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Quixote1818

(28,989 posts) Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:41 PM Oct 2012

From Mediate: CNN Airs The Most Ridiculous Statement I’ve Ever Seen On Television

This was a show CNN did about Romney going to France during the Vietnam War and how horrific and difficult it was!

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That’s right, in 1968, the year in which the highest number of American deaths in Vietnam were reported (16,592), France was a dangerous place to be for a 21-year-old American who was avoiding service in Vietnam. Aside from the constant danger of having one’s eye put out by an errant baguette, what hardships did Mitt Romney face while he was “in country?”

Well, all those dying Americans were causing protests in France, and as a result, says fellow Romney missionary Mike Bush, “There was no train service, there were no buses, no newspapers. The electricity would go off from time-to-time.”

The electricity would go off from time-to-time? Mon Dieu. Think of the horrific flashbacks to rudely-interrupted Gilligan’s Island reruns and spoiled escargot. But the horrors of Vietnam-era France didn’t end there.

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From Mediate: CNN Airs The Most Ridiculous Statement I’ve Ever Seen On Television (Original Post) Quixote1818 Oct 2012 OP

That is an insult to every Vietnam Vet RomneyLies Oct 2012 #1

really it's an insult to every veteran no matter the war. nt justiceischeap Oct 2012 #2

No kidding. My Dad is rolling over in his grave looking for his sidearm. Tigress DEM Oct 2012 #4

I really can't say what I want to say here.....time for a walk outside. RagAss Oct 2012 #3

Not to mention that Mitt spent his time in a friggin' chateau castle!! thelordofhell Oct 2012 #5

Out in the jungle in Vietnam, Infantrymen constantly thanked our lucky stars... pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #6

Man, I would have traded my PBR on the Qua Viet for a bike-ride on the Seine in a heartbeat. DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #8

So it was you and your kind hiding out in the jungles of Vietnam Submariner Oct 2012 #14

Imagine Ltee, oh wait, you did not have to nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #19

Absolutely! I'm lucky I wound up in the A Shau instead of that hellhole known as Paris. 11 Bravo Oct 2012 #22

why? Turborama Oct 2012 #7

Shameful... Freedomofspeech Oct 2012 #9

When did rupert buy CNN?? Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #10

Every Vet, old or young, in this Country needs to know ALL of this!. . . . .n/t annabanana Oct 2012 #11

Mon Dieu ! That poor child ! Bet he put his head down on his Mama's chest and lumpy Oct 2012 #12

I was next to Bhen Hoa air base getting my ass shot at upaloopa Oct 2012 #13

How dare you compare hot lead with hot Caviar nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #17

Thanks upaloopa Oct 2012 #18

Didn't Romney live in a Chateau outside of Paris? vaberella Oct 2012 #15

"Sometimes the caviar was not to my liking!" ck4829 Oct 2012 #16

K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2012 #20

Photos of Mitt taken shortly before heading off to *serve* his country in France Bozita Oct 2012 #21

RomneyLies

(3,333 posts)

1. That is an insult to every Vietnam Vet

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:44 PM

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justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)

2. really it's an insult to every veteran no matter the war. nt

Reply to RomneyLies (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:49 PM

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Tigress DEM

(7,887 posts)

4. No kidding. My Dad is rolling over in his grave looking for his sidearm.

Reply to justiceischeap (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:54 PM

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RagAss

(13,832 posts)

3. I really can't say what I want to say here.....time for a walk outside.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:52 PM

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thelordofhell

(4,569 posts)

5. Not to mention that Mitt spent his time in a friggin' chateau castle!!

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 08:57 PM

Oct 2012

His most dangerous time was choosing the right wine to drink with his dinner.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

6. Out in the jungle in Vietnam, Infantrymen constantly thanked our lucky stars...

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:04 PM

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We knew it could have been worse--we could have been in France.

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)

8. Man, I would have traded my PBR on the Qua Viet for a bike-ride on the Seine in a heartbeat.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:10 PM

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But I might have laid the bike down on the cobblestones and skinned an elbow.

Them Mormons was some edgy dudes.
DBH

Submariner

(12,511 posts)

14. So it was you and your kind hiding out in the jungles of Vietnam

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 10:40 PM

Oct 2012

to avoid going to France handing out mormon bibles door to door. You were slackers then. Now your just a 47%er not taking any responsibility for your life.

Particularly, the tunnel rat guys slithering head first with a service 45 into the underground tunnel system looking for the enemy and leaving his comrades above ground open to snipers from VC or NVN regulars.

And while you guys were complaining about Agent Orange and mosquitoes, poor Mitt went hours without electricity, and checks from Dad were late at the post office.

The Horror....the Horror.....the Horror.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

19. Imagine Ltee, oh wait, you did not have to

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:00 PM

Oct 2012

you had to take your young troopers screams of at least this is NOT THE EIFFEL TOWER and rotten Caviar!!!

"Coddled does not start to describe this."

11 Bravo

(23,928 posts)

22. Absolutely! I'm lucky I wound up in the A Shau instead of that hellhole known as Paris.

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:57 PM

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Turborama

(22,109 posts)

7. why?

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 09:09 PM

Oct 2012

Why would they broadcast such preposterous nonsense that insults the intelligence, pride and dignity of any veteran and their close ones?

The coddling of the reich wing doesn't get more blatant than this. Reminds me of when they made a documentary lauding how "grass roots" the Koch's Tea Party were.