O.K., what was the breaking news from Rachel about the Mittens tax returns

[UTUSN]

I'm here. nothing happening.

[nc4bo]

1. This..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1069209

Plus how he did it to Ted Kennedy and there are other juicy morsels.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. He had to retroactively file Massachusetts taxes

after claiming while running for Governor, that he had "paid" both Utah and Massachusetts taxes as a resident of both states.

I.e., he apparently WASN'T legally a resident of MA, which is what was required to run for office and he "fixed" that by retroactively filing taxes in MA.

[UTUSN]

3. O.K., not to abandon my own thread... n/t

[nc4bo]

5. I still am amazed that the lid was kept on this.

A tight, tight lid. Seems only locals knew and his misbehavior never made it out nationally and there was never a big deal made out of it?

Unreal.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Probably because

he was a chameleon - a social moderate/"librul" rethug (pro-choice, state-run healthcare, pro-gun control) as governor, so they probably didn't care much about what he had done to get elected. Now, the wolf in sheep's clothing from 2002, has officially established his pathological liar street cred.

[Kingofalldems]

11. Romney does lots of things retroactively

[LuvNewcastle]

13. He probably learned it from watching the Mormons

baptizing dead people.

[RedStateLiberal]

4. Also she exposed the Romney campaign as hypocrites

for complaining about Harry Reid's accusations because they did practically the same thing in 2002.

http://business.highbeam.com/3972/article-1G1-84874537/mitt-hits-obrien-hubby-enron-ties

Anybody sign up to see the rest of this article?

[UTUSN]

7. O.K., thanks. nt

[xxqqqzme]

6. It was over hyped

last night, I think.

There was nothing except the Massachusetts residence requirement lie but mittwitt lies and smiles all day long so that was nothing new!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. Rachel mentioned his current chest thumping behavior over the tax returns issue

with aggressive words like "put up or shut up" and very similar behavior several years ago when he did a Clint Eastwood imitation: "make my day". He's well rehearsed on this issue and you can bet he planned in advance to prepare his 2010 return for the election so it wouldn't look as bad as previous ones.

[Vox Moi]

10. A very good report that could not quite tie the strings together

The report makes the case that there are compelling logical reasons for the public to see Romney's tax returns. However, Romney can still point to the fact that despite all the etch-a-sketch revisionism about his residency in Massachusetts, he was allowed to run, and won.
The report did not make the case that there are compelling political reasons for Romney to make them available. Reid's statement is still based on hearsay and lacks leverage.
If this report had also given some additional evidence backing Reid, then it might have had an enormous impact.
The report is over and the story goes on.

[nc4bo]

12. So we're right back to asking Romney to please, kindly let us see your g'damn tax returns

and we can only conclude that he is hiding something damaging if he continues to deny the requests.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. Unless we can find the name of Reid's witness and get him to address America

look them in the eyes and tell them what he knows and how he knows it. If he's as "extremely" credible as Reid contends, the ball will most definitely be in Mittens' court if it already isn't there now.