Word came forth today, which confirmed earlier rumors that Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, required his running-mate shortlisters to provide him with a full 10 years of their tax returns. As many know, he's come forward by saying he'll only release a maximum of two years worth of his tax returns. This included the person who eventually won the job - Paul Ryan.
After Romney selected Ryan as his vice presidential candidate, the two men were interviewed together and Ryan declared that like Romney, he too would release two years of his tax returns. While this appeared to be a smart and sensible decision to most unaware of the rumors regarding how Romney vetted his potential running mates, it may wind up backfiring on the Republican ticket before the election rolls around.
Once this bit of news becomes more widespread, what are voters supposed to think? "Mr. Romney - you required that all of your possible running mates release 10 years of their tax returns to make certain he or she would be right for the job, yet you only require yourself of releasing to us two years of such returns and expect that will be enough for us to vote you into office at the most powerful position in the country?"
Well, I must be going. I'm running a "Bachelor"-type reality show for myself, where I've required that all the women contestants provide me their test results for sexually transmitted diseases. I will not provide them with my own such test results, however. When they find out about this, ah, who am I kidding? They'll still want me; that or my show may get canceled on day one.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/13/romney-asked-vp-shortlisters-for-ten-years-of-tax-returns.html
After Romney selected Ryan as his vice presidential candidate, the two men were interviewed together and Ryan declared that like Romney, he too would release two years of his tax returns. While this appeared to be a smart and sensible decision to most unaware of the rumors regarding how Romney vetted his potential running mates, it may wind up backfiring on the Republican ticket before the election rolls around.
Once this bit of news becomes more widespread, what are voters supposed to think? "Mr. Romney - you required that all of your possible running mates release 10 years of their tax returns to make certain he or she would be right for the job, yet you only require yourself of releasing to us two years of such returns and expect that will be enough for us to vote you into office at the most powerful position in the country?"
Well, I must be going. I'm running a "Bachelor"-type reality show for myself, where I've required that all the women contestants provide me their test results for sexually transmitted diseases. I will not provide them with my own such test results, however. When they find out about this, ah, who am I kidding? They'll still want me; that or my show may get canceled on day one.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/13/romney-asked-vp-shortlisters-for-ten-years-of-tax-returns.html
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