Mitt - did not want to serve in Vietnam before he did want to go.

[pampango]

In 2007, Romney — a supporter of the war in Vietnam during the late-1960s — said he had wished he had served:

“I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there, and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.”

But the AP notes that this isn’t what Romney said back in 1994 during his is campaign to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate:

But the frustration he recalled in 2007 does not match a sentiment he shared as a Massachusetts Senate candidate in 1994, when he told The Boston Herald, “I was not planning on signing up for the military.”

“It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam, but nor did I take any actions to remove myself from the pool of young men who were eligible for the draft,” Romney told the newspaper.

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/06/05/495310/romney-military-vietnam/

[JoePhilly]

1. I fixed this ... these are the original quotes ...

In 2007 ...

J'avais envie à bien des égards pour être réellement au Vietnam et de représenter notre pays là-bas, et à certains égards, il a été frustrant de ne pas se sentir comme si j'étais là comme une partie des troupes qui se battaient au Vietnam.

Back in 94 ...

Ce n'était pas mon désir d'aller au large et de servir au Vietnam, mais n'a pas non plus je prends toutes les actions de me retirer de la piscine de jeunes hommes qui étaient admissibles à l'avant-projet

(thank you google translate!)

[liberal N proud]

2. What a pileof disingenious excrement!

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[rug]

3. Do you mean disingenuous shit?

[liberal N proud]

5. corrected

[HereSince1628]

4. Well, his dad was brainwashed by Westmorland before he wasn't brainwashed err

how the hell did George spin that anyway? I think this runs in that family...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/romney.htm

George Romney's 'Brainwashing' – 1967

Feeding Frenzy Governor George W. Romney of Michigan was a leading contender for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination until September 4, 1967, when he told Detroit television newsman Lou Gordon that he had been "brainwashed" by American generals into supporting the Vietnam war effort while touring Southeast Asia in 1965.

Though Romney tried in earnest to explain himself, he became the target of blistering press and partisan attacks. Romney's candidacy never recovered from the furor he created with his statement.