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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 03:56 PM Original message |
Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Buk-Bawk! |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. The LDS church also encouraged military service for guys who didn't go on missions |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Help me, LDS folks |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Mandatory? Not. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Hey, thanks for the information |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. It was a little different then |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. I had a Morman dude in my army unit doing his mission work because..... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Probably not on a mission per se but rather proselytizing |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. You may be right |
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RadiDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too bad! He could have converted the VC who he didn't kill |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! I LOVE it!!!!!!!! nt |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well that's it then. Next puppet prez. nominee by and for the republicans. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. good for him |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I object to the hypocrisy, not avoiding the meat grinder. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. But it doesn't sound like he dodged the draft at all |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Bill Clinton did the same. Having deferments and then a |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. "Much as it pains me to say it, Cheney was probably within the law" |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 07:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
39. There were draft dodgers, and then there were draft dodgers… |
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jenmarie (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Right. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. A Mormon can go on a mission any time in their life. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Just like the military the Mormons can grant a deferment |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Not a full time mission. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-26-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. You could be right. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh, sure, jerk! Then why did you NOT defer the "ministry" in France |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. "longed in many resects to be in Vietnam" What bullshit! And his kids |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Those "missions" are oh so handy to keep out of harm's way,,,,,, |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Couldn't he have enlisted? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Do you know if Harry reid served in the military? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I don't know |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I have trouble with anyone who supports wars for others to fight |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Actually, I think we have regressed. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. BWAHAHAHA! |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. I have no problem with those who stood their ground and did not |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nothing other than another rich kid chicken hawk |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. Marion G .Romney was a LDS leader for about 47 years |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. "I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country..." |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. He could have volunteered as a military chaplain..no? nt |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. I do realize the the LDS religion is not pacifist. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 06:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. The Friends and the Brethren would help anyone -- the LDS would NOT |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. Ah, thou chickenhawk. Apart from McCain, aren't they all? n/t |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-25-07 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
35. As much as I'd like this to be a case of special treatment... |
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