Folks, they ALL have offshore accounts.

[elehhhhna]

Keep that in mind as we watch this play out.




Not Obama, of course. He's way too smart for that. Plus, to open an offshore account, you probably have to show a valid birth certificate.





uh, yeah, that last part was sarcasm

[progressivebydesign]

1. they're not all running for President during a financial recovery.

and 90% of republican voters don't have them. Don't forget, that there is still a very large 'salt of the earth' contingent among republican voters. Yes, they're foolishly voting for people that keep them poor, but they sure don't have offshore accounts.

[elehhhhna]

2. opps sorry - I mean the other politicians

the common man should/will have a fit over this BUT since the poli's, their flunkies, their donors/owners, media mavens and the elite have them, will the discussion be shut down OR will he be the example.

[lostnote12]

3. Off-shoring accounts?....did they not begin under St.Celluloid Raygun...my understanding

.....is that they were first practiced as an attempt to offset European agriculture subsidies to allow U.S. agriculture a "competitive edge".....of course "our" prophets of profit morphed the laws into their own cult of personalities pleasure...

[AnotherMcIntosh]

6. No, they started under Nixon. August 15, 1971 specifically.

[Honeycombe8]

4. Mmmmm...I'd be surprised if they do. If I had to pick a %, I'd say maybe 25% of Congress does.

They know it'd be bad news for that to be found out. Only the very complacent, very sure of their positions and electibility, do. That'd be my guess.

Like I know.

[KurtNYC]

5. but this is another Bain day and off shore accounts have little to do with his Bain lies

It is looking like Mitt probably lied to the SEC and signed his name to it, a felony. That beats off shore accounts like a full house beats a pair of 10s.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. The problem is not whether they have them or not

and I would not be shocked if a fair number of veterans do, on both parties.

It is the lying about having anything to do with it, and not revealing that in a financial disclosure.

But you knew that, right?