Bull, the lottery came years after Romney came of military age and avoided military service first with student deferments, and then with a special deferment from the Mormon church, from his dad's ward, which sent him to France while his father campaigned as an anti-war candidate, a deferment that was not available to black Mormons, and which the government banned after national uproars and legal challenges to the Mormons being in charge of passing out deferments to their young males.
*”I was not planning on signing up for the military. It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam...” Boston Herald, 5/2/94
*”I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.” Boston Globe, 6/24/07 Romney men do not do military service, ever, they have refused to serve since they arrived here 170 years ago, no war, no draft, no sense of duty (or even adventure), has ever snagged a man in Mitt's direct line.
His number was 300. That’s a fact. He was covered by that lottery. Had he been deferred to that point by student or other legitimate deferments he would gave been draft-able after they expired. With a 300 he never would have been touched. I’m nearly his age and I pulled a 325.