Take Your ‘No Way Jose’ Back to Massachusetts
Mitt Romney sits down with a Vietnam Veteran. Hilarity ensues.
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That guy is awesome.
Every time Mitt talks to regular Americans there seems to be an incident. It’s like Mitt’s campaign is being run by the automatic pilot from Airplane!.
That guy brought tears to my eyes.
Notice also how Mitt tries to connect with the guy by citing his “church service” as a… comparison to serving in Vietnam? That was offensive.
im psyched this went viral, but wasn’t this from months ago? like during the primaries?
I would never hold avoiding service in Vietnam against anyone, no matter how they got out of it. There was a very real case that we didn’t belong there.
In 1962 we watched intently as Israel captured and hanged Adolf Eichmann, whose defense was “I was just following orders.” Back then Americans prided themselves on their ability and willingness to make their own decisions to disobey immoral orders if necessary. In the late 60s it was very clear that an individual’s decision to serve in Vietnam posed a moral dilemma. Now Americans are much more comfortable with the Eichmann defense, but in 1965 we were not.
V, yes, it is from December last year.
Puck, I don’t hold it against them either. What I do dislike are chicken hawks like Cheney and Bush. And Mitt could probably be in that category as well.
Agreed on chicken hawks.
Puck, I would agree but wasn’t Mitt joining groups arguing for why we should go into Vietnam? If I’m right about that, the sheer hypocrisy is overwhelming.
I think it is striking how old the working class guy looks compared to the rich guy.
@AQC – Yeah, Mitt is a piece of work.
What AQC said. Also, this wasn’t a discussion about the merits of the Vietnam War, it was a Romney photo op gone bad.
Ha ha – photo op gone bad, the story of Mitt’s campaign.