National Review to Romney: Release the tax returns
You know, when even the editors of the highly conservative National Review are willing to take the GOP presidential nominee to task for not releasing his tax returns, the debate is pretty much over:
“The Romney campaign says he has released as many returns as candidate John Kerry did in 2004, and cites Teresa Heinz Kerry’s refusal to release any of her tax returns. Neither is an apt comparison. John Kerry actually released returns from 1999 through 2003, and also released tax returns during his Senate runs. As for Teresa Heinz, Romney isn’t the wealthy spouse of a candidate, but the candidate himself. In 2008, John McCain released two years of returns, but he had been filling out financial disclosure forms for decades as a senator. Romney protests that he is not legally obliged to release any tax returns. Of course not. He is no longer in the realm of the private sector, though, where he can comply with the letter of the law with the Securities and Exchange Commission and leave it at that. Perceptions matter.
Romney may feel impatience with requirements that the political culture imposes on a presidential candidate that he feels are pointless (and inconvenient). But he’s a politician running for the highest office in the land, and his current posture is probably unsustainable. In all likelihood, he won’t be able to maintain a position that looks secretive and is a departure from campaign conventions.”
In other words, get it all out and get it over with, because this current stance is unsustainable. But of course, the more stubbornly Romney refuses to follow the advice even of his friends and supporters, the more suspicious his behavior becomes. This is something that he should have handled back during the primaries, or at the very least right after clinching the nomination.
You do have to wonder why he hasn’t.
– Jay Bookman
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G Mare
July 17th, 2012
6:35 pm
Hey, y’all, I seem to recall that some said Paul was the arbiter of the blog when Jay is gone, but don’t recall seeing posts from him recently. Info, anyone?
Jay
July 17th, 2012
6:36 pm
And Both, I agree. But if there’s nothing there, Romney deserves all the credit in the world for playing ‘possum so well.
josef
July 17th, 2012
6:36 pm
USMC
“Why has Atlanta NOT synchronized the Traffic lights?”
That’d take all the fun out of it…
b
July 17th, 2012
6:37 pm
Just wondering, Jay, if you read the rest of the front page of NR…. Or any of the Corner pages? Good stuff…. You may indeed learn something beyond the “objective, unbiased, legitimate” reporting of the “mainstream” media. (Yeah, right: sarcasm, in case you can’t tell.) And Breitbart is pretty good too. (Of course, Brietbart wouldn’t even exist if people like you in the media would actually do their jobs and report from all sides of an issues, instead of giving the Obama party line on everything: the piece that John Nolte did today exposing the media’s idiocy regarding Sununu’s statement is a clear example–one of thousands–that we center/right people have to deal with on a daily basis). Honestly, Romney is right. He’s complying with the law, and any and everything he gives the Obama media will be misconstrued and lied about in as many a ways as possible. These hacks have NO intention of balance or perspective: their only goal is to protect the worst President we’ve known in generations. Anything they can do to ignore his failures–regardless of how much they have to lie and contort Romney to do so–they will do. No doubt about it in my mind or anyone else’s. And, if we want our Presidential candidates to be so forthcoming, then let’s deal with Obama’s college transcripts. Let’s deal with why, out of the blue, he decides to use executive privilege to defend Holder–or himself? I’d love to see the “media” do a tenth of the “investigative” reporting on him that they gave Palin in three weeks. But that ain’t gonna happen. They’ve had five-six years to examine this man and they’ve not done a smidgen of the job yet. And the sad part: all the so-called intelligent people who believe them. I mean, seriously. The brains are so little that they’re still believe the lies about Bain? They believe that Romney’s tax returns beyond anything lawfully required are more important than the proclamation that Obama will unilaterally refuse to enforce the constitution and our laws if he doesn’t like them….? That they’re more important than the Fast and Furious cover-up? That they’re more important than unilaterally deciding to, again, ignore law and undo Clinton’s welfare reform–just because he “wants” to? I And, obviously, I could go on and on and on…..) I mean seriously: people are so small-minded that the fabricated media narrative against Romney is more important than actually dealing with the dangerous failings of this President?
And, please, don’t insult your intelligence by trying to defend this so-called media. Any thinking person with some common sense and any desire whatsoever to be fair knows that the media is indefensible.
But, seriously, Jay and all the rest of his sycophants who visit this site to gobble up the garbage: read the articles on these sites you go to and find something to comment about other than the one or two items every now and then which you happen to find as fodder for your propaganda. You really will learn something and be a far better human being because of it.
And, btw, one reason I love NR: there are various opinions there. Unlike most democrats who are so used to the same status quo bull that they wouldn’t recognize a valid opposing opinion if it bit them in their *s* (….I mean mouth), conservatives do engage in meaningful examination of the issues from a myriad of perspectives.
Erwin's cat
July 17th, 2012
6:37 pm
Do you guys ranting over Mitts tax forms ever consider that you are being “punked”?….this is so hangover II….Mitt’s not gonna release anything until after the nomination
Jm (LL) -pass TSPLOST silly people
July 17th, 2012
6:39 pm
Usmc 6:32
They are working on controlling lights like sandy springs does
Their progress is just glacial though
Frog
“Self police. That’s funnier
than self deport.”
josef
July 17th, 2012
6:39 pm
GMARE
Paul does take time off on occasion…
Peter
July 17th, 2012
6:39 pm
OBVIOUSLY USMC was never a soldier….. I f he ever was a true American soldier he would show respect toward the current commander in Chief.
The guy who got Bin Laden, and the guy who ended the Bush Invasion or …… Iraq war.
F. Sinkwich
July 17th, 2012
6:41 pm
bf,
I’m
just
a lot
smarter
than
you.
USMC
July 17th, 2012
6:41 pm
off topic: You ever try the burgers with sausage?
Yes! But I must say…. I will take a burger with ANYTHING!
josef
July 17th, 2012
6:42 pm
PETER
USMC doesn’t show respect for anything or anybody…but don’t take him too seriously, he doesn’t take himself so…he just likes to twit…
USMC
July 17th, 2012
6:43 pm
“Why has Atlanta NOT synchronized the Traffic lights?”That’d take all the fun out of it…”–The Headmaster (josef)
Yeah, Josef, someone UP THERE is laughing their collective behinds off!
F. Sinkwich
July 17th, 2012
6:43 pm
Hey b, your style is the anti-bf.
But it’s nothing to be proud of.
josef
July 17th, 2012
6:44 pm
SINKWICH
“bf,
I’m
just
a lot
smarter
than
you.”
Are you saying that BF is dumber than 16 trashcans?
Full disclosure
July 17th, 2012
6:44 pm
He’s taking PR advice from the same guys who told President Obama to not release his birth certificate for 3 years or so. How do those type of PR clowns get jobs?
Peter
July 17th, 2012
6:44 pm
Ever consider that you are being “punked”?
Voting for Mitt….. a guy who bought American Companies and then added allot of debt to the books in the form of payouts to his company, then chose to bankrupted them saying they were losing money……. bottom line causing American’s to loose their jobs.
That is job creation in the US ?
Steve - USA "None of the Above"
July 17th, 2012
6:45 pm
Jay – “That’s also the point of the whole Bain thing. What Romney and Bain did was not by any means illegal, and you can make a strong argument that firing people is dirty work but in a capitalist economy striving for efficiency, somebody has to do it.”
“The question is whether voters will accept that “somebody” as their president, where a different set of rules and expectations apply.”
Hundreds of Counties in Red and Blue States have fired people over the last couple of years. Most of them because voters on both sides were unwilling to increase their property taxes to make up for shortages. Seems like the voters would be holding a candidate to a different standard than what they are more than happy to do in their own community.
USMC
July 17th, 2012
6:46 pm
“The guy who got Bin Laden, and the guy who ended the Bush Invasion or …… Iraq war.”
Obama didn’t do that….. someone ELSE did that….”—–Peter
Obama didn’t do that…. Remember?????
Caesar Obama: If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-ZO7XOpwa8
Erwin's cat
July 17th, 2012
6:47 pm
Come on Peter…or should I call you “Polly”
Peter
July 17th, 2012
6:48 pm
Josef….. USMC reminds me of the guy who just called the President these names……I think Obama is a jerk, a pantywaist, a lightweight, a blowhard.
And the world wonder why the younger generation has little respect….. Thank you for the great teaching lessons in the lack of respect !
Willie
July 17th, 2012
6:48 pm
Bookman and the rest of the Obamacrats don’t have anything positive to run on so they are all negative, all the time. Obama used to lie to us about a new tone in politics. Now he is just a hypocrite. Attack. Attack Attack is all he and his minions ever do.
USMC
July 17th, 2012
6:48 pm
“USMC doesn’t show respect for anything or anybody…but don’t take him too seriously, he doesn’t take himself so…he just likes to twit…”–josef
Oh I do show respexts though. But this is a rough and unedumacated crowd in here and “while in Rome”… well you know the rest.
JamVet
July 17th, 2012
6:49 pm
The guy who has to tell everyone how smart he is reminds me of the athlete who has to tell everyone how good he is.
In both cases their results would do their talking for them.
And a certain blogger’s posts here give away his real IQ more that the braggadocio sprinter who keeps coming in sixth in a seven man race…
Peter
July 17th, 2012
6:50 pm
Obama didn’t do that….. someone ELSE did that.
Who did it then ?
Who planned it, and who was in charge when it happened..who put their political career on the line ?
Sorry make some sense some of the time.
Obama was in charge.he gave the go !
USMC
July 17th, 2012
6:51 pm
Yeah, I guess Peter was the ONLY Leftwing Hater not DISRESPECTING President Bush.
Peter and the Pepsi generation are stuck on Hot Pockets and Video Games.
Peter
July 17th, 2012
6:52 pm
Why don’t we go with who was in charge when the country was imploding, while Bin Laden was free, and the Iraq war was raging ?
Barney Fife
July 17th, 2012
6:52 pm
Mittins reminds me of the spoiled rich kid played by Bill Bixby on the Andy Griffith show. Maybe he can sit down with some regular folks and see what life is about.
Jay
July 17th, 2012
6:52 pm
Willie, given how conservatives have treated Obama over the last four years — the things they’ve called him and the stories they’ve invented about him — complaining about “attack attack attack” is truly precious.
USMC
July 17th, 2012
6:54 pm
Who did it then ?
Are you kidding me?
The Intelligence Community and the Operators of Seal Team Six. Obama said Okay.
Doesn’t sound like Peter knows much about the Intelligence Community.
(Maybe from his lack of intelligence)
Steve - USA "None of the Above"
July 17th, 2012
6:54 pm
Jay-
Have fun on your trip. Are you going to go all the way and get off the grid?
Peter
July 17th, 2012
6:55 pm
USMC that was silly…… since you are making more stuff up have at it !
Peter and the Pepsi generation are stuck on Hot Pockets and Video Games.
For starters I don’t eat fast food, Hot Pockets, drink soda at all, or play video games.
I am a guy who works continuously. Have not had a job since 1984. Self employed since then.
barking frog
July 17th, 2012
6:55 pm
F.
U
R
Not.
carlosgvv
July 17th, 2012
6:56 pm
Union – 5:51 “kind of like Obama’s”?
No, it’s not.
josef
July 17th, 2012
6:56 pm
PETER
With rare exceptions, I’ve found the younger generation to be quite respectful…
Like I said, USMC likes to twit, and you fall for it…
Erwin's cat
July 17th, 2012
6:56 pm
Jat@ 6:52 – life imitating life
Jay
July 17th, 2012
6:57 pm
Even after the Sununu squabble, Romney himself goes on the campaign trail to accuse Obama of wanting to “change the nature of America” and claiming that “His course is extraordinarily foreign.”
In other words, Sununu didn’t misspeak. He expressed exactly the message that the Romney campaign had consciously settled upon, to cast Obama as “extraordinarily foreign” and unAmerican.
USMC
July 17th, 2012
6:57 pm
“Willie, given how conservatives have treated Obama over the last four years — the things they’ve called him and the stories they’ve invented about him — complaining about “attack attack attack” is truly precious.”
Oh please Jay…. What did they call Bush??? You ALL made up garbage and spewed it on George Bush. “Bush lied, People Died” The ape caricatures, the Bush manikins hanging from trees with NOOSES around his neck… just to scratch the surface.
Erwin's cat
July 17th, 2012
6:58 pm
and….
F. Sinkwich
July 17th, 2012
7:00 pm
I guess no lib ilk on Jay’s leftie blog can demonstrate that O’bozo has an American state of mind.
My proof stands.
Oh, one point I didn’t mention, O’bozo wants to fundamentally change this country.
I ask you, if you loved something, would you want to fundamentally transform it?
No, you’d only want to do that to something you HATE.
Ipso facto, case closed.
Jay
July 17th, 2012
7:00 pm
Steve, yes.
http://www.djensenphotography.com/images/ne_ore/mountains/deschutes_river_sun_spotlit.htm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 17th, 2012
7:00 pm
JohnnyReb
If you’re still around, there’s a way to get rid of the meebo bar if you’re using firefox.
It involves the add-on adblock or adblock plus and putting mebo in the custom filter file.
USMC
July 17th, 2012
7:00 pm
“Like I said, USMC likes to twit, and you fall for it…”
Josef, I think Peter sounds a little angry and doesn’t seem to be the brightest bulb… well you get my drift.
carlosgvv
July 17th, 2012
7:01 pm
While Romney is heming and hawing and delaying, his top dollar tax lawyers and CPA’s are working around the clock to produce a set of tax returns and financial statements that will satisfy the American people. Although these documents will be complely fraudulent,they will appear so authentic and contain so many fail-safes that even the closest scrutiny will not reveal them for the fakes they are.
In this country, tons of money can get you just about anything.
G Mare
July 17th, 2012
7:01 pm
Jay, that is a beautiful area of Oregon. In fact, most of Oregon is beautiful. I’ve considered moving back, but kids & grands are here. I am curious as to you came to discover it. Only if you care to share, of course.
Truth-O-Meter
July 17th, 2012
7:01 pm
Question: What do people who pledge to give $100,000,000.00 to see a candidate win an office that pays less than a half million dollars a year really want for their donation?
josef
July 17th, 2012
7:01 pm
“For starters I don’t eat fast food, Hot Pockets, drink soda at all, or play video games.”
Bless your heart…
“I am a guy who works continuously. Have not had a job since 1984. Self employed since then.”
Why be a workaholic? I’m one, too, but I consider it one of my greatest failures of character…and what makes it even worse is that I don’t have to…got work on the other screen right now…
But, really, Mec, lighten up a bit…
F. Sinkwich
July 17th, 2012
7:02 pm
“In other words, Sununu didn’t misspeak. He expressed exactly the message that the Romney campaign had consciously settled upon, to cast Obama as “extraordinarily foreign” and unAmerican.”
O’bozo is, Jay.
Please see the proof in my previous posts.
Truth hurts sometimes.
Peter
July 17th, 2012
7:02 pm
Yeah, I guess Peter was the ONLY Left wing Hater not DISRESPECTING President Bush.
Yes I was truly impressed with comments from Cheney like . Bin Laden and Saddam were working together….. The invasion of Iraq because we were attacked on 911…… Letting the Bin Laden family fly after 911 when all others couldn’t….. “Cost Plus Contracts” because the benefited the American tax payer.
Shall we go on…… Corporate bailouts, because there were no regulations.how about the “Energy For America Meetings ” who included the Enron Exec’s.all closed doors to the American public…..
The bilking of California, so the governor would be removed, but Arnold was not what the Republican’s expected…..or the favorite of all the Republican statements…..and why America is where it is today………
Deficits Don’t matter !
Yes the Republican’s were impressive during those 8 years !
Steve - USA "None of the Above"
July 17th, 2012
7:02 pm
Jay-
Looks nice. I just backtracked to the last page and saw you answered that already about being on the grid. Sorry.
JKL2
July 17th, 2012
7:04 pm
-You do have to wonder why he hasn’t.
Which is that? Released his college transcripts or anything related to fast and furious? Shouldn’t expect much less from someone who took over three years to find his birth certificate…
Peter
July 17th, 2012
7:05 pm
USMC .. show off your watt power as you classify another …… give us some humor or an example of wit please. You big brain you.
josef
July 17th, 2012
7:05 pm
SINKWICH
Was your Mama scared by Joseph McCarthy when she was carrying you?
b
July 17th, 2012
7:06 pm
Jay, your comment at 6:57 speaks volumes. Yes. Exactly. The facts of Obama’s education and influences are clear. It’s just that the leftist media has never gotten around to telling America this…. because? They agree. They agree with the radically left influences on Obama—and they’ve done everything they can to construe this as all “normal.” Sorry, it won’t fly anymore. Americans are, thankfully, not that dumb. We’re not willing to have the wool thrown over our heads and lead around like idiots any more. And the New Media is playing a huge part in this. Thank God. Literally.
I told one of my buddies in Athens not long ago–and after having lived there, working at UGA for a while, I know what I’m talking about. “You guys are so used to talking with each others’ *s* holes that you don’t even recognize what they are anymore.” Media people all hang out together and say the same things that they want to hear. And the bubble is being burst. Finally, someone is telling the world that the dude’s nekkid. The emperor has no clothes.
Hey, and if you agree with Obama’s perspective, then fine: vote for him. But don’t count on the wave of irrationality to carry him over the top as it did last time. Too many people are finally learning the truth.
They BOTH suck
July 17th, 2012
7:07 pm
josef
I’m thinking J Edgar
josef
July 17th, 2012
7:08 pm
USMC
Before I forget…Sinkwich says you live under exit 5 on Georgia 400…
Peter
July 17th, 2012
7:08 pm
Hey, and if you agree with Obama’s perspective, then fine: vote for him. But don’t count on the wave of irrationality to carry him over the top as it did last time. Too many people are finally learning the truth.
So what is the truth the Republican’s are offering ? A guy who sold American jobs abroad ?
Steve - USA "None of the Above"
July 17th, 2012
7:09 pm
“Hey, and if you agree with Obama’s perspective, then fine: vote for him. But don’t count on the wave of irrationality to carry him over the top as it did last time. Too many people are finally learning the truth.”
Luckily for Obama it isn’t a one man election and the guy he has to beat is basically a Stooge.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 17th, 2012
7:09 pm
I know what I’m talking about.
So what?
I can make The Most Interesting Man in the World cry like a three year old.
jeff
July 17th, 2012
7:13 pm
Obama is the one hiding things… past school info, past association, and past lies about what he really wants for America.. I will vote for the one who can bring our economy back and knows how to get America back to work, Send Obama and his socialist ways back where he really came from.
Jm
July 17th, 2012
7:14 pm
Teddy’s all natural peanut butter is awesome
2 ingredients: peanuts and salt
Erwin's cat
July 17th, 2012
7:16 pm
I can make The Most Interesting Man in the World cry like a three year old.
really?, I swear I can make him seem more interesting….so what’s with the hummingbirds,are they all up there ’cause of GCC down here?
Peter
July 17th, 2012
7:16 pm
josef . Any hobbies ? I like growing my garden……..my tomatoes are kicking it to the point I just made a huge container of sauce with only tomatoes from the garden, and plenty on the vine.
Last year when I finally picked the last group about the 1st of December we got 22 lbs……. 1/2 were green, so they went into salsa for our Tamale making party.
Nothing like a fresh tomato off the vine !
Jay
July 17th, 2012
7:17 pm
I’ve lived out there twice, G Mare, once as a kid when my father was stationed near Tillamook, and I worked eight years as a journalist in the Portland area. So I know it pretty well.
And B., the “leftist media” never got around to telling people that his name was Barack Hussein Obama, that he lived in Indonesia as a kid, that his natural father was a Kenyan? Really?
So all that came as a surprise to you? When did you discover all those facts (no doubt on your own, since everyone had conspired to keep them from you)?
Here’s the brutal facts: The American people learned all those things and more, they learned them from the mainstream media, and THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN’T MATTER!!!!
That’s the thing that conservatives cannot bring themselves to accept. This whole “the media didn’t vet him” garbage is an excuse to save themselves from having to admit that the American people really do know all this stuff about their president, and they like him anyway or in some cases because of it.
Ralph
July 17th, 2012
7:18 pm
I miss Ike.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
July 17th, 2012
7:18 pm
Teddy’s all natural peanut butter is awesome
2 ingredients: peanuts and salt
Well, you need to get your hands on some of the peanut butter us rednecks make down at Blakely. It’ll clean you out good. Just leave a few dozen sacks of peanuts with them. You’ll like what comes out of there.
b
July 17th, 2012
7:20 pm
Peter, just wondering: are you aware of how debunked that whole Bain is Bad thing really is? (Even by people who are Obama toadies?) Are you also aware of how much Obama and this government is guilty of the same thing you’re accusing Romney of–except in his case, he’s wasting tax dollars not money from investors? Are you aware of how unfriendly the tax code is in this country which makes outsourcing such a viable option? Are you aware of the fact that unions have institutionalized mediocrity to such an alarming extent while extorting unsustainable benefits that companies (who are earning money for their shareholders–as they are supposed to–money which nearly everyone in this company who owns stocks or retirement plans or mutual funds benefits from) have often had no choice?
I’m going to consider two options: either you don’t know all of this because you trust the media and have never had any other perspective offered you.
Or you willfully want to deny anything which doesn’t fit your pretty little picture with a haloed Obama in the center.
And as far as being a “Stooge,” as Steve says. Sorry. Won’t fly. Guy has been successful at pretty much everything he’s ever touched. Great academic record. And the people in Salt Lake swear by him–because he saved those Winter Games. Took something that was collapsing and turned it into a major success. But again, if you’re depending on the so-called media for your info, then of course, you have no clue.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 17th, 2012
7:22 pm
Erwin’s cat
I dunno. Usually, I can make 3 cups of food for the feeder and it’ll last about a month, give or take.
This year 3 cups won’t last 2 weeks.
josef
July 17th, 2012
7:22 pm
PETER
We got our first fried green ones the last of April and our first ripe ones the first week of May…okra is doing well and we’ve got plenty of peppers…Unmentionable is the one with the green thumb…I sketch, draw, paint and do moss garden villages…blogging, though, is my way of relaxing…I can do and my other work, too…
Billybob
July 17th, 2012
7:23 pm
hussein calls romney a felon and implies he’s a tax cheat and that is parroted by the eternal liberal hack bookman…..another day, same old classless, dishonest leftists…….how about obama starting his political career in the living room of an unrepentent domestic terrorist named bill ayers…..if that was romney’s history that would be all you would parrot jay…..keep it up hack, please!!!!
F. Sinkwich
July 17th, 2012
7:23 pm
Gee, no lib ilks have defended O’bozo as an American from a state-of-mind perspective.
Because no one here has any evidence of that.
He doesn’t much like America.
I do. I love it. As the majority of our citizens do.
That’s why he will lose in November.
Boris Badnoff
July 17th, 2012
7:23 pm
Certainly it would make interesting reading along with The Messiah’s Birth Certificate, academic records, medical records, et al. Oh Dear, now even some of the faithful have doubts
http://www.mediaite.com/online/star-of-obama-super-pac-ad-calls-president-a-jerk-a-pantywaist-a-lightweight-and-a-blowhard/
Not to worry. With out booming and prosperous economy featuring full employment, free everything, and The Messiah’s genius for bipartisanship he will be reelected in a landslide.
Certainly there is room for Face of The Messiah on Mount Rushmore. But those ears present a problem.
b
July 17th, 2012
7:24 pm
Jay, I’m sorry: I’m not stupid enough to accept your bull. If you honestly can sit there and say that the so-called media vetted this man, you’re as idiotic as they are. Don’t like calling names, but seriously. Of course I knew all that stuff. And lots more because I actually did some homework–because I haven’t trusted the media since I was 11 years old. I listened to other voices, was not stupid enough to get swept off my feet by rhetoric. By Greek columns. By people fainting and chanting “yes we can.” I’m not that dumb. And for you to insinuate that I am is just typical of the left.
josef
July 17th, 2012
7:25 pm
K’CHAK
We’ve had several humming birds this year…I was noticing your comment the other day on the nasty tempered female…her sister must live in this neighborhood…
Midori
July 17th, 2012
7:27 pm
Boris,
you sound like a five year old.
and for that comparison, I apologize to all 5 year olds.
G Mare
July 17th, 2012
7:27 pm
Thanks, Jay. It is truly a wonderful state & I have many fond memories. Sad to say, I have not been back in too many years. Did you, perchance, work for the OREGONIAN? There was another paper, but I can’t remember the name. The Portland Journal maybe? Okay, will google.
Jm
July 17th, 2012
7:27 pm
Redneck 7:18 duly noted thx
“Obama is foreign”
Yup. Like a needle in a delta sandwich.
Ralph
July 17th, 2012
7:27 pm
I even miss Truman.
They BOTH suck
July 17th, 2012
7:28 pm
“hussein calls romney a felon ”
When did this happen?
Fill us in with the “hot off the press” facts
Midori
July 17th, 2012
7:28 pm
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/552309_458882434130076_1342581473_n.jpg
Midori
July 17th, 2012
7:29 pm
All the Republicans Calling on Romney to Release His Tax Returns
The chorus of conservatives calling for Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns has grown from being mostly those with an ax to grind to elected officials and the conservative establishment. Here’s who’s on the record wanting Romney’s taxes on the record so far:
Rick Perry. The Texas governor told the Associated Press Tuesday, “I’m a big believer that no matter who you are, or what office you’re running for, you should be as transparent as you can be with your tax returns and other aspects of your life so that people have the appropriate ability to judge your background and what have you… I think anyone running for office, if they get asked within reason to give people background about what they have been doing, including tax returns, should do that.”
Ron Paul. “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,” the former presidential candidate told Politico Tuesday.
Brit Hume. “Anytime it’s an issue between disclosure and non-disclosure, you always wonder whether it’s better just to put it out there,” the Fox News commentator told Bill O’Reilly Monday night.
real john
July 17th, 2012
7:29 pm
No Jay I don’t have to wonder why because I DON’T CARE!!!
Questions Jay:
1. What information do you hope to gather from Romney’s tax returns?
2. Would you change your opinion of him if he released his returns?
3. If for example he gave a lot to charity, would that lead you to change your mind about him and potentially vote for him???
4. What if he paid a really high effective tax rate? Would you consider voting for him then??
If you answer No and No to questions three and four, than why do YOU care??
Answer…Because Romney is a Republican you automatically can’t stand him and his wealth. Therefore lets make up a bunch of non stories to try and make him look bad.
No offense Jay, but this is pretty bush league. Who cares how much Romney or anyone for that matter makes…I think our country has far bigger issues…don’t you????
Jm
July 17th, 2012
7:29 pm
“That’s why he will lose in November.”
Sink, Not unless you go the distance….
Contribute
Make phone calls
Bumper sticker
And go vote
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
July 17th, 2012
7:30 pm
I listened to other voices…
I see the problem now.
Maybe this will help.
http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
Billybob
July 17th, 2012
7:30 pm
obama’s campaign called romney a felon…..enough said
martin the calvinist
July 17th, 2012
7:30 pm
Jay, I know why Romney will not release his tax records, at least for now. Obama will use it to show how rich Romney is and that he’s out of touch from the average American and that he will only protect the rich. Again, I find this thing a distraction because Obama refuses to talk specifics about his policies, if the average American knew what Obama really meant by spreading the wealth around, he would lose his re-election bid. I sure wish politicans had the courage to speak policy issues and direction instead of personal attacks…..
Jay
July 17th, 2012
7:30 pm
B, your fellow Americans know all that stuff too. Hell, Obama confessed half of it himself in his two books.
But they, unlike you, have decided it doesn’t matter. I know you can’t accept that reality. Because if you accept it, then you have to also have to accept the fact that it is not Obama who is out of touch with America. It is you. America has changed, and you have not, and it is now you who is out of place.
That fact cannot be allowed to penetrate. You will believe whatever is necessary — birth certificate, media conspiracy, whitey tapes, etc. — to keep that thought at bay.
They BOTH suck
July 17th, 2012
7:31 pm
Billybob
I wouldn’t claim that Romney said Obama need to learn to be an American, because that would be a lie.
Maybe you just made a mistake
yeah that is it
Jm
July 17th, 2012
7:31 pm
Tbs 7:28 catch up
that’s old news
Peter
July 17th, 2012
7:32 pm
josef . I am out of here to go do a project……..
I was an Art major in college…… did drawing, Lithography, painting, clay, sculpture…….but my favorite that I did the most of was hand blown glass… I got pretty good at it. My roommate from college is a world renowned glass artist.
I sold glass around the northeast including in a gift shop in Rockefeller center.
I do stained glass, and pride myself in that all I make, I create the designs.
Currently I am redoing a ranch…so off to work on the bathroom marble design.
Creativity is a wonderful release !
Jay
July 17th, 2012
7:32 pm
G Mare, the Vancouver Columbian, across the river.
They BOTH suck
July 17th, 2012
7:32 pm
“obama’s campaign called romney a felon…..enough said”
thanks for the clarification, however you spoke of “dishonesty” in your post and it was so ironic that you knowingly being just that
typical for you
Erwin's cat
July 17th, 2012
7:33 pm
Kam @7:22 – the complete opposite here…at least for me
Midori
July 17th, 2012
7:33 pm
aw Jay — take it easy on b.
he’s still licking his wounds after watching Joe Arpiao’s lackluster press conference.
Jm
July 17th, 2012
7:35 pm
“B, your fellow Americans know all that stuff too. Hell, Obama confessed half of it himself in his two books.”
Obama’s book sold 300 million copies in the US? Wow!
josef
July 17th, 2012
7:36 pm
midori
Hey! They were suggesting some reads for you. I got one. If you haven’t already read it, John Kennedy Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces.” Best thing since “Don Quijote” and guaranteed to give you a thigh slapping laugh in your time of troubles…It sure did us in ours…
G Mare
July 17th, 2012
7:36 pm
Whoa, Jay@7:30, AWESOME!!!
Jay
July 17th, 2012
7:37 pm
jm, the most frustrating thing about you is that you are far more intelligent than the rube you portray on this blog.
EOM.
They BOTH suck
July 17th, 2012
7:37 pm
Jm
I knew what he meant, however he was being dishonest while speaking of others being dishonest
He probably doesn’t even see the irony.
Heck it is early in the game. The mud slinging, lies and bs hasn’t even really started on either side.
getalife
July 17th, 2012
7:38 pm
Divide and conquer.
They will call this one early.
Again.
Mr. Snarky
July 17th, 2012
7:39 pm
Jay, It’s simple…because he’s a weasel.