Readers' forum: Political epiphanies

Published: Wednesday, Jan. 25 2012 12:00 a.m. MST

Summary

George Romney, Mitt Romney's famous father, is best remembered for his "brainwashing" comment that derailed his presidential ambitions in 1967. The senior Romney, long a supporter of the Vietnam war effort, announced his opposition to it after realizing he'd been brainwashed by the generals. One can only hope that Mitt will experience a similar epiphany on the road to the White House regarding Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo.

Steven Earl Yorgason

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Esquire

Springville, UT

Doubt it. He has his finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing on that particular day. He is not showing strength of conviction like his dad did. I've seen some great articles lately that if Mitt was strong like his dad, he would More..

6:54 a.m. Jan. 25, 2012
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LDS Liberal

Farmington, UT

higv | 7:33 a.m. Jan. 25, 2012
Dietrich, ID
ARe we supposed to be pacifists? Thing is we fight those wars so those enemies don't come on our soil. The cold war was fought in Korea and Vietnam. Leaving vietnam cost many vietnamese lives as More..

10:32 a.m. Jan. 25, 2012
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atl134

Salt Lake City, UT

So what you all are saying is that spending a trillion dollars is worth it to blow up Iraq that posed no threat to us because maybe somehow a few of them might cause a few deaths in America... but spending a trillion on healthcare for American More..

12:04 p.m. Jan. 25, 2012
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