Posted on 02/02/2012 4:17:25 PM PST by fred4prez
"In July 1996, the 14-year-old daughter of Robert Gay, a partner at Bain Capital, had disappeared," the story reads. "She had attended a rave party in New York City and gotten high on ecstasy. Three days later, her distraught father had no idea where she was. Romney took immediate action. He closed down the entire firm and asked all 30 partners and employees to fly to New York to help find Gay’s daughter. Romney set up a command center at the LaGuardia Marriott and hired a private detective firm to assist with the search. He established a toll-free number for tips, coordinating the effort with the NYPD, and went through his Rolodex and called everyone Bain did business with in New York and asked them to help find his friend’s missing daughter. Romney’s accountants at Price Waterhouse Cooper put up posters on street poles, while cashiers at a pharmacy owned by Bain put fliers in the bag of every shopper. Romney and the other Bain employees scoured every part of New York and talked with everyone they could – prostitutes, drug addicts – anyone.
"That day, their hunt made the evening news, which featured photos of the girl and the Bain employees searching for her. As a result, a teenage boy phoned in, asked if there was a reward, and then hung up abruptly. The NYPD traced the call to a home in New Jersey, where they found the girl in the basement, shivering and experiencing withdrawal symptoms from a massive ecstasy dose. Doctors later said the girl might not have survived another day. Romney’s former partner credits Mitt Romney with saving his daughter’s life, saying, ‘It was the most amazing thing, and I’ll never forget this to the day I die.’
(Excerpt) Read more at politifact.com ...
Agreed.
Guttmacher is a Part of planned parenthood. Why are you quoting them to pimp Willard???
No he wouldn’t.
Put your fantasies away and don’t make up nonsense, imaginary combinations of times and historical figures for impossible, imaginary scenarios are childish.
Oh I agree; he’s not the devil incarnate; but, he is unscrupulous and he has a huge well-financed organization to support and protect him.
Thank you for posting this link. I am sorry there is so much anger & hatred now on Free Republic. . .it wasn’t always like this. The once conservative civil discourses have now given way to closed-minded rants. Oh, well. “Nothing gold can stay”. . .Robert Frost
I say you’re wrong. Maybe you should just let it go and agree to disagree. That’d be the honorable Reagan way. Oh, wait....
Man this thread is so 2007, the old Romney/pro-abortion/pro-homosexual/Reagan bashing crowd is here.
I don’t support Romney.
If we get someone better than Romney, excellent. I was for Palin, then Perry, then Cain, now I don’t know.
I am troubled by a lot of things, as you should be too.
But it does us no good to speak loosely, in anger.
And we need to do what we can do, not lose ourselves in fantasies of what we can’t.
God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
... An amazing concentration of RINOmney Pimps in need of the zot. Like bugs drawn to a flame.
No, the Reagan way would be for you Reagan bashing, Romney trolls to quit with the games and childishness.
Because they have statistics that they didn’t compile, they just post them in a useful way. The data is independent of their delusions.
I would also quote a Soviet or Nazi source, if the information was interesting.
That makes Romney your man at this moment, and since nothing is going to change that, and you know it, I'll put you as a strong Romney man.
You seem indifferent to the homosexual, and abortion record of Romney, why is that stuff low on your list?
And to be fair no genetic markers have been found. The current thinking is some problem in utero, with some theories postulating a viral infection.
No, the current thinking is environment as in upbringing, family dysfunction, and getting molested. Links on the thread below, hours of informative reading.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2730140/posts
Not born this way: The facts, plus help available
Save California ^ | Various authors
Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2011 7:48:09 AM by scripter
Without any reputable evidence, the entertainment culture, uneducated media, and sexual activists have seduced today’s teenagers, in particular, to believe that people are born homosexual.
However, science has found no biological basis for homosexuality, bisexuality, or transsexuality.
Study after study has found the “LGBT” lifestyle to be unhealthy, with the highest rate of sexually-transmitted diseases, and higher cancer rates and earlier deaths.
While all people are worthy and valuable, the fact is people are not “born this way,” as a popular song insists.
On this page you will find:
1. The facts on homosexuality
2. Resources to overcome homosexual behavior and gender identity disorder
3. An important video message titled “Does God Love Gay People?”
4. Some personal stories from people who used to live a homosexual lifestyle
Homosexuality is not innate; no biological origin
Is there a “gay gene”?
National Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH)
‘Gay’ gene claim suddenly vanishes
American Psychological Association revises statement on homosexuality
WorldNetDaily.com, May 12, 2009 — “A publication from the American Psychological Association includes an admission that there is no “gay” gene, according to a doctor who has written about the issue…”
“Homosexuality”
Facts About Youth, American College of Pediatricians, 2011
“No statistically significant [‘gay’] gene has been found”
Dr. Neil Whitehead, November 2006 interview
Peter Tatchell, British homosexual activist
Turn Signal with Kim Trobee, Focus Action 2008
“It would also be equally foolish to close the door and say that it’s simply down to biological factors, there’s no other factors or influences that impact on a person’s sexual orientation.”
Only 1.7 percent of the 18-and-over population identify as “gay”
Associated Press, April 7, 2011
Homosexuality is not healthy
“Health Risks of the Homosexual Lifestyle”
Facts About Youth, American College of Pediatricians, 2011
“The Health Risks of Gay Sex”
Dr. John Diggs, Jr., MD, Corporate Research Council, 2002
Nearly 3/4 of HIV/AIDS infections transmitted by “male-to-male sexual contact”
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008
Link between Sexual Orientation and Cancer
Cancer Network, May 12, 2011
“Homosexual men were found to be 1.9 times more likely to self-report a cancer diagnosis than were heterosexual men….Although homosexual women did not have a higher incidence of cancer, these women did report lower overall health as cancer survivors compared to heterosexual women.”
Prostate Cancer Survival May Be Especially Tough on Gay Men
HealthDay News, May 16, 2011
The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality
A catalog of research data
Family Research CouncilHomosexuals, Bisexuals More Unhealthy than Heterosexuals: Massachusetts Study
Americans for Truth about Homosexuality, December 3, 2008
Help for those struggling with homosexuality
The website Transformed Image has compiled a list of helpful links including:
» Support groups and ministries
» Published materials and videos
» Scripture for help dealing with sexual sin
» Websites of ex-homosexual outreaches
Additional help is available from:
Exodus International » | Stephen Bennett Ministries » | Michael Glatze »
Video message: Does God love gay people?
Are you struggling with homosexuality? Know someone who is? Do you think God doesn’t love people who engage in homosexual behavior? We encourage EVERYONE to view this message hosted by Jonathan Ervin, a man who has practiced homosexuality and has AIDS. He is joined by Dr. Will Honeycutt, Professor Darren Wu and Dr. Karen Swallow Prior. [14:17]
This video is by TrueLife.org. It can also be viewed here.
Stories from former homosexuals
» http://pfox.org/exgay_teen.html
» http://pfox.org/Our_Ex-Gay_Stories.html
» http://pfox.org/stories.html
» Stephen Bennett’s story
PG’s comment was deleted, but his profile page is still up.
Who knows ? Based on what I have seen, having known children from an early age grow into adults, is that many of these are obviously so at a very, very early age. Its hard to see how such a thing can be programmed into a child by the time they are in kindergarten. Others, maybe not.
I checked it about 15 minues ago and his account page said: BANNED OR ZOTTED. You know, the typical ban.
Maybe the mods had a change of heart. Maybe, just maybe, they thought it would be interesting to show Profit Guy what it means to actually SURVIVE an abortion.
I hope the irony is not lost on him.
All the best!
He’s a regular Superman. I’m still not voting for him. I’d rather have Wonderwoman.
I have no idea who I am for right now.
I don’t much like Gingrich or Romney, in reality they seem equally flawed. Santorum hasn’t a hope.
If there is a convention fight I would like that very much. Maybe someone better will show up.
And “putting me down” for anything is dirty pool.
Having some association and experience with Mormons, I was wondering if the girl might be a Mormon. The Mormon culture is a very protective group of people and I can see such an involvement. I admire some of the attributes of the Mormon society, However, I don’t feel comfortable with a large international singular/self centered religious body with the influence like the Mormons being in such a powerful position. IF I’m correct Smith was on such a path for domination when he was leading the start of the Mormon church. Of course I take Islam to be very much worse.
You’re wrong. Reagan was absolutely NOT the uber-conservative that he later became.
So sorry... And I’m not even all in favor of Romney... But your characterization is just unfair. I don’t know if he’ll make it to the general election or not... But Romney would be far better than Obama. I suspect that that’s what FR’s leadership actually wants: another Obama term. Well... I don’t. I will support any republican instead of Obama.
I think there are some conservatives that really do want another Obama term. The idea I suppose is that he’ll screw things up so bad that the nation will have no choice but to elect conservatives.
I think this is badly misguided. After another Obama term there may be nothing left to fix.
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