Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Amid a growing chorus of conservative commentators and Tea-Publican politicians calling on Willard "Mittens" Romney to release his tax returns, the conservative National Review late Tuesday published an editorial opinion, Release the Returns – The Editors – National Review Online (excerpts):
Romney argues that whatever he releases will not be enough to satisfy the Obama campaign and its factota in the media, who are, once again, proving their bias and double standards. Romney is right, but he should release the returns anyway. Let them go fish.
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The Romney campaign says he has released as many returns as candidate John Kerry did in 2004, and cites Teresa Heinz Kerry’s refusal to release any of her tax returns. Neither is an apt comparison. John Kerry actually released returns from 1999 through 2003, and also released tax returns during his Senate runs. As for Teresa Heinz, Romney isn’t the wealthy spouse of a candidate, but the candidate himself. In 2008, John McCain released two years of returns, but he had been filling out financial disclosure forms for decades as a senator. Romney protests that he is not legally obliged to release any tax returns. Of course not. He is no longer in the realm of the private sector, though, where he can comply with the letter of the law with the Securities and Exchange Commission and leave it at that. Perceptions matter.
Romney may feel impatience with requirements that the political culture imposes on a presidential candidate that he feels are pointless (and inconvenient). But he’s a politician running for the highest office in the land, and his current posture is probably unsustainable. In all likelihood, he won’t be able to maintain a position that looks secretive and is a departure from campaign conventions. The only question is whether he releases more returns now, or later — after playing more defense on the issue and sustaining more hits. There will surely be a press feeding frenzy over new returns, but better to weather it in the middle of July.
If he releases more returns, Romney will be in a better position to resist the inevitable demands for even more disclosures.
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By drawing out the argument over the returns, Romney is playing into the president’s hands. He should release them, respond to any attacks they bring, and move on.
Mittens Romney should follow the example set by his father, George Romney, who established the tradition of presidential candidates releasing their tax returns to the public in 1968, with the release of 12 years worth of tax returns. Mittens is dishonoring the ethical standards of his late father by his stubborn intransigence.
The Obama campaign has set up a new website, http://www.whatmittpays.com/. Check it out, then share it with your family, friends and business associates.
UPDATE: The Neocon Washington Post also editorializes today, Release the returns:
We’ve long argued that openness and transparency are critical in building public confidence and in the functioning of democracy. If Mr. Romney is not willing to open up his tax returns, what does that say about his instinct for leveling with the American people from the Oval Office? His refusal to release the names of his chief campaign bundlers compounds the concern.
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Mr. Romney surely is capable of responding to any distortions. For voters, the documents are essential exhibits in an application for the presidency. It is insulting to voters for Mr. Romney to keep them under wraps and will only fuel suspicions that he has something else to conceal.
He should prove otherwise.
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You know what? Quit telling me to be careful.I’m a grown woman with a brain. It’s so humorous that people that think like you always like to tell the rest of us how we should behave. How taking responsibility for your own actions is important…except when it doesn’t fit your narrative. You have tried mightily to absolve Mr Romney for all his profit over people principles.I refuse to argue with ignorant.
As usual, you’re full of crap.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/02/wall-street-money-continues-to-flow-romney.html
No other presidential candidate has collected more money from these financial sector interests, and employees of the country’s most elite financial institutions are all increasingly betting on Romney’s success.
What a feeble attempt at moral outrage! I own shares in Toys R Us in my IRA Cheri. Am I responsible for the lead paint Cheri? Are you saying that because Romney owns shares in The Chinese tire company that he is somehow guilty of homicide?
What a waste of bandwidth!
“He could care less about you.” “Being in power is their only goal,” “etc.”………..
You do realize that you are describing the vast majority of Washington politicians! Both R’s and D’s.
And that ton of money for favors you are referring to…and expected favors…your man Obama has raised more money from Wall Street than any politician in history! But they don’t expect favors from him, Correct?
“PLUTOCRACY”
Be careful Cheri, your rant is veering precariously close to a compelling argument for a limited Federal Government based on enumerated powers. You would not want people thinking you are conservative.
Foreign money! You must be aware that over 30% of Obama’s income since 2009 comes from foreign sources.http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/07/lindgren-over.html
And guess what! I could care less that it did! Good for him. I hope he makes bunches. I hope Romney continues to make bunches. That’s the difference between us on this issue Cheri. You care about how much money Romney makes but I don’t care how much he or Obama make. What I care about is how much of MINE they want and what the hell they plan on doing with it when they take it from me!
And, just so you know Cheri, I do not hold out much hope that a President Romney will have any success in limiting the size and scope of the Federal Government, or that he will even attempt such. It is simply that I believe they is more of a chance of it happening than there would be under a second term for President Obama.
One more thought I would add that you really need to think about. Mr. Profit over People has ties to business with Iran and China.Is it possible that he can be extorted? Blackmailed? by these govts? What would Mr Profit over People do? Just asking.
If I showed you truth, would you even believe it? One truth. Mr Romney has ownership in a Chinese tire company, Shanghai Baolong, that made the faulty tire valve stems that were proven to have caused an accident that killed a FL man. http://www.safetyresearch.net/2008/12/01/dill-finally-launches-recall/
Mr. Romney also has ownership ties to Iranian and Chinese oil companies. The Chinese company, Sinopec (China Petroleum and Chemical Corp) is linked to fracking in America.
We see a man that has profited from Medicare fraud:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLOQitODAFI&feature=player_embedded
Profited from a medical waste disposal firm that got rid of aborted fetus’: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/romney-bain-abortion-stericycle-sec
And profits from Iranian and Chinese investments: http://veracitystew.com/2012/06/12/sanctimonious-hypocrite-mitt-romneys-investment-in-iranian-oil-video/
All the while pretending like he cares. Hypocrite is an understatement!
Owns voting shares in Toys R US…recall of lead paint products sold there…yet he profits.
So do me a big favor. Next time you want to ROTFALYAO..at least know what the hell you’re talking about before you do it! YES. PEOPLE DIED FROM HIS WORK PRACTICES AND POLICIES! He chose profit over people. He will ALWAYS choose profit over people.Those millionaires and billionaires throwing money in his coffers, do you really think it’s because they like him?They don’t. They want a return on their investment, which is exactly how they view this shit ton of money that they’re throwing at him! They all want favors in return for their donations, and I guarantee you, that those favors they want…will NOT benefit you in any way shape or form.He could care less about you. You are merely a useful idiot that he can spew his talking points to (that someone had to give him for the day, so he knows what side of the talking point to be on) Grover loves this guy…http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/13/1064417/-Grover-Norquist-on-the-GOP-candidates-All-we-need-is-someone-who-can-handle-a-pen
Here’s Grover in his own words: We are not auditioning for fearless leader. We don’t need a president to tell us in what direction to go. We know what direction to go. We want the Ryan budget. … We just need a president to sign this stuff. We don’t need someone to think it up or design it. The leadership now for the modern conservative movement for the next 20 years will be coming out of the House and the Senate. […]
Pick a Republican with enough working digits to handle a pen to become president of the United States. This is a change for Republicans: the House and Senate doing the work with the president signing bills. His job is to be captain of the team, to sign the legislation that has already been prepared.” Grover wants a useful idiot, and he has found him in Willard Romney.They don’t even hide their disdain for the American electorate anymore.
And you here sit, so smug and proud of your willful ignorance, when you have absolutely no clue.They are using you to get what they want…then and all the other obedient, unquestioning little sheeple, will be promptly thrown under the bus. They will be done with you, because they will have wrung out all the wanted…your best interests, your family’s interests are not a concern. Being in power is their only goal, and if they get it…you and the “commoners” just like you will be ignored and disregarded…for the wealthy donors that expect to see a huge return on their investment.He is one of them, you’re not.This would be what we’d call a PLUTOCRACY…wherein the wealthy and privileged make all the rules for everyone else. Don’t let your disdain for this President skew your thought process this time around. If you’re interested in some facts about what he’s done for regular Americans, look here. http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/what-has-obama-done-since-january-20-2009.html
There’s citations. I’m not making this stuff up.I don’t know about you, but there’s something very repulsive about a President that would profit, literally, off of the people that he is supposed to serve.Profit over people. Those words alone are what led me to find out about his foreign investments, which by the way…you should know that Bain Capital was started by Mitt with a bunch of foreign investors: http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/07/19/bain-capital-started-quietly-with-foreign-capital-wealthy-offshore-investors/
That guy sure does talk out of both sides of his mouth.Always willing to tell you just what you want to hear!You eat it with a spoon…telling ME I’m a fool and inferring that I haven’t the slightest idea what I’m talking about. Joke’s on you.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! “Well, I bet people died from his work practices and policies” And I am the ignorant one Cheri? hahahahahahahah……..thanks for the humor!
You are correct AZ, Fast and Furious is a serious matter while Romney’s tax returns are simply political theater.
Fast and Furious faux outrage needs to be done now…the country has long ago moved on. Nobody died? That’s your barometer? Well, I bet people died from his work practices and policies.I have to laugh. You defend guys like him that just use your ignorance, and you’re the next one under the bus when they use you up.WOW.
Smells like false equivalency to me.
As soon as this administration releases the “Fast and Furious” documents! Nobody died as a result of Romney’s tax returns after all!