Just finished reading the New York Times. An article about Mitt Romney caught my attention. Hats off to the headline writers at the Times. Maybe the Times poached someone from the New York Post. Very funny. “Question of Sons’ Choices DOGS Romney Campaign” (see time.com article if the reference is lost on you).

Then I read the article. It got me thinking. As much as I hope and pray that Mitt Romney’s campaign comes to a screeching halt about something, I don’t think it should be about this.

Several reasons. First, I can’t get my seventeen year old daughter Scout to do anything she doesn’t want to do. How could I possibly have any influence in getting her to join the military (visions of Private Benjamin now dancing in my head) as a legal adult? Please.

Next, if we are going after all those swarthy Romney boys, shouldn’t we be advocating that Andrew Guiliani leave the ivory tower at Duke and head off to Baghdad? He’d probably be a helluva good soldier. May be a therapeutic way for him to deal with the anger he has toward his father.

Lastly, the natural extension of this argument is that all the adult children of our leaders or leader wannabees should enlist in the Armed Forces. Well, everyone except Mary Cheney.

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