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Mitt's mysterious tax returns
Mitt Romney is finding all this interest in his tax returns quite distracting, so he is going to spare all you people the trouble of having to look at them yourself. He’s now looked at those elusive tax returns for you and would like to assure you people he has too paid taxes every year. … Continue Reading →
Romney VP refuses to release tax returns too
Mitt Romney required disclosure of “several years” of tax returns when he was interviewing his prospective number two men. This was confirmed by the Romney campaign itself. In a briefing with reporters in Virginia Saturday, senior adviser Beth Myers, who was charged with headed the vice president selection process, declined to specify exactly how many … Continue Reading →
Romney begging Obama to stop talking
It appears Mitt Romney doesn’t understand how a presidential campaign works. Which is surprising since he’s been running for president for about ten years now. But how else to explain Mr. Romney begging Obama to stop talking about his business record? “Our campaign would be — helped immensely if we had an agreement between both … Continue Reading →
Reid told truth about Romney's taxes
Whole lot of people, including national leaders of the Republican party, have been calling Harry Reid a liar but they’re wrong. Harry Reid told the truth. He didn’t accuse Mr. Romney of anything directly. Harry said someone he feels is credible told him Mitt Romney didn’t pay any income taxes for several years and he … Continue Reading →
Reid says Romney paid no taxes at all
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he has it on good authority that Mitt Romney paid no taxes at all for ten years and that’s why Mitt refuses to release his tax returns. Mr. Romney claims he did too pay lots of taxes, but we’re just going to have to take his word for it … Continue Reading →
John Kerry released 20 years of tax returns
Adding to my previous post, another false excuse Mr. Romney is using to avoid releasing his tax returns is that John Kerry had only released two years of returns in 2004. This is not true. As in “pants on fire” false. John Kerry released his tax returns every time he ran for Massachusetts Senator. By … Continue Reading →
Mitt Romney lying by omission
Mitt Romney is so desperate to create a distraction from the growing call for release of his tax returns, he and his army of Republicans and other apologists, have taken to throwing out any and all smears they can think of with the hope that something sticks in the news cycle. The most alarmingly dishonest … Continue Reading →
How George Romney set the bar for disclosure
The genesis of the now famous George Romney quote on tax returns is fascinating. It turns out it was George Romney’s biographer who originally asked for just one return. Although he was obsessively forthcoming in opening up the rest of his life to scrutiny, George initially refused:
Mitt Romney fails his father's standard
Mitt Romney had a terrible week, what with the media all in his face about the conflicting evidence around his tenure at Bain. Team Romney scrambled to do damage control and try to change the subject. Mr. Romney himself did a whirlwind interview blitz on all the major TV stations Friday night to firmly declare … Continue Reading →