Slain Serviceman To Wife Just Before Death – “I Need A New President” by Ulsterman

Mitt Romney has recently began using the story of Chris Horton, an American soldier killed in Afghanistan in September of 2011.  According to Horton’s wife Jane, when she asked him what he needed while stationed in Afghanistan his reply was “a new president”.  She was later deeply moved by Mitt Romney’s personal outreach to her and his recognition ofher husband’s ultimate sacrifice to America.

(Jane Horton with Mitt and Ann Romney)

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The Grieving Widow Behind Romney’s Personal Story

Jane Horton began crying on the other end of the phone when she learned that Mitt Romney had been using the story of her husband, Chris Horton, who was killed in Afghanistan, as a part of his stump speech.

“Wow,” the 26-year-old said. “I had no idea.

“To be honest, I’ve been through a lot and I’m not a super emotional person but it brings me to tears,” Horton said in an interview with ABC News, after being informed of her husband’s newfound spot on the national stage. “Not that he’s telling my story, but that he’s telling my husband’s story, it means the world to me.

“One of the last things my husband said to me before he was killed, when I would ask him, ‘Chris, what do you need over there? What can I send you?’ he said, ‘I need a new president,’” Horton recalled.

…Horton, like her late husband, is a Romney supporter. He had a small role in his 2008 campaign in their Oklahoma office and she has worked here and there for his bid this time around.

They first spoke when Romney wrote her a handwritten letter after Chris was killed. It was Oct. 1, 2011, Horton said, re-reading the letter as she spoke, remembering that she was shocked Romney had put two and two together — that one of his many staffers had been killed and he’d figured out a way to find his wife.

…Asked how she feels that her story is being touted as one of the ways Romney will turn that criticism around — and could help improve the public perception of him — Horton began to cry again.

“I just started bawling because if I had anything to do with that I can’t tell you how much that would mean to Chris,” she said. “It would make it all worth it for him, and so worth it for me.”