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WaPo editorial: Reid and Romney’s sleazy rhetoric on taxes (false equivalency much?)
Reid and Romney’s sleazy rhetoric on taxes
By Editorial Board
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Harry Reid (D-Nev.) ambushed Mitt Romney the other day. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Mr. Reid claimed that he had been told by an unnamed investor at Bain Capital, the firm that Mr. Romney founded, that Mr. Romney had not paid any tax for 10 years.
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If the senator has any proof, he owes it to Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, to put it on the record, now. Otherwise, Mr. Reid ought to pause and reflect on the record of another senator who once claimed to have a list of Communists and spies at the State Department — and could not substantiate it. Mr. Reid’s smear tactics are not unlike those of Joseph McCarthy and deserve equal condemnation. Even in the attenuated and superficial climate of today’s politics, Mr. Reid’s drive-by tactics repel. If he feels so strongly about disclosure, why hasn’t Mr. Reid made public his own tax returns? No need, he says, the Senate financial disclosure is sufficient.
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One way to prove it would be for Mr. Romney, a wealthy and successful businessman, to make public additional years of his tax returns. So far, he has steadfastly refused. There’s no formal requirement to reveal more, but Mr. Romney has deepened voter curiosity about why he won’t — and whether he has something to conceal. As long as he declines, the questions will persist.
So will the demands for disclosure of the identity of Mr. Romney’s well-connected campaign bundlers, to whom he is indebted for vacuuming up truckloads of cash. The candidate knows who they are but is not saying. President Obama is disclosing his bundlers, as did the past two Republican presidential nominees, George W. Bush (twice) and John McCain. On full disclosure, a vital principle of politics and governing, Mr. Romney’s approach is deeply troubling.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/reid-and-romneys-sleazy-rhetoric-on-taxes/2012/08/07/e2f1896c-e0b7-11e1-a421-8bf0f0e5aa11_story.html
By Editorial Board
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Harry Reid (D-Nev.) ambushed Mitt Romney the other day. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Mr. Reid claimed that he had been told by an unnamed investor at Bain Capital, the firm that Mr. Romney founded, that Mr. Romney had not paid any tax for 10 years.
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If the senator has any proof, he owes it to Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, to put it on the record, now. Otherwise, Mr. Reid ought to pause and reflect on the record of another senator who once claimed to have a list of Communists and spies at the State Department — and could not substantiate it. Mr. Reid’s smear tactics are not unlike those of Joseph McCarthy and deserve equal condemnation. Even in the attenuated and superficial climate of today’s politics, Mr. Reid’s drive-by tactics repel. If he feels so strongly about disclosure, why hasn’t Mr. Reid made public his own tax returns? No need, he says, the Senate financial disclosure is sufficient.
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One way to prove it would be for Mr. Romney, a wealthy and successful businessman, to make public additional years of his tax returns. So far, he has steadfastly refused. There’s no formal requirement to reveal more, but Mr. Romney has deepened voter curiosity about why he won’t — and whether he has something to conceal. As long as he declines, the questions will persist.
So will the demands for disclosure of the identity of Mr. Romney’s well-connected campaign bundlers, to whom he is indebted for vacuuming up truckloads of cash. The candidate knows who they are but is not saying. President Obama is disclosing his bundlers, as did the past two Republican presidential nominees, George W. Bush (twice) and John McCain. On full disclosure, a vital principle of politics and governing, Mr. Romney’s approach is deeply troubling.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/reid-and-romneys-sleazy-rhetoric-on-taxes/2012/08/07/e2f1896c-e0b7-11e1-a421-8bf0f0e5aa11_story.html
A clear sign that Mitt is trapped: WaPo editorial calling Romney's rhetoric "sleazy."
Come on, WaPo, stop shilling for Mitt.
Romney Calls On Reid To Reveal His Source
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021089241
Washington Post fact-checker calls Harry Reid a liar just 'cause
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021088275
Reid doesn't owe him a damn thing.
The ‘Missing Evidence’ In Romney’s Tax Records
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021084266
Reid’s spokesman: Republicans forced to defend "the most secretive candidate since Richard Nixon"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021076566
Romney needs to answer to voters and release his tax returns.
[font color="black" size="12" face="arial"]What is Mitt hiding?[/font]
Mitt is trapped.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021073742
