Good Question
One good thing about the retail politicking presidential candidates have to go through in Iowa and New Hampshire is that it requires them to address tough questions that no paid journalist would ever have the temerity to ask. The answers can be quite revealing. When Mitt Romney was forced to explain why none of his five sons were serving their country in Iraq, he responded “Well, the good news is that we have a volunteer army and that’s the way we’re going to keep it.”
Good news indeed. If we had a draft, the blue blooded children of the elite might end up on the front lines next to poor kids from the hood. Romney knows that Iraq is hell right now. Of course he doesn’t want his kids getting their heads blown off by roadside bombs in the middle of a desert wasteland. Millions of American parents feel the same way. Unfortunately Romney will never come clean and admit that the war was a disastrous mistake. That’s because he puts party loyalty and his own ambitions above candor and the need for accountability in public life.
John McCain may also be misguided when it comes to Iraq, but at least you can respect his point of view. He has earned the right to talk about sending American troops into battle. He’s been there and done that. McCain is still a public servant and hasn’t joined the permanent ruling class, unlike so many of his colleagues.
Perhaps the lower caste types should henceforth use a more deferential tone when addressing Lord Romney and his princes. After all, one day he’ll pass the royal scepter off to the next handsome leader in his line of succession.
Hopefully once the elections are over the Romney clan can go back to nobly serving their country in the private sector. But I doubt that you’ll ever see any of them flipping burgers at McDonalds.
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December 20th, 2007 at 4:59 am
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