Posted on 07/31/2012 1:57:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sounds solid. Mitt Romney, who's been running for political office for 20 years now, decided he'd gamble those prospects and risk time in a federal pen for tax evasion in order to save a few million dollars that he doesn't need.
And he made this decision year after year, for 10 years.
By the way, some random guy on the Internet told me Obama was born in Kenya. Now, do I know that's true? Well, I'm not certain. But let me just toss it out there.
"His poor father must be so embarrassed about his son," Reid said, in reference to George Romney's standard-setting decision to turn over 12 years of tax returns when he ran for president in the late 1960s.
Saying he had "no problem with somebody being really, really wealthy," Reid sat up in his chair a bit before stirring the pot further. A month or so ago, he said, a person who had invested with Bain Capital called his office.
“Harry, he didn't pay any taxes for 10 years,” Reid recounted the person as saying.
“He didn't pay taxes for 10 years! Now, do I know that that’s true? Well, I’m not certain,” said Reid. “But obviously he can’t release those tax returns. How would it look?
“You guys have said his wealth is $250 million,” Reid went on. “Not a chance in the world. It’s a lot more than that. I mean, you do pretty well if you don’t pay taxes for 10 years when you’re making millions and millions of dollars.”
No surprise that Reid would smear Romney so casually. He specializes in these tactics during presidential campaigns. In 2008, he made more noise about McCain’s temper being a sign of possible derangement than any other major Democrat. (He also insisted that he couldn’t stand McCain as part and parcel of the demonization effort, even though the two had been known to socialize.) He’s an unusually nasty character, even by normal political standards, when he wants to be; gratuitously accusing George Romney of being disappointed in his son is simply S.O.P. But he does have a strategy here: Pull an accusation of criminality straight out of his ass and hope it gets enough media play that Romney feels obliged to respond. Either Mitt will start to sweat and release his returns, as Democrats have demanded, in order to disprove Reid’s charge or he’ll sit tight and the smear will circulate online, with Romney’s refusal to disclose the documents taken as “proof” that Reid is right. In that respect, it’s not that different from Birtherism. It just so happens that you’ve got the Senate majority leader pushing this, not some commenter at dKos or wherever.
Exit question via Philip Klein: “How would ‘a person who had invested with Bain Capital’ know about Romney’s personal tax returns anyway?”
“A Vegas Blackjack dealer, whose identity I will not reveal, told me that Harry sleeps with sheep.”
shhhhh! Keep that one quiet. That kind of thing is a resume’ enhancement for a DemocRat as slimy as him. It doesn’t say much for the morality of the sheep though.
First, Reid Who?
Secondly, who else would know besides Romney, the person(s) prepared his tax returns, and the IRS?
Is it possible to be leaked from IRS?
This is clearly not true because the McCain campaign vetted Romney’s previous returns for the 2008 election according to Slate.
It is the serious nature of the charge, not the evidence of any wrong-doing, that is the important thing here.
Of course, even if Harry Reid also produced his income tax returns for the past ten years, or twelve, or thirty, nothing would change.
He would STILL be a jack-Mormon, one who observes all the obsequiousities and rituals, but without charity and grace, consequently he feels no warming of the heart and soul as a result. One cannot be a good Mormon and a liberal Democrat simultaneously. Mutual exclusives.
Hey, Harry brought up this context of trying to fit Mitt Romney into a “felon” meme. Could come back and bite him in the gluteus maximus.
We know this is bull because in 2008, Romney released 23 years of tax returns and that would have come out then. The only ones that haven’t been released are the past couple of years. Also, data on what he did pay in taxes over the past few years has already been released so we know Dingy is lying.
http://politicker.com/2012/01/mitt-romneys-tax-tempest/
Anybody seen how Harry reported those sweetheart land deals, on his Federal Tax returns?
Harry's been hanging out all these years with Nancy Pelosi.
Some of the crazy just had to rub off.
My take is a bit different than the previous posts. My attitude is “if it was legal for him to pay no taxes, so f’n what?”
I think it’s completely hypocritical of Congress to put tax breaks in the laws, and later for political figures to complain when they are used. If they want charity, they should ask for it straight up—they shouldn’t wheedle by setting up rules that they then designate as evil touse.
The IRS? Don’t you know that they just look at Refund Due to You line and cut a check?
What? You believe what Obama presented and Sheriff Joe found to be a complete computer generated fraud on many levels to be real?
You should read more.
Reid is a nasty and vile little man.
Be careful you don't get Zotted!
A Vegas Blackjack dealer, whose identity I will not reveal, told me that Harry sleeps with sheep.
I despise Romney, but I don’t believe this trash talk for a nano second.
Who’s richer Harry or Mitt?
What a piker, I didn't pay any taxes for 18 years! Care to guess when?
Harry Reid of Las Vegas - such a fount of probity! Hey Harry, Vito left a message for you about that land deal. You might need to 'clear' that land of those unsightly calcium dumps before you sell it.
These guys are really getting desperate.
This leads me to think that their internal polls must look much worse (for them) than the ones the mediots are publishing.
I smell troll
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