Mitt Romney...pro-draft, got a deferment

[Kreutz]

A newly-unearthed photograph showing Mitt Romney demonstrating in favour of the Vietnam War draft might leave the presidential candidate feeling somewhat embarrassed.

The veteran Republican, then 19, can be seen picketing an anti-war sit-in at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1966.

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.
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meanwhile, never served in south-east Asia because his status as a Mormon missionary exempted him from the draft.

The GOP hopeful spent just one year at Stanford before heading to France for 30 months of missionary work.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1j54FGTta

Typical chickenhawk. Still waiting to read about one of his five sons being crippled or maimed in the wars they support...should I hold my breath?

[AlanM]

I was also 19 in 1966.

I can also tell you in no uncertain terms that my political views changed dramatically in the last 45 years.

In those days I was a definite Democrat and would have voted that way if I had been allowed. (That was before the voting age was lowered to 18.)

I avoided the draft by enlisting in the US Navy and avoided going to southeast Asia by volunteering for submarines.
(As far as I know there were no submarines assigned to any of the river rons.)
I spent most of the last years of the VN "war" either going to school, teaching school, or cruising around in a Polaris missile boat with a bunch of nuclear warheads.

My point is, don't lynch someone for something they did as a teenager 45 years ago. He could have been doing that stuff to impress a young lady or some of his peers. Most people that age have absolutely NO concept of the big picture.

[Kreutz]

My point is, don't lynch someone for something they did as a teenager 45 years ago. He could have been doing that stuff to impress a young lady or some of his peers. Most people that age have absolutely NO concept of the big picture.

Marching in favor of a draft you know you'll never have to answer to is a **** move in any place and time.

Remember, no matter how nice the fruit looks, if it came from bad roots, well, you'll find out when you take a bite. Youth is not an excuse, rather, an indication of where one got their character.

[OakRidgeStars]

Well, fudge

[ratherfish]

Crying "hypocracy" is the only moral stand liberals can take because their belief system is peogressiveism and their church is liberalism.

They therefore have no morals and can only accusingly judge others by what they don't have.

[Kreutz]

Crying "hypocracy" is the only moral stand liberals can take because their belief system is peogressiveism and their church is liberalism.

They therefore have no morals and can only accusingly judge others by what they don't have.

Yeah I'm not a liberal or a conservative, just an issue by issue kind of guy.

Good of you to dig through my old posts though, might there be more to us than I suspect?

[ratherfish]

What you see is what you get.

Cranky old geezer who's a little too old to hold his tongue....reads alot... served 1969 to 1972..joined to avoid the draft..went to Nam anyway.....

and wonders if you have any concept of duty?

[Kreutz]

What you see is what you get.

Cranky old geezer who's a little too old to hold his tongue....reads alot... served 1969 to 1972..joined to avoid the draft..went to Nam anyway.....

and wonders if you have any concept of duty?

Honorably discharged mechanized infantry medic. Is that OK with you?

[ratherfish]

I always salute the flag and sometimes cry when a good marching bamd plays "Stars and stripes forever"...

How old were you in 1969?

[Kreutz]

I always salute the flag and sometimes cry when a good marching bamd plays "Stars and stripes forever"...

How old were you in 1969?

Oh God, here it comes. The Baby Boomer "in my day" self-important stories.

Sigh. I was -13 in 1969. Are you happy?

Now tell me how my generation doesn't appreciate good music, understand how it was to walk 14 miles in 8ft deep snow to get to school, etc etc etc.

[ratherfish]

Happy as a clam....

You seem a bit out of sorts though.....

Guess it escapes you that a person could support duty of one sort and engage in duty of another sort..?

Many of us find that totally normal.

[Kreutz]

Happy as a clam....

You seem a bit out of sorts though.....

I work seven days a week. Millions of baby boomers depend on me.

You'd be a bit cranky too.

[ratherfish]

24/7 365 here....whiner.

many would be thankfull to have our employment!

[Kreutz]

24/7 365 here....whiner.

many would be thankfull to have our employment!

You work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year? Really?

Just because the government gives you a weekly check doesn't mean "unemployed" is a truly full time job.

[SHMIV]

Off the top of my head, Motherhood is the only position that I can think of that requires that much time.

[Taggure]

Come on give each other a big hug

There now isn't that better


GET OVER IT!

[ratherfish]

24/7 365 here....whiner.

many would be thankfull to have our employment!

You work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year? Really?

Just because the government gives you a weekly check doesn't mean "unemployed" is a truly full time job.

I work for a major corporation in a management position that puts me on call 365 days a year 24/7.
I finish my day when the work is done. It begins when the work starts on a very prosperous line of business.

You sir simply lie about things you don't know!

I suggest you resume your clerical duties and further sharpen your keyboard skills. Thankfull that your messiah is feeding your paycheck....He's killing most!

[mamabearCali]

Every option we have stinks...all of them. It is just a question of which one's particular stink you can tolerate. Romney, Santorum, Paul, Obama--they are all infuriating. But politics is a dirty business those who engage in it do so at great risk to their corruption of their character.

On another note Kruetz you were 13 in 1969? I thought you and I were similar in age....my mom was 12 in 1969.

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[ratherfish]

All options are better than Obamalammadingdong!

I'd vote for an empty orange juice can over the communitity aggitator in chief!!!!!

[mamabearCali]

That is true...Obama, IMO, stinks the worst. So even some relief from that stench would be a better option.

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