The Rats are Bailing on Obama

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Romney only promised his 2011 return, so I guess your canard will go unanswerred well into November.

It'll be discussed into November, too. Mitt must feel that the suspicion that he illegally evaded taxes is less damaging than the confirmation that he did. Which is why he's breaking the 40 year tradition his father started.

Edited July 20, 2012 by Mr. Big Dog

[JohnR! 5,495]

It'll be discussed into November, too. Mitt must feel that the suspicion that he illegally evaded taxes is less damaging than the confirmation that he did. Which is why he's breaking the 40 year tradition his father started.

Apparently the rats are also bailing on Romney....

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/07/19/what-romney-must-do-with-his-tax-returns/

Here's my simple advice for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee when it comes to the debate over his tax returns: Tell it early, tell it all, tell it yourself.

Yes, Gov. Romney — that subtitle to my memoir concerning the rules we learned the hard way at the Clinton White House in 1996-98 about getting the truth out yourself proactively, even if it is a bad-news story, applies to you and the issue of your tax returns.

It applies to everyone facing bad news — in business, politics and life.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/07/19/what-romney-must-do-with-his-tax-returns/#ixzz21AUVOf00

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Apparently the rats are also bailing on Romney....

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/07/19/what-romney-must-do-with-his-tax-returns/

Here's my simple advice for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee when it comes to the debate over his tax returns: Tell it early, tell it all, tell it yourself.

Yes, Gov. Romney — that subtitle to my memoir concerning the rules we learned the hard way at the Clinton White House in 1996-98 about getting the truth out yourself proactively, even if it is a bad-news story, applies to you and the issue of your tax returns.

It applies to everyone facing bad news — in business, politics and life.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/07/19/what-romney-must-do-with-his-tax-returns/#ixzz21AUVOf00

Lanny Davis is a Democrat.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Lanny Davis is a Democrat.

Soylent Green is People!

Lanny Davis is a Fox News contributor. He is the principal in the Washington law firm of Lanny J. Davis & Associates, which also specializes in legal crisis management, served as President Clinton’s special counsel from 1996-98 and as a member of President George W. Bush’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (2006-07). He currently serves as Special Counsel to Dilworth Paxson and is a partner with Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele in Purple Nation Solutions, a public affairs-strategic communications company. He is the author of the forthcoming book, “Crisis Tales – Five Rules for Handling Scandal in Business, Politics and Life,” to be published by Simon & Schuster. He can be followed on Twitter at @LannyDavis.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Soylent Green is People!

Lanny Davis is a Fox News contributor. He is the principal in the Washington law firm of Lanny J. Davis & Associates, which also specializes in legal crisis management, served as President Clinton’s special counsel from 1996-98 and as a member of President George W. Bush’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (2006-07). He currently serves as Special Counsel to Dilworth Paxson and is a partner with Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele in Purple Nation Solutions, a public affairs-strategic communications company. He is the author of the forthcoming book, “Crisis Tales – Five Rules for Handling Scandal in Business, Politics and Life,” to be published by Simon & Schuster. He can be followed on Twitter at @LannyDavis.

Ah, yes, the lady that won't admit she is wrong, even when presented with undisputed facts.

Edited July 20, 2012 by ☼

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Well, here's Mitt putting this rest after all:

My Finances: An Explanation from Mitt Romney

Dear American Person:

As many of you know, in recent days my opponent has spread the rumors that 1) I have refused to make my tax returns public and 2) I have hidden my money in bank accounts in Switzerland and the Caymans. These two rumors, while true, have made me look very bad. So I thought I would take this opportunity to explain my finances in terms even a poor person could understand.

Let’s say you met the love of your life, and you wrote her a series of passionate love letters. In these letters, you told her how you intended to protect her, cherish her, and always keep her safe. And then let’s say somebody went and told you that you had to make those love letters available for the world to see. If you’re even half the man I am, you’d say, “Heck no.”

Well, in my case, the love of my life is my money. (If you don’t believe me, ask Ann.) And my tax returns are like my love letters to my money, detailing the lengths to which I’ll go to keep my precious money from being taken away from me. If you think I should make those love letters public, then I’m sorry, my friend, but you don’t believe in love.

Now, let’s say you asked the love of your life to marry you, and you’re fortunate enough that she said yes. Should someone be able to force you to spend your honeymoon in a ratty room at some Motel 6, where God knows what crackheads and whores slept before you? Or should you be allowed to take your bride to a five-star Swiss chateau, perhaps, or an exclusive beach on Grand Cayman? I think you can see where I’m going with this.

In conclusion: if refusing to release my tax returns and having foreign bank accounts is wrong, I don’t want to be right. I did it all for love. And as your President, I promise I will never, ever come between you and the thing you love. Unless you’re gay. (Laughing Out Loud.)

Vote for me,

Mitt Romney

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Well, here's Mitt putting this rest after all:

Ah, yes, liberal humor. Very entertaining.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Well, here's Mitt putting this rest after all:

Now Perry and Palin are coming after him as well...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Now Perry and Palin are coming after him as well...

As is Ron Paul, Haley Barbour, Chuck Grassley. Not to mention George Will and William Kristol who said that he thinks "it's crazy" that Romney is not releasing the tax returns. The pressure from the right will continue to rise. It's an indefensible stance that Mitt is taking on this one. He'll get it sooner or later or it may become what does him in.

[Neonred 3,699]

Nancy Pelosi, yesterday's Queen of the Hypocrites. Between her and Debbie Wasserman Schultz I can't figure out who is the biggest twit. They keep swapping first place. It's a distraction for sure. A distraction from Obama and the Democrats record. But actually we should probably thank Nancy for the sound bite to use against the Obama campaign.The article

By Jonathan Strong

Roll Call Staff

July 19, 2012, 11:57 a.m.

Facing questions about why she and other top Congressional officials won’t release their tax returns, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.# downplayed her previous demands for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to release his, calling the issue a distraction.

As recently as Wednesday, Pelosi had strongly urged Romney to provide further disclosure of his tax returns. But today, while maintaining Romney should release more documents because of “custom” and “tradition,” Pelosi said the issue was trivial compared with economic issues.

“We spent too much time on that. We should be talking about middle-income tax cuts,” Pelosi said after answering two questions about the issue.

The Minority Leader faced questions about the issue after a McClatchy News report showed only 17 of 535 Members released their tax returns when asked.

Romney has faced increasing pressure to disclose more about his financial history in recent weeks, including — as Pelosi noted — from top Republicans.

The former Massachusetts governor has released his 2010 tax returns and has promised to release the 2011 returns when they are available.

Republicans say Romney will release the same amount of information that Sen. John McCain #R-Ariz.) did in 2008 when he ran for president. McCain, however, had filed decades of financial disclosure forms from his tenure in Congress leading up to his presidential bid.

Pelosi also suggested that the media should face disclosure requirements.

“Some people think the same standard should be held to the ownership of the news media in the country who are writing these stories about all of this. What do you think of that?” she asked.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Another thread knocked off topic by distraction. Mods, your choice, clean it up, or close it.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Another thread knocked off topic by distraction. Mods, your choice, clean it up, or close it.

It would appear the thread to be on topic... Isn't this about the upcoming presidential elections?

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Another thread knocked off topic by distraction. Mods, your choice, clean it up, or close it.

thread closed as it's gone off the original intent.