ROMNEY CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR: PEOPLE WHO ARE QUESTIONING MITT’S TAX RETURNS ARE ‘SUPPORTING SOCIALISM’ |

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

ROMNEY CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR: PEOPLE WHO ARE QUESTIONING MITT’S TAX RETURNS ARE ‘SUPPORTING SOCIALISM’ | During an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday morning, Carlos Gutierrez, a Romney senior adviser and Honorary Co-Chair of his National Hispanic Steering Committee, said that questioning the GOP presidential candidate’s reluctance to turn over his tax returns and come clean about his investments in foreign countries amounts to “socialism.” Responding to a segment during which Democratic strategist Karen Finney raised concerns about some of Romney’s offshore accounts, Gutierrez said, “if you are attacking capitalism, then I suppose that we are supporting socialism.”

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/11/514551/romney-campaign-co-chair-people-who-are-questioning-mitts-tax-returns-are-supporting-socialism/

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[tanyev]

1. You can attack kleptocracy without attacking capitalism.

[Vincardog]

43. Rmoney = kleptocracy = unbridled capitalism; none of which is Democratic.

[patrice]

2. Yeah, Carlos, and if a doctor was attacking your diet, to protect your heart, he'd be supporting

starving you to death.

[AlbertCat]

3. Wanting to know HOW he made his money

... is socialism?

Apparently the definition of "socialism" is vast and varied.

[kestrel91316]

33. They apply the label "socialism" to anything and everything they disagree with.

[allan01]

4. re:ROMNEY CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR: PEOPLE WHO ARE QUESTIONING MITT’S TAX RETURNS ARE ‘SUPPORTING SOCIALISM

those are also public informaiton. socilisim , meh. pok. you wat obamas birth certificate so bad , prove it .

[Dalai_1]

5. It is a simple matter

of questioning where he chose to invest his money and the benefits he got as
a result of the decision he made.If it was not in the USA we are entitled to
know.

[limpyhobbler]

6. they say that like it's a bad thing?

[riderinthestorm]

7. ROMNEY CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR: PEOPLE WHO ARE QUESTIONING MITT’S TAX RETURNS ARE ‘SUPPORTING SOCIALISM’

No wait, that's not right... how about

ROMNEY CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR: PEOPLE WHO ARE QUESTIONING MITT’S TAX RETURNS ARE ‘SUPPORTING PEDOPHIILIA’

No, no that sounds bad too... how about

ROMNEY CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIR: PEOPLE WHO ARE QUESTIONING MITT’S TAX RETURNS ARE ‘SUPPORTING COMMUNISM"



Can't you just hear them trying to brainstorm their talking point on this.. trying to come up with something, anything that insinuates its somehow "unpatriotic" to question Mitt's refusal to release his tax returns.

The statement by Mr. Gutierrez doesn't even make sense!

[siligut]

14. Exactly

It's their new thing, derogatory label and then slam.

[wordpix]

36. +1000 typical R's making stuff up & taunting with names like school kid brats

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[madashelltoo]

8. Hey, where's the signup sheet?

[Fuddnik]

9. It's all a big Chavez-Castro kryptonite plot to destroy SuperMitt!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. It'll be interesting to see if other surrogates say the same thing

If this is the agreed-on approach it indicates that they are pretty desperate to come up with a defense. John McCain who wanted Romney's tax returns to vet him as a possible VP in 2008 must be a hardened Marxist. Or is it okay for McCain to vet Romney but not okay for the American electorate to do the same?

[kestrel91316]

32. It's only socialism when people supporting THAT BLACK MAN do it.

[Thav]

11. You keep using that word...

I don't think it means what you think it means.

[VWolf]

19. C'mon! A republican mis-using the word "Socialism"?

That would be ... inconceivable.

[SpankMe]

12. Yet another sign of the deteriorating mind of the conservative. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. "the unacceptable face of capitalism" - said by Conservative PM Edward Heath

about sanctions breaking in Rhodesia: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/139596.stm

Of course you can criticise capitalism, especially certain ways of doing it (eg using tax havens to dodge tax) without being a socialist; typically people who are general supporters of capitalism do when taking the maximum possible profit becomes the only goal.

[Kablooie]

15. Boy, they'll throw in catch phrases anywhere, even when inappropriate.

Socialism ... ooooh ... scary.

[Denninmi]

16. Gee, I thought it was about calling out a tax cheat.

If that is his definition of socialism then so be it. I remember various IRS programs to crack down on tax fraud coming down under R as well as D administrations and Congresses.

[kestrel91316]

31. The IRS is socialism. So are all taxes. Therefore so is the Constitution.

[Scuba]

17. And he's black too. Did we mention he's black?

[SusanaMontana41]

21. Some of his best friends are black. nt

[JHB]

18. Breaking: Mitt's co-chair calls Mitt's dad a socialist!

Also calls the US a socialist nation for most of the Cold War. Evidently the Russians were the Union of Soviet Socialist-er Democrats.


There used to be a description for people who said these sorts of things: Ranting Loons.

[SusanaMontana41]

20. Gutierrez is the poster child for cognitive dissonance.

Me thinks he's seen the writing on the wall about the Hispanic vote in November.

Damn those GOP toadies are desperate!

[agtcovert]

22. Socialism...

I've never been able to tell if I should classify right wing use of this word as one of their "code" words or just a swear word they use. I wish they'd pull out a dictionary.

[Amonester]

35. It used to be 'Communism' in the 50-60s now it's 'Socialism'

Like if Norway's, Sweden's, Finland's, and even France's brand of 'Socialism' is a bad thing!

[wordpix]

37. exactly - socialized health care, child care, college, good public transportation

:WTF: What's the matter with all that?

And BTW, it's not "free" ---people pay high taxes to get these things, but at least they get some real benefits for their taxes. Not like here, where if you can't afford health care, tough luck and you're living on the street if your illness bankrupts you.

[Amonester]

40. Nah... It's so much better to be free to evade taxes using 'legally' lobbied loopholes!

Denmark! I forgot Denmark!

And Public Dental Care!

[barbtries]

23. i'm at work and can't watch right now.

but i'm going to assume that it sounded as ridiculous as it reads?

[liberal N proud]

24. Huh?

[Sentath]

25. Ok

GO Socialism!

[unblock]

26. just go with the "we are supporting socialism" money quote. investing overseas, supporting socialism

that's mitt for ya!

[1StrongBlackMan]

27. And the Non Sequitor Award in the Fish Out of Water category goes to ...

Gutierrez said, “if you are attacking capitalism, then I suppose that we are supporting socialism.”

I suppose ... If you are seating, then I suppose that we are also driving.

[loyalkydem]

28. Good.

I'M A BLOODY SOCIALIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kestrel91316]

29. He misspoke. He meant to say we were supporting TERRORISM.

[Angry Dragon]

30. Another huge idiot heard from

[wordpix]

34. "We are supporting socialism" -use that in O ad, with "Romney supporter" screenshot of Gutierrez

below. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. I'm referring to the R's using a portion of a speech by O where he quoted a R absurdity, and the ad was edited to make it appear the absurdity was O's own.

[Scootaloo]

38. Yes, I am, now answer the fucking question n/t

[leftynyc]

39. Sooooo, under that logic

Newt, Sarah, Hermann and all the other mental midgets are socialists. During the primaries they all called for him to release multiple years of tax returns. You know, that would make a great campaign ad - just go to the primary debates.

[pansypoo53219]

41. NO. in the parlance of republicans of days gone by-FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE!

[yardwork]

42. Anybody who would vote for Romney deserves to live in the country he will bring us.

Unfortunately, they'll drag all the rest of us down too. I honestly sometimes wish that half the country would secede.