Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, really is backing himself into a corner with this tax return issue. Does he really think the Democratic Party will start playing nice if he doesn't release more than two years of his tax information? Nice, in an election year? Yeah, best of luck with that one, Mittens.
Since the onset of the Democratic attacks on Romney not releasing his taxes, the Republican nominee has seen his approval ratings either standing still or dropping and his disapproval ratings rising. The wise thing for him to do would be to release the information now while there's still 3 months to explain the situation and potentially make up with the American people. The more he holds this information off, the more people will begin to suspect there's something he's hiding which he'd rather the American public not see.
So what does he do? It's being reported that when vetting his potential running mates, he made it mandatory that the candidates release "several" years of their tax returns. That's right - Mitt - the man who wants us to trust him atop the federal government but won't release his own tax returns, required his possible running mates to provide him with that information.
Then, after Romney selected Paul Ryan to be his running mate, did a television interview with him, where Ryan said he too would release only two years of his tax returns. While I think this would have been a wise move had the information not be leaked to the public of Romney requiring "several" years of tax returns by all his vice presidential candidates, I now think it looks pretty foolish.
I'm really trying to understand the logic behind all this. Here we have a man, whose father (George Romney) voluntarily released 12 years of his tax returns when running for Governor of Michigan, who will only release two years of his tax returns (saying if he released more, it could be politically damaging to him) - requires that his possible running mates provide him "several" years worth of tax returns (just like his father) and when he chooses one, tells him to follow his lead and only release a couple years worth of his tax returns. In other words - Mr. Romney believes he has the right to know everything, that we don't have the right to know what he knows and for whatever reason, we should trust him to be the leader of this country.
Here's how I see a conversation between a reporter and Romney about this issue going:
Reporter Joseph Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "So why is it you won't release 12 years of tax returns like your father did?"
Romney: "Because it'd be politically damaging to me."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Do you realize what you just said? Now the public will want to know this information even more. How would it be politically damaging?"
Romney: "I can't say. I'll just say if I knew beforehand that I'd have to release my tax returns, I never would have ran for president."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Wow. Alright, well, it has been reported that you required all your potential running mates to release 'several' years worth of their tax returns. Is this true?"
Romney: "Yes. Yes it is."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "So, they have to send 'several' years worth of such information to you, but you won't send such information to us?"
Romney: "No."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Why?"
Romney: "Like I said - it very well could ruin my election chances."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Alright. So now that you've chosen Paul Ryan as your VP candidate and you've seen 'several' years worth of his tax returns, how many years worth will he release unto the public?"
Romney: "Two."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Just two? Why is that?"
Romney: "Because I don't want him to show me up any. He may be younger than me, but I'm the one running for president and want to be the better-looking of the two."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "You do realize you're starting to sound like a greedy, sleezy, idiot, right?"
Romney: "Yeah, that's what my wife always calls me. Thank you, by the way."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "That wasn't a compliment. I guess I made my point with that then, didn't I?"
Romney: "Look - I'll tell you what. I'll show people my taxes when Obama shows people his birth certificate."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "He already did that. So, how about sharing your tax returns now?"
Romney: "No."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "But you just said..."
Romney: "No, I didn't."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "No, you didn't what? You'll have to let me finish. I was going to say, you had just told me that once the president released his birth certificate, which he has done, you'd release your tax return information. So, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Romney: "That's Obamaloney right there!"
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: ::facepalm::
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-examined-tax-returns-of-potential
Since the onset of the Democratic attacks on Romney not releasing his taxes, the Republican nominee has seen his approval ratings either standing still or dropping and his disapproval ratings rising. The wise thing for him to do would be to release the information now while there's still 3 months to explain the situation and potentially make up with the American people. The more he holds this information off, the more people will begin to suspect there's something he's hiding which he'd rather the American public not see.
So what does he do? It's being reported that when vetting his potential running mates, he made it mandatory that the candidates release "several" years of their tax returns. That's right - Mitt - the man who wants us to trust him atop the federal government but won't release his own tax returns, required his possible running mates to provide him with that information.
Then, after Romney selected Paul Ryan to be his running mate, did a television interview with him, where Ryan said he too would release only two years of his tax returns. While I think this would have been a wise move had the information not be leaked to the public of Romney requiring "several" years of tax returns by all his vice presidential candidates, I now think it looks pretty foolish.
I'm really trying to understand the logic behind all this. Here we have a man, whose father (George Romney) voluntarily released 12 years of his tax returns when running for Governor of Michigan, who will only release two years of his tax returns (saying if he released more, it could be politically damaging to him) - requires that his possible running mates provide him "several" years worth of tax returns (just like his father) and when he chooses one, tells him to follow his lead and only release a couple years worth of his tax returns. In other words - Mr. Romney believes he has the right to know everything, that we don't have the right to know what he knows and for whatever reason, we should trust him to be the leader of this country.
Here's how I see a conversation between a reporter and Romney about this issue going:
Reporter Joseph Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "So why is it you won't release 12 years of tax returns like your father did?"
Romney: "Because it'd be politically damaging to me."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Do you realize what you just said? Now the public will want to know this information even more. How would it be politically damaging?"
Romney: "I can't say. I'll just say if I knew beforehand that I'd have to release my tax returns, I never would have ran for president."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Wow. Alright, well, it has been reported that you required all your potential running mates to release 'several' years worth of their tax returns. Is this true?"
Romney: "Yes. Yes it is."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "So, they have to send 'several' years worth of such information to you, but you won't send such information to us?"
Romney: "No."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Why?"
Romney: "Like I said - it very well could ruin my election chances."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Alright. So now that you've chosen Paul Ryan as your VP candidate and you've seen 'several' years worth of his tax returns, how many years worth will he release unto the public?"
Romney: "Two."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "Just two? Why is that?"
Romney: "Because I don't want him to show me up any. He may be younger than me, but I'm the one running for president and want to be the better-looking of the two."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "You do realize you're starting to sound like a greedy, sleezy, idiot, right?"
Romney: "Yeah, that's what my wife always calls me. Thank you, by the way."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "That wasn't a compliment. I guess I made my point with that then, didn't I?"
Romney: "Look - I'll tell you what. I'll show people my taxes when Obama shows people his birth certificate."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "He already did that. So, how about sharing your tax returns now?"
Romney: "No."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "But you just said..."
Romney: "No, I didn't."
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: "No, you didn't what? You'll have to let me finish. I was going to say, you had just told me that once the president released his birth certificate, which he has done, you'd release your tax return information. So, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Romney: "That's Obamaloney right there!"
Areyoufrickinkiddingme: ::facepalm::
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-examined-tax-returns-of-potential
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