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The Clinton Tax Returns: What's the Holdup?
ABC News.com ^ | 10 Mar 08 | Avni Patel

Posted on 03/11/2008 6:53:22 AM PDT by seanmerc

After weeks of intense pressure, and more than a year after announcing her presidential candidacy, Sen. Hillary Clinton has offered little explanation for why she has delayed releasing the tax returns made public by most other Democratic presidential candidates in recent years.

"What is the holdup?" said Sheila Krumholz of the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit group that tracks the role of money in politics. "She hasn't exactly made it clear as to what process is making it so cumbersome to just release them."

Past Democratic presidential candidates have set a precedent for releasing their tax returns before or during the primary season. Sen. John Kerry released his in December of 2003, and former Vice President Al Gore's were in the public domain while he was in office. Clinton's opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, released his 2006 return last April.

"This is a level of disclosure the American people have come to expect and deserve from those in the White House, or those who aspire to the White House," said Mary Boyle of Common Cause, a government reform advocacy group.

The pressure on Clinton to release her tax returns has been intensifying since it was revealed that she loaned her campaign $5 million in January. Clinton had repeatedly stated that she would release her tax returns upon becoming the Democratic nominee, but her spokesman Howard Wolfson said last week that the campaign now planned to release the returns "in or around April 15." Wolfson did not respond to requests for comment for this story.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: New York
KEYWORDS: clinton; clintonistas; clintoon; clintoonshenanigans; dims; hildebeast; hillaryrodhamclinton; liberalmeatheads; mrsbillclinton; rats

1 posted on 03/11/2008 6:53:22 AM PDT by seanmerc
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To: seanmerc

That’ll give her some time to doctor them.


2 posted on 03/11/2008 6:58:12 AM PDT by Slapshot68
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To: seanmerc

What’s the hold up? She’s a Klinton . Thats the hold up.


3 posted on 03/11/2008 7:00:44 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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To: Don Corleone

I was going to say, she can’t doctor those that the IRS would officially release,

but then,

I thought about all the Clinton detractors that mysteriously got audited during the 90’s.


4 posted on 03/11/2008 7:02:13 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: seanmerc

Maybe she can’t find them...?


5 posted on 03/11/2008 7:06:30 AM PDT by pgyanke ("Huntered"--The act of being ignored by media and party to prevent name recognition)
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To: seanmerc

The Clintons are hiding Bill’s windfall $700,000 stock deal.


6 posted on 03/11/2008 7:12:42 AM PDT by aimhigh
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To: seanmerc


7 posted on 03/11/2008 7:15:19 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: pgyanke

Probably hidden behind the Rose Law Firm records and the health care “reform” files...


8 posted on 03/11/2008 7:15:52 AM PDT by seanmerc
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To: Slapshot68
Thatll give her some time to doctor them

That was my first thought, as well. They're probably calling in markers and making offers to people so they'll prop the documents up when they get scrutinized.

9 posted on 03/11/2008 7:18:24 AM PDT by edpc (Republican Attack Machine Field Service Technician)
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To: Slapshot68
Thatll give her some time to doctor them

That was my first thought, as well. They're probably calling in markers and making offers to people so they'll prop the documents up when they get scrutinized.

10 posted on 03/11/2008 7:18:29 AM PDT by edpc (Republican Attack Machine Field Service Technician)
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To: Slapshot68
Thatll give her some time to doctor them

That was my first thought, as well. They're probably calling in markers and making offers to people so they'll prop the documents up when they get scrutinized.

11 posted on 03/11/2008 7:19:12 AM PDT by edpc (Republican Attack Machine Field Service Technician)
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To: Slapshot68
Thatll give her some time to doctor them

That was my first thought, as well. They're probably calling in markers and making offers to people so they'll prop the documents up when they get scrutinized.

12 posted on 03/11/2008 7:19:18 AM PDT by edpc (Republican Attack Machine Field Service Technician)
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My guess is that she won’t release them before the nomination is decided. No law says she must..they will stonewall as long as they can. Bill will never release the list of donors to his museum of lust.


13 posted on 03/11/2008 7:38:28 AM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: seanmerc

She will ONLY release THIS YEAR’S TAX RETURN!!!! There will be MEGA bucks going to charity and Churches...mark my words.


14 posted on 03/11/2008 7:39:31 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: seanmerc
Precedence? That doesn't apply to a clinton. The impeached former president went his entire administration without releasing his medical records. Previous presidents released, W released, McLame will release. The clintons have relied on the good will of their protectors in the MSM to ignore their failings and to point instead to the same failings in opponents. To HILLARY'S! horror, the press is in love with a new rock star now...

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15 posted on 03/11/2008 8:02:47 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze
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Maybe she doesn’t have to file...


16 posted on 03/11/2008 8:04:07 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: seanmerc

Et tu, ABC?


17 posted on 03/11/2008 8:06:40 AM PDT by Spok (Ignorance is no excuse-it's the real thing.)
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To: seanmerc

You’d almost think she has something to hide. /s


18 posted on 03/11/2008 10:44:20 AM PDT by Mogollon (Vote straight GOP for congress....our only protection against Obama-Clinton, or McCain.)
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To: Slapshot68

What’s the holdup?

You’re kidding, right?

It took her three years to find her Rose Law Firm billing records and they were right under her nost.

Duh.


19 posted on 03/11/2008 1:56:21 PM PDT by fightinJAG (Rush was right when he used to say: "You NEVER win by losing.")
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