Romeny: I find it extraordinary that a very few number of families are paying the price of freedom.

[RandySF]

Romney last night:
Mitt Romney: I find it amazing that we have troops in harm's way around the world - in Afghanistan right now, in Iraq the first three years of this president's term. He doesn't go on TV every month and talk to the American people about the sacrifice being made by these men and women. I find it extraordinary that a very few number of families are paying the price of freedom in America. The hurdle to actually putting our troops in harm's way is very, very high, and the test is America's interests. Our security interests. And they have to be involved in a very significant way to deploy our troops.


Romney in 2008 regarding his sons' lack of military service depsite their support for the Iraq war:
It's remarkable how we can show our support for our nation, and one of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping to get me elected, because they think I'd be a great president. My son, Josh, bought the family Winnebago and has visited 99 counties, most of them with his three kids and his wife. And I respect that and respect all of those in the way they serve this great country.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/08/1052774/-The-Most-Disgusting-Comment-In-Last-Nights-Debate?via=siderec

[book_worm]

1. By all means, Mittens, you have several healthy sons

why doesn't your family lead the way and those fine young men enlist? or will you then say that they do their duty by doing missionary work in some foreign country?

[Angry Dragon]

2. And he was all for the war in Vietnam because

he had his ministry deferment
See how easy it is when you don't have to put your life on the line to be for something

[Jackpine Radical]

3. But Mitt was a Vietnam War hero--

he bravely carried a placard supporting the rights of people like me to be drafted & sent over to Southeast Asia as cannonfodder. How can I be anything but grateful for his courageous service to his country?

[FarLeftFist]

4. I find it extraordinary that Romney would be FOR the Vietnam war, yet dodge the draft himself.

Heal thyself, physician.

[Marrah_G]

5. GRRRRRRR

[pinboy3niner]

6. I gagged when I heard that from the chickenhawk Fortunate Son...

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Fortunate Son
Recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Written by John Fogerty

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no

[djean111]

7. Please explain to me what he means by:

"I find it extraordinary that a very few number of families are paying the price of freedom in America"
Does he think that we should expand the wars and draft more people into fighting them?
Is he sorry there are not more Americans in harm's way? Does he think there should be more casualties?

More and more, whenever I see the spewing of any one of the GOP's version of Insane Clown Posse (with deepest apologies to the actual band) in print - they make no sense at all.
I hate rhetoric, and cannot sit still for a speech by anyone, on either "side" - but these guys seem to be just throwing out illogical blather.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. So did mitt go and do his bit in the bush?

Oh wait. The chicken hawk actually went there.

[riverwalker]

9. Josh Romney and the Winnebago

"serving his country by getting Dad elected".

[Tennessee Gal]

10. Mitt, W told us to go shopping after 9/11.

Everything was just fine don't ya know. Then W cut taxes, mostly for the wealthiest Americans and got us into two unpaid for wars. The American people were not asked to do anything except sacrifice life and limb. And those who served were predominantly from the working poor or lower middle class. You and your wealthy elitist cronies did not send a loved one to those wars. In fact, the only thing that changed for you was that you all got richer.

[Loudmxr]

11. In the past 150 years every President has had a child or spouse of a child in the military

Whenever our nation was in jeapordy the President's children have responded.

Except for GWB. Which is one of the three anecdotale reasons I knew the Iraq war was bogus.

OK Margaret Truman whose singing drove our soldiers to fight in Korea rather than hear her sing.

Jenna in Navy blue. Barbara in Army green. HA HA didn't happen.

At least the Romney boys could be Mormon Chaplins.

[TwilightGardener]

12. His statement makes no sense. Is he lamenting that not enough troops are deploying

and getting legs blown off or killed? Is he saying that Afghanistan and Iraq were both mistakes--mistakes that MORE families should have sacrificed for? WTF is he saying?

[DeathToTheOil]

13. Five Fucking Sons, Willard

You fucking rat!

[pinboy3niner]

14. Mitt only volunteers other mothers' and fathers' sons...

...whether or not they're willing...


Taking a stand: A young Mitt Romney holds up a placard at a pro-draft demonstration at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in May 1966



Fortunate son: Mr Romney's status as a 'Mormon missionary' meant he was exempt from the Vietnam War draft

Taken at the height of the swinging Sixties, Mr Romney holds a sign declaring 'Speak Out, Don't Sit In' as, alongside like-minded individuals, he proclaims his support for Lyndon Johnson's ever-expanding draft.

But, in a marked contrast to the relaxed dress sense associated with that decade's youth movement, he is wearing smart white slacks, a white buttoned-up shirt and a dark blazer.

A newspaper clipping headlined 'Governor's son pickets the pickets' states: 'Mitt Romney, son of Michigan Gov. George Romney, was one of the pickets who supported the Stanford University administration in opposition to sit-in demonstrators.'

The photograph was taken on May 20, 1966, shortly after a group of students had taken over the office of Stanford University President Wallace Sterling.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083002/Mitt-Romney-19-demonstrated-favour-Vietnam-War-draft.html


Daily Mail story and pics previously posted in GD by WhoIsNumberNone:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002135366

[RandySF]

15. I think Huntsman noted that today.

When he talked to Romney about having two sons in the Navy.