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If the Romney campaign thought the naming of a running mate would cause the media to move on from the issue of Romney’s tax returns, they were sadly mistaken. As long as Romney refuses to release more than what has only been a single incomplete tax return, the issue will hound him. It will be asked of him, his running mate, his surrogates and even his wife. From NBC Rock Center:
The criticism that plagued the Romneys during the 2008 campaign has continued, particularly in regards to their reported $250 million fortune and the issue of their tax returns.
When pressed by Morales, Mrs. Romney stood her ground. “We have been very transparent to what’s legally required of us,” she said. “There’s going to be no more tax releases given.”
Mrs. Romney said if they release any more information, “it will only give them more ammunition.”
In regards to their finances, she said “there’s nothing we’re hiding.”
Unlike some complex policy debates this issue is very easy for people to relate to: “Romney refuses to provide tax returns like most candidates, so what is Romney hiding?” That is why it is not going to go away unless Romney finally relents and release more returns.
The problem for Romney is that his campaign simply can’t come up with a good reason for not disclosing them, which only feeds the opinion that he is hiding something and causes the question to be asked over and over again. Even Ann Romney’s defense for a question she should have been prepared for lacks basic internal logic. You can’t both claim you aren’t hiding anything and also claim that releasing the returns would give the other side “more ammunition.”
If there is something in the returns that you think the other side can use as ammunition and you don’t want them to find out about it, you are by definition hiding something.
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“it will only give them more ammunition” is intriguing, to say the least. Maybe the campaign handlers who kept Palin on the rails are minding Ann? What the hell was Ann like as first, um, lady of Massachusetts? Gotta admit, the woman’s a dynamite interview. Not the usual well rehearsed nothing.
Jon. They are far above the “law” so remember your place pissant. And vote accordingly. Or not vote if you so wish. You could come here where i live and writein your pick in the snow with pee. Diebold is building a snow bank scanner.
The 1% sticks out its collective tongue – via the mouth of Ann RMoney – and gives the 99% a Bronx cheer.
In other words: screw you. STFU. Eat shit and die, you peons.
“There’s going to be no more tax releases given.”
And I thought they were in the process of busily amending them and waiting for the IRS to approve the amendments. Basically, they had a lot of money dumped in Switzerland that they didn’t declare until the amnesty, right?
To repeat a theme: The good news for ANY politician is released immediately. The bad news is covered up. There is CLEARLY bad news in the tax returns. What is Romney hiding?? We need to absolutely hammer away at this and not let up. They will do their best to change the subject and put Dems on defense, but we have to maintain the pressure and demand that the media cover it.
Marie Antoinette reincarnated. Literally. They get to steal money and pensions from working class Americans and hide their money and tax returns. How much more repulsive does it get.
No more tax returns given? Oh my.
He’s hiding the amnesty the Feds gave him in 2009 for his Swiss Bank accounts. McCain never saw 2009.
The Tax returns are going nowhere. You need to think of a new line of attack. No one cares.
Since we have nearly 50% of citizens paying no Fed income tax, it is obvious no one cares if someone pays taxes or not.
Piss off dick wad.
Payroll taxes don’t count?
Obama is missing a thing here. He could attack Romeny using the issue of tax reform.
Everyonw keeps asking “what are you hiding?”
We KNOW what he’s hiding, it’s as obvious as Kim Kardashian’s ass:
1. Huge amounts of income from Bain all as interest and dividends, no salary
2. Huge amounts of money stashed in foreign banks and/or tax shelters
3. With his understated wealth from #2 above, his “tithe” to the Mormon Church was probably 10% of about 30% of what he made. Cheat the church???
4. If he didn’t illegally evade taxes, he certainly rode the edge of the sword. I heard he deducted $700,00 on his wife’s horse hobby as a “business expense”.
What he and SHE are NOT saying speaks VOLUMES.
Romney and republicans stock answer is “reduce taxes but close the loopholes.”
Yeah, right.
Yes.
Does seem to be a paradox to me.
I’m not happy with Obama, you know that. But for Obama to lose this electiosn he’d have to get drunk and run over deaf, dumb and blind nun in a crosswalk, on a Sunday, on his way back from a strip joint, with a trunk full of dope, wrapped in real animal fur.
Paradox….What a polite word!! Maybe duplicity…
LOL
To he honest, I was looking for a reason to dislike her as much as I dislike her busband.
Thanks Ann!
Did they say this most recent interview airs on Rock Center?????
Thursday night.
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It doesn’t help Ann Romney to say, on the one hand, there is nothing there, and on the other hand to say that everything is in a blind trust and she doesn’t what is in there.
Say what?
I’m not so sure. Half of this country is comfortable calling themselves ‘republican’ and there are more bigots than I originally thought when BO ran and won.
Stupid runs deep in this country, you would run out of digits counting the times people voted against their best interests.
Obviously you don’t understand how lying liars lie.
Even with the “animal fur”?
I used to think it was years of no taxes. And that may be so. But I think the real point here may be a pattern of investing Against America.
Royal Rmoneys need to show the tax returns. Not retroactive revisions or amnesties.
I want to see O take them apart with that bullshit.
Mitt, you’re the sorriest excuse for a presidential
candidate this country has ever seen. Release your taxes, if you’ve got
something to hide explain it, not the other way around.
I now believe it is no taxes and really bad deductions. It would not surprise me if some of those king size deductions were questionable and they sure as shit don’t want anyone looking that close.
When Mitt or his surrogates answer “They’ll just distort or lie about any additional tax returns we provide” why doesn’t someone follow up with “How has the Obama campaign distorted or lied about the returns you’ve already released?”
For the Romney’s, I get the impression they are more concerned with the Mormon Church will say. They probably require a tithe of “income” not just of “net taxable income based on US Tax Law”… so they have probably pledged over and over they gave what they should… and now they will be caught in a lie to the Church elders… or something. They don’t seem to care about what the American public thinks of them, so this has got to be the real reason and they hide behind “ammunition to Democrats.”
Since they keep saying they haven’t done anything illegal…there wouldn’t be any good reason NOT to release them.. even IF they are ammunition.
They probably are afraid that to the Church it will seem immoral… and they will not get to rule their own planet after death.
Didn’t W already do that?
Guess what. People do care. The elite made a big mistake letting Romney be the Republican candidate. People may vote for him because they hate Obama but it is going to cause resentment of the rich. Resentment festers. Sometimes below the surface for years. Resentment turns to hate.
ann, ann, ann. Girlfriend, “transparent” wasn’t the word you wanted. Try “obfuscatory” next time.
You mean promising to cut Social Security and Medicare while handing Wall Street trillions of our money and letting the rich keep their tax cuts wasn’t enough for him to lose?