george bush had taken the more practiced route for the sons of privilege at the time by avoiding service in vietnam while being coddled in a national guard unit in texas. compared to john kerry, george w. bush had a war problem, as in experience at war, as in showing courage under fire literally under fire. george w. bush had carefully avoided combat while john kerry risked his life on the battlefield and so, of course, the republicans attacked john kerry s combat record. they took george w. bush s problem and made it john kerry s problem. let s take a look at just how bad mitt romney s religion problem is. here s a poll showing voter reluctance based on a candidate s religion. you see, catholicism puts a 7% drag on a candidacy. with 7% of voters saying they would not vote for a catholic.
religion problem for president obama. a political religion problem. that s what we re talking about here. romney has a political religion problem. this is romney s attempt to swiftboat the president on religion. this is a much used page of the republican playbook. we saw it used against john kerry, who is a decorated war hero and combat veteran of the vietnam war. george w. bush took the more practiced route for the sons of privilege at the time by avoiding service in vietnam while being kolgcoddled in a national guard unit in texas. compared to john kerry, george w. bush had a war problem, as in experience at war, as in showing courage under fire literally under fire. george w. bush had carefully avoided combat while john kerry risked his life on the battlefield and so, of course, the republicans attacked john kerry s combat record. they took george w. bush s problem and made it john kerry s
what about him might explain why he might have done. it has been intensely focused on him as an individual. his whereabouts after the crime. he was airlifted out to kuwait. then flew him to united states. his personal history, three deployments to iraq, this was the first to afghanistan. spent 11 years in the army, 38 years old, wife, two children, where he grew up. we have learned about his injuries, his combat record, unnamed military officials are describing what about him specifically on this night specifically might have led to this specific crime. from the perspective of the american public learning about the crime and trying to make sense of it for us is reflected by our media. it has been all about the suspect as an individual. in afghanistan it seems to have been almost exactly the opposite.
he allegedly did this horrific thing. the coverage of this incident has been intense in this country and it s been focused on him as an individual, his whereabouts after the crime. he was air lifted out of afghanistan and allegedly flew him to kuwait. he was then thrown from kuwait to the united states. his personal history, three deployments to iraq, this was the first to afghanistan. spent 11 years in the army, 38 years old, wife, two children, where he grew up. we have learned about his injuries, his combat record, unnamed military officials are describing what about him specifically on this night specifically might have led to this specific crime. from the perspective of the american public learning about the crime and trying to make sense of it, for us is reflected by our media, it has been all about the suspect as an individual. in afghanistan it seems to have been almost exactly the opposite. in afghanistan it is not about what are the particulars of this
most had no refrigerators. most of the apartments had no shower or bathtub. i lived in a way that people of lower middle income in france lived. and i said to myself, wow, i sure am lucky to be born in the united states of america. okay. i don t think that exactly clears up the whole mitt knows what it s like to be down and out. but the real key to this is the dates. mitt was doing this at ages 19 to 21. july 1966 to december 1968. at the very height of the vietnam war. and he was doing this instead of military service. he did not go into combat in vietnam and get that distinguished combat record that newt gingrich is so proud of. no. wait a minute. none of these guys did that. they all passed on this war. and this story, if he stays with it, is simply going to emphasize chapter 1 of how romney avoided