11 minutes ago - Perry calls on Mitt Romney to release tax returns

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120717/us-romney-perry/

July 17, 2012 05:03 PM EST | Associated Press

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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is calling on fellow Republican and former rival Mitt Romney to release his tax returns.

Perry said anyone running for office should make public as much personal information as possible to help voters decide.

Perry has released his tax returns dating to 1992.

Romney has come under increasing pressure from Democrats and Republicans to release more than the two years of returns he has promised to make public. He has released his 2010 return and has said he'll release the 2011 when it's completed later this year.

[Panasonic]

1. Mitt has pretty much no choice now......

[progressivebydesign]

2. sharks are circling... there is still time to get another candidate, he is not official yet!! n/t

[Rambis]

3. You know when the village idiot weighs in U R *******

[SunsetDreams]

20. !!!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. Romney's extremely negative campaign tactics haven't made him many friends

When you lie repeatedly about people in campaign ads and go out of your way to humiliate them on stage at debates, it doesn't tend to leave a good taste in their mouths. Romney my have won the nomination but he is a long way from earning the allegiance of his own party and its leadership role.

[flamingdem]

5. Why are fellow republicans doing this? They want to jettison his candidacy?

Or is it just basic spite?

[NNN0LHI]

10. Because they have companies doing internal poling constantly

And they know how these polls are trending for them.

Don

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. They're seeing major downticket erosion

No other reason to join the Obama camp in this matter.

[flamingdem]

24. good! Let's hope Mitt holds out and we get the house and hold the senate nt

[Ruby the Liberal]

13. The longer the question hangs out there, the worse it polls.

Of course, they are all thinking that it can't be *so* bad that it can't be explained away. Willard knows he is royally fucked if he releases those documents - because he knows is *is* that bad.

Can I share?

[hifiguy]

6. Holy crap. If even Perry, who is dumber than a bowling shoe,

can figure this much out . . . .

The mind shrivels.

[Downwinder]

7. Was this before or after the President's speech in San Antonio?

[nolabear]

8. How ya feel about that $10,000 bet now, Mitt? Perry just collected.

[rufus dog]

11. Lol - n/t

[bongbong]

9. Perry's reason

"OK Mitt, you bet me $10,000 on something. I have a counter bet. I bet you I used more illegal tax loopholes than you did. As we know, we repigs measure our self-worth by how much we screw over America!"

[Tom Rinaldo]

14. The problem isn't Romney using illegal tax loopholes, the problem is...

...that they ARE legal and ARE legal so that people like Romney can use them and not pay taxes. That's the big picture which is much more consrquential than whether or not romney broke any laws.

[Ruby the Liberal]

17. Ding!

Disclosures - "I did was required by law, plus my 2010 tax return. I owe nothing more"

Taxes - "I paid what was required by law, not $1 more"

This is how he lives his life. Through tax loopholes and teams of attorneys telling him how close to the edge of the knife he can dance.

It isn't a question of "illegal", IMO, it is a question of ethics.

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. Stick to your principles, Willard. Your 'no' means NO.

You can ride this out. Don't release ANYTHING. The line is getting long, but I have your back and there are lots more like me.

[HooptieWagon]

15. Other candidates keeping a foot in the door...

hoping for a brokered convention. And of course the GOP establishment has to be worried a Mittney Meltdown will lead to a down-ticket disaster.

[truebrit71]

16. ^^^^ I think this is quite a likely answer as well...

...the louder the clarion call, the more it could mean the end of the Mittster and a VERY interesting KKKonvention in Tampa..

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. ROFL: Summer of Nittany Lions and Mittney Lyin'

[HooptieWagon]

21. DUzy!!!!

[RagAss]

22. Perry ? Well, that's a fart in the face.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. So all Perry needs to do is

1 Secure support from a SuperPAC
2 Get the old Tea Party crowd together again
and ,......what was the third thing?