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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWillard Romney, who ran away to France to avoid Military service, "competes for veteran vote"
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/26/romney-obama-compete-for-veteran-vote-florida-emerging-as-battleground/
Romney, Obama compete for veteran vote, Florida emerging as battleground
By Joseph Weber
Published May 26, 2012
FoxNews.com
The effort to win the votes of military veterans in the presidential election takes the spotlight Memorial Day weekend, with President Obama and Mitt Romney each attending public events and arguing each has a better plan to improve veterans' weak unemployment situation and other issues.
Romney is scheduled to appear Monday with Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain at a Veterans Museum and Memorial Center in San Diego, a conservative region and so-called Navy town.
McCain, a decorated Navy officer and Vietnam prisoner, won the veteran vote over Obama as the Republican nominee in the 2008 election.
The GOP has long been considered the party that supports a strong national defense and holds the vote of veteran and active-duty members. But the percentages are dropping and the vote appears to be up for grabs this year.
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Willard Romney, who ran away to France to avoid Military service, "competes for veteran vote" (Original Post)
Amerigo Vespucci
May 2012
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Makes about as much sense as voters thanking Champagne Squadron Veteran Bewsh for "his service".
HughBeaumont
May 2012
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louis-t
(23,296 posts)1. Surprised he didn't drag McCain along.
I would love to see Romney babble on about his time in France to Vietnam vets.
demosincebirth
(12,541 posts)3. Didn't he go to proselytize for the Mormon Church...all expenses paid?
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)2. Makes about as much sense as voters thanking Champagne Squadron Veteran Bewsh for "his service".
R-Money thought it was A-OK for men to die . . . just so long as that man wasn't him. Or, in turn, his sons.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)4. Obama dodged Vietnam service on the flimsy "10 years old" cop-out