Romney Says He Paid at Least 13% in Income Taxes

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Originally Posted by leemajors

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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Again, you need to tell the whole story from the blurb you posted. God bless

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Originally Posted by jack sommerset

Again, you need to tell the whole story from the blurb you posted. God bless

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About him backpedaling 8 years later?

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Originally Posted by leemajors

About him backpedaling 8 years later?

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Brother, about the blurb you posted from the left wing newsnut, rachael maddows. Give us some more info. God bless

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Originally Posted by mercos

Fair point, I should have been more specific. I should have said that anyone defending Romney's secrecy on his tax returns, because these are likely the same people that wanted to see Obama's birth certificate. Many Republicans have called for Romney to release the records, and I should have noted that.

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:toast

Mitt is doing exactly what he is suppose to do regarding his tax returns and some of you are all worked up over it cuz he won't do what you want. There is no scandal, it will have no influence on the election, there is no conspiracy, no one is breaking any laws, it's much to do about nothing. Have a wonderful weekend! God bless

Romney's well within his rights to release as little as possible and to brag about minimizing his tax burden. Also, he's fucking stupid for doing so.

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Originally Posted by jack sommerset

Now we are on to a little something something, what claims are you speaking of? God bless

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That he paid at least 13% in income taxes...

Who the fuck cares? Why is this a conversation piece.

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Originally Posted by vy65

Who the fuck cares? Why is this a conversation piece.

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Because he's an absolute hypocrite and possibly a tax cheat, tbh.....

It makes Romney look like an out of touch elitist.

He could have defused this by releasing his returns when this first came up and pivoted the conversation to something Obama's more vulnerable on, like jobs.

Where's the hypocrisy coming from? Genuine question.

If you think he's a bad person, don't vote for him. I still don't understand why this shit has media predominance though.

I guess I'm out of touch. I'd like a campaign to be a debate about policy. That's obviously not the case. The hysteria over tax returns and birth certificates feeds the popularity-contest frenzy that crowds out real debate.

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Originally Posted by jack sommerset

Brother, about the blurb you posted from the left wing newsnut, rachael maddows. Give us some more info. God bless

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Would you prefer a different sceenshot? Hail Satan.

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Originally Posted by Clipper Nation

Because he's an absolute hypocrite and possibly a tax cheat, tbh.....

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lol @ possibly. It's possible he's a transvestite.:rollin

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Originally Posted by vy65

Where's the hypocrisy coming from?

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Willard himself... not only did he propose way too many tax hikes as governor in MA, he has also used tax return secrecy against his opponents in the past.....

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Originally Posted by Clipper Nation

Because he's an absolute hypocrite and possibly a tax cheat, tbh.....

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Hypocrisy...you're soaking in it.

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Originally Posted by vy65

I still don't understand why this shit has media predominance though.

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you're soaking in it

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Originally Posted by jack sommerset

Im not....but you are. You're silly, you're mad cuz mitt won't release all of his taxes thus you are asking questions about them. God bless

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Cool story. Link? Quote?

your god doesn't like liars, jack. ron bless

@vy65: you've seen presidential campaigns before, no? remember the last one?

I find it odd you'd expect substance and policy to be discussed very much . . .

the conversation mostly pivots from one pile of fertilizer to another. . .

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Originally Posted by vy65

Where's the hypocrisy coming from? Genuine question.

If you think he's a bad person, don't vote for him. I still don't understand why this shit has media predominance though.

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Originally Posted by vy65

I guess I'm out of touch. I'd like a campaign to be a debate about policy. That's obviously not the case. The hysteria over tax returns and birth certificates feeds the popularity-contest frenzy that crowds out real debate.

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Or the "long-lost brother", or the "hesitancy to give the kill order", etc etc etc...
Just as much as this tax business, it's sad as it's seemingly the norm...

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Originally Posted by Winehole23

the conversation mostly pivots from one pile of fertilizer to another. . .

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Exactly, sadly none of this is new... remember Swiftboating?

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Originally Posted by Winehole23

the conversation mostly pivots from one pile of fertilizer to another. . .

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I think that's right. I was loose with what I was saying -- I wish the irrelevant shit about birth certificates and tax returns was ignored.

I think this shit gets included in because its simply and panders to this nation's vitriol. I don't think campaigns should be about this but unfortunately they are.

politics ain't beanbag

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Originally Posted by vy65

I think that's right. I was loose with what I was saying -- I wish the irrelevant shit about birth certificates and tax returns was ignored.

I think this shit gets included in because its simply and panders to this nation's vitriol. I don't think campaigns should be about this but unfortunately they are.

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Guy Debord had some good thoughts as to why.