Saturday, August 11, 2007

No sacrifice too great...

Presidential hopeful Romney, like all Republican candidates, vigorously supported sending more of our loved ones to Iraq. During his recent "Ask Mitt Anything" tour in Bettendorf, Iowa he was asked: "Are any of your five sons currently serving in the United States military and if not, are any of them planning to support the war on terror by enlisting in the United States Military?" Romney's answer was: "We have a voluntary army in this country." "There are a variety of ways you can show your support for our soldiers. My sons are showing support by trying to get me elected as the President of the United States." “My son Josh bought a Winnebago and is driving across the State of Iowa to get me elected." Romney wants OUR loved ones to go, but not his? Driving a Winnebago is fighting the “war on terror”? Romney avoided serving his country in Vietnam during the 1960s. He sought and received deferments through his church as a Mormon "minister of religion" for the duration of his two and a half years of "missionary work" in France and also sought and received nearly three years of deferments for academic studies. Just what we need in the White House...another chicken-hawk patriot for whom no sacrifice is too great...as long as it’s ours and not his.

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