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ABC News: Where Are Sarah Palin's Tax Returns?
ABC News ^ | September 20, 2008 | Justin Rood and Marcus Baram

Posted on 09/20/2008 7:28:50 AM PDT by Zakeet

As election day comes ever nearer, Democrats and open-government advocates are pressing for the GOP vice presidential candidate to release her tax filings, a campaign tradition that extends at least to the post-Watergate era.

Instead, Palin has to date declined to share the documents, becoming part of an ever-more-select historical group of candidates who waited until this late in a campaign year to release their tax filings.

Since 1976, every major-party presidential and vice-presidential candidate has provided that information to the public, according to an analysis by ABC News. Until Palin, only three hopefuls have held onto their tax returns this late:

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2008election; 2008veep; abcnews; mccainpalin; palin; palinrecord; tax
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To: Zakeet

Maybe Obama could show good faith by releasing his birth certificate...


21 posted on 09/20/2008 7:56:54 AM PDT by dinodino
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To: Zakeet
Add to your list "the Big One" (IMO):

Illinois State Bar application - not released (will probably show he lied about past drug use)

22 posted on 09/20/2008 7:59:57 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (RIP Tony Snow, great American, father, and Christian)
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To: dubie

Where is obama’s birth certificate?”

I think it is in Kenya.

BTW: I am still waiting for Bill Clinton’s medical records......waiting ......waiting....


23 posted on 09/20/2008 8:03:13 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Zakeet

ABC news is trying to cover Charlie Gibson’s rear.
They are trying to justify the Gibson Inquisition.


24 posted on 09/20/2008 8:05:08 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (Stand up, Chuck)
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To: Zakeet

They are right next to Obies COLB and sKerry’s 180 form ni Roves top drawer.


25 posted on 09/20/2008 8:05:11 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (I Love The Smell Of Schmidt Storm in the Morning...and Afternoon....and at Night!!!!!)
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To: Zakeet
Here is what Libertarian VP candidate has to say about Barack and not releasing his school records.

Wayne Root:

“Barack and I graduated from the same college, on the same day, with the same major, both from lower middle class families. Except for the color of our skin we couldn't have been more alike. I had good grades at Columbia, (B+ or higher) and good LSAT (Law School admission exam) scores. Good enough, I was told by my Columbia University guidance counselor, that I could gain acceptance into virtually any law school in America, with the exception of the Ivy Leagues (Harvard, Yale, Columbia). “Don't even bother to apply to your favorite choice Harvard- you just don't have the grades,” I was told. And, you know something, I accepted the fact that my grades weren't good enough, and that more qualified applicants should attend those schools.

Yet, Barack was accepted to Harvard Law School. Was it because of his grades, test scores, and college record? Or, was it because of the color of his skin? I think inquiring minds (and voters) have a right to know. My life (and grades) at Columbia are an open book. They are available for everyone to see. But, newspaper after newspaper has told me that Obama’s campaign refuses to release his college transcripts. Why? What has he got to hide? That same Obama campaign never hesitates to mention in every media story that Barack graduated Harvard Law School with Law Review honors. But never even a mention of his Columbia undergraduate record. Why?”

26 posted on 09/20/2008 8:07:39 AM PDT by RatsDawg (I love Palin :))
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To: Zakeet
This is a smoke screen designed exactly to misdirect us from pressing for the missing "Obama papers", and other "prominent" liberals background material.

The quest of the MSM is to have something in the news everyday that - to the casual and uneducated ear - seems like an impropriety.

Please note that they are not making any specific implications toward the Governor, only acting like her not serving them up on a silver platter is some sort of crime.

It occurs to most of us that the Governor is a pretty smart cookie - surrounded by smart advisors. Are the media trying to make us believe that she somehow didn't know that she was going to have to reveal all this information, and would be prepared for it?

If I were her, I'd withhold and even be a bit coy about revealing all of this until the media has worked itself up into a frothing frenzy, and then hand them over. Rope-a-dope time.

But the media knows she has them, and they are ok...probably a lot better than Biden's 1% to charity, etc.

The media should know that obsession is defined as doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.
27 posted on 09/20/2008 8:08:35 AM PDT by FrankR (Liberalism is communism, by the drink. O'Rourke)
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To: cpanter

Sounds like ABC is now taking orders from Obama for their stories.

Well Duhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!


28 posted on 09/20/2008 8:10:46 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: Josh Painter
If you look at the Obama's tax returns, note that their charitable contributions jumped starting in 2005, while in previous years they ranged from 0.5% to 1.4% of adjusted gross income. Obama and Biden are from the same niggardly mold. Of my God! Am I a racist for using that word, niggardly?
29 posted on 09/20/2008 8:10:53 AM PDT by no_go_lie
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To: Zakeet

The only one I would quibble about is the U. of Chicago scholarly writings. Lecturers are normally there to only teach and not perform research and analysis. However, a good lecturer or adjunct professor will be an expert in his or her field and can be invaluable to a university. Imagine taking an organizational behavior course from Jack Welsch or learning IT structure from someone at Sun or Microsoft, etc.

Sooo, there should be some cases or even friend of the court briefs from his time as a community organizer that would show the type of work he did (if indeed that is part of the job of a lawyer trying to help the poor).


30 posted on 09/20/2008 8:12:20 AM PDT by PrincessB ("I am an expert on my own opinion." - Dave Ramsey)
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To: Zakeet
This coming from ABC, the All Barack Channel.

Why anyone even cares what the hell they say anymore is beyond me.

31 posted on 09/20/2008 8:12:23 AM PDT by Pablo64 (What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.)
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To: Zakeet
Add to the list CAC records (Chicago Annenberg Challenge) records not available in Chicago Univ. library. Go to National Review Online and read the Kurtz article about trying to access these records.

vaudine

32 posted on 09/20/2008 8:14:08 AM PDT by vaudine (RO)
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To: Zakeet

Hey, ABC....................”UP YOURS”!!!!d


33 posted on 09/20/2008 8:14:30 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA (..)
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To: Nailbiter

Kinda of a Captain Obvious statement huh?

It does seem to me that since the infamous interview, they have went harder at her than the others.... if that’s possible.


34 posted on 09/20/2008 8:15:29 AM PDT by cpanter (Babies, guns and Jesus. Hot Damn! - Rush on the Palin pick.)
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To: cpanter

Sorry been a long boring night, when I saw that statement or comment. I was unable to resist.

Seiously I know that networks will never be tough on democrats only repubs.

Mrs Palin represents everything the libs abhorr, Christian values, strong family values, morals.
In addition she is articulate, which neither of her opponents can claim.

Since neither dem Pres or VP nominee can match her in a debate, they send the lawyers and lapdogs to try and destroy her.

Every hit piece PO’s another American, who will likely vote for McCain/Palin to stick it to elitist dems


35 posted on 09/20/2008 8:20:51 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: devere
And the McCain campaign grants “interviews” to these enemy agents. It makes no sense to treat your enemies the same as your friends, unless you are eager to lose.

You said exactly what I've been thinking for months!

If McCain wins, these hyenas should be barred from the White House!

36 posted on 09/20/2008 8:22:10 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Just your average "Whitey" - bitterly clinging to my guns and religion.)
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To: Zakeet

Too bad the press isn’t as interested in Rangel’s tax return. Or Freddie May and Fannie Mac’s booking “errors”...


37 posted on 09/20/2008 8:25:46 AM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
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To: Beelzebubba
Who is this Justin Rood?

Justin Rood with ABC has the following recent stories:

Where Are Sarah Palin's Tax Returns?

She's hiding something.

Experts Don't Yahoo! Over Palin's E-Mail Practices

She's Dumb. Opening Line: It's not a great idea to run a government using Yahoo! e-mail accounts.

Exclusive: New Doubts Over Palin's Troopergate Claims

She Lied.

Critics Question Palin's Record on "Epidemic" Rape, Domestic Violence in Alaska

She enables rapists.

Fired Official: Governor Sarah Palin Did Not Tell the Truth to ABC

She Lied.

Palin Backstab? Commissioner Praised Then Fired

She's conniving.

Palin Could Be Deposed in Probe

She's a criminal.

Palin Fought Polar Bear Protections

She hates cuddly polar bears.

38 posted on 09/20/2008 8:31:48 AM PDT by Grit (Bah.)
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To: Zakeet

Where did all the information about her per diem write-off come from if they have no records? Just wondering


39 posted on 09/20/2008 8:36:19 AM PDT by nclaurel (I think therefore I vote Republican.)
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To: Zakeet

BUMP


40 posted on 09/20/2008 8:37:30 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (McCain/Palin 2008 : Palin the Paladin 2012)
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