Top Romney Financier Charged With Child Abuse

Posted by Howie Klein at 1:00 PM on September 7, 2007.

Howie Klein: First Larry Craig and now this. Romney sure has a knack for picking creeps to work on his campaign.

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This post, written by Howie Klein, originally appeared on Down With Tyranny!

Norman Hsu donated to Democratic candidates and, believe me, he will be front and center in the media forever. I bet you never heard of Robert Lichfield though, right? He wasn't just a random donor to Republicans. He was a member of the Mitt Romney campaign, charged with bringing in money to the biggest spending campaign. But, besides sucking up cash for Full of Mitt, Lichfield was also involved with child abuse. He quietly slinked away from the campaign but... not much has been heard about this in all the yelling and screaming over Hsu even though he's been bringing in far more money for Flip Flop than Hsu has brought in for Democrats.

Lichfield is named in a federal lawsuit charging that students of the "behavior modification" schools with ties to WWASPS [Worldwide Association of Specialty Schools, founded by Lichfield] were subjected to "physical abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse."

...The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Utah, alleges brazen acts of child abuse, including that students of the various programs had been forced to eat their own vomit, clean toilets with a toothbrush and brush their teeth afterward, were chained or locked in dog cages, kicked, beaten, thrown and slammed to the ground and forced into sexual acts.

Lichfield and his wife have donated thousands of dollars to Romney and other right-wing candidates for various offices, as well as to right-wing groups. In fact they seem to have donated well over the legal limit for wingnuts like Utah Senators Robert Bennett and Orrin Hatch, and North Carolina Senator Richard Burr. I know Democrats who were recipients of Hsu's money have donated it to charity. Will Hatch, Bennett, the GOP and Full of Mitt return the hundreds of thousands of dollars given to them directly by Lichfield? Not likely.

More on WWASPS here.

Tagged as: child abuse, election08, romney, lichfield

Howie Klein is the creator of the blog Down With Tyranny!

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WE SHOULD BUILD A NEW JAIL JUST FOR REPUBLICANS [Report this comment] Posted by: VZEQICVA on Sep 7, 2007 3:17 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This is getting disgusting. Anna [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » I'm a Republican - do you want to jail me? Posted by: IPF » RE: I'm a Republican - do you want to jail me? Posted by: IntlDad Any surprise? Look at the 'Franklin Coverup', the prostitution scandals [Report this comment] Posted by: albrechtkrausse on Sep 7, 2007 3:44 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] (CIA&Defence contractors, DC Madame, etc), the sex abuse at the Texas Youth Commission (while Senor Alberto was AG in Texas), the allegations of "call boys" visiting the White House several years ago, the fake-reporter/male-prostitute visiting the White House many times, and on and on and on. While the Democrats are also VERY corrupt they, usually, are into the more 'mainstream' sexual dalliances and money-based corruption. The Republicans, excepting Frank, seem to be into the homosexual, or even paedophilia, shenanigans (as well as the normal corruption that almost all politicians at the national level participate in.) [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » worse because its homosexual? Posted by: D_comp » RE: worse because its homosexual? Posted by: albrechtkrausse Remember Kyle Sampson [Report this comment] Posted by: elisabeth on Sep 7, 2007 7:56 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] And that's the thing about Mitt Romney. He's too nice. The most corrupt will flock to his appointments and posts because he will not understand the depths of their corruption. Here's something funny: linked text [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » thanks for the link! I needed a good laugh today! (nm) Posted by: kww355 Why does Alternet post Electoral mud-slinging? [Report this comment] Posted by: IPF on Sep 9, 2007 2:40 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Let's face it, that's what this is. Nothing more, nothing less. Yet the site bills itself as being fair minded, and doesn't approve of personal attacks... So... This is definitely not part of a clean debate. Not a forum for discussing the candidates' issues, and not many anti left posts, either. How fair is that? Is it fair to present ONLY your opinion, and scream the other side down? I don't think so. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » We're not "screaming you down". Feel free to defend Lichfield.(nm) Posted by: kww355 WHAT??? [Report this comment] Posted by: im1013 on Sep 9, 2007 3:07 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] What in hell is wrong with these people??!!?? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Is it just me... [Report this comment] Posted by: JoshuaLudd on Sep 10, 2007 12:57 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ... or is there a new Romney lackey charged with a crime of some sort every couple days???? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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» I'm a Republican - do you want to jail me? Posted by: IPF

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