"Real Men" now includes people who fled to France to avoid combat in Vietnam

Mittens Romney fled to France and lived in a palace where he had a butler, a personal chef and lessons in French in order to avoid combat in Vietnam.  His excuse is he went to serve his church and read the Book of Mormon-- a book that teaches him the Garden of Eden was in Missouri and that God is from Kolob, mind you.

In the Republican Fantasy World, fleeing to France to avoid war is the very definition of machismo.  It's what "real men" do who are serious about looking tough to our adversaries abroad.  Just ask any Republican, they'll tell ya:

ROUZER: When we get [Romney and Ryan] in you are going to see a big change, you’re going to see number one that America is going to be respected again around the world. You’re going to see all this turmoil that’s taking place, you’re going to see them look up and say guess what, the American people have spoken and maybe we need to cut it out a little bit, maybe we need to tone it down a little bit, because now we have real men in the White House.

AUDIENCE MEMBER: No girly men!

ROUZER: That’s right, no girly men.

That's a Young Mittens on the far right.  He was marching to support the war in Vietnam.  Shortly after he marched to support the war, he fled to France to avoid fighting in it.

Being Republican is truly a magical aspiration.  You immediately become a tough guy, a fiscally responsible conservative who is ordained by God; a Very Serious Person who is Super Patriotic. It's like entering this whole other realm of human achievement where reality coexists with complete fantasy.  You can be anything you wanna be.