Mitt backs war, but his boys are safe at home

[hadrons]

Gov. Mitt Romney, who has comforted the grieving loved ones of soldiers killed in Iraq and promoted National Guard recruitment, yesterday said he has not urged his own sons to enlist - and isn't sure whether they would.

The Herald posed the question as Romney - a potential 2008 White House contender and backer of President Bush's Iraq policy -was honored by the Massachusetts National Guard after he signed a bill extending pay for state workers on active duty.

``No, I have not urged my own children to enlist.I don't know the status of my childrens' potentially enlisting in the Guard and Reserve,`` Romney said, his voice tinged with anger.

Massachusetts residents can enlist in the National Guard up to age 39.Romney's five sons range in age from 24 to 35. Neither the Romney children nor the governor have served in the military, Romney spokeswoman Julie Teer said.

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``I don't think you should be so `rah-rah' for a war that you aren't willing to send your own family members to,'' said Rose Gonzalez, 30, of Somerville, whose mother, a state employee, was deployed to Iraq in January.``If he thinks the war is so just and so important and we shouldn't pull out, then he should encourage his own sons to go.``

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http://news.bostonherald.com/localPolitics/view.bg?articleid=99837&format=&page=all

[donco6]

1. They sure hate that, don't they?

Really puts the "chicken" in chickenhawk.

[aquart]

4. Go Rose Gonzalez!

Keep asking why they aren't willing to fight for what they believe.

Of course, what they actually believe is that OTHER people should fight for Republican beliefs.

[donco6]

5. Blue blood is too precious to lose, I guess.

:shrug:

[Nite Owl]

2. This is really a sore point with

the chickenhawks. We got to keep asking them all about their kids when they want to send ours. They got no answers.

[aquart]

6. And it ups their stress levels, which is so aging.

Why should WE be the only ones with wrinkles?

Unsmug 'em.

[ramapodem]

7. Neither do their kids

I have asked college republicans this question many times but of course college and making money is more important to them.

[newyawker99]

8. Hi ramapodem!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[ComerPerro]

3. He's a douchebag. Ive seen him on several shows

and he is just a slimy, sleazy asshole.