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Old 10-09-2012, 06:34 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by Memphis1979 View Post
There's a draft?
Yes, there was during the Vietnam war. Romney's kids learned from their father to avoid everything to do with the military.

 
Old 10-09-2012, 06:35 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Why should they bother? In their class serving in the Military would delay their entry to whatever prestigious career they wanted.
John Kerry "you get stuck in Iraq" comments
 
Old 10-09-2012, 06:36 AM
 
Location: Florida
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I don't know ANYONE WHO WENT TO VIETNAM WILLINGLY UNDER THE DRAFT - DO YOU?
Yes, I know people who went willingly.
 
Old 10-09-2012, 06:36 AM
 
Location: Palo Alto
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They were too busy learning subject/verb agreement to attend boot camp.
 
Old 10-09-2012, 06:39 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Since none have served, I'd have to say willard encouraged them not to serve.
Neither myself nor my brothers served in the military. My father never encouraged or discouraged it.
 
Old 10-09-2012, 06:43 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber View Post
Yes, there was during the Vietnam war. Romney's kids learned from their father to avoid everything to do with the military.
But nit now. So how is romneys children dodging war again? Lots of people don't enlist.
 
Old 10-09-2012, 06:43 AM
 
Location: Florida
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....I would be embarrassed to even write something like that, no matter how much I dislike the person........
People like you are embarrassed just to be breathing. Pull yourself together, for crying out loud!! Closet socialist like you are the root cause for the problems in our nation.

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Old 10-09-2012, 06:46 AM
 
Location: My beloved Bluegrass
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I served and my husband continues to serve. My husband has spent no small amount of time in varous deserts over the last few years. Both of our fathers served in wars, as did three of our four grandfathers. We can both even trace multiple great-grandfathers who spent time on battlefields. We now have an all volunteer force, there is no requirement for any of Romney's kids to serve and neither of us have no issue with that - none. Yes, voluntarily serving in the military says something about the character of a person, but since neither candidate has, it is a moot point.
 
Old 10-09-2012, 06:57 AM
 
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People like you are embarrassed just to be breathing. Pull yourself together!! Closet socialist like you are the root cause for the problems in our nation.
Really, another ignorant comment...

Retired Army, 1988 - 2009....what your excuse for not retiring...

Worring about whether or not someones children served or not is stupid, as we can see by the leftist comments in this thread...
 
Old 10-09-2012, 07:00 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by Mr. Joshua View Post
What did he do to avoid the draft? You stated that "he did all he could do" so you must have at least three things that you can tell us about.

Or are you simply lying?
No, it is a fact. This was discussed in detail on a number of threads on the "elections" subforum. This is actually a duplicate thread. Read up!

While his age group was fighting in Vietnam, Romney actually left the country and spent his time in a mansion in Paris

Romney faces scrutiny over Vietnam - Times Union

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Though an early supporter of the Vietnam War, Romney avoided military service at the height of the fighting after high school by seeking and receiving four draft deferments, according to Selective Service records. They included college deferments and a 31-month stretch as a "minister of religion" in France, a classification for Mormon missionaries that the church at the time feared was being overused. The country was cutting troop levels by the time he became eligible for the draft, and his lottery number was not called.
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