I hadn't heard about George Romney and Saul Alinsky before today. The elder Romney doesn't appear to have been very savvy--he destroyed his own Presidential campaign by saying he had been "brainwashed" on a trip to Vietnam (into believing what the US military told him). The Communists were experts at creating nice-sounding front organizations and suckering in "useful idiots" to work with them. Until I hear more I'm guessing George Romney was a "useful idiot" who heard Alinsky say things on one or two issues that sounded good (about helping poor people or combatting racism) and didn't see behind the facade to realize what Alinsky was really up to.
The elder Romney doesn’t appear to have been very savvy—he destroyed his own Presidential campaign by saying he had been “brainwashed” on a trip to Vietnam (into believing what the US military told him). The Communists were experts at creating nice-sounding front organizations and suckering in “useful idiots” to work with them. Until I hear more I’m guessing George Romney was a “useful idiot” who heard Alinsky say things on one or two issues
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As the Gov from MI George Romney went with some other Govs to Vietnam...
When they returned nobody complained of problems
a few years later when it was time for young Willie to be drafted George suddenly remembered that he had been brainwashed and Vietnam was not such a good place to send his boy..
As Gov he was on the draft board so that helped to..
Willie Mitty dodged the draft at least TWO times..