...
I would expect your typical bunch of drunk, stupid College Republicans to pull stupid stunts like this because they're, you know, retarded. But this was being done by his campaign staffers?? These are supposed to be fucking grownups?? And I thought Chimpy and the rest of the members of the Rove Reich suffered from arrested development.
phlounder @ 39:
Or they could be Geek Squad
gene214 @ 42:
Or the Blues Brothers from hell.
Big Dan @ 34:
OH, you forgot the bonus track by the 5 Mittens - Tagg, Ben, Steve, or whoever the fuck the other two are: It's their cover of "White Punks on Dope"
gene214 @ 44:
I thought it was "White Dopes on Punk"
:lol:
Mitmo Romney , the human metronome. Unfortunately, these top GOP candidates are learning from the current tyranny.
"I learned it from watching you!!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo
I'm from Boston. Much as the claim wouldn't suprise me in the least, the story's from the Herald (a notoriously fehtid tabloid written by the bottom-feeders of Boston Harbor) and should get verified by a second source before anyone invests too much vitriol in it.
Little known -- AFAIK (which isn't always far). The regions that the M's have staked out are literally called 'Stakes.' Each geographical area is set up 'to be ruled by' some fantasy theocracy once the excrement hits the air circulation device (to say it in nice M terms). Those guys are out surveying their future fiefdom -- so be nice to those name-tagged bright-faced kids.
So . . . point is . . . no they don't need no stinking badges. :-)
miss_kitty @ 35:
Romney wasn't "created". He was shit on a fence post and grew.
With so little to recommend this president and his posturing, one would think Harry and Nancy would impeach the numskull.
On purely poll driven reason and the fact the Republicans will not see favor in 2008, we do the will of the people in 2007 rather than wait another two years.
Hello DNC, DLC and Rahm?
Take him for a ride in the front seat of the 48 Chrysler.
jeez there is no bottom to the dark hole that is the republican party.
it's a filthy disgusting pit. it's so weird that these people have credibility
to get this far in life. what they are is experts at manipulating perception.
that is until we all started paying attention.
now look at them, it's the old man behind the wizard of oz and he's the most morally corrupt old fucker you ever did see.
Mitt, Who let the dogs out ?
SadButTrue @ 24:
That is what i have been thinking for years. Loan sharking[credit card rates and abuses],Drug sales[Pharmacutical prices],Bank Robbery[savings and loan scandal],stealing pension funds[Ron reagans rules about company pensions} and murder[ sending boys to die and to kill for no reason other than oil]. You can go on and on. RICO
RULE OF LAW! RULE OF LAW!
seriously... wtf? impersonating a law enforcement officer, isn't that a pretty serious felony???
cough**mormanmafia**coughcough,,,
Big Dan @ 34:
You also forgot "Da Roof, Da Roof, Da Roof...Has a Dog Tied To It And Oh God It's Crapping Down My Windshield Why Hasn't a State Trooper Stopped Us?"
This new game show, "Ask Mitt Anything". When is it on? What channel? Is it like "Win Ben Stein's Money" so Mitt gives you money if you know more than him?
Oh Mitt, this could get expensive. Maybe you should try out to be the new "Price is Right" host instead.
Of course he's running a criminal enterprise...he's a Republican. All Republican politiians are criminals and sociopaths. The republicans is a members only gangster club.
"One guy allegedly impersonates an officer? Romney has plausible deniability. A whole group of aides are all given phony badges, which they’re encouraged to use? Romney starts to look like he’s the head of some kind of criminal enterprise."
Romney starts to look like he's the head of some religious cult.
The 11th song on the CD "Cardboard Mitt & the Fake Police" (these go to eleven):
11. Despite all my rage, My dog's on my car roof in a cage (Smashing Pumpkins)
...with guest guitarist Billy Corgan...
I'll be here all ze veek...............
Romney wasn't aware of it because he was to busy impersonating a viable candidate. They're hiring morons and it's going show itself as a huge mistake in about a year.
An alternate name for the group, I thought of is "Cardboard Mitt and the Big Dig"...ya know what the "Big Dig" is???
http://www.boston.com/news/traffic/bigdig/articles/2006/07/30/romney_tou...
http://wbztv.com/iteam/local_story_207223345.html
Hey! Maybe by the time the election rolls around, Romney will be in the slammer for the "Big Dig"!!!!!!!
This seems like one of those creepy mormon things to me...
Yeah. We need a Mormon president like we need a Jewish president, or a fundamentalist Christian/Islamic President. Or a Scientologist President. Or a Wiccan Prfesident. This list goes on forever. Our founding Fathers and Mothers instituted the separation between Church and State for a damn good reason, and We The People must NEVER lose sight of this, otherwise we're all sh1t out of luck.
If it's Romney's goal to work hard for the "creepy" vote, I think he's about sewn it up now.
How can the Republicans keep getting away with identifying with "Law and Order"
1. Politicizing the judiciary and the Justice Department
2. Circumventing the Courts in FISA cases
3. Posing as Police Officers for purely political purposes
4. Drugs, Prostitution, and corruption
5. Use of pardon powers to get buddies off the hook-- claim that Federal sentencing guidelines are too harsh.
6. Condoning torture, but scapegoating the little guy once they get caught.
Pitiful
Mitt the Mormon Mutt the Moron
Too close for comfort.
What's the big deal? He is running for President isn't he? The current President, the Vice President, their staffs and all associated with them are above the law so why shouldn't the same apply to anyone running for said office? What's the big deal? Think of it as Halloween, or play-acting, that was the Presidency is and what it does...it is all a big game...so what if a few people are hurt of inconvenienced or even killed. It is all in fun! Lighten up!
Speaking of the "Mormon Mafia" - sounds like the old Mittster is taking a page right out of the Old Roman Grant play book from "Big Love".
I agree that if one guy did it, Mitt would have some plausible deniability - but if more than one person is doing this - the candidate had to know.
What kind of a fucking whack job are you if you think you can chase off a New York Times reporter with some fake badge you bought at the five and dime store?
And what kind of fucking whack job are you if you hire an advance guy who is such a fucking whack job that he would get and distribute fake badges to everyone and tell people it is okay to flash them under false pretenses?
You know, after the Olympic bombing in Atlanta the media crucified that poor guy Richard Jewel (who in reality ended up being a hero). They accused him of planting the bomb himself in an effort to act like a "real cop" and a tough guy.
Now this bible thumpin' deputy dawg runs amok for months while at the side of a serious presidential contender and all the press can do is print the Romney campaign's statements about how this clown is leaving quietly? Please.
The only people I've ever heard who acquire these kinds of badges and then use them to fool people and pull them over on the highway are sexual deviants and predators. How come no one is asking that question: Hey Jay whatsyourname - Have you ever shown your badge to a woman in any kind of social situation outside of work for any reason? Has it ever become a conversion piece/pick up tool in a bar or social situation? Have you ever stopped a woman or wanted to pull her over and show her your "badge"? Beyond the times you overstepped the bounds on the campaign (ie flashing your badge at flunkies and reporters), have you ever used it to mislead a woman into believing you were a law enforcement agent for any reason?
This is what psychologists and criminal investigators call "a giant red flag" - and someone needs to ask this kid some very hard and important questions that directly relate to his mental health and grasp on reality.
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