McCain got 23 years of Romney tax returns but the American public gets 2011 and one estimate?

[Tom Rinaldo]

Square that one with the voters Mitt. Go ahead, try. Of course you could point out that McCain hasn't seen all your recent returns either, he last checked in 2008. With the exception of 2010 no one has seen those. You could reassure folks with that observation. Yeah, try that. Besides why would voters need to know as much about your finances as a former Party leader? You may be running for President but Chief Executive Officers aren't really accountable for things that happen during their legal tenure. We've been through all this with Bain, voters understand. No biggie.

[DCBob]

1. We need a former McCain staffer willing to do a good deed..

to find those documents and release them to the public.

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. I wonder if one already has

Time may tell.

[DCBob]

3. I suspect the Romney campaign has been frantically trying to locate..

and destroy all copies of those returns. Hopefully they missed some.

[KharmaTrain]

6. Seen Steve Schmidt Around Lately??

Doesn't seem like he's working for Rmoney. They had the Gingrich campaign manager on the teevee yesterday who said he had information that questioned Willard's timing in leaving Bain and his playing fast and loose with the tax and security laws...but were deluged by negative pub within the rushpublican coven and never could use it.

Willard is a spoiled asshat...and one that many of his own party don't like. Maybe there are some inside the party who see how flawed of a candidate he is and hoping to quietly provide the ammo to torpedo his campaign before the convention and then hope for that coveted brokered nomination. Surely the Paulbots dream of this...and as long as Mittens lets this drip drip drip its going to follow him wherever he goes.

Bottom line is if Willard releases his taxes publicly his candidacy is cooked. It'll be the financial equivelent of the Starr report with tons of details of his corrupt finances made public.

Someone out there has it in for Willard and it's just not Democrats but I'll gladly take the help...

[DCBob]

7. That is a possibility.

We shall see how this plays out.

[malaise]

10. 100% correct

[JNelson6563]

4. Well said and good to see you Tom!

[Tom Rinaldo]

5. Thanks Julie

I'm starting to get back in the swing of being here. It's that time of yeah, lol. It's good to run into old friends again.

[treestar]

8. Don't see how Rmony can get away with this

without looking really elitist. Every candidate for President for the past 40 years has done it.

[ecstatic]

9. He is beyond offensive at this point

He wants us to give him the highest office in the country but does not want to answer any of our questions.

[CanonRay]

11. Those returns are probably why McCain did NOT pick Rmoney

even Mooselini looked good after a peek at that shitstorm.

[Honeycombe8]

12. How is it that they were released to an individual, and not to the public? Never heard of that.

What would be the point of giving tax returns to McCain personally? Romney was being vetted as a VP?

Whether the returns impacted McCain's decision to choose him as a VP, it's my understanding that that was never gonna happen. McCain couldn't stand him personally. And politically, there was nothing Romney had to offer.

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. And Harry Reid has suddenly become a great attack dog

His statement that Romney basically paid no taxes for 12 years can only be rebuffed in one way; by Romney releasing his taxes - unless they prove Reid right. Reid is reenforcing a growing belief that Romney has something to hide. By saying that Romney has avoided paying his fair share of taxes Read in filling in that blank with an answer that is becoming the default public assumption.