Why Doesn't Romney Respect Our Troops???

the Republiklan Party showing their true colors:

 

Yeah, you'd have thought Romney would have at least given the troops a shout-out. Sarah would have. I guess Republicans don't feel they have to even be patronizing toward the GIs anymore.

 

Let's see, a blowhard that uses them for political advantage then wants to cut their budget for bullets, or someone they actually know is behind them all the way?

 

Hell, the Pentagon wants to cut the budget for bullets. And the GIs know you are waaay behind them all they way, just not with them. Romney was behind the troops from his escargot-nibbling perch on the Left Bank of the Seine River 45 years ago.

 

The Pentagon is full of the political wing of the military.

 

Maybe, but the troops have more bullets than they can carry anyway. But, unlike my liberal friends, I have to give props to Romney for not mentioning the troops. Given his service to the country, it was better left unsaid.

 

His service has been to himself, not his country. If he wanted to serve his coutnry he would have fought in Vietnam instead of hiding out in France during that war...

Name one soldier who knows that Draft Dodger Romney is behind them.
Romney said he wouldn't even have gone after bin laden. That is not only disrespectful to our brave soldiers who sacrificed to snuff bin laden out, but it is disrespectful to the AMerican people and disrespectful to those lives tha twere lost on 9/11 and all of their loved ones.
Romney doesnt care about folks on main street, he doesnt care about folks in the military. He only cares about those on Wall street.


http://www.votevets.org/news?id=0563

 

Romney seems to think that he can rely on the fact that military folks generally support Repubs and that promising to raise the military budget by 2 TRILLION (which the DoD is not requesting nor do they want) will give him the military vote.
The fact of the matter however is that military folk are NOT warming up to Romney AT ALL. They see how he was a dodged the draft by fleeing to France during the Vietnam War and they also see how Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Biden have done truly great things for military folks and their families. They also see how Obama has gotten rid of bin Laden and how he has used the military more wisely than any other President since FDR.

 

Wow, today in an interview with Fox Romney actually tells Brett Baire that the troops "Aren't important"!!!
Did this idiot just shoot himself in the proverbial foot???

http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news...rent-important-imagine-if-obama-had-said-that

 

Just another slap in the face by Romney to the brave troops defending our country. Way to go Mitts, I'm beginning to think you really don't want to be President.

 

That's an interesting turn of phrase, they "see how Obama has gotten rid of bin Laden..."


Yep, the military was just sitting around, while Obama was out gunning down Bin Ladin. Finally, an instance, when he DID build it!

 

After hearing Clinton being lambasted by conservatives for years as a "draft dodger" and swift-boating Kerry, the sound of silence from conservatives on Mr. Draft Deferrment Romney is deafening.

It's just no big deal when it's their guy.

 

That's because the Right-wingers are nothing but a bunch of Bumper Sticker Patriots. SInging the national anthem or putting a 'I love our troops' bumper sticker on your car DOES NOT make you a Patriot. THey LOVE to say that Freedom Isnt Free, but how many of this a$$ hats are willing to go out there and put their butts on the line for their freedom???

 

This issue with ROmney disrespecting our troops have made me come to realize that Republicans (other than Wall Street Republicans) really dont like Romney. Not only did he never serve his country, he actually secured FOUR deferments to make sure he didnt have to serve his counry. THEN he later lied about it, saying that not only did he never try to get out of serving but that *boo hoo* he was actually frustrated that he wasn't able to go over to Vietnam and kill our enemies.

His non-stop LIES and flip flopping is why people don't like him. No one likes being lied to. It shows a lack of disrespect. It shows that Romney thinks the AMerican people are a bunch of fools.
...And who knows, maybe he's right. I mean we elected Bush 43 twice (well once actually...)

 

I just cant believe that Romney protested in FAVOR of the US drafting kids his age to go to Vietnam AND THEN he runs off to France to live in a mansion and secure FOUR deferments so that he doesnt HAVE to go to Vietnam?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...r-Mormon-missionary-in-France-questioned.html

 

Romney was exempt from the Vietnam War draft due to his status as a 'Mormon missionary' and he protested against sit-in demonstrators occupying the office of Stanford University President Wallace Sterling because those antiwar demonstrators were preventing Stanford students from getting an education and his counter-demonstration was not in support of the Johnson administration.

 

Can you show me ANY law ANY where that exempted Mormons from the draft???
There is no law, in fact Flip Flomney secured FOUR (count them FOUR) deferments so that he wouldn' have to serve his country.
Ofcourse years later ole Flipper waxes the poetic on how frustrated that he wasnt allowed to serve and go to Vietnam to kill those commie bastards...which in my opinion is a true insult to those brave heroes who actually DID go!!!

 

Mormons were exempt from the military only while they were serving as missionaries and upon their return they were required to complete their military service. When Romney's deferment ended after 31 months, his name was put into the lottery and he drew the number 300 but he was lucky enough to avoid getting drafted for the unpopular war which his father did not support during the 1968 Republican primaries.

 

Good luck getting anyone to acknowledge this fact, TT.

I've written the same here more than once, but it went ignored in favor of partisan hackery.

 

The difference being that Clinton actually was a draft dodger, meaning that he received an induction notice and left the country.

Interesting that you seem to know the difference between actually dodging the draft and getting a draft deferment but somehow think they are morally equivalent.

 

I've tried to google this to confirm it, but I can find NOTHING that says there was any kind of law or legal basis for Mormon missionaries being exempt from the draft. If you can find something that says otherwise, then by all means whip it out!!!
I've looked exhaustively and there just isnt any factual basis for this claim.
And the fact that Romney had to secure 4 deferments seems to refute this claim. I mean if Mormon missionaries were exempt from the draft then WHY would he have to secure deferments???

interesting story on why Romney is unpopular with the military:
http://fictionaut.com/stories/ed-wagemann/excerpt-from-whitehouse-180--3

 

Why doesn't Obama respect our troops?

Bwahahahahahaha!


Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets

http://www.navytimes.com/mobile/new...arships-displayed-dnc-veterans-tribute-091112

 

Why is the title of your thread a bald-faced lie?

 

Hello C,

I too, can not swear to it being limited to or for the "Mormon" church specifically. There was an agreement between the church (be it Mormon or any "church," again not sure) and Selective Service that allowed for missionary status, for which he received one deferment. The other three were for academic studies/student deferments. All of which were perfectly legal and actually quiet common at the time.

Upon his return stateside in 1970, he in fact drew a 300 in the selective service lottery, however at the time the highest number call for was 195, so he didn't serve.

My point has been, that he could have drawn a lower number (just as anyone else), and been drafted. Many seems to imply, perhaps via misunderstanding or misinformation, that he intentionally dodged the draft, when in fact he did not.

Was he lucky to have drawn a high number? Hell yeah! (lol) But he did draw, and could have been called.

Anyway, if I can find something that better explains, I'll send it to you.

Thanks for the link, I'll definitely check it when I have a few more minutes.

Regards