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exboyfil

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18. Can't a SuperPAC craft this into an ad?

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 04:52 PM

Oct 2012

To even begin to equate the two has got to be offensive to anyone who served in the military and especially to those in a time of war. I always thought you could do it to the tune of "Fortunate Son". Nice cheap below the belt and called for.

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Ann: "My Boys Served" [View all] kpete Oct 2012 OP

Shouldn't that be rocktivity Oct 2012 #1

Oh, Good Lord!!! polmaven Oct 2012 #2

Your boys recruiting converts for your cult is not the same thing as a man/woman putting their southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #3

*facepalm* sakabatou Oct 2012 #4

Should that read, "Tagg served red Bordeaux..." KansDem Oct 2012 #5

Peasant, not pheasant Fumesucker Oct 2012 #25

LOL! KansDem Oct 2012 #28

And endanger his Temple recommend? LeftyMom Oct 2012 #52

As the daughter of a legit decorated war hero,... MANative Oct 2012 #6

My dad flew photo-recon in WW2. He once said, with great pride, that in all that time, calimary Oct 2012 #12

My uncle flew photo-reconnaissance in WWII. Very dangerous work. yardwork Oct 2012 #22

Those aren't places you "serve." Those are LibDemAlways Oct 2012 #7

i agree riverbendviewgal Oct 2012 #11

Yeah, NO KIDDING. calimary Oct 2012 #13

I generally abhor attacking political spouses ... children ... etherealtruth Oct 2012 #8

She put herself out there. She didn't have to bring it up. yardwork Oct 2012 #23

Exactly etherealtruth Oct 2012 #33

They served a cult. lpbk2713 Oct 2012 #9

africa is too dangeous.and hard. riverbendviewgal Oct 2012 #10

I can't stand that family Stargazer09 Oct 2012 #14

"Do you know how many doors were slammed in their face?" longship Oct 2012 #15

While my husband served in Grenada nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #16

Of all the offensive statements by any of the Romneys, I think this is the worst obamanut2012 Oct 2012 #17

Stupid as well as offensive. Who is advising this campaign? yardwork Oct 2012 #26

Can't a SuperPAC craft this into an ad? exboyfil Oct 2012 #18

Did I miss something ... exactly why did none serve in the USA? libdem4life Oct 2012 #19

This wasn't service. This was the Grand Tour. yardwork Oct 2012 #27

Should have said vacationing. libdem4life Oct 2012 #43

They don't all go abroad LiberalElite Oct 2012 #47

Were they international waiters? lame54 Oct 2012 #20

Maybe she is referencing a tennis match???? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #34

Door-to-door Mormon salesmen - bhikkhu Oct 2012 #21

As another DU'er pointed out so astutely in a different thread: The RobMe Family seems to confuse AzDar Oct 2012 #24

No confusion ...it's the same thing to them. L0oniX Oct 2012 #32

served fries? Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #29

The Moron church has a military??? L0oniX Oct 2012 #30

Here is some video of them serving man Quixote1818 Oct 2012 #31

I have been told by mormons that missionaries do not get a choice mysuzuki2 Oct 2012 #35

Perhaps a large well-timed donation can help influence where one's sons get sent? tanyev Oct 2012 #38

Bishop's sons, as well? libdem4life Oct 2012 #44

It has no bearing at all FreeState Oct 2012 #51

You don't choose - however there's a reason one was in Chile FreeState Oct 2012 #49

...and she thinks Rmoney has mental problems? Jeeze ...Wake the fuck up ...Ann! L0oniX Oct 2012 #36

So National Lampoon's European Vacation is a war movie? aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #37

Queen Ann says my boys suffered horribly while being.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #39

As a veteran MajPayne2 Oct 2012 #40

Yeah, whatever, Ann-toinette. My FEMALE niece-in-law did the same thing in Paris, for an Evangelical WinkyDink Oct 2012 #41

My boys served...my church. n/t truebluegreen Oct 2012 #42

Blatant Bullsh**t n/t LiberalElite Oct 2012 #45

Really? LiberalElite Oct 2012 #46

Pardon my French, but they didn't serve merde. MineralMan Oct 2012 #48

Au contraire, some would say they DID, in fact, serve merde pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #50

You have to translate it first, I'm pretty sure. MineralMan Oct 2012 #53

Not a single place you wouldn't go on holiday. slampoet Oct 2012 #54