Why do liberals criticize Romneys lack of military experience, but not Obamas???

[tinydancer]

Easy. Obama has now shown himself to be a proven CIC.

Mittens has shown himself to be a draft dodger that supported the war he dodged and a man with 5 sons that didn't bother to get even one of his kids in the military.

See the difference? Prolly not.

See Definition of Draft Dodger >>>>>>>>>President Bill Clinton

And to follow up on your comment on his sons, why the hell didn't Chelsea Clinton volunteer?

 

[rightwinger]

Tell you what. Since you judge Obama's lack of military experience AFTER he's had 4 years as POTUS, why don't we let Romney have his 4 years, and THEN we can discuss relative lack of military experience.

It's not just Mitts lack of Military experience but foreign policy in general. Being Governor of Massachusets does not give you much foreign policy experience......he cannot even see Russia from his house

Obama was a community organizer before he was president .What did he have BEFORE he became President. At least ROMNEY has some experience is balancing a budget unlike the Blamer in Chief

What would make you think Obamas only experience before being elected was community organizer?

Oh yea.....you must listen to Limbaugh

Fact is ....Obama in 2008 had more experience than Romney in 2012

 

[rightwinger]

Tell you what. Since you judge Obama's lack of military experience AFTER he's had 4 years as POTUS, why don't we let Romney have his 4 years, and THEN we can discuss relative lack of military experience.

It's not just Mitts lack of Military experience but foreign policy in general. Being Governor of Massachusets does not give you much foreign policy experience......he cannot even see Russia from his house

And, uh, HOW much foreign policy experience did Obama have in 2008???

US Senators vote on foreign policy issues......Governors do not

 

[naturegirl]

It's not just Mitts lack of Military experience but foreign policy in general. Being Governor of Massachusets does not give you much foreign policy experience......he cannot even see Russia from his house

Obama was a community organizer before he was president .What did he have BEFORE he became President. At least ROMNEY has some experience is balancing a budget unlike the Blamer in Chief

What would make you think Obamas only experience before being elected was community organizer?

Oh yea.....you must listen to Limbaugh

Fact is ....Obama in 2008 had more experience than Romney in 2012

More experience at what, bribes, hush money and Chicago style politics??

 

[asaratis]

The liberals criticize Romney for any and every single thing they can find that may cast a bad light on the man. They have "dirt patrols" going in every corner of Obama's political machine searching for shit to sling into the discussion.

This is because Obama has a dismal fuckin' record of performance. He has NOTHING TO RUN ON!!!

Dickweed liberals think that plastering the opponent with meaningless criticism makes their man look better.

Barack Hussein Obama is a goddamned, piece of shit, Marxist asshole and a true enemy of the Constitution. He is trying to ruin this country and turn it into a mediocre European-style EQUAL with the socialist failure nations.

 

[Zander]

It's not just Mitts lack of Military experience but foreign policy in general. Being Governor of Massachusets does not give you much foreign policy experience......he cannot even see Russia from his house

And, uh, HOW much foreign policy experience did Obama have in 2008???

US Senators vote on foreign policy issues......Governors do not

Does voting "PRESENT" count??

 

[rightwinger]

And, uh, HOW much foreign policy experience did Obama have in 2008???

US Senators vote on foreign policy issues......Governors do not

Does voting "PRESENT" count??

Obama never voted Present as a US Senator

 

[bodecea]

The thread title says it all.

Have at it.

I am a Liberal and I don't criticize either of their lack of military service.

 

[Conservative]

I don't really criticize Mittens for his lack of military experience but I do criticize him for his lack of real world experience.

But, fact remains, Mittens is a draft dodger just like Ted Nugent - another rw hero. Only real difference there is that Mitten's daddy had the money to hide him in France and Nugent sat in his own shit to get out of serving. Other than the smell, they're the same.

Yes, and being a community organizer gives you enough real world experience, right?

 

[rightwinger]

Obama was a community organizer before he was president .What did he have BEFORE he became President. At least ROMNEY has some experience is balancing a budget unlike the Blamer in Chief

What would make you think Obamas only experience before being elected was community organizer?

Oh yea.....you must listen to Limbaugh

Fact is ....Obama in 2008 had more experience than Romney in 2012

More experience at what, bribes, hush money and Chicago style politics??

Ill give Romney this......he has twice the experience that Palin had. But Romney has only been elected once in his life. Four years as a failed governor of Massachusetts does not qualify you to be President....Mike Dukakis proved that

 

[tinydancer]

The thread title says it all.

Have at it.

This thread might actually have some legs if I could think of any liberals who had criticized Romneys lack of military experience. Outside of this thread that is. I see Zeke chimed in to play along with this game.

I must be missing something because for at least the last two weeks the discussion about Romney has been that he was the bully of Cranbrook High in 1965.

I honestly don't remember reading or hearing anything at all abour Romney's military experience. Now granted, I don't roam the blog halls, but typically their whining streams into the LSM at some point in time.

Can you give some examples of liberals criticizing Romney's lack of military experience to help this discussion along?

Immie

Huge one:

Go to first new post Romney's Mormon Patriotism: 5 Privileged Sons and No Volunteers? (Multi-page thread 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page)
Dante

 

[naturegirl]

US Senators vote on foreign policy issues......Governors do not

Does voting "PRESENT" count??

Obama never voted Present as a US Senator

Are you sure?? ( I know you can't vote present in the US Senate)

He was very busy campaigning when he was a US Senator.

 

[Gremlin-USA]

The thread title says it all.

Have at it.

I am a Liberal and I don't criticize either of their lack of military service.

An exception to the rule...... thank you

 

[del]

US Senators vote on foreign policy issues......Governors do not

Does voting "PRESENT" count??

Obama never voted Present as a US Senator

he voted damn little as a u.s. senator- he was busy not campaigning for the presidency, just like he promised.

 

[KevinWestern]

The thread title says it all.

Have at it.

Why? Liberals shy away from criticizing Obama’s military experience because he’s a Democrat and on the “same team”. I thought this was rather obvious...

This “pick and choose” criticism happens all of the time, and on both sides of the aisle. For instance, why do Republicans criticize Obama for the high price of gasoline today when they failed to criticize Bush for $4/gallon gas in the summer of 2008?



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[Dick Tuck]

The thread title says it all.

Have at it.

Because Romney was pro war, during Vietnam. Because the draft was in place when Romney finished school. Romney is a classic chickenhawk.

 

[The Infidel]

It's not just Mitts lack of Military experience but foreign policy in general. Being Governor of Massachusets does not give you much foreign policy experience......he cannot even see Russia from his house

And, uh, HOW much foreign policy experience did Obama have in 2008???

US Senators vote on foreign policy issues......Governors do not

If only he had more than a vote proving he was 'present'

 

[Dr.Drock]

The thread title says it all.

Have at it.

Because Romney was pro war, during Vietnam. Because the draft was in place when Romney finished school. Romney is a classic chickenhawk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenhawk_(politics)

Chickenhawk (also chicken hawk and chicken-hawk) is a political epithet used in the United States as ad hominem argument to criticize somebody who strongly supports a war or other military action (i.e., a War Hawk), yet who actively avoided military service when of age.


For example, a man who didn't serve in his life but increased the warmongering in Afghanistan.

 

[California Girl]

Easy. Obama has now shown himself to be a proven CIC.

Mittens has shown himself to be a draft dodger that supported the war he dodged and a man with 5 sons that didn't bother to get even one of his kids in the military.

See the difference? Prolly not.

Tell you what. Since you judge Obama's lack of military experience AFTER he's had 4 years as POTUS, why don't we let Romney have his 4 years, and THEN we can discuss relative lack of military experience.

It's not just Mitts lack of Military experience but foreign policy in general. Being Governor of Massachusets does not give you much foreign policy experience......he cannot even see Russia from his house

And yet, you voted for one who had considerably less foreign policy experience... and the same military experience as Romney.

Fucking hypocrite.

 

[rightwinger]

The thread title says it all.

Have at it.

Why? Liberals shy away from criticizing Obama’s military experience because he’s a Democrat and on the “same team”. I thought this was rather obvious...

This “pick and choose” criticism happens all of the time, and on both sides of the aisle. For instance, why do Republicans criticize Obama for the high price of gasoline today when they failed to criticize Bush for $4/gallon gas in the summer of 2008?



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There is a difference between turning 18 in 1965 and turning 18 in 1979.

In 1965, Romney had to use whatever connections and deferments he could get to avoid being drafted. There is nothing wrong with that as millions of other eligible males were doing the same thing. With Romney it is different because he protested FOR the war to make others fight while he, himself used connections to get out of it

In 1979, we had a volunteer army and we were not at war. Obama had a choice to enter service or not. Like millions of others, he decided not to enter the military