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erieangel -> Mitt on his tax returns... (8/9/2012 11:34:59 PM)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/09/mitt-romney-tax-returns_n_1759563.html "I'm not a business". But...but...but I thought businesses were people. Next Mitt will be saying he's not a person.

SternSkipper -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 12:48:20 AM)
quote: "I'm not a business". But...but...but I thought businesses were people. RomneyHood is a Master of disguise quote: Next Mitt will be saying he's not a person. Just for laughs we ought to accuse him of being a person so we can watch his press appearance in denial of the claim

SadistDave -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 2:14:56 AM)
Oh goody! More Obamalognia. How about we consider the rest of his response... "We have a process in this country, which was established by law, which provides for the transparency which candidates are required to meet. I have met with that requirement with full financial disclosure of all my investments, but in addition have provided and will provide a full two years of tax returns." "This happens to be exactly the same as with John McCain when he ran for office four years ago," he continued. "And the Obama team had no difficulty with that circumstance. The difference between then and now is that President Obama has a failed economic record and is trying to find any issue he can to deflect from the failure of his record." The rest of Romney's response (The part you conveniently left out...) is dead on. The part I emphasized in bold is something that conservatives have believed for a very long time. I'm sure they read Breitbart and the Blaze over at HuffPo, so I can't imagine the idiot that wrote this piece wouldn't know that already. A lot of Republicans and conservative leaning independents will be lighting up the radio today dissecting the HuffPo article and exposing it for the nonsense it is, and they will be adding it to the growing list of nonsense the left is using to keep anyone from reporting on the actual issues. I know that most libs here don't listen to conservative radio either, so I thought I would just point that out. By tomorrow, the only people still trying to make this an issue will be mouth-breathing liberals, and it will have been another day that Obummer doesn't have to defend his dismal leadership for the last 3 1/2 years. Of course that's a good thing for the Bamster, because he really cannot defend his record; which means that these invented gaffes appear to be designed more for keeping libs from deserting their Dear Leader on election day than getting an actual thinking person to vote for him in November. -SD-

joether -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 3:47:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SadistDave The rest of Romney's response (The part you conveniently left out...) is dead on. The part I emphasized in bold is something that conservatives have believed for a very long time. I'm sure they read Breitbart and the Blaze over at HuffPo, so I can't imagine the idiot that wrote this piece wouldn't know that already. A lot of Republicans and conservative leaning independents will be lighting up the radio today dissecting the HuffPo article and exposing it for the nonsense it is, and they will be adding it to the growing list of nonsense the left is using to keep anyone from reporting on the actual issues. I know that most libs here don't listen to conservative radio either, so I thought I would just point that out. By tomorrow, the only people still trying to make this an issue will be mouth-breathing liberals, and it will have been another day that Obummer doesn't have to defend his dismal leadership for the last 3 1/2 years. Of course that's a good thing for the Bamster, because he really cannot defend his record; which means that these invented gaffes appear to be designed more for keeping libs from deserting their Dear Leader on election day than getting an actual thinking person to vote for him in November. Thanks to conservatives, we, the nation, were placed in this sorry spot. Conservatives have voted for people who have done absolutely NOTHING useful for the nation, while in office. In addition, these same conservatives conviently forget the folks they have voted into office have taken a 'screw the nation if it makes President Obama look bad' approach to politics and the economy. Its really to bad you can not reconize reality from the fantasy that FOX News keeps spinning everyday. Much more disappointing that you can not hold the folks you vote into office to even one-billionth the level of accountibility and responsibility as you slam Democrats and the President on an hourly basis. One would think you hold your own ideals to a standard far higher standard than liberals. But, you dont, and it shows. I find the President has done a very good job, given both the circumstances he was saddled with when he came to office, and the extreme and intensive opposition to.....anything....he has tried to do. Even with all that, the President has still managed to not only come out on top, but remained Presidential. How many Republicans in Congress can call themselves 'American' after all of their actions and words? Oh, btw, since the economy rebounded from nearly going into a economic depression, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Dow Jones went as low as 6547.05 to its present value well above 13K. How about the rebounding of the S & P 500? If the President has done such a horrible job with the economy, care to explain why the Dow Jones has doubled in value in under one presidential term? We all know if the Dow Jones was doing badly, you would be quick to blast the President for it. Yet, we are experiencing the opposite effect, and you dont have the maturity level to admit the President is doing a pretty good job! THAT, is what undermines your entire credibility here.

DarkSteven -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 5:29:08 AM)
Fascinating insight into Romney's mind. His contention is that he's not an investment opportunity, in which case investors will demand significant documentation to verify that the investment is sound. Rather, he's asking to be made CEO of the country, and for some reason he feels that the board (us, the American people) don't have similar rights to documentation. 1. He's looking at this as a business transaction. He's evidently unaware that the American people do not make cold, calculated decisions, but tend to go on emotion. 2. His unstated argument seems to be that he's been a huge success as a moneymaking business manager (you have to give him that) - so why shouldn't he be a similar success as President? That of course ignores the fact that being President requires a different skillset than being a CEO. Despite the GOP's snitty comments, Obama has shown that a community organizer and President share similar skillsets. (Once consensus has been reached, Obama is damn near unstoppable. His weakness is that he does not do well imposing his mandate on unclear situations with no clear consensus.) 3. Romney's statement encapsulates all that's wrong about the Romney campaign. He's using business talk instead of the language of the common man, which reinforces the unfavorable image of being out of touch, and cold. He's making statements which make sense to him, without considering how they will be taken by the media and the public. Also, the message given out by his campaign isn't clear and isn't being controlled by a single person.

farglebargle -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 5:46:37 AM)
It's nice that Mitt knows the exact MINIMUM COMPLIANCE he must meet in order to comply with the law. Makes you wonder why he might know so much about being secretive. Are his tax returns a 'smoking gun' linking him to abortion providers? Or do his tax returns link him to central american death squads? Both? Neither? If only Mitt would be honest about this stuff, we wouldn't have to speculate.

DesideriScuri -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 6:11:23 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle It's nice that Mitt knows the exact MINIMUM COMPLIANCE he must meet in order to comply with the law. Makes you wonder why he might know so much about being secretive. Are his tax returns a 'smoking gun' linking him to abortion providers? Or do his tax returns link him to central american death squads? Both? Neither? If only Mitt would be honest about this stuff, we wouldn't have to speculate. Do you have the same or even similar reservations over Obama's past?

mnottertail -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 6:21:57 AM)
Nope. No president in our history has had his ass sniffed up so much. Tell us, for example, who Gerald Fords real parents were, or a credible explanation of how St. Wrinklemeat (ostensibly Irish heritage) got the nickname 'Dutch'. If there was something to see, it would have been seen and acted on by the teabaggers in congress.

DaddySatyr -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 6:29:52 AM)
Yep. Ofailure promised us hope and change and then, when he gave us very little change, we lost hope. The '08 election was the first election for which I was eligible where I "wasted" a vote. I couldn't bring myself (even while holding my nose) to vote for either one. On election night, I remember thinking: "Well, let's hope he can do what he says he can do." He hasn't. We hired him to do a job and he was a dismal failure. What a shame. Peace and comfort, Michael [image]local://upfiles/1271250/2AAC2D89562D448CB0F815F4C9E71C87.jpg[/image]

mnottertail -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 6:54:22 AM)
You are using the royal we, and it contains a very very very small group. W Treason Bush, St. Wrinklemeat, Nixon the convict......and the borrow and spend teabagger congress hasn't made the first payment on the Iraq war, so the interest is eating us alive from the time that neo-con congress said, hell ya, lets go to war over something, we can afford it. Now, we are being sold a man with magic underpants, who may or may not have done this, thinks we should know or not know this, and has said that he will be the primary servile capitulist to corporations. So, how many 'we's' you got? You got a mouse in your pocket? Or a tapeworm?

farglebargle -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 12:28:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle It's nice that Mitt knows the exact MINIMUM COMPLIANCE he must meet in order to comply with the law. Makes you wonder why he might know so much about being secretive. Are his tax returns a 'smoking gun' linking him to abortion providers? Or do his tax returns link him to central american death squads? Both? Neither? If only Mitt would be honest about this stuff, we wouldn't have to speculate. Do you have the same or even similar reservations over Obama's past? Last I checked Obama wasn't REQUIRED to publish a copy of his birth certificate, but he did.

farglebargle -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 12:29:50 PM)
Hmmm... If only Bush and the Republicans had figured out how to pay for their little wars... "Financial Responsibility" hasn't been a Republican virtue since Reagan started spending like a drunken sailor.

DesideriScuri -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 1:11:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle quote: ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle It's nice that Mitt knows the exact MINIMUM COMPLIANCE he must meet in order to comply with the law. Makes you wonder why he might know so much about being secretive. Are his tax returns a 'smoking gun' linking him to abortion providers? Or do his tax returns link him to central american death squads? Both? Neither? If only Mitt would be honest about this stuff, we wouldn't have to speculate. Do you have the same or even similar reservations over Obama's past? Last I checked Obama wasn't REQUIRED to publish a copy of his birth certificate, but he did. Publish? Nope. I can only assume there was some sort of investigation by the DNC to verify that he is a Citizen. And, if he wasn't, he wouldn't have been able to run. Now, had he not shown proof, and it was only assumed by the DNC, then shame on them for not certifying this guy was eligible. All that being said, I don't have any doubts that Obama was born in ... the good old USA. Not a birther here. Mitt's past has been raked over. They have delved into his being a bully (and, it turns out, Obama was, too, but that wasn't out until this time 'round). Other than his having published his birth certificate, what else do you know about him? Not what someone else has said, but know? His book talked about his Muslim religion and his conversion to Christianity because it was more accepted in the US. That's not exactly a spiritual basis. He talks negatively about his grandmother's white-ness. All this little stuff, but what else? And, I'm not saying Obama is anything like the Aurora, CO shooter, but there was a humorous picture I saw on Facebook that showed the two next to each other, stating that within X days, we knew damn near everything about the shooter, but little about Obama. Wasn't it Dan Rather who opined that we didn't really know who Obama was the night before the election? If a national news anchor doesn't know, what regular American knows?

Hillwilliam -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 1:22:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle It's nice that Mitt knows the exact MINIMUM COMPLIANCE he must meet in order to comply with the law. Makes you wonder why he might know so much about being secretive. Are his tax returns a 'smoking gun' linking him to abortion providers? Or do his tax returns link him to central american death squads? Both? Neither? If only Mitt would be honest about this stuff, we wouldn't have to speculate. Do you have the same or even similar reservations over Obama's past? Does anyone require a birth certificate to run for office? Has any candidate for POTUS EVER been asked for one before even though one in my lifetime was definitely born on foreign soil (I'm not talking about McCain).

DesideriScuri -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 1:50:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam quote: ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle It's nice that Mitt knows the exact MINIMUM COMPLIANCE he must meet in order to comply with the law. Makes you wonder why he might know so much about being secretive. Are his tax returns a 'smoking gun' linking him to abortion providers? Or do his tax returns link him to central american death squads? Both? Neither? If only Mitt would be honest about this stuff, we wouldn't have to speculate. Do you have the same or even similar reservations over Obama's past? Does anyone require a birth certificate to run for office? Has any candidate for POTUS EVER been asked for one before even though one in my lifetime was definitely born on foreign soil (I'm not talking about McCain). I would have to assume at some point, a potential candidate for the nomination would have to prove that he/she qualifies for that position.

mnottertail -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 1:53:06 PM)
I can only assume there was some sort of investigation by the DNC to verify that he is a Citizen. I would imagine that since this is a federal requirement, that the FEC would be the ones for that, not the party machine.

DomKen -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 3:50:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle It's nice that Mitt knows the exact MINIMUM COMPLIANCE he must meet in order to comply with the law. Makes you wonder why he might know so much about being secretive. Are his tax returns a 'smoking gun' linking him to abortion providers? Or do his tax returns link him to central american death squads? Both? Neither? If only Mitt would be honest about this stuff, we wouldn't have to speculate. Don't need his tax retruns to link him to either. He invested quite heavily in a company that provided services to abortion proviers and Bain was started with money from Salvadoran families involved in the death squads and the "political" party that apologized for them.

DomKen -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 3:53:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri Other than his having published his birth certificate, what else do you know about him? Not what someone else has said, but know? His book talked about his Muslim religion and his conversion to Christianity because it was more accepted in the US. That's not exactly a spiritual basis. In which book does Obama write about "his Muslim religion?"

DomKen -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 3:59:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam quote: ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle It's nice that Mitt knows the exact MINIMUM COMPLIANCE he must meet in order to comply with the law. Makes you wonder why he might know so much about being secretive. Are his tax returns a 'smoking gun' linking him to abortion providers? Or do his tax returns link him to central american death squads? Both? Neither? If only Mitt would be honest about this stuff, we wouldn't have to speculate. Do you have the same or even similar reservations over Obama's past? Does anyone require a birth certificate to run for office? Has any candidate for POTUS EVER been asked for one before even though one in my lifetime was definitely born on foreign soil (I'm not talking about McCain). I've spent quite a while searching and as near as I can tell no one even brought it up when George Romeny ran in 1968. Which considering he was running against Tricky Dick is sort of surprising. His self destruction over Vietnam may have so distracted the media they never got around to the fairly obvious question.

erieangel -> RE: Mitt on his tax returns... (8/10/2012 7:03:03 PM)
quote: and will provide a full two years of tax returns." "This happens to be exactly the same as with John McCain when he ran for office four years ago, Romney's eventual 2 full years won't even come close to the number of tax returns McCain has released over the years. Yes, in '08, McCain only released 2 years of taxes, but those were only to "catch" up on what he'd previously released from his Senate campaigns. There are multiple years of McCain federal income taxes in the public domain. Have been since he first ran for office.

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