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No he spent his early like doing THIS:
Early life and educationHeritage and youthFurther information: Pratt–Romney family
Romney was born in Detroit, Michigan.[1] He was the youngest child of George W. Romney, who by 1948 had become an automobile executive, and Lenore Romney (née LaFount). His mother was a native of Logan, Utah, and his father had been born in a Mormon colony in Chihuahua, Mexico, to American parents.[2] Romney’s ancestry is predominantly English, as well as Scottish and German.[3] As a sixth-generation member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[4][5] Romney is descended from a genealogically interconnected political family sometimes known as the Pratt–Romneys.

The three siblings before him were Margo Lynn, Jane LaFount, and G. Scott,[6] followed by Mitt after a gap of six years.[7] Romney was named after hotel magnate J. Willard Marriott, his father’s best friend, and his father’s cousin Milton “Mitt” Romney, 1925–1929 quarterback for the Chicago Bears.[8][nb 1] When he was five, the family moved from Detroit to the affluent suburb of Bloomfield Hills.[10] His father became CEO of American Motors and turned the company around from the brink of bankruptcy; by the time he was twelve, his father had become a nationally known figure in print and on television.[11] Romney idolized his father, read automotive trade magazines, kept abreast of automotive developments, and aspired to be an executive in the industry.[10][12][13] His father also presided over the Detroit Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to which the family belonged.[14]

The Cranbrook School, which Mitt Romney attended from seventh grade onRomney went to public elementary schools[9] and then from seventh grade on, attended Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, a private boys preparatory school of the classic mold where he was the lone Mormon and where many students came from even more privileged backgrounds.[10][15][16][17] He was not particularly athletic and at first did not excel at academics.[10] While a sophomore, he participated in the campaign in which his father was elected Governor of Michigan.[nb 2] George Romney was re-elected twice; Mitt worked for him as an intern in the governor’s office, and was present at the 1964 Republican National Convention when his moderate father battled conservative party nominee Barry Goldwater over issues of civil rights and ideological extremism.[10][12] Romney had a steady set of chores and worked summer jobs, including being a security guard at a Chrysler plant.[15]

Initially a manager for the ice hockey team and a pep squad member,[15][18] during his final year at Cranbook, Romney joined the cross country running team[9] and improved academically, but was still not a star pupil.[10][16] His social skills were strong, however, and he won an award for those “whose contributions to school life are often not fully recognized through already existing channels”.[16] Romney was an energetic child who enjoyed pranks.[nb 3]

In March of his senior year, he began dating Ann Davies, two years behind him, whom he had once known in elementary school;[20][21] she attended the private Kingswood School, the sister school to Cranbrook.[16] The two informally agreed to marriage around the time of his June 1965 graduation.[10][21]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_romney


15 posted on 01/23/2012 12:28:15 PM PST by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: US Navy Vet; ari-freedom

Do you know who personally handled the conversion of the teenage girlfriend of Mitt Romney? The Governor of her state.

She and Mitt got married, her parents were forbidden to witness the marriage because Mitt Romney is so elite within Mormonism that only a small percentage of Mormons qualify to witness, or to be present for such events involving the elites, and her parents as no-Mormon were of course, forbidden.


21 posted on 01/23/2012 12:52:45 PM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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