Ideas for exploiting chickenhawk Romney's 'you talk about the things you think are important'

explanation for why his acceptance speech did not mention ongoing wars, deployed troops, or veterans?

To a local reporter who asked about these omissions, Romney said, "When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things you think are important."

IMO, this is HUGE. Five generations of Romneys have produced NO soldiers who ever served their country, even during the era of the military draft. Yet Mitt Romney and his neocon advisers apparently want to reignite the Cold War, and to deploy more troops in new Middle East wars.

How would you exploit the political opportunity this stance offers Democrats two months before a crucial election, say in a campaign ad by the President's team or by Democratic SuperPACs?

My ad idea is below. WHAT'S YOUR IDEA?

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I'd just use the part of the CIC's acceptance speech about an amputee vet who numbers among those who "give him hope", with a text "crawl" underneath of Romney's "When you give a speech you don't go through a laundry list, you talk about the things you think are important."

The contrast between Romney's text and the President's video would make for an ad as classic as LBJ's "Daisy" ad against Goldwater. I already remember the clever turns of phrase in the President's vignette:

From http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/04/us/politics/democratic-convention-speeches-annotated.html?ref=politics :

"I think about the young sailor I met at Walter Reed Hospital still recovering from a grenade attack that would cause him to have his leg amputated above the knee.

And six months ago we would watch him walk into a White House dinner honoring those who served in Iran (sic; Iraq) -- tall and 20 pounds heavier, dashing in his uniform, with a big grin on his face, sturdy on his new leg.

And I remember how a few months after that I would watch him on a bicycle, racing with his fellow wounded warriors on a sparkling spring day, inspiring other heroes who had just begun the hard path he had traveled. He gives me hope. He gives me hope."

The misspeak of "Iran" rather than Iraq might have to be edited out, but other than that I wouldn't change a thing in the President's video. And maybe leave the video as-is, to make Republicans look small as they poinced on the President's "gaffe".

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This thread was inspired by some of the replies in mim89's GD thread at http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021295988 .