Ann: "My Boys Served"

[kpete]

Tagg served in Bordeaux.
Matt served in Paris.
Josh served in Leeds, England.
Ben served in Australia.
And, Craig served in Santiago.

http://my.firedoglake.com/omnipotentpoobah/2012/10/21/missionary-service-is-not-the-same-thing-as-military-service/

[rocktivity]

1. Shouldn't that be

"My boys SELF-served"?


rocktivity

[polmaven]

2. Oh, Good Lord!!!

The thought of that family in the White House is truly frightening!!!

[southernyankeebelle]

3. Your boys recruiting converts for your cult is not the same thing as a man/woman putting their

life on the line.

[sakabatou]

4. *facepalm*

[KansDem]

5. Should that read, "Tagg served red Bordeaux..."

"....with grilled veal and pheasant?"

And where was my invitation? Must have gotten lost in the mail!

[Fumesucker]

25. Peasant, not pheasant

Long pig, it's what's for dinner.

[KansDem]

28. LOL!

I stand corrected!

[LeftyMom]

52. And endanger his Temple recommend?

Never mind that wine was good enough for that Jesus fellow, it's verboten for the Romneys and the rest of the magic underpants crew.

[MANative]

6. As the daughter of a legit decorated war hero,...

double Bronze Star recipient, and 27-year veteran of the US Army, who lost his life from the effects of Agent Orange, I am more offended than I could possibly find words to express.

[calimary]

12. My dad flew photo-recon in WW2. He once said, with great pride, that in all that time,

he never raised a gun against his fellow man. Kinda chokes me up even to write these words.

And I, too, am offended almost beyond imagining. WHO THE FUCK DOES SHE THINK SHE IS????? HER SONS "SERVED"????????

Well, her shitty-ass husband said so, too, about himself. "I served. In the private sector."

These people utterly disgust me. I actually am beginning to think these people are more vile than george w. bush and dick cheney.

My main hope for them is that they get their ultimate comeuppance sometime during my lifetime, so I can watch and thoroughly enjoy.

[yardwork]

22. My uncle flew photo-reconnaissance in WWII. Very dangerous work.

I have nothing against people who choose not to serve. I never served in the military. But I would never ever ever dream of going around saying "I served - in the private sector."

Who do these people think they are. That's the question, exactly.

[LibDemAlways]

7. Those aren't places you "serve." Those are

places you vacation. I see nothing particularly noble about putting on a shirt and tie and going door to door hawking your religious views to people who wish they hadn't answered the bell.

[riverbendviewgal]

11. i agree

They did the easy safe way to give the illusion of doing good...give me a break.

[calimary]

13. Yeah, NO KIDDING.

[etherealtruth]

8. I generally abhor attacking political spouses ... children ...

...for these ass holes I make an exception. These are despicable people

[yardwork]

23. She put herself out there. She didn't have to bring it up.

A decent person's response to the question would be: "No, our family didn't serve in the military. We appreciate the service and sacrifices of those who did." And leave it at that.

[etherealtruth]

33. Exactly

I cannot relate to this woman's total absence of grace

[lpbk2713]

9. They served a cult.

OMFG. This bunch lives in a separate parallel universe for sure.

[riverbendviewgal]

10. africa is too dangeous.and hard.

They are no doctor tom Dooley. Those sons give me the creeps.

[Stargazer09]

14. I can't stand that family

I spent 12 years in the guard and reserve, but I didn't deploy (not by choice, just wasn't in the right place at the right time). I consider myself a veteran, but just barely one.

To say that those boys "served" our country is just disgusting.

[longship]

15. "Do you know how many doors were slammed in their face?"

If you don't, you don't know anything about combat! All my sons suffer from PTSD from all those slamming doors. The horror of it, especially in France, where they all drink... coffee!!

Dun... Dun... Dunnnnn!

Here's JS Bach's view of coffee:

It's good stuff. Too bad Bach didn't compose a "Chocolate Cantata" or a "Beer Cantata"

Nevertheless, I will settle for the wonderful music of his "Coffee Cantata". Tastes good!


Would Willard listen to it?

on edit: YouTube is incomplete. It is merely a taste. Father (who opposes coffe consumption) and daughter (who cannot live without it) eventually settle their disagreement over steaming hot cups of Joe.

"Coffee! Coffee! I cannot live without my coffee!"

Bach rules!!!

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. While my husband served in Grenada

and Gulf War One and Gulf War Two...

Tell me Ann, where exactly are their nightmares?

Of course I served during the drug wars... I guess it is the same, truly.

[obamanut2012]

17. Of all the offensive statements by any of the Romneys, I think this is the worst

I have disabled vets and technically non-disabled active duty and vets in my family, and this statement is so offensive.

[yardwork]

26. Stupid as well as offensive. Who is advising this campaign?

Who thought that saying this would be a good idea?

The people advising this campaign would be the people advising President Romney. Imagine that.

[exboyfil]

18. Can't a SuperPAC craft this into an ad?

To even begin to equate the two has got to be offensive to anyone who served in the military and especially to those in a time of war. I always thought you could do it to the tune of "Fortunate Son". Nice cheap below the belt and called for.

[libdem4life]

19. Did I miss something ... exactly why did none serve in the USA?

I did not realize they all went abroad.

But yes, riding a bicycle around with buddies all with starched white shirts fighting the foreign traffic, Book of Mormon in hand is so comparable to riding in a tank dressed with cammo fighting another "foreign traffic" encounter with grenades and IEDs ...I feel sick just thinking about it.

[yardwork]

27. This wasn't service. This was the Grand Tour.

[libdem4life]

43. Should have said vacationing.

Fell right into that one

[LiberalElite]

47. They don't all go abroad

We have them here in NYC a/k/a Sodom and Gomorrah LOL.

[lame54]

20. Were they international waiters?

[dixiegrrrrl]

34. Maybe she is referencing a tennis match????

[bhikkhu]

21. Door-to-door Mormon salesmen -

I hope those who actually served in the military are reading that the Romney's think its about the same thing!

[AzDar]

24. As another DU'er pointed out so astutely in a different thread: The RobMe Family seems to confuse

their religion with the U.S. Government. Scary folk.

[L0oniX]

32. No confusion ...it's the same thing to them.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

29. served fries?

[L0oniX]

30. The Moron church has a military???

[Quixote1818]

31. Here is some video of them serving man

and about to take us back to the Mormon planet Kolob

[mysuzuki2]

35. I have been told by mormons that missionaries do not get a choice

orf where they are sent. I wonder how come the Rmoney boys were ll sent to relatively nice places. I do agree, in principle anyway, with Ann on one thing. There ARE ways to serve your country other than the military. Riding around in a white shirt on a bicycle with the book of moran in your hand and bothering people, however, is not one of them.

[tanyev]

38. Perhaps a large well-timed donation can help influence where one's sons get sent?

[libdem4life]

44. Bishop's sons, as well?

[FreeState]

51. It has no bearing at all

By the way a Mormon bishop is the equivalent of a no payed pastor for 5-6 years over 300 people, it's not a high position at all.

[FreeState]

49. You don't choose - however there's a reason one was in Chile

When I was on my mission one would do a couple interviews and get your call. They asked if you wanted to learn a language, how successful you think you would be at learning it and how much money you could afford to spend each month. Each missionary pays their own way (or family and friends help out). Where you go was partially dependent on what you could pay. In 1991 that all changed, everyone pays the same amount regardless of where you go - that's why the youngest went to Chile, it was after the change.

[L0oniX]

36. ...and she thinks Rmoney has mental problems? Jeeze ...Wake the fuck up ...Ann!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

37. So National Lampoon's European Vacation is a war movie?

Who knew?

[OldDem2012]

39. Queen Ann says my boys suffered horribly while being....

...told "No", and "Get out of my doorway".

Thanks for your boys' service.

[MajPayne2]

40. As a veteran

of 6 combat tours and 21 years of service, this disgusts me to no end. There is nothing in a mormon mission that even remotely resembles what we go through in our foreign endeavors. These assholes are no better than the stolen valor fucks.

[WinkyDink]

41. Yeah, whatever, Ann-toinette. My FEMALE niece-in-law did the same thing in Paris, for an Evangelical

mission.

FEMALE, Ann.

[truebluegreen]

42. My boys served...my church. n/t

[LiberalElite]

45. Blatant Bullsh**t n/t

[LiberalElite]

46. Really?

Were their lives on the line 24-7? Did they have to watch for snipers and be wary of IEDs? How many Mormon missionaries come home in pieces or dead? YOU MAKE ME SICK!

[MineralMan]

48. Pardon my French, but they didn't serve merde.

Truly.

[pinboy3niner]

50. Au contraire, some would say they DID, in fact, serve merde

[MineralMan]

53. You have to translate it first, I'm pretty sure.

OTOH, in a bistro in Paris, I'm pretty sure that the waiter brought merde to the table. Je n'ai pas été amusé.

[slampoet]

54. Not a single place you wouldn't go on holiday.