Romney Speaks Up for Sons

Glen Johnson | Bettendorf, Iowa | August 8

AP - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended his five sons' decision not to enlist in the military, saying they're showing their support for the country by ``helping me get elected.''

Ah the Cheney 'other priorities' excuse updated.~ tina

Tina August 8, 2007 - 2:16pm

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Yes.

Their selflessness knows no bounds.

_{"Vanity, Vanity, all is Vanity."}

Raja August 8, 2007 - 2:33pm

more Romney fambly values

Mitt & Ann Romney: Modern-day Eisenhowers?

Boston Herald
July 27, 2007

White House wannabe Mitt Romney and his bride, Ann, will be the Second Coming of the Eisenhowers if they make it to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. next November.

In fact, the former First Couple of Massachusetts, according to an interview in this week’s People, refer to themselves as "Mamie" and "Ike" around the kids.

"They are just enthralled with the Eisenhower administration and the solid core values of that sweet couple," Ann’s brother, Rod Davies, told the mag. "And Mitt and Ann kind of fit that mold in a lot of ways, don’t they?"

Guess no one told them about Kay Sommersby.

pipermaru August 8, 2007 - 4:22pm

an 'Ozzie and Harriet' kind of family.....

Didn't Ike's son/children go into the military? I don't recall....

-5.75,-4.05 "I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard."
William Lloyd Garrison
US abolitionist & editor (1805 - 1879)

justadood August 8, 2007 - 8:00pm

Ozzie and Harriet with dogshit dripping down their backs [eom]

Gordon August 8, 2007 - 8:05pm

His only son did:

John Eisenhower retired from the Army as a Brigadier General, later served the Nixon administration in various capacities and was appointed Ambassador to Belgium. He has written several books on military history.

_{Turn back to the Constitution - and READ it.}

Rick August 8, 2007 - 8:55pm

Re: an 'Ozzie and Harriet' kind of family.....

My reference was to Kay Sommersby, Ike's mistress. Another example of Romney's peculiar definition of "solid core values".

pipermaru August 8, 2007 - 9:35pm

I'm confused;

you seem to be referring to actual history, rather than the make-believe 40s and 50s that the radical right pines for?

"The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential."

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Escher Sketch August 9, 2007 - 1:07am

Ah, you must mean the history...

...in which George Bush is exactly like Truman and Churchill. ;-)

pipermaru August 9, 2007 - 7:24am

So I take it

that Romney's sons have been helping him get elected to the presidency since 9/11. sure................

Tina August 9, 2007 - 5:54am