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Tenn. Man Mistakes Mitt Romney For Girlfriend’s Secret Online Lover, Allegedly Punches Her in the Face
Lowell Turpin (Source: KnoxNews/Anderson County Sheriff's Office)
A Tennessee man suspected his live-in girlfriend was planning an affair after he found a picture of a man he didn’t recognize on her Facebook page.
Enraged, Lowell Turpin, 40, confronted his girlfriend and “angrily demanded to know who the male was,” according to a police report obtained by the Smoking Gun.
She answered her boyfriend truthfully and said: It’s Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. But Turpin wasn’t buying it.
Perhaps he had already slipped into an uncontrollable rage because even after being informed that it was indeed a photo Romney, Turpin completely lost it as the woman was “attempting to communicate with friends through her Facebook account.” Turpin reportedly jerked the laptop from her hands and smashed it into the wall before hitting her in the face with his fist.
The 310-pound Turpin reportedly gave police “multiple contradictory accounts of the struggle over the laptop.” His girlfriend, Crystal Gray, told police that Turpin had physically abused her in the past. The exact photo of Romney has not been identified yet but obviously Turpin is about as ill-informed when it comes to politics as one can possibly be.
Turpin is currently being held on $1,000 bond at the Anderson County Jail. He is charged with domestic assault in the incident that took place on July 22.
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Yanky_White
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:32pmHi, I’m Kenny Rogers.
This guy reminds me of the Kenny Rogers skit on Mad TV done by Will Sasso a few years back.
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Gorp
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:53pmIf she thinks he’s good looking enough to be her boyfriend I’d like to see a picture of her.
Wait a minute. NO I wouldn’t. I have to eat supper soon…
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dmerwin
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:11pmNow this is one very well informed American. Hopefully, he will be in jail for the election.
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TeaDestroyer
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:54pmShouldn’t the real headline read: Rubes get conned into mistaking Romney for a Conservative, America gets punched in the face Nov 2012.
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ljjkj
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 11:56pmNo, Tea, but an alternative headline of “Bitter Paulistinan Refuses to Accept Reality” might be appropriate.
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SanDiegoCountyCitizen
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 1:42amSpot On!
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4xeverything
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 5:11amThat was the best title for an article! Ahhhh, good times!
(He has a girlfriend?!?)
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loriann12
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:12amTHAT guy HAS a girlfriend? Glad don’t live in Tennessee, and sorry for those that do.
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Exile
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:40amHi I’m Kenny Rogers and I’m Magical (the Kenny Rogers Psychic Hotline sketch is hilarious)
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FugMan
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 3:52pmLOL. Totally.
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paperpushermj
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:31pmLady take a look at this guy. Now look up toward the sky and you will see the rest of the 99% of Men that are better then this guy for you..
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petey
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:38pmWas this guy found on a lily pad and has morphed into a human?????
Holy Smokes!!!
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Gregb
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:30pmhe was just mad because he was having an affair with Harry Reid
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helmuit_7
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:52pmperhaps he was the one posing as the “former bain capital investor”
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Gregb
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:04pmohhh… the moron posing as a moron… but keeping it quiet
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Bill Rowland
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 6:51amHe was torn between his love of Fancy Nancy (The Queen of Botox) Pelosi and Fat Janet (where are the doughnuts) Napalitano and his admiration of Valerie Jarrett.
He was (and is) so confused.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
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Jacopone
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:30pmWhat’s truly amazing is that the guy has a girlfriend. Maybe we should see her picture too.
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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:50pmI agree. it was probably his mother ..
But in that case I don’t blame him !
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KyleD
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:29pmThey should put this picture in the unabridged dictionary next to low-life.
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4xeverything
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 5:16am…under the subheading ENCINOM
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bdandsl
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:28pmReid and Pelosi’s love child…?
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fande3rls
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:50pmOOHHHH YUUUCCCCKKKKKKK . BARF <WHATAN IMAGE GROSE . oh thanks for that visual
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Rightwingjoe
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:28pmDoes he have two mouths?
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Toltepeceno
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:27pmI’ll bet you he knows who odumbo is, probably voted for him.
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bdandsl
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:26pmWow! Quite a catch for any woman! :(
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JohnLarson
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:24pmIt’s alright guys, it’s just a Southern thang…
Just the other day I complained how the Blaze only posts stories embarrassing black people, thanks for balancing the scales a bit Blaze.
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Inlightofthings
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 10:37pmJOHNLARSON aka Lowell Turpin
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goldmind
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:22pmHe clearly represents, what the American Dream has become.
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bdandsl
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:22pmI don’t know who is dumber? This gal who had been abused by this guy before and still sticking around or the gal that accepted the marriage proposal from the guy that desserted her during the Aurora shooting. Both women deserve what they get. I have no sympathy for stupid.
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:21pmAnother NON-STORY by the right wing TMZ. Pathetic..LOL!
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BenInNY
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:16pmFor God’s sake EVERYTHING MUST BE SERIOUS AT ALL TIMES!!!!!
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hi
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:20pmStupid, typical Democrat.
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JohnLarson
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:30pmRednecks are liberals now?
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I am 'We the People
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:19pmFunny, I had a liberal coworker try this with me at work when I answered his questions about my views on Obama; then they, the company fired me over extra chips falling from a vending machine. To bad they didn’t heed my warning (after the termination notice) about a serious class action lawsuit. They had the audacity to laugh in my face and threaten me.
Funny, now I’m the one laughing…
Oh, and my surmises about how Obama would issue executive orders turned out to be reality…go figure…
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TimCotter
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:44pmHuh??
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georgesgirl
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:18pmI’m just worried it’s already reproduced.
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QC Ghost
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:17pmIs that Brian Ross?
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JustJ
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:16pmUnfortunately, There’s no cure for stupid.
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jake-spoon
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:15pmA real looker,smart too.
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QuincySmith
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:14pmIf you feel this guy coming, turn and leave the area immediately.
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MrButcher
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:14pmI don’t even know what to say….
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republic2011
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:14pmThrow him in jail on felony charges. Besides being a domestic abuser, he shouldn’t be out there voting.
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Archstone
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:13pmYou can’t expect intelligence and good looks in the same package. Right?
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YOUR NOT GETTING MY GUNS
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:31pmBut you would at least expect him to have one of the two.
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right-wing-waco
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:12pmWhat is it? It don’t look human. I don’t want to see her.
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:22pm“It dont look human”
Ladies and gentleman. The typical grammar you can expect from a Beckbot….LOL!
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right-wing-waco
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:00pmTROLLMONGER
And I sure you have never made any comments with “silly” English.
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sawbuck
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 8:29pmPlease ignor kiddie trollmonger…
Poor thing wasn’t old enough to remember …cousin “IT”
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tothepoint
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:10pmPlease, someone, anyone, tell me this man is not eligible to vote.
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nzkiwi
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 6:33pmSadly, he may well vote several times…
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jespasinthru
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 3:53amFortunately, he’s no longer eligible to vote with that domestic violence rap hanging over his head. Felons lose that right. And judging by his looks, he probably has a few more felonies in his background.
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teddrunk
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 7:26amWhat about the idiot female that made him her boyfriend. She still gets to vote?
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Taquoshi
Posted on August 1, 2012 at 9:35amTed – at least she had a picture of Romney on her Facebook page rather than B.O. Hopefully, it was for the right reasons.
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