I need help verifying Romney "too important to go

[copzgirl1171]

Vietnam"

I can only find google sites about this story that seem, well slanted.

Can someone help?

I can't find the story in context, but only in blog blurbs

[Deleted]

I don't know about too important but definitely too rich.

My dad is the same age as Romney and he didn't go either, nor did his slighly older brother.

[copzgirl1171]

I am bumping this

[y4m]

He had a deferment to go on a mission, followed by student deferments. IIRC from a bio I read, each state could only give a certain number of deferments for Mormons to go on missions--had he lived in Utah at the time, he would have had trouble getting one. But as a Mormon in Michigan, there was not a long line to get them. He was in the draft lottery once his mission and student deferments were up, but he was never called.

[copzgirl1171]

I am hesitant to post this link because it comes from an obviously slanted opinion but here is what I found


www.project.nsearch.com/profiles/blogs/mitt-romney-i-was-too-important-to-go-to-vietnam

[y4m]

Ok, so that article was written on June 7, and refers to a Monday rally before the CA primary. That means we are looking for video of Mitt Romney giving a speech in California on Monday June 4.

According to this, Romney wasn't in California on Monday June 4.

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/04/on-the-trail-june-4-2012/

[y4m]

Oh...plus the original article is from Freewood Post. That's a satire site.

www.freewoodpost.com/2012/06/07/mitt-romney-i-was-too-important-to-go-to-vietnam/

[copzgirl1171]

You rock y4m...thanks!

[nospamforme]

The quote was from 2008. Romney wasn't in California on June 4 2012 but could well have been in 2008.