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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn 1968, France was a dangerous place to be for a 21yo American but Romney was right in middle of it
No I am not making this crap up!! This was what was said about Mitt Romney in a documentary that was aired a week or so ago about Romney's life.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-airs-the-most-ridiculous-statement-ive-ever-seen-on-television/
The doc also notes, as an example of Romney becoming his own man, that he protested in favor of the draft that he so skillfully avoided, before moving on to the time he spent in France, a time that Romney once described as tough because the French were not happy to see Americans, because we were in Vietnam at the time.
Yes, you heard that right. Not only did Mitt Romney protest in favor of sending other peoples children to die in Vietnam, even as he avoided service himself, he then complained about how those dying Americans made it tough for him while he was in France avoiding service.
Perhaps to avoid charges of bias, the documentary steers clear of these contradictions, but then takes the whitewashing to blindingly absurd levels by introducing the next segment with the aforementioned most ridiculous statement Ive ever seen on television. In 1968, France was a dangerous place to be for a 21-year-old American, Borger says, but Mitt Romney was right in the middle of it.
The doc also notes, as an example of Romney becoming his own man, that he protested in favor of the draft that he so skillfully avoided, before moving on to the time he spent in France, a time that Romney once described as tough because the French were not happy to see Americans, because we were in Vietnam at the time.
Yes, you heard that right. Not only did Mitt Romney protest in favor of sending other peoples children to die in Vietnam, even as he avoided service himself, he then complained about how those dying Americans made it tough for him while he was in France avoiding service.
Perhaps to avoid charges of bias, the documentary steers clear of these contradictions, but then takes the whitewashing to blindingly absurd levels by introducing the next segment with the aforementioned most ridiculous statement Ive ever seen on television. In 1968, France was a dangerous place to be for a 21-year-old American, Borger says, but Mitt Romney was right in the middle of it.
I can think of thousands of our soldiers who had no choice but to fight a war in Vietnam that would have LOVED to have 'suffered' in France the way Mitt Romney did.
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In 1968, France was a dangerous place to be for a 21yo American but Romney was right in middle of it (Original Post)
LynneSin
Sep 2012
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MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)1. That was funny/weird
I'm hoping it was tongue-in-cheek...
tanyev
(42,677 posts)2. Yes, all that wine! The beautiful women!
A very dangerous place for a young Mormon missionary.
modem77
(191 posts)3. For some reason this song comes to mind.
He must have been the "Fortunate Son" they were talking about.
ReasonableToo
(505 posts)4. It's time
It's time for someone better than what the current political/media system can produce.
I had no idea this propaganda was out there.
Sigh.