Obama to Romney: Let's make a deal on your tax returns.

[emptystep]

save our Social programs
Priceless

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[gallantwarrior]

Something about Cayman islands and Swiss bank accounts. Must be why Romney refuses to reveal his past tax returns to the American people.

psssssttttttt.......... << nobody cares >>

Psssst... lying again aren't you?

The overwhelming majority of Americans are concerned with Romney's refusal to reveal his past tax returns.

No, not really.

 

[emptystep]

psssssttttttt.......... << nobody cares >>

Psssst... lying again aren't you?

The overwhelming majority of Americans are concerned with Romney's refusal to reveal his past tax returns.

No, not really.

Romney was promised that he only has to release those 5 years. So he is not releasing the returns on principle? I know I am concerned about a Republican who claims to be acting on principle.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Something about Cayman islands and Swiss bank accounts. Must be why Romney refuses to reveal his past tax returns to the American people.

Want to explain that $296,000 that Obama claims as foreign income or why he sold off his U.S Treasury bonds? Doesn't he believe in this country?

That's it!

When it comes to America... Romney doesn't trust American banks with his money, stocks and bonds.

Considering that the largest American banks are just one government bail out away from bankruptcy, who could blame him?

 

[gallantwarrior]

Mr. President, here's a proposed deal.

Romney releases two more years of his post gubernatorial tax returns after YOU release all of your fucking college applications, loan applications, student aid applications, and transcripts.

Deal?

Have your waffling mouthpieces get back to us.

No deal! Obama doesn't negoiate with terrorists nor tax-cheaters.

The original proposition constitutes a deal, arse.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Mr. President, here's a proposed deal.

Romney releases two more years of his post gubernatorial tax returns after YOU release all of your fucking college applications, loan applications, student aid applications, and transcripts.

Deal?

Have your waffling mouthpieces get back to us.

No deal! Obama doesn't negoiate with terrorists nor tax-cheaters.

Really? Then how is it that he's negotiating with the Taliban to release terrorists from Gitmo in exchange for them being nice to us?

They aren't terrorists in his playbook. Military and former military members are, however.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Well sure. His dad was born in Mexico and he spent a lot of time in France.

FRANCE! FRANCE!

Plus I'm dying to know what grade he received in philosophy. We won't know what's in his transcripts until we get them. I'm not certain he graduated, to be honest.

Cool.. Did he also write books and allow the publisher to tell people for 20 years that he was born in Kenya?

Wait what? I have a copy of those books - from quite some time ago. Neither of them claim he was born in Kenya.

I have it on good information that Romney was born in Mexico.

"good information" does not constitute proof. Got a link for that?

 

[Stephanie]

obama may "need" the American public to put pressure on Romney to release his tax returns, but the American public clearly isn't interested in addressing the issue. It might be because Romney's tax returns aren't important to them and indeed they are not. What obama needs is not on the minds of Americans, it's what they need.

obama has had government tax examiners going over Romney's tax returns from the first year he filed taxes. If there was anything to see, we would have seen it. What's left? Romney made a lot of money. He donated to anti abortion groups. He supports the Mormon Church. obama needs it. The American people don't.

obama sent teams to Alaska to go through Sarah Palin's trash because the American people "needed" to know what she was throwing away. Her e-mails were posted on a New York Times website so amateur snoopers could figure out something their experts could not. Yes yes, we know all about what obama determines as our need to know.

There is something in Romneys tax returns that he obviously needs to keep secret. If you want to be POTUS you need to come straight and forward before the American people... something Romney refuses to comply with.

.He released his tax returns, just because your dear leader wants to distract from his failures by pushing this all it shows is HE'S friggen Desperate... Romney DOESN'T have to release anymore..Too bad you all weren't so worried about obama's records and past..

 

[candycorn]

That makes sense only if you ignore the over 20 repubs who also said he should release them too.

Can you list the over 20 repubs?

He's under no obligation to pay them any mind... Lots of libs told 0bama he should close GITMO and he ignored them...

Even tho I know this is a request just to muddy the waters. I will post it and then you can ignore it and continue to claim only the liberals or liberal media is asking for it. Maybe you will even go personal and denounce them all as being democratic plants, RINOS or one of them many other excuses you use to remain in the bubble. Here:

1. George Will. On ABC’s “This Week,” Will, a long-time conservative commentator and Washington Post columnist, said, “The costs of not releasing the returns are clear, therefore he must have calculated that there are higher costs in releasing them.” At one point, he even played devil’s advocate to Republican consultant Mary Matalin, who was defending Romney.

2. Bill Kristol. “Here’s what he should do,” said Kristol, another conservative commentator, on Fox News. “He should release the tax returns tomorrow. This is crazy… you’ve got to release 6, 8, 10 years of back tax returns. Take the hit for a day or two. Then give a serious speech on Thursday.”

3. Ron Paul. Unitl just days ago, Paul was the other Republican presidential candidate. He is also one of those calling for Romney to release the returns. Paul told Politico today, “Politically, I think that would help him. …In the scheme of things politically, you know, it looks like releasing tax returns is what the people want.”

4. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. The Alabama Governor actually went further than others in suggesting that perhaps Romney is hiding something by not releasing his tax returns. “If you have things to hide, then maybe you’re doing things wrong,” he told the AP. “I think you ought to be willing to release everything to the American people.“

5. Michael Steele. The former chair of the Republican National Committee is pushing for release. He claims it will help voters trust Romney, especially since he claims there is nothing to see in the returns: “If there’s nothing there, there’s no ‘there’ there, don’t create a ‘there.’ Put out as much information as you can. Even if you don’t release 12 years worth of tax returns, at least three, four, five.”

6. Rep. Walter Jones. In an interview with CNN, the Republican Congressman from North Carolina said, “I think he should release his financial records and I think if he does it in July it would be a lot better than in October. …whenever you are asking for the vote of the American people you need to fully disclose what your holdings are, if you have any.”

7. Ana Navarro. “He should just release the stupid taxes and eliminate the Obama campaign tactic of insinuating he’s got something to hide,” the former adviser to John McCain said. “The Obama people are going to keep the issue alive and it has the potential of mushrooming into a bigger issue. …It’s time to just pull off the band-aid.”

8. Rep. Pete Sessions. Sessions (R-TX) leads the National Republican Congressional Committee, and even he called Romney’s tax returns “fair game” and a “legitimate question.” In an interview with CNN, Sessions said that “[Romney's] personal finances, the way he does things, his record, are fair game.”

9. Gov. Haley Barbour. The Mississippi Governor has been outspoken about the need for Romney to hand over the documents. “The advice I would give Romney is: Who cares about your tax returns? Release ’em!” Barbour said in a phone interview. “We need for this campaign to be about Obama’s record.” Earlier this week, Barbour also called for Romney to release the returns on CNN.

10. Matthew Dowd. This conservative commentator called it “arrogance” that Romney was not releasing his returns. Joining forced with Bill Kristol, Dowd spoke candidly about his doubts around Romney’s tax returns: “There is obviously something because if there was nothing there he would say have it…But I think the bigger thing is, it’s arrogance. Many of these politicians think I can do this, I can get away with this.”

11. Rick Tyler. Republican strategist and former adviser to Newt Gingrich’s campaign had this to say about Romney’s returns: “Mitt Romney had an opportunity to answer these questions during the primary. …He did not answer these questions and now they’re coming up again. …Only [Romney] can provide that information. …Or we’ll just have drip, drip, drip to November.”

12. John Weaver. This Republican strategist had a straightforward message that got picked up as a quote-of-the day. In regard to Romney releasing his returns, he said, “There is no whining in politics. …Stop demanding an apology, release your tax returns.”

13. Brit Hume. The conservative Fox News commentator told fellow Fox man Bill O’Reilly, “Any time it’s disclosure versus non-disclosure, you always wonder whether it isn’t better to put it out there. And if it turns out that if people get to hear once again that Mitt Romney is a very very rich man. …I guess the Obama team would have some sport with that for a couple days.”

14. David Frum. The conservative journalist David Frum Tweeted his opinion on the tax release controversy. “Tax returns the next problem. Releasing returns under pressure: more weakness, more pain,” he wrote in one tweet. “Do promptly and cheerfully what you will eventually have to do anyway,” he added.

15. John Feehery. This Republican strategist joined the growing list of Republicans asking Romney to release the returns when speaking with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC. “Might as well get it over with,” he told her, “Couple of years, get it over with.”

16. Gov. Rick Perry Texas Governor and former Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry (R) has come out and urged Romney to release his returns. According to the AP, “Perry said that anyone running for office should give people what he called ‘backgrounds,’ including tax returns, if asked and if the requests are within reason.” When Perry was running for President, he released 10 years of returns.

17. Sen. Chuck Grassley The Iowa Republican joins the fray, The Hill reports: “”I don’t think he should be called on to do anything extraordinary other than what other presidential candidates have done.’ When asked if he thought Romney should do as much as prior presidential nominees have, meaning release more returns, Grassley said, ‘based upon my comment, I’d have to say yes.’”

18. Sen. Dick Lugar In an interview with CBS, Lugar, who himself ran for president in 1998, said it would be smart for Romney to release more returns. “‘It was quite a number which we released.’ …He added it would be “prudent” for Romney to release more years of his tax returns. ‘I have no idea on why he has restricted the number to this point,’ Lugar said.”

19. Wayne MacDonald The chair of the New Hampshire GOP came out and told the Washington Post in a phone interview that Romney should probably just release the returns. “Certainly, I don’t think Mitt Romney has anything to hide, and probably the best thing to do is to eliminate any chance for (the Democrats) to make this an issue,” he said. New Hampshire will be an important state in the election.

20. Mike Murphy The Daily Beast adds another person, long-time GOP consultant and former Romney employee, to the ever-growing list: “‘Why they didn’t release more of this material a year ago is confusing to me,’ says Mike Murphy, a veteran GOP consultant who has worked for Romney in the past.”

Now what you got? Hurry....make it personal!

Masterful decapitation of the "only liberals are asking for his tax records". It clearly shows that many notable GOP members are aghast that Romney is letting his campaign atrophy over something so meaningless.

It's also funny that the "dead issue" has gotten 300 replies---mostly from those saying it's a dead issue.

And it places the GOP backers on this board to go birther.

I tell ya, Harry Reid could not have foreseen his wild accusation paying off so well.

 

[ClosedCaption]

Can you list the over 20 repubs?

He's under no obligation to pay them any mind... Lots of libs told 0bama he should close GITMO and he ignored them...

Even tho I know this is a request just to muddy the waters. I will post it and then you can ignore it and continue to claim only the liberals or liberal media is asking for it. Maybe you will even go personal and denounce them all as being democratic plants, RINOS or one of them many other excuses you use to remain in the bubble. Here:

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Now what you got? Hurry....make it personal!

Most of that unlinked stuff is mostly pundits and others with suggestions that it be done...

I already told you that suggestions are just that - suggestions...

I also explained why it is illogical to release them...

You're free to make it personal if you want... go for it...

Everyone knows the meaning of suggestions...you gonna blame the liberal media for them too or is it somehow different. Go ahead

 

[Stephanie]

Do you all remember Obama pulled this same thing on Hillary about her tax returns..?

Is this what you voted for folks, are you going to be FOOLED AGAIN?

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Do you all remember Obama pulled this same thing on Hillary about her tax returns..?

Is this what you voted for folks, are you going to be FOOLED AGAIN?

I did not vote for this.

 

[kwc57]

Psssst... lying again aren't you?

The overwhelming majority of Americans are concerned with Romney's refusal to reveal his past tax returns.

No, not really.

Romney was promised that he only has to release those 5 years. So he is not releasing the returns on principle? I know I am concerned about a Republican who claims to be acting on principle.

Promised by the Obama admin. All the promise was, was that they wouldn't ask for more, not that they wouldn't criticize or make accusations based in them. It's akin to shouting from your side of the battle field that you are out of ammo and asking your enemy to please pass over some ammo. It's an act of desperation on Obama's part. Plus, his surrogates like Schultz-Wasserman, Reid and all of the welfare mooches at USMB made no such promise. Romney is anything but dumb. How about Obama and you guys discuss the real issues and defend Obama's record? Oh yeah, you can't. Hence the tax return "issue".

 

[Againsheila]

We need the American public to put heavy pressure on Romney to release his tax returns other than what Romney has already released. Mr Romney, what are you hiding?





TRENDING: Obama camp: Let’s make a deal on tax returns. Romney camp: No. – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

(CNN) – President Barack Obama's campaign sought to turn up the pressure Friday on Mitt Romney to release his tax returns, offering to back off on their calls for the release of additional years of returns if he agrees to disclose five years of tax information.

Obama campaign manager Jim Messina offered the deal in a letter sent to Romney campaign manager Matt Rhoades. The Obama campaign posted the letter on its web site and emailed it to journalists.

"If the Governor will release five years of returns, 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," Messina wrote. His offer did not include a promise to avoid attacking Romney on the contents of any new returns, or make any commitments for independent third party groups.

Here's an idea, why doesn't Obama offer to release his college records in return for Romney releasing his tax returns?

Face it, we're not going to ever see either of them.

 

[emptystep]

No, not really.

Romney was promised that he only has to release those 5 years. So he is not releasing the returns on principle? I know I am concerned about a Republican who claims to be acting on principle.

Promised by the Obama admin. All the promise was, was that they wouldn't ask for more, not that they wouldn't criticize or make accusations based in them. It's akin to shouting from your side of the battle field that you are out of ammo and asking your enemy to please pass over some ammo. It's an act of desperation on Obama's part. Plus, his surrogates like Schultz-Wasserman, Reid and all of the welfare mooches at USMB made no such promise. Romney is anything but dumb. How about Obama and you guys discuss the real issues and defend Obama's record? Oh yeah, you can't. Hence the tax return "issue".

So Romney is not releasing his tax records because he is worried Obama will critize him??? About a good reason as I have heard I guess.

 

[kaz]

Masterful decapitation of the "only liberals are asking for his tax records". It clearly shows that many notable GOP members are aghast that Romney is letting his campaign atrophy over something so meaningless

This shows yet again that the liberal media's just a water carrier for the Democrats. A remotely fair media would be pressing him when he demands others to disclose information his refusal to release fast & furious, academic records, full birth certificate, ...

It's also funny that the "dead issue" has gotten 300 replies---mostly from those saying it's a dead issue

A political message board got 300 replies on a political issue. And you deduce what from that Sherlock?

 

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[ClosedCaption]

Masterful decapitation of the "only liberals are asking for his tax records". It clearly shows that many notable GOP members are aghast that Romney is letting his campaign atrophy over something so meaningless

This shows yet again that the liberal media's just a water carrier for the Democrats. A remotely fair media would be pressing him when he demands others to disclose information his refusal to release fast & furious, academic records, full birth certificate,

A fair media would change the subject? Yeah ummm no

Keep ignoring that Republicans have asked his to release them too. I would want any facts to get inside your bubble. Might cause complications

 

[kwc57]

Romney was promised that he only has to release those 5 years. So he is not releasing the returns on principle? I know I am concerned about a Republican who claims to be acting on principle.

Promised by the Obama admin. All the promise was, was that they wouldn't ask for more, not that they wouldn't criticize or make accusations based in them. It's akin to shouting from your side of the battle field that you are out of ammo and asking your enemy to please pass over some ammo. It's an act of desperation on Obama's part. Plus, his surrogates like Schultz-Wasserman, Reid and all of the welfare mooches at USMB made no such promise. Romney is anything but dumb. How about Obama and you guys discuss the real issues and defend Obama's record? Oh yeah, you can't. Hence the tax return "issue".

So Romney is not releasing his tax records because he is worried Obama will critize him??? About a good reason as I have heard I guess.

Why did Obama seal every personal record? Why can't we see if he registered for college as a foriegn student? Why can't we see how a poor kid afforded to go to top notch universities? Why can't we see his grades or his thesis? What is it he is hiding? Is he afraid it will be used against him? How about you quit applying a double standard. It's a fair deal, Obama's records for Romney's records. As it stands, Romney has provided all he is required to provide and is far more forth coming than Obama. He needs to call his bluff.

 

[Listening]

Hey Everyone...

Remember when the left was all in a snit over the tax returns ?

What do you hear about that now ?

NOTHING !!!