One of the worst bullies I encountered in high school apparently did a complete 180 and when I ran into him at my 20-year reunion, he was kind, supportive and lovely. He's still hetero and all, but he's also now a champion for gay equality. I'm not saying Romney is even close to that, but it's not impossible for people to drastically change from their teenage persona and if they are sincerely remorseful of their previous actions, I can accept that. Considering just about everything else wrong with Romney, I really don't regard this as anything more than a cold case. He did something really mean over 40 years ago. I'm far more concerned with recent history.
I've also seen the reverse happen as more liberal friends of mine got sucked deeper and deeper into the quicksand of Fox News and Conservative fear-based paranoia to the point that we simply can no longer communicate.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian