Daily Show: The Romney Boys' Heroic Sacrifice
By SilentPatriot Thursday Aug 09, 2007 8:10pm
Jon salutes Mitt Romney's five sons, who have bravely decided to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country and hit the campaign trail with their father.
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Romney: My sons are all adults, and they have made their decisions about their careers and they have chosen not to serve in the military.
Stewart: Fair answer. I respect that. As long as you don't then try to actually equate what they're doing now with military service, i think you're in the clear.
Romney: 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.
Stewart. Oh, I get it. So they're not actually in the military, but they're about as close as you can get to supporting our nation.
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I'm the one!
Someones addicted to Jon Stewart
LoL
For today anyway
My kids are to good and to smart to go over to that hell hole.
I am Mitt. The One that Smells Good
Those are the five whitest people I've ever seen.
Aasif had the best line, about how soon the boys were going to be able to come home. Romney not only put his foot in it, but shoved his entire leg down his throat.
“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.”
Are there people really that stupid that will swallow a line like that?
I know I wish I had that kind of courage.
What do you expect.. It's totally politically incorrect to say that the military these days is for poor people.
Iowa has to be on a different planet if they are slurping up this BS. Only fack news would do a segment on these five chickenhawks.
Romney:
Give. It. Up.
I dunno know honey. Mitt smelled purty good at the Ice Cream Parlor meet n' greet. A real aqua velva man.
He'll git ma vote! Not that stinky Osama Barracks!
..yeahhhh...okaydokee....This will go over well with the loons...........ba.da.ba.da.ba.dats all folks
The Romney family is the best advertisement for the draft I've seen.
i'll bet these 5 little pricks have never mowed a lawn or pulled a weed in their entire life.
Help protect our Troops....
Everybody send Pretzels to bush
Also this cult will go on missions for their church instead of serving in the military for their country. So, their cult church first, country second. And he wants to be president. He should aspire to head the mormon church. Remember the mark of Cain is being of dark skin according to their bible. The Holy Bible has no such description of the mark of Cain.
Driving around the Hawkeye state trying to get dad nominated is equivalent to military service?!
Well, you gotta realize those Iowa roads are just smack-dab littered with IEDs.
Why I think those young whippersnappers should be getting their education paid for under the GI Bill. Oh, yeah ... Bush doesn't support THAT idea either.
redcat @ 15:
The Romney Family servants probably have luxury accommodations on site also.
http://www.ashlawnhighland.org/originalquarters.jpg
A little more context about that question: Romney, who did not serve in Vietnam due to his Mormon missionary work and a high draft lottery number, was asked the question by an anti-war activist after a speech in which he called for "a surge of support" for U.S. forces in Iraq. -- http://nctimes.com/articles/2007/08/09/news/politics/13_01_258_8_07.txt
Well getting him elected president is just as valid a reason to not join up as is doing missionary work.
michael @ 17:
Ah he'll claim Obama is Cain then I suppose at some point.
As you'll recall, Mitt avoided combat duty in the rice fields of Vietnam by getting multiple deferments to perform his Mormon mission in the vineyards of France. And while candidate Romney has called for a war against virtually all Muslim groups worldwide and pledged to "double Guantanamo," he has deployed his sons to the cornfields of Iowa to aid his campaign. The perfect hair and gleaming teeth of the Romney clan are found on the Five Brothers blog, not with a band of brothers outside of Baquba.
For more, see:
"Romney: My Sons Serve America by Getting Me Elected."
How pathetic. But when can we ask all candidates (dems, repugs, indies) why their kids haven't joined?
All of the candidates have no clue.
Actually I wanted to do the Iowa Bike ride, wnen I first read about it 6 years ago.
I know someone who did this bike trip and it semped to be a hoot.
I did not know that you could join in on the last day as the Romney son's did
and eat pie .
Actually, all I want to know is why the kids of the candidates who support the surge, and therefore continued meddling in Iraq, haven't told their kids to sign up.
Cherry pie. Mmmmmm.
In Maine we have lobsters. In Iowa they have pigs.
Pechorin @ 5:
Sort of like the Osmond brothers. Only dumber.
it's like the new elite unite of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders: The Winnibago Commandos
The mormon religion is against all kinds of violence..and will not partake in it...NOW...ok thats fine...but there is still jobs in the military that they can do.
Am I the only one who thinks that Willard "Mitt" Romney resembles Guy Smiley in both appearance and personality? Oh yeah, he got me to buy that damn undercoating too...
Mitt for brains-need I say more?
Beware, Romney is another heel clicking facist like Bush, and both are scum bag cowards, dump the bums and Jail Bush!!
MITT ROMNEY PURSUES ‘FAMILY SURGE’ STRATEGY TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY
SCHRODINGER'S CAT @ 24:
If I were you, I'd do the Nebraskan equivalent.
No hills, ya know.
I just broke into a sweat typin' this.
The Romney family makes the Osmonds look like bad-asses!
all right, military, weigh in on this one. mitt equates riding a bus and campaigning for him with fighting in iraq. does this open any eyes as to what the republican hierarchy stands for. they don't care for black people and they don't care for you.
Romney- what an asswipe. Nice hair thought.
We are truly fucked.
Ever wonder why it is that Republicans beg for war but never sign up themselves?
Its simple, they are fucking cowards. As long as the priviledged rich pricks don't have to serve themselves, they will continue to send others off to die.
If you like Eminem, and Doonesbury, then this post isn't the complete and total blog-whoring it looks like at first blush...
If not, well then, well, in no uncertain terms, reprimand me, but please be gentle. :-)
~Nyc
god damn, you better post tirade re: the Bushism "in other words"
maybe the greatest breakdown of Bush-speak yet.
Don't let me down C&L.
Perhaps each kid is vying for the inheritance?
http://www.onegoodmove.org/1gm/
scroll down to "In other words"
in other words, click on the hotlink and scroll down to "in other words" and
clickadgeamucate on that link.
the Romney boys are supporting the troops by playing many a round of strip Risk the board game
The only good thing about Guiliani running is that there is no chance in hell of Romney getting elected.
Snickering Jon doesn't realize the Mitt reign has been preordained in scripture. The Romney five don't have to campaign for their father because he's, in effect, already elected...even without my vote.
That's some good stuff right there.
mudshark @ 29:
I don't know where you get your ideas, but Mormons are not against all kinds of violence. They believe that the leaders of a country should be followed and are accountable to god. Sort of a "divine right" thing. Mormons will and have fought in defensive wars and believe that fighting may be necessary to preserve their family and country. If Mitt and his boys really believe that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are necessary to preserve the peace in this country, they should have signed up a long time ago. This is not some new event. This has been going on since 2002. They could have finished their 3rd or 4th deployments. And still they could be working on getting daddy elected.
Mitt: But But But, my boys have done their share of paintballing on the treacherous slopes of Mt. Wachusett.
L.A. Confidential @ 7:
Yep. LA, there are. They are the 29% who
still believe that chimpy is a good president!!
[...] No word to the rumor that all the personnel needs of the U.S. military could be solved if the draft solely focused on the children of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. [...]
Five Brothers? I only saw three. The other two must be on R&R at the whorehouses over at Dallas City, IL.
All The Chickenhawks Men.
With Hillary Clinton having wrapped up the next Presidency. (Face it folks, there's nobody else on the Democratic side with a snowball-in-hell's chance of getting nominated and the Republicans can't find a candidate anyone would vote for Dog-Catcher.) The sole remaining spectacle of the election cycle is Republicans in Meltdown. . IOW, more corruption scandals and more t-room busts, and more nocturnal fellatio incidents, PLUS The Brothers Romney and the burning question -- Which and/or How Many of Them Are Gay?
Romney is leg humping the 29% who can't think for themselves with this BS. That crap might fly in Iowa, but eventually you run into some states where people start asking the tough questions and the stammering answers will eventually be his downfall.
Isn't the Romney family's heroic sacrifice that of their family dog?
What is it that possesses politicians to make such bone-headedly stupid statements?
My problem with the candidates/president's kids debate today is that it is frankly different than lets say Vietnam. I really think it's unfair for any side to denounce a candidate because their kids didn't choose to go into the military (remember, we have an all volunteer army). As a member of the same generation that Romney's and Bush's kids are a part of, I frankly find it offensive when parents are judged by the career choices of their children. Should I be judged unfairly because I'm not in the military (both because of physical condition and frankly my not feeling I'd be of any help)? Should we be expecting candidates to force legal adults to join the military? I think not. While Romney's comments were stupid and comical to say the least, why shouldn't we at least give some gratitude to those who do serve their country in different ways (notice I said serve and not offer their lives) because work still needs to be done and whatever your political perspective these people (campaigners, public servants, what have you) are trying to serve their country. Again, let's be clear, those who join the military deserve a special kind of respect that can't really be given to anyone else because of their offer to give their lives for their country (or for anyone fighting in Vietnam or before, forced to offer their lives for their country). However, let's not equate the children of politicians who don't join the military with draft dodgers.
Colbert/Daily Show consistantly point out the most important part about the news with such sharp satire and wit it's astounding. I learn more in a half hour of both than I could in a whole week of O'Reilly and Hannity. I also find that my IQ drops while watching the latter because I just stop thinking at all. I have to, or my head would explode.
Mudshark you are full of sh*t.
Mormonism is a cult by definition. First they do not believe Jesus Christ is God incarnated as man on earth. There book is laced with racism. If you ever read the ridiculous history of Mormonism you would know that their history is based on isolationism. Jack London wrote a great book how Mormons dressed up like Indians to kill settlers who tried to settle in Utah. They have always wanted to be independent of America. That is ant.-American.
P.S. Joesph Smith, their founder, was a Baptist minister.
The Romney boys are smart -I mean, who in their right mind
would sign up to go to fight in Iraq?
Do not vote for anyone who colors his hair
with Kool-Aid
He's so proud that he raised five bedwetting, chickenshit, Rethug. idiots just like him.
Ah, the privileges of wealth!!! Just like bush, cheney, rice (and Equal Opportunity), and all the other chickenhawks in the repuke party. At least a few democrats have sent their children to wars - no many, but a few.
And what do these boys do as the criss-cross Iowa? Looks to me like they did a Rosie Ruiz in that bicycle race - jumping in for a few minutes at the end. Can't even do that if a fashion that may cause them to sweat.
Mitt has a purdy mouth.
it sad that when mitt father was running for prez, and he was vocally for the war in vietnam, his son, who have a high draft number was doing missionary works in europe, while those poor minorties was dying in the rice field, and now, that mitt is running for prez, he is vocally for the invasion of iraq, not only that he wants to doulble gitmo, yet his five sons are no where near a recruting offices.
i guess cowardness must be genetic.
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