They say every picture tells a story - ROMNEY 1966 [View all]

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Preppy protester: The moment a 19-year-old Mitt Romney demonstrated in favour of Vietnam War draft
Teenage Romney takes unpopular stance in favour of south-east Asian war
But his status as 'Mormon missionary' exempted him from the draft
Future GOP presidential candidate dressed in smart, preppy clothes
Romney's father George was the Governor of Michigan at the time
By GRAHAM SMITH


They say every picture tells a story.

A newly-unearthed photograph showing Mitt Romney demonstrating in favour of the Vietnam War draft might leave the presidential candidate feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Taken at the height of the swinging Sixties, Mr Romney holds a sign declaring 'Speak Out, Don't Sit In' as, alongside like-minded individuals, he proclaims his support for Lyndon Johnson's ever-expanding draft.

But, in a marked contrast to the relaxed dress sense associated with that decade's youth movement, he is wearing smart white slacks, a white buttoned-up shirt and a dark blazer.

A newspaper clipping headlined 'Governor's son pickets the pickets' states: 'Mitt Romney, son of Michigan Gov. George Romney, was one of the pickets who supported the Stanford University administration in opposition to sit-in demonstrators.'


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