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Stinky The Clown

(67,807 posts)
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 10:07 PM Sep 2012

Chickenhawks, chickenhawks and now the worst chickenhawk of all . . . .

In 1968, when many young American men were in uniform, some in Viet Nam, one special young man was, instead, serving on a bicycle in France. Like the men in his family who came before him, and like his five strapping sons today, they chose not to serve their country, but to serve a much smaller, more personally relevant segment of society.



The young man on the left in that picture is now running for the office of US President. So what is wrong with this picture? If he weren't so surrounded with PNAC guys, nothing. But this morally numb man has fallen in league with the very worst war mongering scum alive today.

Wilmutt Rmoney may well be a bigger danger to our country than was our last useful idiot, the despicable Barbara Bush's lesser son. At least his family kept him in check (Yes, I said that. It could well have been worse if his camp followers had their way and Cheney was given free reign.)

With WoolMittens we have no such safety. Just look at who is advising this ambitious, amoral, entitled, sociopath. Listen to the rhetoric of just the past few days. War with Russia. War with Iran. War with Syria. War with Egypt. War with Libya.

A nuclear conflagration is a possible outcome from such posturing. A more conventional WWIII is likely.







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Chickenhawks, chickenhawks and now the worst chickenhawk of all . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Sep 2012 OP
Name 1 Romney of Mitt's Clan who have served in any US Military Unit? Riverman Sep 2012 #1
None in his direct line since they showed up 170 years ago as converted Mormons from England. braddy Sep 2012 #5
Duck... chollybocker Sep 2012 #2
Good one.... WCGreen Sep 2012 #4
Don't worry. O has this! deaniac21 Sep 2012 #3

Riverman

(796 posts)
1. Name 1 Romney of Mitt's Clan who have served in any US Military Unit?
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 10:23 PM
Sep 2012

Answer: Nobody in 4-5 generations in the US.

 

braddy

(3,585 posts)
5. None in his direct line since they showed up 170 years ago as converted Mormons from England.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 10:53 PM
Sep 2012

If you want a kicker, his Mormon draft deferment was unavailable if you were a black Mormon, only non-blacks could be deferred by the Mormon religion.

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