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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt Romney says he considered going to France but ....
... there was no reason to go as there is no longer a draft.
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Mitt Romney says he considered going to France but .... (Original Post)
Scuba
Jan 2015
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B Calm
(28,762 posts)1. LOL, K&R!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. Ain't that the truth!
But on the plus side, if he runs his sons will deploy to "serve their country" in his campaign again.
Turbineguy
(37,313 posts)4. Très drôle
Really.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)5. Gary Morton talked him out of it...?
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)6. "More troops in Vietnam, more Me in France"
B Calm
(28,762 posts)7. Young Ted Nugent, lol!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)10. Don't even get me started on that piece of crap
We took our draft physicals the same year. I wound up with the Purple Heart; he got the Purple Anus.
George II
(67,782 posts)8. Nah, his reason is more like "people are getting shot over there".
daleanime
(17,796 posts)9. Then what the hell s he doing in the US?
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)14. He's ... you know ...
Wealthy and white.
ProfessorGAC
(64,988 posts)11. Well Gee, I Considered Driving To The Moon
Not sure why i decided not to. I'm sure my reason was as valid as his, though.
kairos12
(12,851 posts)12. That goes for his chicken hawk sons as well.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)15. See #2
malaise
(268,885 posts)13. Touché
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)16. The airlines wouldn't let him put his dog on the roof. nm
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)17. He thought "I am Charlie" meant they were the VC ;)
Scuba
(53,475 posts)18. Snort!