Day: October 11, 2012

Romney, Who Hunkered Down in France During Vietnam, on Former SEAL Who Died in Benghazi: ‘They Rushed to Go Help, That’s the American Way, We Go Where We’re Needed’

Jon Ponder

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During the Vietnam War, Mitt Romney protested the protesters one year and then headed to France the next. While students who involuntary enlistment he actively supported died in the mud in Vietnam, he lived in a chateau in Paris and tooled around France on a bike trying to convince the French to give up coffee and wine.

Now he cites the courage of a former Navy SEAL who died in a terror attack claiming that “They didn’t hunker down where they were in safety. They
rushed there to go help.This is the American way. This is the American way. We go where there’s trouble. We go where we’re needed.”

But you didn’t go there, Mitt. You hunkered down in France.

Tracking Romney’s Positions on Women’s Reproductive Rights, His Reversals on Those Positions and Lies about His Former Positions

Jon Ponder

In the video above, William Saletan at Slate Magazine walks us through the labyrinthine twists and turns in Mitt Romney’s various positions, walk-backs and lies about his position on abortion during his political career. Warning: Make sure you are seated when you watch this because it will make you dizzy, if not woozy — but not in a good way.

Yesterday, inspired by a dramatic shift in his favor among unmarried women voters in post-debate polls, Romney added another twist to his ever-changing views on abortion when he told the editorial board of the Des Moines Register that “There’s no legislation with regards to abortion that I’m familiar with that would become part of my agenda.”

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