Kristol: Romney 'crazy' not to release tax returns

Politico ^ | 7-15-12 | Manu Raju

[raulgomez05]

Bill Kristol and the Obama campaign agree on something: Mitt Romney should immediately release his tax returns.

"He should release the tax returns tomorrow. It's crazy," Kristol said on "Fox News Sunday." "You gotta release six, eight, 10 years of back tax returns. Take the hit for a day or two."

The conservative commentator said the presumptive Republican presidential nominee then should give a speech on Thursday calling for a "serious" debate with President Barack Obama on capitalism, allowing the campaign to turn the page and put the focus back on the president's record.

Romney has only released his 2010 tax returns and estimated returns for last year, but he has refused to release additional documents even though it's been common practice for candidates to do so, prompting scathing criticism from the Obama campaign.

[DoughtyOne]

I am glad they are seeing things clearly enough to do this. At least they are not going to be voting for Obama.

What I fear from a Romney victory, is another term where Conservatism will take public beating after public beating.

“Oh, he did that. See, what did I tell you? Both parties are just as bad. Those Conservatives are two-faced liars.”

Whatever Romney does, it will be portrayed by the media as being done by a Conservative. It all but destroys our brand. Congress will pass too much of his Leftist leaning initiatives.

By 2016 no Conservative will be able to stand up and make promises. They’ll be laughed off the platform. So what do we do?

What we do is wait another 12 to 20 years until another extreme Leftist provides a clear enough contrast that we can get just about any brain-dead luke-warm moderate elected, and then we’ll nominate another Leftist to represent us.

It’s what my party does...

[fortheDeclaration]

There is no reason for Romney to put out his tax forms.

The IRS handles any tax issues.

This is just an attempt to embarrass Romney on the amount of money he made and sheltered from taxes.

[DoughtyOne]

If you want my opinion regarding Sarah, I’ll limit it to the aspect you touched on.

Do you have any idea how lucky she was that the team didn’t win?

Kennedy looked around for a strong man to help him get elected. He chose Lyndon Johnson and it worked. Johnson was a heavy-weight on Capital Hill. He wielded a lot of power over there.

Once Kennedy was elected, he emasculated Johnson cruelly. Accepting I’m not a fan of Johnson at all, Kennedy simply shut him out. His opinion wasn’t wanted. He was essentially told to go stand in the corner. They laughed at him.

Sarah Palin is very lucky she didn’t get the same treatment. And if McCain/Palin had been elected, you can bet that’s exactly what she would have gotten.

McCain allowing his election team to belittle Sarah after the election, and him not defend her, told me all I needed to know about what would have been in store for her if they had won.

And then she supported him for re-election. She may be quite savvy in some ways, but her grasp of her status in McCain’s eyes, was woefully non-existent.