Oh yes he did.
I was just googling around for more information on Mrs.
Romney’s odd comment the other day that doing a Mormon mission abroad,
to convert people to Mormonism, was similar to serving your country in
wartime.
”[W]e find different ways of serving, and my five boys and husband did serve missions.”
I’ve never done a Mormon mission, nor have I served in a war, but I’m pretty confident in saying that Mitt Romney living in a palace in Paris
for a year with a butler and a busboy making his daily meals was a
slightly different experience than the men and women of the US armed
forces who have risked their lives on a daily basis in Iraq and
Afghanistan, let alone Vietnam (a war Romney avoided by going to Paris,
but was more than happy to protest in favor of).
So, I’m googling, and what do I see? A story from the last
presidential campaign in which Mitt Romney explains that working on his
presidential campaign is similar “service to country” as risking your
life as a US service member in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By the way, it’s interesting how the Romneys have had a pat answer to
this question for years, but the answer keeps changing. First it was
working on Mitt’s presidential campaign was just like serving in the
military, and now it’s going abroad to convert Catholics in Paris to
Mormonism is just like being drafted in Vietnam.
Here’s Mitt:
“The good news is that we have a volunteer Army and
that’s the way we’re going to keep it,” Romney told some 200 people
gathered in an abbey near the Mississippi River that had been converted
into a hotel. “My sons are all adults and they’ve made decisions about
their careers and they’ve chosen not to serve in the military and active
duty and I respect their decision in that regard.” He added: “One of the ways my sons are showing support for our nation is helping me get elected because they think I’d be a great president.”
Yeah, the same way Mitt Romney showed support for our nation during
Vietnam. He joined protests in favor of the war, then skipped the
country for a few years to avoid it. Not unlike what his ancestors did
in abandoning America for Mexico in order to get around those pesky US
anti-polygamy laws. And not unlike the way that Mitt Romney today
shelters his money abroad in order to avoid those pesky US tax laws.
Why is the Romney solution to every problem to simply leave America(ns) behind?
Most
people use sunscreen to prevent burns, but unfortunately, that's exactly
what some people get after applying a line of Banana Boat spray-on sunscreen:
they burst into flames!
At
the highest level of every sport, you will find completely dedicated
athletes. Brian Simmons is the one of them. He's the greatest horseshoe
thrower in the world:
