I don’t think it is fair to hold lack of military service against anyone when there is no draft. I think some of his kids did a mission thing or something, which is not a selfish act regardless of religion. We have also had some well-liked conservative leaders who did not serve in the military when they probably could/should have. I think he might be a good bean counter, but not in the WH. I also don’t think that Rudi, Huckabee, or Pawlenty would be a good president either.
At the end of the day,
Mitt Romney is both antiGOP and a dedicated Democrat.
"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans,
has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced,
instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who
have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found.
Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats
or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians
or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show.
In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters,
and 14 registered Democrats."
- Boston Globe 7/25/2005
Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the
constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate,
but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."
Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one
of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court.
Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which,
in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision
on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>
"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends
Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that
he won't fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead
leave them for his liberal Democrat successor!
Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck
judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas,
editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to
fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges
aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said.
He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments.
"The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough
and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the
Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said.
- Boston Globe 11/2/2006
“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006
"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006
McCain has two sons in the military. One is a Marine based here in San Diego who has served in Iraq.
Sarah Palin’s son recently returned from a year in Iraq.
When more than one America city was attacked and over 3 thousand people killed and more to come.
Huge numbers of Americans left good jobs and joined the military to fight this enemy. You don’t wait for a draft or not when we have been attacked.
I have several relatives serving in Iraq, Afghn, etc and some are returning shortly.
SCP: Mitt has shown an disinterence with America at war, first sitting out the Vietnam war, part of the time in Paris.
Having 5 sons who have never served in the military.
999: I don’t think it is fair to hold lack of military service against anyone when there is no draft
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What’s that got to do with Romney ???
There was a draft on during Nam...
And Romney dodged that draft at least TWO times..
]\As SCP said, Romney sat out the war, in Paris...
He lived in a mansion and drove a Citroen..
While reaL men were dying in Nam, eating K-Rations and living in mud and walking to work..
and Romney was talking ugly about them...
The only thing that those soldiers had that Romney never has had was a gun...
Romney is not fit to be Commander-in-Chief...
Romney is not fit to clean the honorable combat boots of any of our troops ...
In Nam or now...
Romney is a dishonorable Judas...