Amazing story in the Daily Mail: Romney was was a chickenhawk even in 1966

[WhoIsNumberNone]

Preppy protester: The moment a 19-year-old Mitt Romney demonstrated in favour of Vietnam War draft


Taking a stand: A young Mitt Romney holds up a placard at a pro-draft demonstration at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in May 1966


Fortunate son: Mr Romney's status as a 'Mormon missionary' meant he was exempt from the Vietnam War draft

Taken at the height of the swinging Sixties, Mr Romney holds a sign declaring 'Speak Out, Don't Sit In' as, alongside like-minded individuals, he proclaims his support for Lyndon Johnson's ever-expanding draft.
But, in a marked contrast to the relaxed dress sense associated with that decade's youth movement, he is wearing smart white slacks, a white buttoned-up shirt and a dark blazer.
A newspaper clipping headlined 'Governor's son pickets the pickets' states: 'Mitt Romney, son of Michigan Gov. George Romney, was one of the pickets who supported the Stanford University administration in opposition to sit-in demonstrators.'
The photograph was taken on May 20, 1966, shortly after a group of students had taken over the office of Stanford University President Wallace Sterling.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083002/Mitt-Romney-19-demonstrated-favour-Vietnam-War-draft.html

[pinboy3niner]

1. Fortunate Son...

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Fortunate Son
Recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Written by John Fogerty

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Yeah!
Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no

[Waiting For Everyman]

6. Exactly.

[tsuki]

2. Oh, he wasn't a draft dodger, he was a MISSIONARY. You know, a real Right-To-Life guy.

Blech!

[G_j]

7. disgusting

I became an anti-war activist at 17, went to draft counselling with the Quakers, registered as a CO and was still turned down. This guy was pro war, how could he be exempt?

[oh08dem]

3. I guess Governor Romney's brat kid didn't have to worry about spilling blood in Veitnam

that's for us "poors" to do.

[Luminous Animal]

4. Glenn Greenwald wrote about Romney the chickhawk back in 2007....

http://www1.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/11/15/romney/print.html

[riverwalker]

5. but..but...he sacrificed

He did selfless "missionary" work in the primitive malaria infested jungles of........France.

[groundloop]

8. Another thing that struck me - MICHIGAN governor's kid going to Stanford

I guess UM or MSU weren't good enough for Willard.