Romney, Obama teams clash over tax returns (Romney rejects Obama's tax return demand)

Al JaReuters ^ | 8/18/12

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign said on Friday that if Mitt Romney releases five years of his tax returns, it would not press the Republican presidential challenger to release more - a proposal quickly rejected by Romney's campaign.

Democrats have criticized Romney for not providing more than two years of tax information and questioned whether the millionaire former private equity executive has something to hide about his wealth.

Romney said on Thursday he had paid at least a 13 percent tax rate for the last 10 years, but did not release tax documents. The former Massachusetts governor called Democrats' focus on his taxes a distraction from the issues of jobs and the economy.

"Governor Romney apparently fears that the more he offers, the more our campaign will demand that he provide," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said in a letter to Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades.

"So I am prepared to provide assurances on just that point," Messina wrote, saying if Romney releases taxes from 2007 through 2012, "I commit in turn that we will not criticize him for not releasing more - neither in ads nor in other public communications or commentary for the rest of the campaign."

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 "Romney, Obama teams Conservatives clash over tax returns"

 

“Romney is hiding Bain abortion profits in his tax returns,” says Tampa foe

08/16/2012

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Baldwin: “Disclose your tax returns and everything else about Stericycle.”

Bain investment “would make Herod blush”

TAMPA, FL (Thursday, August 16, 2012) – Republican spokesmen for a rising “DUMP ROMNEY” rebellion today charged that Mitt Romney is “hiding Bain abortion profits in his tax returns” from investments that “would make Herod blush.”    

http://www.equalprotectionforposterity.com/7/post/2012/08/romney-is-hiding-bain-abortion-profits-in-his-tax-returns-says-tampa-foe.html

[OldEarlGray]

The progressive Mythological conthervative hiding behind the lies of the progressive Mythological constitutional scholar.

What a crock of not-so-mythological progressive bovine excrement ~that is.

FAIL

[murron]

I wouldn’t make any deals with that devil. In fact, Romney shouldn’t respond at all.

[conservative_cyclist]

The Romney administration will not negotiate with terrorists, not now, not ever.

[bgill]

Romney needs to ask about the ownership and property taxes on the Obama’s family home that they have never visited in 4 years. Obama’s name doesn’t show up on the deed. The ones on the deed are the woman professor who lives in the guest house, an attorney, and a trust. While, Barry might be involved with the trust (along with Jarrett, Soros, Rezko, Ayers, or who???), you can be sure it’s some sort of a hedge. It was the lawyer, not the Obamas, who paid the taxes.

[RedMDer]

Obama Where are the records?

We know where Obama spent some of his adult years and only some.

• We are told that Barack Hussien Obama Sr. is our current president's father and that his father was never a United States Citizen. Therefore, our current POTUS is not eligible to be POTUS. Obama needs to recant his claim that BHO Sr. is his father and prove that his real father was a US citizen when the current POTUS was born.
  
• We are told that he attended Columbia, Occidental and Harvard. Did he? Where are the records?
  
• We are told that he is a Constitutional Professor. Is he really? Where are the records?
  
• We are told that he is or was a lawyer. Was he really? Where are the records?
  
• Why is the Main Stream Media not investigating or even taking a casual look into these obvious cover-ups?
  My opinion, the Main stream Media is comprised of a bunch of Left leaning Liberals that have contempt for the United States of America and they will do anything to cover for their socialist cause.

[Vinnie]

Just wait.
I’ll bet that around Nov. 1st a ‘rumor’ will be floated that Romney was involved in some sex scandal. He had a lover, maybe a man.
Something really scurrilous.

That would be classic Zer0 tactic.