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Solomon

(12,310 posts)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:45 PM Aug 2012

Bwaahaa! Romney Demands Harry Reid To Prove It.

Listening to Hannity on the way home and mittwitt was a guest. Hannity played a clip of Reid saying Romney hasn't paid taxes over a 10 year period.

The mitster said it was a ridiculous lie and demanded Reid prove it.


How crazy is that? He's sitting on the proof of the pudding. Why don't he prove Reid wrong? Embarass the hell out of the guy?


I really think this fool thinks he can be president without showing his tax returns.

Americans aren't THAT stupid are we?

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Bwaahaa! Romney Demands Harry Reid To Prove It. (Original Post) Solomon Aug 2012 OP
republicans are preeeeeeety dumb.... mike_c Aug 2012 #1
I don't think it's a matter of being stupid ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #7
^^^ This^^^ panader0 Aug 2012 #14
oy vey after george w bush anything is possible. Remember bush was before citizens united mucifer Aug 2012 #2
about a billion people are asking the same question you are Enrique Aug 2012 #3
OMG is this man a robot? I honestly wonder if he is real. I know he isn't stupid. southernyankeebelle Aug 2012 #4
I hope this takes Hannity down with him. bulloney Aug 2012 #35
I totally agree with you. southernyankeebelle Aug 2012 #38
I don't think Romney really understands how this works tularetom Aug 2012 #5
I believe this fool agent46 Aug 2012 #6
This is what's scaring the hell out of me. Solomon Aug 2012 #10
the media whores are giving him a pass on this while they kept pushing the military record JI7 Aug 2012 #8
Reid should say "Sure. Let me see your returns!" n/t n2doc Aug 2012 #9
bingo! That is where the proof is. rurallib Aug 2012 #21
I hope Reid doesn't back off until he actually produces them. I think he's damned if does, and Tarheel_Dem Aug 2012 #11
What a maroon! earthside Aug 2012 #12
He didn't pay taxes, got refunds, and I'll up you a fraudulent deduction or two. Chemisse Aug 2012 #31
"Prove your claim, Senator Reid, by releasing my tax returns!" arcane1 Aug 2012 #13
Perfect. Solomon Aug 2012 #24
I figure Romney has enough enemies out there Reid probably could come up with Romney's returns. gordianot Aug 2012 #29
My guess is that Reid KNOWS that Mittens has Brewinblue Aug 2012 #32
Agree -- Reid knows something, and it looks like Romney knows it too Jessy169 Aug 2012 #37
I think so too justabob Aug 2012 #39
Heh! The Mittwit keeps the topic of his tax returns on the front burner!! madinmaryland Aug 2012 #15
Romney goes on radio program owned by Bain... Blanks Aug 2012 #16
Cough 'em up, Mitt pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #18
Any day now ... Summer Hathaway Aug 2012 #19
+1 siligut Aug 2012 #22
Obama should offer to trade his birth certificate for Romney's tax returns. hay rick Aug 2012 #20
Here's a thought, what's your opinion? sa2968 Aug 2012 #23
I think it's too late. I don't see how he can make it Solomon Aug 2012 #25
that's just it, they're scrood for 2012 either way eShirl Aug 2012 #27
You're kidding!!!! eShirl Aug 2012 #26
could be they pointed someone to Reid to say 'zero-taxes' ahead of showing he paid 'something' tomm2thumbs Aug 2012 #28
"WE" aren't that stupid. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #30
Reids plan is working... FreeState Aug 2012 #33
He's probably right Turbineguy Aug 2012 #34
Hahahaha! graywarrior Aug 2012 #36
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
7. I don't think it's a matter of being stupid ...
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:55 PM
Aug 2012

Rather, I don't think gop supporters CARE ... Mitt in NOT the Black guy. That's enough for them.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
14. ^^^ This^^^
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:04 PM
Aug 2012

The repubs are not so much pro Rmoney as they are anti Obama. The main reason is skin color.

mucifer

(23,478 posts)
2. oy vey after george w bush anything is possible. Remember bush was before citizens united
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:47 PM
Aug 2012

and before the economy crashed and they still gave him lots of votes. Not enough to win but enough for the supreme court to anoint him.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
3. about a billion people are asking the same question you are
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:52 PM
Aug 2012

why not release the returns and expose what a liar Reid is?

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
4. OMG is this man a robot? I honestly wonder if he is real. I know he isn't stupid.
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:52 PM
Aug 2012

What a arrogant bum he is. Hannity and he are like on another planet. Come on people just can be that stupid.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
35. I hope this takes Hannity down with him.
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:07 PM
Aug 2012

That smug asshole has needed a 2x4 across the face for about 10 years now.

He shows what a big-talking chicke-shit he is when he was big-talking in support of waterboarding until Keith Olbermann offered to pay him a chunk of money if Hannity could even withstand waterboarding for a few seconds. Hannity shut up immediately.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
5. I don't think Romney really understands how this works
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:52 PM
Aug 2012

Reid can't nor does he have to, prove anything.

It's totally within Romney's own power to disprove these allegations by releasing his returns.

Solomon

(12,310 posts)
10. This is what's scaring the hell out of me.
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:59 PM
Aug 2012

That they feel they can slide him through strictly on skin color. Us people know all we need to know about him.

JI7

(89,240 posts)
8. the media whores are giving him a pass on this while they kept pushing the military record
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:55 PM
Aug 2012

thing and birth certificate crap.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,222 posts)
11. I hope Reid doesn't back off until he actually produces them. I think he's damned if does, and
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:00 PM
Aug 2012

damned if he doesn't. The mystery surrounding what's in those returns, and whether or not he got out of paying taxes for ten years, can only continue. It could be the reason he's upside down in his favorables. People think he's hiding something, and if that hurts him and the entire GOP field, more power to him.

earthside

(6,960 posts)
12. What a maroon!
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:01 PM
Aug 2012

Only one person can prove that Mitt Rmoney paid federal income taxes: Mitt Rmoney.

Without putting up the proof, he invites speculation ... let's all speculate away.

I believe he didn't pay federal taxes and even got refunds.

gordianot

(15,233 posts)
29. I figure Romney has enough enemies out there Reid probably could come up with Romney's returns.
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:52 PM
Aug 2012

Someday Reid may write a very illuminating book.

Brewinblue

(392 posts)
32. My guess is that Reid KNOWS that Mittens has
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:01 PM
Aug 2012

not paid any taxes, but cannot legally produce the proof. I mean hell, he is Senate Majority Leader and surely has access to quite a bit of information, just as I am sure the Obama administration knows Romney has paid no taxes and did not leave Bain until 2002.

Jessy169

(602 posts)
37. Agree -- Reid knows something, and it looks like Romney knows it too
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:25 PM
Aug 2012

Sociopaths with a guilty conscience about something that they believe they've kept well-hidden are SURE to demand to face their accuser(s) if the dirty secret comes bubbling out. The goal is to find out who the source is, the better to exert all kinds of pressure and threat to shut down the source. My guess is that Romney knows "a few" people who might in fact be the source for this interesting rumor, and he is desparate to know which one is the culprit. Poor Romney. He's spent his entire life in a position to use his power and money to shut down people who tried to expose his lies. He even attained such a giant stature for a time that I'm sure just his presence and his name intimidated anyone from speaking the truth about Romney. Now it is a different game, and Romney just doesn't get it. He acts very much like a man who knows that his dirty secret has been exposed, and one who is desparate to put a cork in it.

justabob

(3,069 posts)
39. I think so too
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 11:31 AM
Aug 2012

He is so unbelievably unlikeable, even before we get to his politics and business practices, that there have to be people willing to dish the dirt. If not that, there is also a good possibility that Mittens himself will meltdown and have a tantrum and release unfortunate info from his own mouth.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)
16. Romney goes on radio program owned by Bain...
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:09 PM
Aug 2012

...and people act like he's on a news program.

That's funny.

Like Hannity is going to ask tough questions of the owner. He's not gonna show his taxes because it's gonna prove that he owns Hannity, Rush and Glen Beck.

He's not paying taxes because he's losing his ass owning these over-paid blow-hards just to forward his presidential bid.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
17. Cough 'em up, Mitt
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:11 PM
Aug 2012

How clueless and out of touch do you have to be not to know that if you press the issue, there is only one way to resolve it?

"Kiss my ass" isn't good enough, even for a lot of low-info American voters.

Response to Solomon (Original post)

Summer Hathaway

(2,770 posts)
19. Any day now ...
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:15 PM
Aug 2012

Mitt will be down to yelling, "I know you are, but what am I?"

This will inevitably be followed by a press release declaring who's rubber and who's glue ...

hay rick

(7,587 posts)
20. Obama should offer to trade his birth certificate for Romney's tax returns.
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:17 PM
Aug 2012

If I was Romney, I would pick Sarah Palin as my running mate. That might change the subject away from tax returns...

sa2968

(38 posts)
23. Here's a thought, what's your opinion?
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:29 PM
Aug 2012

Could it be possible that some Republicans are providing this information to Reid in order to have Romney's nomination rejected or force him out of the race? No one likes him inside or outside the party.

Solomon

(12,310 posts)
25. I think it's too late. I don't see how he can make it
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:39 PM
Aug 2012

through the convention. But I think they are stuck with him.

Talk about putting lipstick on a pig.

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
28. could be they pointed someone to Reid to say 'zero-taxes' ahead of showing he paid 'something'
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:44 PM
Aug 2012

just to minimize damage, but my guess is that Reid would know better than to fall for that

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
30. "WE" aren't that stupid.
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 07:54 PM
Aug 2012

But I have to wonder about the rest of America. On the bright side though, Obama DID get elected, so "WE" aren't all that bad.

FreeState

(10,570 posts)
33. Reids plan is working...
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:11 PM
Aug 2012

Romney could have ignored it or sidestepped the question but his huge ego got in the way.

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