If Obama had to release his birth certificate, then why WON’T Mitt Romney release his tax records? (And why the hell haven’t the Democrats made this lingering question into a jaw-breaking, character-defining campaign issue already? It’s so obvious that even a Fox News viewer could understand it).
What is Mitt Romney hiding? I want to know. Don’t you?
Romney claims he will release his 2012 return when he’s “ready,” but the longer he waits, the more the American public is going to demand that he come clean with the exact same information that every other candidate won’t hesitate to provide, several years worth of returns. The way the Romney team is managing public perception of the matter SUCKS and is only serving to stoke the flames of speculation. Is the truth worse? Might be, from the looks of things. That perception, until confirmed or not by release of the returns, is entirely the campaign’s fault.
His own father, Michigan Governor George Romney, famously released TWELVE YEARS of his tax records when he ran for the Presidency in 1968 and yet his son wants to keep his cards close to his chest. Closer than any presidential candidate since the Watergate era? Apparently so. Thus far, Romney has released only ONE complete tax return, from 2010 (“One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show,” said George Romney in 1968).
What bombshells await? We know about the Swiss bank accounts, the Cayman Island accounts, even the one in Bermuda that surprised Mittens himself… what else is Mitt Romney hiding that his tax returns would bring into the light of day? It’s a burning question.
That the Democrats are thus far failing to turn the heat up a little higher on the issue is yet another missed opportunity on their part: If Obama had to produce his long-form to satisfy the braying asses called the “Birthers,” why can’t we “Taxers” see Mitten’s returns?
Turnabout is fair play, right Republicans?
Asking to see Romney’s tax returns is a far, far more reasonable request than the wingnuts clownishly demanding Obama produce his birth certificate (which he DID do). A demand to see Thurston Howell III’s Mitt Romney’s tax returns , however, has no undercurrent of Tea party racism, either.
And just what did John McCain find in the 23 years of tax returns that his VP vetting team saw? Oh yes, if you don’t recall, Romney provided 23 YEARS worth of his tax returns to the McCain campaign in 2008 and soon afterwards McCain rather unceremoniously dumped the idea of running with Romney, and instead choose Sarah fucking Palin?
Romney’s tax returns must be explosive indeed solely based on the circumstantial evidence this historically pivotal cause-and-effect relationship implies!
It just stands to reason. Sarah Palin? Over Romney? How bad was it?
In 2008, the McCain team got 23 years of Mitt Romney’s tax returns. And now, four years later, we have ONE year, 2010’s return. (“One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show,” says the Ghost of Romney’s Past…)
I can’t wait to see McCain put on the spot about the matter. He’s been asked before, but he stonewalled. He needs to be pressed a little harder: McCain is a terrible liar (for a Republican) and often even tells the truth when he can’t stop himself. What did John McCain see in Romney’s tax returns that instantly ended any consideration of Romney as his running mate?
And why after that, have all of these 23 years of tax returns been kept under lock and key since 2008?
PS Romney has long claimed that he resigned from Bain Capital in 1999 to lead the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He lied about that, as public records (a Massachusetts financial disclosure form Romney filed in 2003) state that he still owned 100% of Bain Capital in 2002! What other lies will Romney be caught in? RELEASE YOUR TAX RETURNS, MITT! WHAT ARE YOU HIDING
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Where the Money Lives, Vanity Fair’s investigation into Mitt Romney’s off-shore fortune