Obama~ Where's the returns?

[pkz]

per MSNBC...Obama campaign sending memo asking the question...

"Why won't Clinton release tax returns?"

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

1. That didn't take long. n/t

[tekisui]

50. Time to get serious.

[SKKY]

2. It's about freakin' time...

...Obama's gotta start playing their game and beat them at it.

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Ayup

[jlake]

4. Yep. It's about time he takes the bait.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

47. Bait!

:woohoo:

[redqueen]

21. Think "rope a dope"

he's been cruising through this... so the best time to start with this type of NON-SLIMY attack is after a few "humiliating defeats" (*snort*)

[SKKY]

41. Soccer and Boxing. You're just about perfect, you know that?

:loveya: Congrats on Arsenals win by the way.

[redqueen]

42. Aw shucks...

:blush:

And thanks! We needed that! :D

[buff2]

5. Is that all he's got to whine about?

What a sore loser.

[9119495]

8. No. One of many avenues to go down vs. Clinton. Maybe she'll

release them before Obama wins WY and MS this week.

[totodeinhere]

12. So when Clinton goes negative that's great,

but if Obama does it's "whining." What a double standard! And how can Obama be a sore loser when he's not losing? And after Clinton lost eleven straight and went negative on Obama, did you call her a sore loser too?

[ericgtr]

13. Actually, when he loses he congratulates Hillary both personally and publically

Your candidate is a rude and thoughtless person who only cares about herself. When she loses she doesn't even bother to thank those who did vote for her either. A perfect example of not having any tact or class, keep that in mind next time you brag about him being a sore loser.

[CatnHat]

33. Guess you missed

Hillary's victory speech. Hillary "haters" should really start their own party, and take Obama with them.

HILLARY!!
'08

[democrattotheend]

34. So she has congratulated him and thanked supporters in the states she lost?

How does her victory speech last night have anything to do with that? In the states she has lost recently, she has simply acted as if they did not happen, not bothering to publicly congratulate him (I know she called him after Wisconsin) or thank her supporters in those states.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. At least he didn't bring up SNL.

[redqueen]

22. Did he congratulate Hillary?

There's a sore loser in the contest, but it's not Obama.

[LSK]

23. do you really want him to use Whitewater, Monicagate, etc???

[Blue_State_Elitist]

6. hahaha

Barack Axelrod must be getting nervous.

[cali]

46. I think it's more like he wants to return her little favor

and heaven knows he has an embarrassment of delicious scandalous corrupt riches to work with. Hey, have you heard about what happened with the Rezco trial re Clinton and one of her associates? I don't think Clinton will be so eager to talk about Rezco anymore. Now, where should Barack go after the Income Tax Return thing? Gupta? The civil trial that's ongoing in which HIll is named? How about Giustra and his generosity? Hsu? Or maybe he should remind people of certain old scandals. As I said, a wealth of material to work with.

[npincus]

7. Here is Obama's 2006 Tax Return (link):

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/files/obama_2006_tax_return.pdf

So, Hill... cough it up.

[9119495]

28. I love you. Thank you for posting this. Awesome.

[Orsino]

9. It's an obvious ploy...

...seeing as how the contents must be so sensitive.

[KittyWampus]

10. Clintons' Recent Meteoric Rise In Personal Wealth

[Seabiscuit]

11. Desperation ...

That's it? That's the hardest hit Barack can do? Where are your returns? That's weak and it will fall out of the news cycle in a day. :crazy:

[thewiseguy]

14. So where are her returns?

Thats a very simple question? Why is she not releasing her returns?

Very simple and very catchy. Show us your tax returns Hillary.

[Seabiscuit]

15. So when she shows her tax returns ... what's the next Barack ploy?

You see, if Barack was going to hit her candidancy ... then it should be on the Iraq war but the tax returns? I don't think it will get any play beyond today.

[thewiseguy]

29. Why has not she released her returns yet?

[Seabiscuit]

30. Who cares? If you do, why don't you just invent a phony reason. It'll make you feel better.

[thewiseguy]

36. No I care for the truth

Unlike some Clinton supporters who feed off the kitchen sink strategy.

[Seabiscuit]

40. So what are you hoping, dreaming, begging for Hillary's tax returns to show?

That she has been defrauding the IRS for years?

Sorry, pal, saying "I care for the truth" is no cover for your salivating over some imaginary non-issue to somehow magically appear in Hillary's tax returns handing your candidate the nomination.

[democrattotheend]

35. His returns are right here

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/files/obama_2006_tax_return.pdf

[tishaLA]

16. I think this might be too "inside baseball"

to do any damage. Let's face it: nobody expects the Clintons to be clean. They expect just the opposite, in fact, and the fact that voters have been turning to Obama demonstrates the results of that expectation. But he needs to hit her on issues that matter to the average voter, issues that can be made to appear to matter to the average voter, or something really salacious. Tax returns, unless they contain write offs to hookers (and I have no reason to believe they do. They show nothing of the kind as far as I know), will not do it.

[KittyWampus]

17. Open Govt., Honesty, Integrity are "inside baseball"? It's freaking Tax Season right now...

you don't think this resonates?

Bill Clinton lobbied for Dubai in the Port Deal, for instance.

Did he get paid?

He lobbied for Uribe and the new-NAFTA with Columbia.

How much did he get paid?

:wtf:

[tishaLA]

19. I'm talking about tax returns

not "open government." If Obama can make an argument that her tax returns signify something nefarious about her that we don't already know--that the Clintons are notoriously self-interested and secretive--then he should go for it. But I believe, realistically speaking, that this leads to nowhere. The stuff about Bill lobbying for Dubai, however, is a fine; do they NEED the tax returns to prove this? I don't think so, so it seems to me like putting the cart before the horse. Simply make an argument about Bill's bad business dealings and, if necessary, use the demand for tax returns to show it.

[redqueen]

24. I think it might be a door-opening sort of tactic... aimed to find out the reason for this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4906146&mesg_id=4906689

[tishaLA]

31. Yeah, I saw that astonishing graphic after I posted

And it's damning. I still think the better path would be directly through the Dubai connection, which garnered wide opposition from both Democrats and republicons, instead of through the tax returns. But whatever gets them to where they want to do. Maybe the Obama campaign thinks that if they start the pressure now, when PA rolls around the returns will be out (because of pressure) and will be new enough to have an effect on the election results. If that is the case, they will show themselves to be as smart as I think they are.

[redqueen]

32. Drip, drip, drip...

first you do one... then you wait.

Pulling out all the stops early on is a sign of weakness & desperation.

[Skwmom]

20. Make sure your asking for the RIGHT year.

[Coexist]

25. they should send it 5x day, every day until they are released

cheap and effective.

[ClayZ]

26. Funny, she sure can get confetti ordered up in plenty of time!

[redqueen]

27. I think they've had the confetti around for a long time.

She was the "inevitable" candidate, remember?

[CatnHat]

37. Obama--

when you gonna come clean with the Nafta cover-up? Obama--when you gonna come clean about your man pal, Rezko. Obama--the politican who became Tony Rezko's puppet. Obama--when are you going to have a "real" press conference?

[truebrit71]

38. Apples and oranges....let's get the tax retruns out there and see where she'd REALLY getting her....

...money from...

NAfta cover-up? No "there", there...(p.s. the Canadians already apologized for interfering)
Obama = Rezko puppet...you MUST be on crack...

WHAT IS HILLARY HIDING?

[CatnHat]

39. Rezko

a major player in Obama's Illinois campaign. It will all come out at the end of day. Already today, Chicago papers are demanding Obama to "phone home"; they want answers. It's about friggin' time.

Nafta, excuse me, the "Canadians already. . . ." :crazy: you gotta be kidding, right?

[truebrit71]

43. There is no "there" there...and the Canadian's already apologized...

...do you not know how to read?

[CatnHat]

44. If anyone

deserves an apology, it's the American people from the Obama campaign. Obama and his supporters actually think they can dupe the public??? No Nafta is not over, Rezko is not over, Obama's background check is not over. That's vetting, every candidate goes through it; and if Obama and his supporters can't take the heat---get out of the race.

[truebrit71]

45. Whitewater. Monica. Jennifer Flowers. How can we trust a woman that can't control her own husband?

...Strangley that's part of her experience she DOESN'T tout...wonder why?

[CatnHat]

51. Now you're

beginning to sound like a repuke. Good-bye.

[truebrit71]

52. Can't stand the heat? How about people that live in glass houses and stone-throwing..

...Wonder if Marc Rich is still sending money to his good buddy Bill for that pardon?

Maybe THAT'S why she's afraid to release her tax returns? That or the obscene amounts of money being funnelled in from Dubai....

Hmmm...

[DemBones DemBones]

48. Why can I find Clinton's net worth online but not Obama's???

I found McCain's net worth, too. Hiding something, Brack?

[Catherine Vincent]

49. "Where's the returns"?

Is that your mistake?

[lipton77]

53. Tax returns since Clintons left the White House will be made available on or around April 15

Faced with many legitimate questions about Senator Obama's long-time relationship with indicted political fixer Tony Rezko, the Obama campaign has chosen to lash out at Senator Clinton.

Here are the facts:

Over 20 years of the Clintons' tax returns are in the public domain.
Their tax returns since they left the White House will be made available on or around April 15.
This information will be in addition to 15 years of uninterrupted public financial disclosure reports.
Instead of making false attacks, we urge Senator Obama to release all relevant financial and other information related to indicted political fixer Tony Rezko

http://facts.hillaryhub.com/