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kpete

(71,898 posts)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:01 AM Jul 2012

NH Newspaper to MITT: “If you want the job, you have to subject yourself to the scrutiny.”

NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWSPAPER CALLS ON ROMNEY TO RELEASE TAX RETURNS |

New Hampshire’s major newspaper, the Union Leader, released an editorial on Thursday calling on Mitt Romney to release his tax returns. “There is no place for secrecy or, indeed, privacy in a Presidential campaign,” the editorial stated. “If you want the job, you have to subject yourself to the scrutiny.” The presidential candidate has been extremely secretive about his tax returns, refusing to release more than two years, and not even fully releasing documents from those years. Romney has not heeded the call of many Republicans who want him to release his returns, so it is unlikely that the Union Leader’s editorial will change his position, despite the fact that the paper is in a swing state.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120726/OPINION01/707269907/0/SEARCH
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/26/590061/union-leader-romney-returns/

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NH Newspaper to MITT: “If you want the job, you have to subject yourself to the scrutiny.” (Original Post) kpete Jul 2012 OP
The Union Leader is not to be messed with, Mitt. TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #1
thanks...hope other papers follow the lead !! nt Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2012 #2
doesn't happen much, but the Union Leader is right on Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #3
Wow -- if a right-winger loses the Union Misleader, they're in trouble. nichomachus Jul 2012 #4
The Union Leader is not what it once was... Mopar151 Jul 2012 #5
Ooooh, that's gotta sting! Fozzledick Jul 2012 #6

TheCowsCameHome

(40,161 posts)
1. The Union Leader is not to be messed with, Mitt.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:02 AM
Jul 2012

They will break you and your candidacy like a twig.

This is great news.

Bluerthanblue

(13,669 posts)
3. doesn't happen much, but the Union Leader is right on
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:08 AM
Jul 2012

with this one.

At least they are standing on their principals, and not simply letting Romney slide because he's the candidate for their side.

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
4. Wow -- if a right-winger loses the Union Misleader, they're in trouble.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:10 AM
Jul 2012

This is the newspaper that ran a front page editorial on the day of a visit by Dr. King, stating "MLK, Get Out of Our Town."

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
5. The Union Leader is not what it once was...
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 11:21 AM
Jul 2012

But they still have a lot of influence. And if anything, their editorials and news are not as extreme as when the Loebs were alive.

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