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USA Today/ - News, Seg, 02 de Abril de 2012
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL (Civil Rights)
Romney's son hits back after 'Mad Men'
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Tagg Romney didn't think it was funny that his late
grandfather was sideswiped on last night's episode of
Mad Men.
A character on AMC's popular show set in the
advertising world of the 1960s referred to George
Romney, the former Michigan governor, as a "clown."
"Dad is fair game. Grandpa isn't," tweeted Tagg
Romney, the eldest son of Mitt Romney, the GOP
presidential front-runner.
"George Romney was as good a man I've ever known.
Inspirational leader, worked for civil rights, promoted
freedom. We need more like him," his grandson said in
his defense on Twitter.
On Mad Men, the character Henry Francis (who works
for New York City Mayor John Lindsay) tells someone
on the phone, "Well, tell Jim his honor's not going to
Michigan. Romney's a clown, and I don't want him
standing next to him."
The show is set this season in 1966, so the reference
is definitely about George Romney, who was governor
from 1963-1969 and died in 1995. But it's unclear what
was meant by the "clown" line.
Mitt Romney frequently refers to his dad -- also a
former Cabinet secretary, presidential candidate and
head of American Motors -- on the campaign trail.
His father was something of a moderate and supported
civil rights when many in the Republican Party did not.
In 1964, George Romney declined to endorse
conservative Barry Goldwater for president.
Mitt Romney has spoken of how it was "disappointing"
to watch his father get knocked out of the 1968
presidential race because of comments about the
Vietnam War.
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