Is there any truth to this email? Very interesting read.

[mfcorey1]

On today's Truth Jihad Radio, Gordon Duff broke a story that might go viral and tip the (sham) presidential elections…or maybe not. Anyway, the breaking story is that Mitt Romney isn't just a draft-dodger like Bush and Cheney - he's a criminal draft EVADER. In 1966,Romney enrolled at Stanford, then had a psychiatric breakdown (depression), left Stanford, was shipped to France by his rich daddy (the Governor of Michigan) and spent two and a half years in France allegedly doing Mormon missionary work, and supposedly claiming exemption from the draft as a "minister of religion." The problem: First, according to the law, a missionary is NOT a minister. Additionally, it was illegal to be a Mormon missionary in France at that time. Heck, they don't even like the missionary position. (Seriously, Mormonism was defined by French law as a "dangerous cult.&quot There was no Mormon missionary work happening in France. The reality is that his rich, powerful daddy, George Romney the top Mormon in Michigan as well as the governor, illegally shielded him from the draft.

And it cost George Romney the presidency. In 1968, Romney led Nixon for the Republican nomination by ten points in the polls. But Nixon's henchmen dug up the Mitt Romney draft evasion story. They told George Romney that if he took the nomination from Nixon, his son Mitt would be going to prison as a draft evader. Romney bowed out, Nixon took the nomination and the presidency, and the rest is history.
The saddest part of all of this is clearly Mitt Romney may not be capable of handling the struggles of the Presidency. Look at how Obama has aged. All of them age exponentially during their terms as President. Romney has aged merely as he has been campaigning. Ronald Reagan's win as President has led a lot of candidates to believe that an average person can become President. He simply read the "script." The Bushes were the machine behind Reagan. Romney's backers seem to be leery of him at this point. That machine has failed, but Romney is attempting to champion a myth that is long-sensed been "blown out the water. "
I am not happy where we are economically in America. I doubt anyone is. I'm old and have been without a regular full-time job for years. I'm not happy with Obama, however, we cannot blame Obama for the state we are in. Hilary Clinton and Bill Clinton are thanking God every night they are not in Obama's shoes!!! He inherited a murderous monster. As for Romney, it is absolutely heart-breaking. He is beyond flawed. I feel for him so. Yet there is a large swath of America who believe in Romney as well as Dorothy and Tot

[BlueStreak]

1. Here is apparently the source of that rumor -- from sep 10

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If it hasn't gone viral in 5 weeks, it isn't going to in the next 12 days.

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/09/10/romneys-mormon-draft-deferrment-not-legal/

[struggle4progress]

4. And "Veterans Today" is a crackpot anti-semitic website, which we should avoid

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/01/06/buyer-beware-veterans-today-and-its-anti-israel-agenda/

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. Sounds like a rabid idiot's ravings.

Who sent this email, and who'd they send it to?

[Common Sense Party]

3. There definitely WAS Mormon missionary work going on in France at that time.

That's simply untrue to claim otherwise.

[Warpy]

5. It's been my assertion all along that Mitt has no interest in the job

but is very, very interested in having the title. The people he has surrounded himself with- every neocon and wingnut in the upper reaches of the party, most from the W administration, would be running the country for him.

It would be a disaster both for him and for us should he succeed.

As for his missionary work in France, it was an odd place for it and it was definitely against the law there, but the law was rarely enforced, nor would it have been against the son of a US governor.

[fishwax]

6. There is no truth to the major claims

There might be smaller truths buried in there, I don't know. The claim that claiming the draft exemption as a missionary was somehow illegal isn't true, as there was a specific agreement between the lds church and the draft board allowing for exemptions--basically an unlimited amount initially, and then on a limited basis following a lawsuit.

As to George Romney, he was ahead of Nixon in 1966, right after the midterm elections, but that was before Nixon (or anyone else, really) was actually in the race. Nixon was ahead as soon as his candidacy was clear, and while Romney was his closest challenger for most of the year, he was never again ahead in the polls. Then, in the fall of 1967, he said that he had been "brainwashed" into supporting the Vietnam War. Before long, he was no longer very close in the polls. He dropped out before the New Hampshire primary because his own polls showed he had no chance of winning.

[defacto7]

7. There is one thing that pops out at me

that is somewhat striking that coincides with a story I've been told by one of Mitt's dorm mates at Stanford. I wrote about it in vague terms in an earlier OP but I still can't be specific because it isn't my call to reveal. But it is a story that concerns Mitt's mental condition at that time, and violent acts. So there could be some grain of truth in that Stanford statement.

[underthematrix]

11. Mitt Romney does seem mentally disturbed

dressing in a state troppers uniform when he was a teenager is bad enough but putting s red light on hsi white rambler and actually stopping citizens goes way beyond the pale of a prank. Then taking the uniform to Stanford and showing it off to fellow students is bizzarre.

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. Sounds fishy to me.

Eerily reminiscent of the Dan Rather set-up. I wouldn't bite.

That's #1; #2 is that Romney Sr. was a flawed candidate who got creamed by Nixon in the NH Primary... the be-all and end all in those days.

#3: I'm quite sure the Romneys pulled strings to keep him out of VN. This is a surprise?

[Marr]

9. The only person who could verify (or even relate) that story is George Romney.

And I doubt he did that. This seems like pure speculation.

[Behind the Aegis]

10. Some interesting facts.

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As for the interviewee, Gordon Duff, he is an anti-Semitic crackpot. If he said the sun was rising in the east, I would get up to double check his "facts." Others have alaready pointed out some of the logistical problems, so I won't, but figured you might like to know where this e-mail originated.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

12. Why could George Romney run for prez when he was born in Mexico?

[TexasProgresive]

13. +1000-Somebody please explain! n/t

[dems_rightnow]

14. Because he was born to US citizens

The children of US citizens are also US citizens.

[Nye Bevan]

15. "Natural born" = US Citizen at birth (nt)

[RudynJack]

16. This makes no sense...

Nixon's henchmen told George Romney that Mitt would be prosecuted? What authority would they have to prosecute anyone? Nixon held no office at the time.