Romney fears tax returns would be distorted

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON — US presidential challenger Mitt Romney said Tuesday that he will not release his tax records from before 2010 because his opponents would "pick through, distort and lie about" them.

The Republican hopeful is under pressure from Democratic incumbent Barack Obama's campaign -- and from many on his own side -- to quell speculation about his wealth by releasing his financial records to public scrutiny.

But, in an interview with the conservative website National Review Online, Romney said he had already released his most recent records from 2010 and would not be going further back to quiet his critics.

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"And I'm simply not enthusiastic about giving them hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort and lie about."


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oh boo hoo he's scared.

[nolabear]

1. List of things I'm not enthusiastic about:

1. Mitt Romney as president.

2. Mitt Romney as dog catcher.

3. Mitt Romney.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. amazing how truth and facts are poison to republicans...

[madaboutharry]

3. And his campaign would have no way to defend the returns?

That is what he is saying. Doofus. And Sarah Palin was the better candidate in 08. lol.

[Angry Dragon]

4. The Glove sure is a whiner

Willard wants you to know he is now a super hero named 'The Glove'

[Jessy169]

5. In the Republican alternate reality..

If a FACT tends to put a Republican politician or cause in a bad light, then it is a LIE or a DISTORTION.

If a LIE or a DISTORTION tends to put a Democratic politician or cause in a bad light, then it is a FACT.

[Nevernose]

41. "Reality has a well-known liberal bias"

--Stephen Colbert

[Bluenorthwest]

6. It must be so awful. Lots of rich people have released records to run for office, it is common

practice and other very wealthy candidates do not balk. Meg Whitman did when running against Brown in CA and all the money she flushed could not overcome that lack of openness.

[freshwest]

7. Wazzup, Mittens? Sheldon and the Koch brothers aren't giving you enough money to hire a CPA?

Hey!! They're being mean to me!!!

[arbusto_baboso]

8. Romney - "You can't lie, that's MY gig."

[RedStateLiberal]

9. "I can't release my tax returns, I'm running for office for Pete's sake."

[drm604]

33. Good one!

That is essentially what he's saying.

[RedStateLiberal]

36. Credit the Maddow Blog

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/16/12771435-romney-comes-up-with-a-tax-return-spin?lite

I like to give credit where credit is due.

[BamBamBane]

10. "Please don't pick on me. Stop telling the truth." - Willard (R - 1%)

[Pilotguy]

11. His tax returns are...

...thousands of pages? Must be very creative.

[Iliyah]

14. Unlike goppers

Dems do know how to read - LOL

[Iliyah]

12. Typical bully.

Mittens got some bad stuff in those tax returns that regular Americans will be appalled at.

[magical thyme]

13. meh. 23 years of my tax returns would be about 23 pages.

Dear Mittens,
You are applying for a job here. You don't get to decide what data we collect on you. We do.

Signed,
the rest of us

[polly7]

21. That's so perfect.

Should be stated to every candidate running, everywhere.

[jaysunb]

15. Like: the years that he paid little or NO tax.

I know, I know, it's all legal, but folks might "misunderstand."

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

26. That's what they're afraid of....

The year they released showed only 15% in taxes. You can only imagine what's on the years they're not releasing.

I suspect there will be some massively embarrasing (Dressage Horse Write-Offs) details in there, as well.

[xxqqqzme]

16. If they're honest and straight forward

returns, then what is there to 'pick through, distort and lie about'?

Who are these people running this sorry ass campaign? This clown has been running for president for 6+ years. He could have had those returns amended and patched up by now. Fucking lazy coward.

[chelsea0011]

22. Exactly. They are what they are. Someone can't distort them.

[Lex]

17. How can they "lie" about them if everyone has them?

And two, what's wrong with "picking through" them?

[bemildred]

18. Awwww ... nt

[Rose Siding]

19. Bullies are always cowardly.

[VWolf]

20. Can't stand the heat? Tell your many cooks to get out of the kitchen! n/t

[Canuckistanian]

23. Mommy, they're being mean to me

So I'm just gonna take my ball and go home.

[Enrique]

24. like they distorted the SEC documents

they took the documents where he swore that he was running Bain, and twisted them to suggest that he was running Bain.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

25. Atta boy, Mittens

Start laying the groundwork for your press conference....

The mean black man is distoring my record!

[They_Live]

27. If you've done nothing wrong,

then there is nothing to worry about.

Right, Mitt?

[Kalidurga]

30. Maybe it's the horses...

how many he owned, how many he got tax breaks on for medicinal purposes, how many he doped to sell (ok it was probably just one), how many he got a break on and later sold. I really don't know. I have no idea how many horses the Romney's invested in that failed business.

[Progressive dog]

31. Damn crybaby

A little bit obsessed with people lying about stuff, isn't he?

[PSPS]

32. Yes, those funds he shared with various human traffickers and foreign despots would be "distorted."

[treestar]

34. As if he and his party never DID any distorting of anything ever, on their end

Whiner. Others have done it. Why is he so special?

[drm604]

35. What could it be

that could be distorted so badly that it ends up hurting him more than the things people are imagining now?

[Kteachums]

37. Excuses, excuses, how many is he going to come up with? Something is hidden!

[Kablooie]

38. They must contain certain death for Rommey if releasing them is worse than this now.

Maybe he was heavily invested in Thai sex vacation organizations.

[UpInArms]

39. amazing how the fear of daylight

keeps the truth in the dark

[madokie]

40. Its not lies that worries willard

Hell he'd rather tell a lie as the truth. What worries willard the rat is the truths, that we all know, that his tax returns will show.

[truthisfreedom]

42. Meanwhile, he picked through President Obama's speach today, and distorted and lied about

what Obama said. rMoney is broadcasting that Obama said "If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that." The "that" isn't referring to the "American system". You didn't build the American system... that took everybody.

“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.

The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.

So we say to ourselves, ever since the founding of this country, you know what, there are some things we do better together. That’s how we funded the GI Bill. That’s how we created the middle class. That’s how we built the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hoover Dam. That’s how we invented the Internet. That’s how we sent a man to the moon. We rise or fall together as one nation and as one people, and that’s the reason I’m running for president — because I still believe in that idea. You’re not on your own, we’re in this together.”

[JHB]

43. In the words of your fellow "businessman" and the previous Republican Oval Office occupier...

..."who cares what you think?"

Welcome to the politics that your party has made, Mittens. And remember, no one is obligated to vote for you. What you are "enthusiastic" about doesn't amount to a hill of beans. How did you get to this point in your life and not understand that yet?

Oh, right, being a lifelong privileged dick would explain it, wouldn't it?

[Ash_F]

44. So I guess he decided to run for Pres in 2010?

"Got to start being clean"