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Orlando, Fla. -- Speaking before a crowd of more than 2,000 Tuesday at the University of Central Florida, First Lady Michelle Obama listed President Barack Obama’s initiatives during his first term – including his recent executive order to stop deporting undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children – and said those policies are all “on the line” in November’s election.
“In the end, it all boils down to one simple question. Are we going to continue the change we begun, the progress we made?” Obama said. “Are we going to let everything that we fought for to just slip away?”
“We cannot turn back now,” she added. “We need to keep moving forward.”
The reference to President Barack Obama’s announcement last month that he had moved to block the deportation of hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants was perhaps an indication of how crucial Florida – rich in Latino votes – has become in an increasingly tight election.
“He knows and believes that it is time to stop denying responsible, young people opportunities in this country because they’re the children of undocumented immigrants. It’s time to stop that,” Obama said of her husband’s support for the DREAM act, which would offer a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants who have graduated from high school.
The measure has been held up in Congress since 2010.
According to pool reports earlier in the day, Obama made a quick surprise visit to the Blanchard Park YMCA in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood in Orlando. Many children recognized her – one girl covered her grin with both hands but could not hide it. Another asked for a hug.
At the university, Obama spoke for about 25 minutes inside the basketball arena. A state fire official estimated there were 2,251 people in the bleachers and on the gym floor.
There was no mention of the president’s opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, or of class and money – prominent themes in the attack ads released by both sides.
Still, Obama made a careful pitch of her husband as an ordinary man, whose origins as the son of a single mother “who struggled to put herself through school and pay the bills” leavens his judgment in office.
“I have seen how as president you are going to get all kind of advice for all kinds of people,” Obama said. “But at the end of the day, let me tell you when it comes time to make that decision as president, all you have to guide you are your life experiences. All you have to direct you are your values.”
"We all know who my husband is, don’t we?" Obama added. "We all know what Barack Obama stands for, don’t we?”
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Some of the comments on here speaking against the POTUS and his wife should be collapsed. These comments whether against president Obama or any comments against any sitting president is abuse of the Freedom of Speech admendment. THe racist comments by whites on this blog illustrates why many Blacks respond back with racism but yet we are called Racist. I think not. Blacks aren't racist but when you hear all the racist comments that have been made against this president and his wife it blatanlty reflects the sick minded whites that are still in this country and those they represent in congress. Mitch McConnell's comment should be a banner as a reminder of how Blacks are attacked without any reason other than Hate and racism
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Blacks aren't racist . . . ha, ha, ha, racist and angry.
By far the funniest post in this thread to this point.....
Blacks arent racist - its just that the rest of the world is - of course, how did I miss that!
my advice.
shut up Mooocheeelle
Considering how fat you are, I think you're the cow here.
how did we let a community organizer become president?
that's the one question it all boils down to
Uhh, you put up a tired, old war-monger as his competition and then topped it off with the "Shrilla from Wasilla"???
Can you even imagine a former governor of Tax-a-chusettes being governor?
How about the CEO of a company that worked to send tons of jobs overseas?
How about a rich guy who has tons of offshore bank accounts?
Bart, you really should not be talking about the CEO of GE that way - he is a supporter of Obama
What the hell does his WHITE mother's suffering, have to do with him, when he lived with his wealthy WHITE grandmother, from the age of six?
jake: President Obama's grandmother was no where near "wealthy"......she worked all her life.....made decent money....but was not "wealthy".
She was a bank president and Pres Obama spent his life going from one elite school to another...I got that one directly out of HIS autobiographies (See, I'm a Republican, but I do like to see what the other side has to say...I think just about everyone out here should do the same. Agree or disagree after but take a freakin minute to actually put some intelligent thought into things - that goes to the guy making fun of the FLOTUS and any of you Democrats making blanket reference to Republicans as "Right wing nut jobs" "teabaggers" or anything else you can think of...Don't be part of the problem eh?)
i wouldn't be using Chicago as a reference for anything these days... unless your pro gang banger
What does the "Dream Act" have to do with Chicago??
As usual when you run out of FOX bulletpoints you just start making up your own.
William,
Obvious that the poor comrade is dislexic as he read CONGRESS as Chicago and at that point his brain totally disconnected.
Interesting that Romney stands behind a banner "putting jobs first"....why doesn't it say "putting American jobs first"?.....probably because Romeny and GOP don't care about American jobs....so the banner says exactly what they want....jobs overseas...so corporations can pay pennies for products, don't have to pay benefits, don't have safety or health restrictions.
Yep, guess Romeny's banner is accurate for GOP...."putting jobs first"....just not in America.
like obamas banner???
betting on america....
should be gambling with americas future
Kinda like obama "bet" our $500,000,000.00 on Solyndra.....money lost and 1,100 JOBS lost!
Then the Executives refused to testify in Congress and "Pled the 5th".
I would Love to play blackjack with him......what a Loser!
Solyndra was first funded by Bush, btw...
"Bart"
You are SOOOOOOO wrong........Bush DENIED funding to Solyndra!
The Obama Administration approved Solyndra in "record speed" so they could have their Photo-Op!
Check the facts before you BLAME Bush!
How SAD that you are SO "Brain Washed"!
I DID check my facts: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/nov/17/david-plouffe/solyndra-loan-george-w-bush-david-plouffe/
"The Energy Department's loan guarantee program was created as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed by a Republican-controlled Congress and signed by Bush."
So it seems you're just trying to make us forget history...
Bart did you forget to read your own link? The part that said
Actually did read link. My comment was that Bush FIRST supported Solyndra with loans. Obama continued but Solyndra failed because of competition from China.
Why? China gave a $5 billion GRANT to its companies to build solar powered equipment. The US just gave loans. I think it was right for both Bush and Obama to do all they could to support AMERICAN companies. Sure, some will fail, but it's hypocritical to blame it all on Obama.
Of course, blaming EVERYTHING on Obama is all conservatives know how to do.
The Bush Administration did not give any loans to Solyndra. The loan approved for Solyndra was under the Obama Administration.
That is the 4th lie I have corrected you on in this thread.
They are not undocumented immigrants, they are illegal aliens.
By all means--like cattle being led to the slaughter keep moving forward.
The GOP suck and Romney is going to lose. It may be close, but he will lose. PERIOD
Floridian69 -
What an outstanding display of both logic and intelligent discourse -
"The GOP suck"
"he will lose. PERIOD"
Unfortunately, the polls are close, and fundraising is heavily in republican favor, both of which would suggest that PERIOD is likely not a good thing to claim at this point.
But an outstanding display of using facts to back up your statements, honestly - I could not be more "impressed".
From the article (Obama):
So that explains why he is a failure! He has no values.
just shows how stupid the press and both political parties are about the Latino vote. Those are Cubans in Florida not Latinos and Rubio is not a Latino, doesn't even speak the language. Cubans get special treatment, "foot dry" they are here legal. They screwed up Cuba so bad that a dumb ass like Castro was better than them, of course they were the "bordello" of the Carribbean ran by the mob at that time. Miami is one of the few cities in the US than can compete with California for being totally screwed up and it is all Cuban, so just keep those illegals coming. Maybe once we become a 3rd world country we can get some foreign aid.
Queen Michelle in her $500 tennis shoes and Luxury vacations to Hawaii, Martha's Vineyard, and Spain is SUCH a FAKE!
Talk about NOT relating to the "Middle Class'????
Not to mention her DESIGNER clothing......she deserted J.Crew and Walmart that she campaigned on after 30 days!!!
Now let's talk about Ann Romney and how deeply she relates to the middle class. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
"Bart".....Wow......I'm flattered to have a STALKER!
Go to the mailbox, get your checks, and then grab your Beer!
Have a great day!
Don't rely on government here. Don't need to. I'm smarter than you. And thinner, too.
Hey &art Conner--I think she was talking about the checks you get from Soros and a suggestion that you leave Mom's basement for a few hours.
Oh, I WISH I got checks from Soros. Then I wouldnt' have to work every day for a living.
How are your walfare checks working for you.
Brilliant...*Walfare*........you can't even SPELL "Welfare"...even though you probably receive it!
Bet you have No problem cashing those checks?
I figured "wal-fare" is the only way you'd understand it. I see it was the correct choice.
I think it is more correct to refer to them as what they are - INVADERS
Call them what you want but America needs them so we;re not paying $5 for each tomato...
Gee Bart- you sound like a racist - you think illegals are here just to pick your groceries and mow your lawn?
If employers need migrant agricultural workers they can get legal workers with H2A visas.
Michelle: Shut the fuch up! I have been looking for work for 9 months with NO success. You and your loser husband can leave the WH in January 2013. The most anti-American union in history. Just go away you 2 anti-American losers.
Yes, Romney's tax cuts for the rich and exporting jobs to the rest of the world is going to help YOU find a job here.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
positive me You sure live up to your name. Why the hate?
Wall Street Journal Sizes Up Obama
A "deadly" article regarding Obama, at the Wall Street Journal, which today
is the most widely circulated newspaper in America.
Article from the Wall Street Journal - by Alan Caruba:
"I have this theory about Barack Obama. I think he's led a kind of make-believe life in which money was provided and doors were opened because at some point early on somebody or some group (George Soros anybody?) took a look at this tall, good looking, half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim name and concluded he could be guided toward a life in politics where his facile speaking skills could even put him in the White House.
In a very real way, he has been a young man in a very big hurry. Who else do you know has written two memoirs before the age of 45? "Dreams of My Father" was published in 1995 when he was only 34 years old. The "Audacity of Hope" followed in 2006. If, indeed, he did write them himself. There are some who think that his mentor and friend, Bill Ayers, a man who calls himself a "communist with a small 'c'" was the real author.
His political skills consisted of rarely voting on anything that might be deemed controversial. He went from a legislator in the Illinois legislature to the Senator from that state because he had the good fortune of having Mayor Daley's formidable political machine at his disposal.
He was in the U.S. Senate so briefly that his bid for the presidency was either an act of astonishing self-confidence or part of some greater game plan that had been determined before he first stepped foot in the Capital. How, many must wonder, was he selected to be a 2004 keynote speaker at the Democrat convention that nominated John Kerry when virtually no one had ever even heard of him before?
He outmaneuvered Hillary Clinton in primaries. He took Iowa by storm. A charming young man, an anomaly in the state with a very small black population, he oozed "cool" in a place where agriculture was the antithesis of cool. He dazzled the locals. And he had an army of volunteers drawn to a charisma that hid any real substance.
And then he had the great good fortune of having the Republicans select one of the most inept candidates for the presidency since Bob Dole. And then John McCain did something crazy. He picked Sarah Palin, an unknown female governor from the very distant state of Alaska. It was a ticket that was reminiscent of 1984's Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro and they went down to defeat.
The mainstream political media fell in love with him. It was a schoolgirl crush with febrile commentators like Chris Mathews swooning then and now over the man. The venom directed against McCain and, in particular, Palin, was extraordinary.
Now, 3 full years into his presidency, all of those gilded years leading up to the White House have left him unprepared to be President. Left to his own instincts, he has a talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. It swiftly became a joke that he could not deliver even the briefest of statements without the ever-present Tele-Prompters.
Far worse, however, is his capacity to want to "wish away" some terrible realities, not the least of which is the Islamist intention to destroy America and enslave the West. Any student of history knows how swiftly Islam initially spread. It knocked on the doors of Europe, having gained a foothold in Spain.
The great crowds that greeted him at home or on his campaign "world tour" were no substitute for having even the slightest grasp of history and the reality of a world filled with really bad people with really bad intentions.
Oddly and perhaps even inevitably, his political experience, a cakewalk, has positioned him to destroy the Democrat Party's hold on power in Congress because in the end it was never about the Party. It was always about his communist ideology, learned at an early age from family, mentors, college professors, and extreme leftist friends and colleagues.
Obama is a man who could deliver a snap judgment about a Boston police officer who arrested an "obstreperous" Harvard professor-friend, but would warn Americans against "jumping to conclusions" about a mass murderer at Fort Hood who shouted "Allahu Akbar." The absurdity of that was lost on no one. He has since compounded this by calling the Christmas bomber "an isolated extremist" only to have to admit a day or two later that he was part of an al Qaeda plot.
He is a man who could strive to close down our detention facility at Guantanamo even though those released were known to have returned to the battlefield against America. He could even instruct his Attorney General to afford the perpetrator of 9/11 a civil trial when no one else would ever even consider such an obscenity. And he is a man who could wait three days before having anything to say about the perpetrator of yet another terrorist attack on Americans and then have to elaborate on his remarks the following day because his first statement was so lame.
The pattern repeats itself. He either blames any problem on the Bush administration or he naively seeks to wish away the truth.
Knock, knock. Anyone home? Anyone there? Barack Obama exists only as the sock puppet of his handlers, of the people who have maneuvered and manufactured this pathetic individual's life.
When anyone else would quickly and easily produce a birth certificate, this man spent over a million dollars to deny access to his. Most other documents, the paper trail we all leave in our wake, have been sequestered from review. He has lived a make-believe life whose true facts remain hidden.
We laugh at the ventriloquist's dummy, but what do you do when the dummy is President of the United States.
We the people are coming!
How does 'change' feel to you?
Change feels GREAT actually. Can you even imagine Romney as President?
My Husband and I can't stand Much more CHANGE......we are now "barely" Middle Class, WORKING to pay King Obama's freebie programs! (that he uses to BUY votes, WHILE he Parties with the Millionaire Celebrities!)
"Bart"
We're SOOOO glad that you are doing well!
Have a great day!
Name ONE freebie program Obama has created. ONE. If you're barely middle class now, you think Romney's tax cuts for the rich are going to help you get better.
You'll be jobless and begging for government freebies because your jobs have been exported to Vietnam.
Well, Let's see!
UNEMPLOYMENT used to be 26 weeks.......NOW it's 99 weeks...almost 2 yrs!
WHY in the world would anyone go "job hunting" if they can watch HBO all day and not have to put Gas in their car to get to work?
You are obviously, RETIRED, OR on Unemployment???
Are you enjoying the DESTRUCTION of this Country?
Move to Greece?
Obama didn't extend unemployment, CONGRESS DID. Yes, the GOP-led Congress.
If you think this is leading to the destruction of this country, wait until Romney keeps cutting those taxes for the rich and sends all the jobs overseas...
OK...you are partially right!
Obama didn't do it.........BUT, HIS Administrationdid it!
Hey Bart.......just put you on my "Ignore this Arthor" List"
What a Happy Day for me! Go argue with yourself!
:-)
Again, his administration doesn't have the power to extend unemployment. CONGRESS does.
..and you're benefitting, so why the complaining.
The wall street journal is nothing but a tabloid newspaper anymore. You can thank that to its owners.
Rangewolf: thanks for posting the WSJ article...I hope and pray this man does not get re-elected. I do not want my grandchildren living in our country that he has left in shreds.
Someone needs to tell Moochelle to get her fat butt back to Washington and stop running around the world in her 747 at our expense.
My guess is you're fatter then she will ever be.
"My guess is you're fatter then she will ever be."
My Guess is..........You run to the Mailbox everyday to collect your entitlement checks and have a cold beer every afternoon?
:-)
Nope, don't rely on the government here.
I am sorry all I can think of is Return to the Planet of the Apes.
No need to apologize. So glad that you're realizing you're a racist though.
Good luck with that.
"Y'all be sure to vote for my little Barry, 'cause I likes livin' in de White House an' havin' dat big jet to take vacations in." Moochelle Obama - 2012 in Florida
Be as racist as you like. In a few years the minorities will take over the US...
The use of the word "racist" means "You have a valid point, therefore I am going to end discussing and start name calling.".
So who exactly speaks with the syntax of your quote. Do you speak that way?
No they won't take over Bart. They don't have the initiative, the drive or the aptitude. They are used to being taken care of by someone and they will never give that up. Oh they may get organized and pretend to be upset and maybe hurt a few of those whiteys but at the beginning of the month they will be good little boys and girls waiting beside the mailbox for their government handout.
Yeah, keep hoping... That's what desperate white folks will do, I guess.
I am not hoping for anything and I am not desperate. I know it wil never happen because as much oppression as minorities claim they must face they are given equal and fact even higher chances of changing their situation but they elect to sell drugs, become involved in gangs, commit crimes and have way more babies than what they can support but I guess that is what deperate minorities do.
Maybe you should get out and actually talk to a minority person.
When all you thinkof minorities as drug dealers, I can see how sheltered and paranoid you are.
Good luck with that. I'm assuming you're pretty old anyway.
Age has nothing to do with it Bart. I can watch the news and read the newspapers. I am so sick for someone else to be at fault for every bad thing that has happened to a group. I don't like to go to work everyday and see 1/3 of my paycheck disappear to fund many things that I don't approve of. And I would like to find an easy way out so I didn't have to work to buys the things I have but at a certain point reality and responsibility need to take over and not just with minorities but with everyone who thinks the government owes them a living. Just because they may run in to a bad stretch or whatever don't blame others for your misfourtunes. And I do get out and speak with minority people unfortunately these are working friends of mine and they too are sick of supporting a bunch of lazy, malingering, no goal oriented people who give them and their race a bad image.
Bart: I see I get no rebuttal when I call you on all your accusations.
When all you think of is old people whenever someone disagrees with you I can see how sheltered and bigoted you are.
Good luck with that. I am assuming you are pretty stupid anyway.
Reagan PARDONED 3 Million Illegals.
Why weren't you complaining then, hypocrites?
Typical three-week memory span. We DID complain then. And a lot of us are still complaining about him doing it.
And if Reagan allowed amnesty then, does it make it all right for obama to dismantle the immigration laws and infrastructure? Take one side or the other.... straddling the fence only gives you a sore crotch.
Typical, desperate to make people forget.
No, you didn't complain. IF you did, do you really think Reagan would have gone as far as PARDONING (yes, giving amnesty) to 3 million???
Yes, he went all the way. EVERYONE got amnesty.
Bart:
Wow will minorities ever dread the day when America resembles Africa, or China or Vietnam or Mexico. The free ride will be over. Kinda makes me wonder why there isn't a mass exodus of minorities back to where they had it so good. Yep...I'm a racist, I raised my kids, worked two jobs, worked on weekends, took no handouts and didn't rely on government help and paid 35% taxes on income, built my own house, mowed my own yard and on and on. No American Dream either, just hard work and ambition and doing without when needed.
Ironically, Republicans are realizing they need the Latino vote too...which is why Rubio was pushing the Dream Act.
oops, repubs realizing they're hypocrites.
Rubio was WORKING with the Democrats to draft a bill ........
NoBama jumped in and acted like the BIG Hero!
I wouldn't be surprised if Democrats were Also upset with this POLITICAL move!
You are free with throwing around the word "hypocrites". You define "hypocrite" by your attitude against America and our LAWS.
When I say hypocrite, I'm calling a spade a spade.
In fact, Rubio was working with BOTH Repubs and Dems. Let's not re-write history because it's inconvenient.
Did that horse eat in Florida yesterday?
I bet there's not a bag of oats left in the whole state.
you talking about your mother again. Stop that/
Again, name-calling instead of discussion.
Yes, Blonde Coyote did call Michelle a nasty name that's uncalled for.
Bart's comments are directly quoted out of the Official DNC Talking Points Coloring Book. He can be safely ignored.
Desperate, aren't you?
Is that the official opinion of your Soros handler?
Please, please, Soros, give me money! this way I wouldn't have to work every day.
Now, how to I define working everyday to Dawn? It's what the people in Vietnam do with the jobs that Romney sent over there.
I think I'll take a trip down there to do damage control--oh wait--I live in the real world and don't have an Air Force jet at my beck-and-call to fly wherever I want to! The Queen only has a few more months to tell the rest of us how we should feel about the invasion of our borders. Anyone who wants to immigrate should go through the same channels my great-grandfather had to more than a century ago. If you or any of your children got here any other way you must first go back to your country of origin to immigrate properly. Unfortunately, Ronald Reagan set an unfortunate precedent with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Strangely enough progressives are always eager to claim the GOP is racist if they don't instantly 'lay down' when this subject is discussed.
No, we don't claim the GOP is racist if they don't favor Obama's immigration moves.
But, we do claim you a hypocrite when you worship the ground Reagan walked on and want us all to forget that he raised taxes 18 times and he PARDONED 3 million immigrants.
Military Members, Veterans, Military retirees;
please note that Swiss Bank account Romney PROMOTED THE DRAFT during the Viet Nam War,
then skipped out to France for extraordinary length of time when church missionary tours were limited.
When Romney came home, he sided with his dad that the whole Viet Nam War was a scam and that he was against the war.
Promoting the draft, while Americans were dying, he skipped out, then says he wishes he could have participated. His whole life has been a lie.
Romney is a COWARD, Lying, Draft Dodger, who promoted someone else to die for him, that is his way of management.
Some may want anyone but Obama, but this guy ranks with Jane Fonda and should not be given anything or elected for anything.
For those who are not old enough to remember the military draft, it was a mandatory commitment for two years that was implemented during the Viet Nam War. If your number was called, you went and served like it or not. Young people may say, I wouldn't go and they can't make me, think again.
This is what Romney promoted as if he were a "responsible citizen", then he left his fellow citizens to serve and some died for us and him. I am ashamed of him as I am retired military member, and forget about representing our country Mr. Romney.
I am one of the Military members who are against Romney, this has nothing to do with politics.
Just go cash your welfare check, get a jug of Ripple, and sit there quietly. Those of us who have a brain know better than to believe your claim of having served in the military.
So you're mocking a veteran.
Great move, Dawn. Such a proud American you are.
As I said, Moron, I don't believe he is either a veteran or has served in the military.
Sure, it's easy to say what you "believe" him to be. Of course, your belief is based SOLELY on his opinion.
If he talked about hating Obama, you'd be praising his service.
Bob - Seeing as you lie about Mitt Romney being a Draft Dodger - what else do you lie about?
If it has nothing to do with politics, why aren't you calling out Joe Biden for having 5 draft deferments during Vietnam? Why aren' t you calling out Barack Obama for never serving?
Yes, Biden had the same number of deferments as Cheney.
Romney also had a deferment--but for preaching his Mormonism in France (Should that have really been deferable?) Plus, his disdain for the military is obvious when he stated his sons have better things to do than join.
Why should Obama have joined just for the sake of joining? Vietnam was FAR over by then.
Bart - Mitt Romney was reassigned a 1A draft status in '69 which made him eligible to be drafted based on the results of the 1969 Draft Lottery. His draft number was #300 and he was not called to serve.
Apparently you think less of Mr Romney because he or his son's didn't serve. Aren't you showing what a hypocrite you are by not showing the same disdain for Mr Obama, who did not serve? Or his VP not serving?
When I see name calling like "Moochelle," Horse," and "Planet of the Apes," I realize how desperate the Conservatives are.
When one resorts to that instead of talking about issues, they realize they have nothing to contribute.
Did your Soros handler tell you to say that?
"Moochelle" is a shorthand comment. Hope they count the silverware when the obamas move out of the White House on January 20, 2013.
You're just confirming my point, Dawn.
Desperation is palpable.
dawn v Did your koch brothers or rove or sheldon adelson's handlers tell you to say that?
Why the hate and the racism did your handlers tell you to be that way?
It shows more of a general hatred and demeaning of all women, which is scarier than blind rage at one woman.
Bart Connor: I do not condone the vile things that have been said and continue to be said about Michelle Obama...but I think it's very interesting that we certainly didn't hear folks as upset about the horrible things that were said and continue to be said about Sarah Palin or for that matter any convervative women in politics.
Military Members, Veterans, Military retirees;
please note that Swiss Bank account Romney PROMOTED THE DRAFT during the Viet Nam War,
then skipped out to France for extraordinary length of time when church missionary tours were limited.
When Romney came home, he sided with his dad that the whole Viet Nam War was a scam and that he was against the war.
Promoting the draft, while Americans were dying, he skipped out, then says he wishes he could have participated. His whole life has been a lie.
Romney is a COWARD, Lying, Draft Dodger, who promoted someone else to die for him, that is his way of management.
Some may want anyone but Obama, but this guy ranks with Jane Fonda and should not be given anything or elected for anything.
For those who are not old enough to remember the military draft, it was a mandatory commitment for two years that was implemented during the Viet Nam War. If your number was called, you went and served like it or not. Young people may say, I wouldn't go and they can't make me, think again.
This is what Romney promoted as if he were a "responsible citizen", then he left his fellow citizens to serve and some died for us and him. I am ashamed of him as I am retired military member, and forget about representing our country Mr. Romney.
I am one of the Military members who are against Romney, this has nothing to do with politics.
I guess you're contrasting this to President Obama's sterling military service.
and Romney's of course...considering he skipped out on Vietnam to live in France.
Bart and Bob are lying about Mitt Romney.
Mitt Romney was not a draft dodger. Like millions of American's, including Joe Biden, Mitt Romney had student deferments during Vietnam. Also like many other Mormons, Mitt Romney had a deferment while on a mission for the LDS Church. In 1969, Mitt Romney was reassigned a 1A draft status and was eligible to be drafted based on the '69 Draft Lottery. In that lottery his birthday was assigned #300. As he had a high draft number, he was never called to serve.
They don't want to let facts get in the way of their anger toward a successful person, that believes that people should help themselves, rather than looking to the government to fix every personal problem.
How much time did Obama, and Clinton serve? While I certainly don't condone dodging the draft, the majority of the people in this country thought the war was wrong. Hell, I don't think it was worth one American soldiers life! The difference, is that while Romney might have disagreed with the war, is was the hippie leftists that called our soldiers "baby killers", "murderers", and spit on them (of course, once they did that, some of these lefties got their ass whooped). Hanoi Jane Fonda, is a prime example of how the left portrays our troops. Need I say more?
Bart, & Unreliable Bob
I just had to ask this. What was your MOS in the service?
13BVET - You referred to Jane in a very PC form. I always refer to her as the traitor bitch Hanoi Jane.
I agree. I stand corrected. She is a traitorous piece of sh!t, who should have been shot as a traitor! Thank you, NH. I feel much better now! LOL!
Reliable Bob is a lying sack of sh!t and he has posted this same post at least a dozen times over the last few days. He is nothing but a left wing troll and never served in any military organization. Just more BS from the left wing nuts.
when did this become the Batan Death March. Must move forward.
When Obama saw the polls and realized just how much trouble he is in.