Mitt Romney’s family successfully sued Mexico after using it as a safe haven (!?)

[KurtNYC]

Perhaps the reason that Mitt Romney doesn't think the rules apply to his family is because, somehow, they don't.

In my view, Mitt Romney is no person of Mexican-descent. A Mexican family will not sue Mexico after using it as a safe haven. When the Mexican Revolution broke out, Romney’s family fled that, too, and went back to the United States. The Romney family did not help with the Mexican Revolution, nor did they stand their ground and help the new found safe haven. Why does it appear that when the tough gets going, the Romney family has a history of fleeing not only the United States — but Mexico, too? This isn’t the only war that was dodged by the Romney family, because Mitt Romney also dodged the draft during the Vietnam War era, and I see a troubling pattern.

For the record, despite what the Romney family says, nobody “forced” them out of Mexico. If the Romney family really wanted to — they could have stayed their ground and fought for what was right.
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(same article quoting from different source: SRE of Mexico) Twenty-seven years after Miles fled from U.S. government agents and took refuge in Mexico, the Romney family was back in the United States. …. the U.S. government, which had once chased Miles to Mexico due to his polygamy, now welcomed the Romneys and other Mormons to the United States. Congress established a $100,000 relief fund that enabled the Romneys and other Mormon exiles to receive food and lodging. … the case of Gaskell Romney v. United States of Mexico was finalized in Salt Lake City in 1938. Gaskell requested $26,753 in damages. He was awarded $9,163, court records show — a sizable amount in the post-Depression years. The records say that Gaskell was to give half of the award to his son George, helping to set the family on firmer financial footing in the United States.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/hispanic-politico/tag/romney-family-fled-the-mexican-revolution/

This really doesn't add up. How do you sue a country you willingly left?

Don't try this at home kids!

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. That helps to explain his 'anything for a buck' mentality.

It's in his genes.

[KurtNYC]

2. George told this story differently -- said he came to the US with "only a wristwatch"

He leaves out the $100,000 and the $9,138 in aid from 2 governments.

[hughee99]

7. The Romney family got the entire $100K relief fund? n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

8. No, just their equal share of the welfare provided by the government to them collectively.

They were provided a safety net by the nation they had abandoned.

[KurtNYC]

9. this article on the "100th anniversary" of the 1912 refugees says about 4,500 fled Mexico

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_21174835/100th-anniversary-arrival-mormon-refugees-el-paso-celebrated

The fund works out to a little more than $500 each in today's money.

[Angry Dragon]

3. The Romneys have fought in no wars

a whole family of chicken-hawks

and they do not care which government they get money from as long as they get it and no one else gets any

[LiberalEsto]

4. Keep your fingers crossed. Maybe he'll leave the U.S.

and go live in the Cayman Islands with his money.

[KurtNYC]

5. Panda bears don't get treatment as good as this;

Nations PAYING to have them stay. No taxes. No military service required.

[Initech]

6. Chicken hawks and armchair patriots - that's the Romneys in a nutshell.