Democrats move to take Trump off the ballot

[longknife]

I love this dither over the president's tax returns.
Like almost every other American, he got caught up in the financial problems of the 80s and 90s. He also bought into Atlantic City and built that monstrosity of a casino.

So?

He then showed his business smarts - even genuis- by bouncing back and becoming even more successful than before.

Name a current professional politician who is his equal!

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

States move to require all presidential candidates to release taxes

All we hear from democrats are accusations that the GOP are tying to suppress the vote in a myriad of ways

Funny, I never heard one Republican suggest that the democrat nominee should be taken off the ballot.

That dear friends is called fascism. .

Maybe the red states should require that all presidential candidates pledge to protect America's borders, denounce socialism and denounce the FBIgate witch hunt.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Pure, blatant, transparent, shameless partisan politics.

If you're a nihilist, this is a good time for you. We've lost our shit, and we're doing everything we can to self-destruct.
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You're right, it probably is primarily politically driven, but it's also for transparency. Every candidate before now has done it, but it wasn't required. Trump's refusal to follow the practice forces it to become a requirement.

But it will have to wait for a Democratic President.

Fascist. You have no concept of freedom.

Creating a law to codify a norm is not fascism. A former teacher should know that.

Requiring a norm is fascism, dumbass! Who decides what is the norm?

Every candidate since Richard Nixon makes it the norm. Are you really this obtuse or do you just play obtuse on the internet?

It's also the norm for Presidential candidates to wear pants instead of dresses. Would you be okay with a state making it a legal requirement?

 

[Cecilie1200]

States move to require all presidential candidates to release taxes

If you cannot beat him. Block him. The Left have lost their mind.

Bills requiring prospective presidential candidates to disclose recent tax returns as a condition to appear on the ballot are currently pending in the following fourteen states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Similar legislation, introduced this year, failed in Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Virginia.

Despite a few exceptions, nearly all of the state bills that have been introduced would require candidates to post at least five years of their individual tax returns. In addition, virtually every state bill has been introduced by a Democratic lawmaker, an apparent reaction to Trump's decision to buck decades of tradition during the 2016 election cycle when he refused to release his tax returns.

I agree that this is undemocratic and stinks to high heaven! But what does Trump have to hide? Every other candidate has released their tax returns.

What the hell is the problem?
Tax returns are supposed to be PRIVATE.
I don't give a damn what's in his tax returns.
If your'e so uptight about it, let's demand the tax returns of Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Nader, and the rest of the Dims making such a big stink about it.

Yes, I agree they should release their tax returns as well. But especially candidates for President.

That "whoosh" noise was the point flying right over your head.

 

[basquebromance]

Trump may have been right in diagnosing the frustration

A whole lot of those folks were like, ‘All right, he’s somebody new. We’re going to drain the swamp.’ Don’t kid yourself: Their lives have not gotten better because of his actions

 

[Cecilie1200]

Pure, blatant, transparent, shameless partisan politics.

If you're a nihilist, this is a good time for you. We've lost our shit, and we're doing everything we can to self-destruct.
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You're right, it probably is primarily politically driven, but it's also for transparency. Every candidate before now has done it, but it wasn't required. Trump's refusal to follow the practice forces it to become a requirement.

But it will have to wait for a Democratic President.

I know you didn't just try to flatter and delude yourself that Democrats are honest, admirable people. Please remember that "We refuse to acknowledge scandals" is not the same thing as "We don't have any scandals".

I’m not a registered Democrat so I don’t know how it flatters me. Moot. I simply pointed it that Trump isn’t going to allow the FEC to change the rules so a rule change to compel what has only been customary will require a Democrat to make it so. Republicans don’t do anything that might upset Trump...and that kind of transparency upsets Trump.

This old saw. "My ass is eternally up the ass of any Democrat politician who comes by, but I'm going to pretend I have nothing to do with them the instant I'm called on it."

And don't even get me started on the "I'm demanding something unethical and sleazy, but I'm going to pretend the REAL sleaze is on the other side - which OBVIOUSLY only wants to stop it for their personal gain" canard.

You people need a new playbook. Or maybe some independent thought. You sound like a bad recording of each other.

There is nothing unethical in passing a law to codify a norm...but your drama is amusing.

"There is nothing unethical about what I want . . . as defined by someone who has no ethics like me!"

Your attempts at logic would be amusing, if they weren't pathetic.

Once again, and I realize this is a concept that slavish dictator-lovers like you have trouble with, there's a huge difference between "Well, most people do it anyway" and "Therefore, it's perfectly okay to DEMAND it"; that difference is the word "VOLUNTARY". There are lots of things in the world which I choose voluntarily to do, but which it would STILL be wrong for the government to mandate for me.