Mitt Romney: “I was too important to go to Vietnam”

[Teatownclown]

Did Clinton have a father in the government? Was he affiliated with some cult? Gee, this is all new to me Conan. Please explain the parallel....

[Conan71]

Did Clinton have a father in the government? Was he affiliated with some cult? Gee, this is all new to me Conan. Please explain the parallel....

Bill Clinton = liar, cheater, draft dodger

Proven on all fronts.

You aren't



Are you?

[Teatownclown]

Bill Clinton = liar, cheater, draft dodger

Proven on all fronts.

You aren't



Are you?

Clinton got a student deferment first, and then took advantage of several loopholes to maintain it while he was a Rhodes Scholar. He also had a very high draft number, so he was unlikely to ever be called up (as, in fact, he was not). He did some things that might well have been unethical, but nothing specifically illegal -- a pattern some say he continued throughout his career.

Romney supported the Vietnam War, but did not enlist. He heckled war protesters. 

[Conan71]

Clinton got a student deferment first, and then took advantage of several loopholes to maintain it while he was a Rhodes Scholar. He also had a very high draft number, so he was unlikely to ever be called up (as, in fact, he was not). He did some things that might well have been unethical, but nothing specifically illegal -- a pattern some say he continued throughout his career.

Romney supported the Vietnam War, but did not enlist. He heckled war protesters. 

Clinton did not support the Viet Nam war.  He didn't enlist and he dodged the draft via all sorts of chicanery.

He's also a convicted perjurer and cheater.

[Teatownclown]

Booo hooo hooo to Mitt Romney...he was for the war while not willing to serve.

Obama is running against RMoney....Thanks for proving once again another one of your false equivocations.

[guido911]

I think Clinton's law license was suspended in one jurisdiction and he was disbarred before the S.C...

[Gaspar]

I think Clinton's law license was suspended in one jurisdiction and he was disbarred before the S.C...

. . .but at least he was a skilled leader, and could hold his own in a debate.

I never once heard Clinton blame another person for his failures.  He frequently tried to re-define them, but always ultimately took credit for his actions.  In his speeches, he was conversational.  Like Reagan, he talked WITH the American people rather than AT them.  He preferred his legal notepad to a teleprompter and even then, almost never relied on his notes.  The world loved him, and though I didn't agree with some of his relaxed foreign policy, he never skipped a security briefing, or ignored a foreign dignitary.  In fact it is widely accepted that he would actually entertain phone calls from world leaders while "entertaining" guests in the Oral office.  Like George Bush, Clinton was prone to cancel election fundraising engagements when the duties of the presidency interfered.  He never once sent a surrogate to lie for him, he was quite capable of doing that for himself, and suffering the consequences.   He fought against a Republican Congress constantly but frequently found common ground passing a balanced budget that led to a budget surplus.

I would say that any comparison of Clinton to the current president would be apples and oranges.

[nathanm]

Wow, were you even paying the least bit of attention in the 90s? You have a very active imagination.

[Conan71]

Wow, were you even paying the least bit of attention in the 90s? You have a very active imagination.

What part of that mischaracterizes Bill Clinton as president?

That's pretty much the way everyone else remembers his presidency except those who deny there was ever a surplus or anything approaching a balanced budget.

[nathanm]

What part of that mischaracterizes Bill Clinton as president?

Giving the Republicans credit for the budget situation when they were cowed into submission after petulantly shutting down the government, pissing off the vast majority of the electorate, for one. It wasn't their budget plan that got enacted.

[Teatownclown]

What part of that mischaracterizes Bill Clinton as president?

That's pretty much the way everyone else remembers his presidency except those who deny there was ever a surplus or anything approaching a balanced budget.

Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.