Romney Debt Unpaid For Generations, Author Says, Wants Mitt To Pay Up
Mitt Romney’s ancestor left a debt, author Judith Freeman says, and she wants the big-pocketed candidate to pay up what she believes she is owed for a many-decades old dispute over polygamy and the laws of the time surrounding the practice.
The Romney debt goes back to the 1880s, and involves Freeman’s great-grandfather William Flake, a polygamist, and Romney’s ancestor Miles Romney.
According to Freeman, the Romney debt stems from the Romney ancestor jumping bail and fleeing to Mexico, where Mitt’s dad was born. This weekend, Freeman explained how her great-grandpa had been jailed and stuck with Miles Romney’s debt for his bail bond when the elder Romney fled south of the border with his wives and kids:
“Miles P. Romney skipped out on his bail, fleeing across the border into Mexico with his three wives, Hannah, Annie, and Catharine, and their children … He left my great-grandfather [William] Flake holding the bag. Flake, on the other hand, was eventually sent to the Yuma Territorial Prison where he served out a six-month sentence for polygamy.”
Okay, so the alleged Romney debt must have at this point exceeded a statute of limitations, right? Nearing the 150-year mark is kind of pushing it, as the interest would likely be massive. But Freeman is willing to overlook the interest, and instead just take the Romney debt repayment at face value, adjusted for inflation, of course.
Of the Romney debt’s current total, Freeman suggests:
“I’ve done some calculation, and $1,000 from the 1880s would today be worth about $25,000, not counting interest … I want to assure Mitt that I’m more than happy to be the disperser of the funds and I guarantee that all the Flakes of the world will get their fair share the moment he does the right thing.”
Romney’s people have not acknowledged the supposed debt.
Tags : judith freeman, miles romney, miles romney debt, polygamy, romney debt, romney debt polygamy, silly, william flake
Posted: August 29, 2012
![‘Ugly Baby’ Jab On ‘Footy Show’ Angers Parents [Video]](http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ugly-baby-100x100.jpg)
![Taylor Swift’s Disgusted Reaction To Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez Kiss Goes Viral [Video]](http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Watch-Justin-Bieber-And-Selena-Gomez-Backstage-Kiss-The-Taylor-Swift-Diss-Video-100x100.jpg)
Aug 30, 2012
good genes
Aug 30, 2012
Why not just send him back to mexico.
Aug 30, 2012
and this is the almighty GOP's best candidate? the better be washing that white flag….
Aug 30, 2012
Money owed and not billed for decades suddenly remembered two months before election time, what a coincidence!
Aug 30, 2012
Judith, considering the small number of views to your article and the stupidity of your article, a response is not really needed. What is amazing (maybe not so much) is how this obscure article can make a top spot on Yahoo.com. Oh, nevermind, I forgot that the DC head got fired today for anti-GOP comments. Good luck come November.
Aug 30, 2012
So it's a huge deal that someone in Mitt Romney's family past owed someone money, but let's not talk about the huge debt Obama has created for America. This is ridiculous and anyone who buys into it is stupid.
Aug 30, 2012
Polygamy is passe, now it is "Affairs","Lovers" "Mistresses" and many others. After the Civil War they were not many men to go around. Some cultures and beliefs accepted the practice.
Aug 30, 2012
What an idiot to bring this up! What a coincidence she remembers it now. Another desperate dispicable Obama fan.
Aug 30, 2012
Flake, looks like a suitable name for you who wrote this article.
Aug 30, 2012
may grandpa owned the land that Adam took the apple from the tree…no intrest just fair value… all men owe me a thank you for my pie…………..
Aug 30, 2012
Who the hell cares I'm more interested in what Obama is doing to the country.
Aug 30, 2012
There are no words to describe how stupid the author "Judith Freeman" is!
Aug 30, 2012
This is the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard!
Aug 30, 2012
I would just ignore her, but really, she can BITE ME!
Aug 30, 2012
I would just ignore her, but really, she can BITE ME!
Aug 30, 2012
PRINCE GARETH: If you believe that anybody that buys into this Romney family debt story is STUPID, then you too, you're STUPID by buying into the story that the huge national debt and unemployment were caused by President Obama. Only a stupid person like you would not know that both our national debt and unemployment were brought on us by George W. Bush which is why about 70% of Americans are blaming him for the mess we are in now. He took us into two wars that don't have anything to do with us. He claimed WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction) which in actual fact was, WEAPON OF MASS DECEPTION. He lied to the people of this country and to the entire world. He was borrowing money to fight these wars while his Defence Contractor friends are still laughing to the Banks daily until the wars are over. You cannot eat your cake and have it. Anyway, as usual, any Republican President will look for a war to fight.
Aug 30, 2012
No Republican has EVER mentioned all the problems created by George W. Bush. Why is he not in Tampa?. The Republicans don't want him there so as not allow the American people to see his face and remind us of his records thus giving their convention a black face. By the way, who would like to associate with the WORST President in American history?.
Aug 30, 2012
So basically the Romneys are spineless criminals.
Aug 30, 2012
SINCE WHEN IS A DISTANT DESCENDANT SUPPOSED TO PAY THE DEBT OF SOME ANCESTOR…THIS HAS GOT TO TO BE THE STUPIDEST ATTEMPT ON ATTACKING A CANDIDATE….AND YES OBAMA IS ENTIRELY GUILTY OF THE KIND OF DEBT HE HAS FORCED THIS COUNTRY TO INCUR IN…
Aug 30, 2012
SINCE WHEN IS A DISTANT DESCENDANT SUPPOSED TO PAY THE DEBT OF SOME ANCESTOR…THIS HAS GOT TO TO BE THE STUPIDEST ATTEMPT ON ATTACKING A CANDIDATE….AND YES OBAMA IS ENTIRELY GUILTY OF THE KIND OF DEBT HE HAS FORCED THIS COUNTRY TO INCUR IN…
Aug 30, 2012
Prime – When did Obama actually create this huge debt and what does this huge debt he created consist of?
Aug 30, 2012
I guess you would Perry, since you want to associate yourself with Obama!
Aug 30, 2012
Perry and Annette: Before you start spouting Democratic rhetoric please read the following and educate yourselves.. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57400369-503544/national-debt-has-increased-more-under-obama-than-under-bush/?tag=re1.channel and before you try saying it was written by a Republican please note the numbers are from the Bureau of Public Debt at the Treasury Department. Thank you.
Aug 30, 2012
Perry,
You need to get you head out of the sand and face the truth!!! Obama has run up % TRILLION dollar deficit borrowing money from China. And if he is re-elected it will only get worse!
Aug 30, 2012
I wonder who this woman is backing for President? Wouldn't surprise me if she is backing Obama! In any case, how does she figure Mitt Romney is responsible for a debt of an ancestor?
Aug 30, 2012
We are only responsible for our own actions. No one elses. If you don't believe this I want money from my ancestor and his family. The first King of England.
Aug 30, 2012
Perry, you are a Libtarded Communist
Aug 30, 2012
The trouble is that Romney is UNTRUSTWORTHY!
Aug 30, 2012
Perry: blahblahblahblah.
You are a Communist
Aug 30, 2012
Anyone else think this story is more funny than it is political?
Aug 30, 2012
This is weak.
Aug 30, 2012
republicans hate black people.
Aug 30, 2012
"I guarantee that all the Flakes of the world will get their fair share the moment he does the right thing.”.
Well, is Freeman's first name Flake? She sure sounds like one!
Aug 30, 2012
"I guarantee that all the Flakes of the world will get their fair share the moment he does the right thing.”.
Well, is Freeman's first name Flake? She sure sounds like one!
Aug 30, 2012
Really? The statute of limitations was up many years ago.This is her version of welfare.I would be more concerned about the debt that owebama has created today for everybody!
Aug 30, 2012
Weapons Of Mass Destruction do not have to be nuclear.Biological weapons were used by Saddam.
Aug 30, 2012
Flake did not write this article.Freeman wrote this article.
Aug 30, 2012
When I was 6 years old, Jimmy Johnson stole a piece of candy from me.Now he must pay!
Aug 30, 2012
I'm sorry but if we all look into the far past of our relatives I am sure that have been a lot of people that have left debts.. I know I do not feel I need to pay a debt that maybe a great grandfather left.. I didn't do.. not my fault.. not my debt.. I say that lady should get over it.
Aug 30, 2012
Is this hag for real? Neither Mr. Romney nor Ms. Freeman were part of creating that debt. She needs to just shut up.
Aug 30, 2012
Oh how I love the comment section.
Aug 30, 2012
Annette Curry…. are you being serious? Why is it that Dems ALWAYS ask for specifics… knowing full well what the answer will be? If you ignore their stupidity they say "See, you can't answer my question"… If you do answer them, they have this rehearsed retort which usually consists of ad hominum attacks and references to past administrations…. Meanwhile they are the worst ones for generalizations, platitudes and hateful rhetoric, ALWAYS vague with no specifics… Sometimes they just make things up hoping they won't get caught or repeat what some other idiot has told them… case in point "Sarah Palin is so stupid she said she can see Russia from her house…yes she did say it!… I saw her say it!"…LOL
(Tina Faye said it on a skit from SNL)….. see how many Libs you can get to swear that she did say it, you would be surprised at how many believe it!!
Aug 30, 2012
Perry O. Adeleye Sr LOL! See post above….. I rest my case on all points.
Aug 30, 2012
Jack Kennedy's family had a very lurid past and it was far more recent than the one attributed here to Mitt Romney's ancestors. I didn't hear democrats lamenting the wayward past of the Kennedy's. Fact is that it wasn't just the past. There was plenty of Kennedy issues in the present that were always overlooked and ignored by the left. So even if this is true, which I question, what difference does it make?
Aug 30, 2012
Perry O. Adeleye Sr Obviously, Perry, You by beginning your comment with name calling identify yourself as an individual with a closed mind and little to support your position, By defending our current President and deflecting blame to a past President that served at a time when a national catastrophe occurred(9/11), you are obviously not using facts to support your comments. If you had an ounce of grey matter between your ears, you would be looking to identify ways in which we can improve our country instead of repeatedly using tired old sayings to name call and hurt an individual that attempted to honorably serve the country at a time of great stress. You, Perry, are a bigoted moron that needs to learn to honor others. You have not walked in the shoes of the leaders of this country so do not dishonor their service!!!!!!!!
Aug 30, 2012
hahahahhahahhahahahhah…so you owe the debt of your of you family from generations ago? sounds like a flake.
Aug 30, 2012
She really said "all the Flakes of the world will get their fair share"?
Aug 30, 2012
Give me a break. Where do you get this rubbish? Also, where is the concrete proof.
Aug 30, 2012
Well, besides the proved poligamy among mormons and his strong effort to deny his Mexican roots he has no clues for sure where he came from.
Hahaha! poor Romney ( and then poor us, of course ).
Aug 30, 2012
Perry O. Adeleye Sr. Just when is Obama going to stop blaming Bush for everything. The debt is now $16 Trillion. Obama has increased the national debt. Every stimulus that he has put into affect has failed. The worst American President would have to be Obama. Don't understand why you have to call people stupid if they have different opinions. Just where exactly are all the new jobs that Obama has promised to create. He spends more time either playing golf or being on vacation. As far as I can tell, Obama has never submitted a budget. When he doesn't get his way, he bullies people and then threatens not to send out Social Security checks to people and not pay the military. Don't even get rude with me, because it won't fly.
Aug 30, 2012
Not for "decades". For over a century and a quarter! And debt not owed by him, but supposedly by his great great grandfather or thereabouts. HOw ridiculous this article is! I guess Yahoo didn't fill its quota of anti-Mitt articles for the day.
Aug 30, 2012
That is one relative Mitt Romney does not need. I would not pay one cent to someone as greedy and opportunist as this who would bring up such a thing during a national election. And really, "there are families and then there is life. Go and live your life" for sure in this case. Pamela Bunting Lewis August 30th, 2012.
Aug 30, 2012
THE FLAKES ARE FLAKES. They must have that DNA known as FLAKES.
Aug 30, 2012
The nations debt will go up if romney is elected. He favors the rich and does not care about the other 99 percent of Americans.
Aug 30, 2012
Perry O. Adeleye Sr
Aug 30, 2012
Right on. Republicans want wars to pay their friends in wealth and power. Republicans don't caqre about 99% of Americans they favor the rich.
Aug 30, 2012
How come when comments defending Romney are written, all kinds of posting problems crop up? Is thre inquisitr another Huffington Post? What do you care whether it's me or somebody else? Fuck you!
Aug 30, 2012
I will vote against whoever you endorse for President.
Aug 30, 2012
This is the last time I will enter your site.
Aug 30, 2012
This is the best shot at Romney that she has? Seriously, this is the best this obviously progressive dem has got? Good comment Jeff.
Aug 30, 2012
Make money just using the Google. You choose working hours. You can make above $1500/day working for this billion dollar company. For more info visit MakeCash25.cøm
Aug 30, 2012
This is so stupid! Well I'm sure that if we all looked hard enough into our past, that each of us could find an old debt that has gone unpaid! Just Stupid!
Aug 30, 2012
I disagree that Romney should be responsible for this debt. This is similar to what the documentary 2016 is doing to Obama. The past is the past and this is really the past.
Aug 30, 2012
Really? This is a news article? I am descended from two plural marriages (the correct term). How much do I owe?
Aug 30, 2012
sounds like another desperate attempt by Obamaites to cast a negative spion against Romney — reaching back 150 is really a stretch Obama people must really be getting worried about electability.
Aug 30, 2012
Judith Freeman is the co-founder and executive director of the New Organizing Institute, or NOI. She worked on the internet operations of the 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign and has served on the new media team of Barack Obama.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Freeman This preposterous article makes sense now. Propaganda.
Aug 30, 2012
Melanie: the national debt has increased under everybody since day one: Reagan, Carter, Van Buren, Arthur… everybody. The anual budget is the important thing as it's the only way to ever get the debt under control, and there have been only 4 years since Kennedy that we haven't run at a deficit, and 3 of those were under Clinton (remember his budget surplus? The one Bush spent?) So far, Obama has never had a budget deficit as large as Bush's 2009 deficit. And Bush's 2009 deficit was the result of incredibly high spending AFTER wiping out Clinton's budget surpluses. I'm not in favor of Obama's spending, but to claim Bush was even remotely fiscally conservative (or even as fiscally aware as a 5 year old) is simply ludicrous.
Aug 30, 2012
Clearly you are just a spastic and have not educated yourself in the condition of the Bush Presidency. For the first 7 years, the economy, as well as everything else was fine. It was only the last year, that both Repubs and Dems made poor decisions on how to handle the issues of the day. When Bush left office, gas was still at $1.85 a gallon. What has your president done with that??? yeah…thought so!!!!
Aug 30, 2012
OMG Get over it. Worried about where Bush is? The DNC will have plenty of entertainment for you when the roll out the likes of Bill Clinton, John Kerry and the Wookie (michelle Obama) What a line up! The RNC however doesn't have to rely on past presidents – we have dynamic young Republicans pushing our party forward. Perry, you my friend don't know how old you are however but Carter and Obama are tied for worse President. Amazing how little people know of history except to quote MSNBC nit wit personalities.
Aug 30, 2012
OMG Thanks Linda – I just remembered Judith Freeman's dad owes my dad twenty dollars from when they worked together about 40 years ago delivering newspapers on their bikes. Let's see twenty dollars x 40x 24% interest – well I'd say I own this bitch.
Aug 30, 2012
I think there might be a problem with that Jessica. .interest rates are near nothing, you may owe her
Aug 30, 2012
It's Obama and the like that want to keep folks in poverty, so they can keep you licking thier boots and believing that they actually care about you!!! Food for though: Biden gave less than 1% to charity when his income is greater than 5 million a year (government worker earning that much???). They talk a good talk, but when it comes down to it, they only want control to CONTROL!!!
Aug 30, 2012
Seems this girl would also want dog poop cleaned up if your Great Grand Dads, dog do-do'd on her old granys lawn. As always, another Brainless Twit, that seeks the good life for FREE.
Aug 30, 2012
Obama, LOL, and the huge debt. Seems you forget the Loss of Life, by not bringing the Guys and Gals home, and instead send $$$$$$$ to his friends in other countries so they can buy arms to KILL our soldiers. Besides this is not about Bommie and the rug rats.
Aug 31, 2012
I wonder if she knows how to spell extortion and what the meaning of it is.
Aug 31, 2012
Perry O. Adeleye Sr You'll have to wait until the FOURTH of the month to get your government dole check. The THIRD of the month is an AMERICAN holiday.
Aug 31, 2012
I wanted to give you an update on my situation. On march, 2012 I requested a binding love spell be cast on my boyfriend. His eyes roamed to any woman that passed us and it made me feel horrible. I am happy to report that a 2days after I requested the spell he proposed to me. We have been married for months now, we are expecting our first child in December. 2012 and he no longer has eyes for any other woman. I was greatly impressed with the fast results and the personal attention I was shown during the casting and beyond. Dr.Ekaka. you are really powerful….i will advice you guys to contact him if you need any help email: ekakaspelltemple@yahoo.com.
Aug 31, 2012
Gee, wonder how much she was paid by the Obama camp! Talk about dirty politics.
Aug 31, 2012
Gee, wonder how much she was paid by the Obama camp! Talk about dirty politics.
Aug 31, 2012
Perry, it looks like YOU'RE looking for a war to fight. Calm down, man.
Sep 1, 2012
“Thank you for making my wish true! I was totally devastated when Frank left me. It was like all my world vanishing into sorrow and pain. But your kind words when I first emailed you gave me hope. I felt how sincere, honest and authentic you were from your first email. I know it sounds weird but out of all the casters I contacted, you were the only one to give me that impression of being so true and caring. More than your words, it’s the fantastic work you accomplished for me that I will keep in mind. You brought my lover back and you made all my wishes come true. He’s now loyal, pays attention to me, he offers me flowers every Sunday, and we often go out at the cinema or at the restaurant. I will be forever thankful for turning my life from hell to heaven! email cafaspiritualtemple@yahoo.com
Sep 3, 2012
Some of my friends AND relatives that are descendents of William Flake said that they are willing to give their $1.67 cut to the Romney campaign! (Including my brother since he's married into the family line!) Of course, Ms. Freeman's belief that the generation count of 15,000 is what they are looking at, the Flake descendents I've talked to believe there are more. Plus, she might want proof of her story because William Flake's great-grandson has a different version as to what transpired between the two men. Sorry, since I know him, I'll trust his version, thank you very much! (Oh, and others said they'll take the $1.67 since they've already donated to the Romney campaign!)
Sep 3, 2012
Especially when you ask ANOTHER Flake descendent what happened! (Yes, I know a couple hundred of them – heck, my brother's married to one!)
Sep 3, 2012
The Flake's I know are willing to donate their $1.67 cut to the Romney campaign, the name may be funny, but they are good people. Besides that, William Flake's great-grandson has a different version as to what happened, and since this guy is a walking history book, I'll trust his version over hers any day!
Sep 3, 2012
There's no way she'd be able to find them all. She claims there's about 15,000 and yet the family line of the Flakes my brother married into figure there would be more than that – good luck tracking them all down! Just start in Snowflake, Arizona, head through Utah and Idaho, and those are just the ones I know!
Sep 3, 2012
There's no way she'd be able to find them all. She claims there's about 15,000 and yet the family line of the Flakes my brother married into figure there would be more than that – good luck tracking them all down! Just start in Snowflake, Arizona, head through Utah and Idaho, and those are just the ones I know!
Sep 5, 2012
Melanie – I will ask again, "What does our National Debt consist of?"
Here's a partial article in the Washington Post explaining our debt. You can GOOGLE to see it in its entirity or go to the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities.
Republican National Convention: The one graph you need to see before watching
Posted by Ezra Klein on August 28, 2012 at 1:10 pm
On the Republican convention stage tonight, you’re going to see a really large clock. But the clock isn’t for keeping time. The idea isn’t to stop speakers from going over their allotted time, or the convention from running late. It’s a debt clock. And the idea is to blame President Obama and the Democrats for the national debt.
But in doing so, the Republicans will end up blaming Obama for the policies they pushed in the Bush years, and the recession that began on a Republican president’s watch, and a continuation of tax cuts that they supported. They’ll have to. Because if they took all that off the debt clock, there wouldn’t be much debt there to blame him for at all.
The single thing you should look at to understand the debt clock and what it is — or isn’t — telling you is this graph from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. It does something very simple. It takes public debt since 2001 — which is when we last saw surpluses — and breaks it into its component parts.
Mar 25, 2013
My name is Mrs.Karisa Jack, from U.S.A, New York City. I never believed in love spells or magic until I met this spell caster once. when I went to Africa in July this year on a business summit. I ment a man called Dr. AIGBE.He is powerful he could help you cast a spells to bring back my love’s gone, misbehaving lover looking for some one to love you, bring back lost money and magic money spell or spell for a good job.i’m now happy & a living testimony because the man I had wanted to marry left me 3 weeks before our wedding and my life was upside down because our relationship has been on for 2 years… I really loved him, but his mother was against me and he had no good paying job. so when I met this spell caster, I told him what happened and explained the situation of things to him..at first I was undecided, skeptical and doubtful, but I just gave it a try. and in 6 days when I returned to New York, my boyfriend (is now my husband ) he called me by himself and came to me apologizing that everything had been settled with his mom and family and he got a new job interview so we should get married..i didn’t believe it because the spell caster only asked for my name and my boyfriends name and all I wanted him to do… well we are happily married now and we are expecting our little kid, and my husband also got a new job and our lives became much better. in case anyone needs the spell caster for some help, email address aigbespelltemple@yahoo.com.