What is Mitt hiding? Really?

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I'm so sick of that. "Oh there he goes again, blaming Bush." Of course he does, it's the fucking truth. Bush WAS a boob and the GOP majorities we had up until 2006 did a terrible job of running this country. How do you think we ended up with the Dems winning in '06 and '08 in the first place? Oh, I know, "They cheated."........

No, the GOP lost because the GOP has become a useless POS. Look at all of the elements of Conservative Republican ideology that HAVE taken hold over the last 30+ years......

All of the union busting, deregulation of various industries, airlines and what-not..appeasing the 1%...etc., etc., etc........

Clinton gave them Glass-Steagal and increased "Free Trade" through NAFTA, MFN status for China, etc....What happened? How has this "healthy competition" actually benefitted us? Lower prices? Pretty useless to people who have no fucking jobs, union or non, partly due to outsourcing, and still can't afford to buy anything even if they did.

Obama agreed to extend the Bush tax cuts....twice.....Where are the jobs?

Oh, I know. The Bush era levels of taxation are no longer good enough, the piglets want more now. So we have to keep the job market tight until they get what they want. Then they'll start hiring.....until the next time they decide they want more and then more, and then, more.........

How can ANYONE call this success (or "Freedom")?

Another 30 years of this "Suck up to the rich and everything will be just fine." bullshit and we'll all NEED our 2nd Amendment right for basic survival........

But, then, they do long for the "Good ol' Days" of Davey Crockett and Dan'l Boone and seem bound and determined to drag us all backwards to those days..............

Dave

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Right. Well, it only makes good sense that when you've maxxed out your cards and can't make the payments.....The first thing you do is quit your job? Right?

Good stuff! Dave

[Zeke]

As a guess, Romney did nothing illegal but releasing records would reveal something so distasteful as to be harmful to his overall campaign.

[piece-itpete]

100% agreed.

Pete

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Zeke

As a guess, Romney did nothing illegal but releasing records would reveal something so distasteful as to be harmful to his overall campaign.

That's the word I was looking for; "distasteful". Thanks, Zeke.

My Dad once told me;

"Somtimes doing something might be within the rules. But, if you do it, you're an asshole anyways."

Dave

[beej]

Originally Posted by Zeke

As a guess, Romney did nothing illegal but releasing records would reveal something so distasteful as to be harmful to his overall campaign.

The nail has been struck squarely and directly on the head.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Zeke

As a guess, Romney did nothing illegal but releasing records would reveal something so distasteful as to be harmful to his overall campaign.

Originally Posted by beej

The nail has been struck squarely and directly on the head.

I'm not yet ready to assume Romney hasn't done anything illegal. As for the tax returns, probably not but those SEC filings are another matter.

John

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Of course....If that spending is on something that might create jobs, and therefore more tax revenues............

Kinda like maxing out a credit card trying to keep a business going.

Regards,

D-Ray

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I'm not yet ready to assume Romney hasn't done anything illegal. As for the tax returns, probably not but those SEC filings are another matter.

John

None of the SEC filings show that Romney was anything but a passive, absentee owner during that time, as both Romney and Bain have long said. It should not surprise anyone that Romney retained certain titles while he was working out the final disposition of his ownership, for example. We see nothing to contradict the statement that a Bain spokesman issued in response to the Globe article:
http://factcheck.org/2012/07/romneys...me-conclusion/

There was no new evidence or anything that was different other than a partisan hack, and by extension Obama, making another partisan attack on Romney, however, it does make for sensational frothing from the partisan pundits.

[merrylander]

What's a pudit? I know what partisans were, they fought the nazis in the Balkans.

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by merrylander

What's a pudit? I know what partisans were, they fought the nazis in the Balkans.

Ooops! Corrected sir.