In The Boston Globe article Debate on Romney’s memory of incident Michael Levenson presents an interesting possibility.

While some observers have expressed doubt that anyone could forget such a dramatic episode, one activist who has studied bullying said he believes Romney may, in fact, have no recollection.

Teenagers who bully others often don’t remember the incidents because they weren’t traumatic for them, said Don Gorton, chairman of the Anti-Violence Project of Massachusetts, a nonprofit group that seeks to reduce violence against gays and lesbians.

“Empathy is the critical variable,’’ Gorton said. “If they don’t feel their victims’ pain, the episode won’t stand out. It wasn’t a big deal for them.’’

That should make us feel better about Mitt Romney.  He simply has no ability to feel a victim’s pain.  Sort of a reverse Bill Clinton.

I bet that when Mitt Romney spanked his children he told them, “This is going to hurt you a lot more than it’s going to hurt me.”

He may have said something similar to all the victims of his vulture capital business.  Maybe that is what made him so good at it.  The victims screamed, but he just couldn’t hear it.

So you say, what are you talking about Romney and vulture capitalist? See Romney Economics: Bankruptcy and Bailouts at GST Steel.