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Bogeyman Blues – REDUX

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Once again, reality does not favor Willard Romney.  You may recall a recent post exploring the inconveniences of having, as his campaign slogan, First, Not France.  Inconvenient because:

  • Willard gave himself to France as a youth (spent 2 years evangelizing France for the Mormons).
  • France’s High Court recently barred gays from access to civil marriage.  So them damn Frenchies are more effective than Willard ever was at kicking the queers, and
  • Since it was a court decision, poor Willard can’t cry ACTIVIST JUDGES.  Bummer!

    But the latest news out of France is really going to whither Willie:  The hyper-conservative Sarkozy has won the presidential election.  This guy is by far tougher on immigrants and pansies than Willard even pretends to be (pretends being the operative word – Willard has proven his positive concern for LGBT welfare.  But I digress…).  Bummer when your political foil turns out to be more effective at your line than you are.  Nothing left for but for Willard to try a little SciFi.

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    1. “Willard gave himself to France as a youth (spent 2 years evangelizing France for the Mormons.”

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      I heard mormons have to spend 2 years of their lives traveling and recruiting.  What an obligation.  How old was he when he did that?

      • as i understand it, it is college age people who go on these missions.  i guess that would mean he was probably in france in the late 60s or early 70s.  not surprisingly, his campaign biography does not mention it.

        • While he was there, he got in a terrible car wreck and almost died.  The campaign keeps it hush hushy.

          • I hadn’t heard about that, so went digging and found this in the Washington Post.

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            In the middle of his service in France, he was the driver in an automobile accident in which a woman who was very dear to us was killed. He could have been much more morose, but he led us through that difficult time and returned to his cheery self.
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            — Dane McBride, served as a missionary in France with Romney

            Wow, not sure I could have laughed that one off.

    2. In a more serious vein, the Vancouver Sun reports today that a big government-sponsored study concluded that kids do just as well with same-sex as with different-sex parents, and perhaps even a smidge better. 

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      The study was commissioned by the former Liberal government, but [surprise surprise] the results were apparently withheld by the current Tory government.  It took a freedom of information request by a university professor to force a copy from Mr Harper’s loving embrace.  So far, I have not been able to find a link to the study itself.  Hopefully the prof, Dr. Hastings, will post it soon.

      • oh well, willard likes to talk about the importance of family and of kids having 2 parents, so maybe this was the best place to post this after all.

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