On August 31, 1967, in a taped interview with local influential talk show host Lou Gordon of WKBD-TV in Detroit, made the statement, "When I came back from Vietnam (in November 1965) I'd just had the greatest brainwashing anybody could get." He later opposed the Vietnam War. George Romney was the father of former Massachusetts governor and 2012 GOP candidate Mitt Romney. George Romney was at one time a lobbyist for Alcoa in Pittsburgh from 1930-39 and then later was head of AMC, (American Motors Corporation) from 1939-62, where he turned that corporation around. In 1962 he ran for the governorship of Michigan and won that race and then won again in 1964 and 1966. In 1968 he made a short run for the presidency, but didn't progress very far in the primary. In 1969, he resigned as governor of Michigan and became the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1969 under then president Richard Nixon. He headed that cabinet during Richard Nixon's first term.
George Romney interviewed by Lou Gordon.
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