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This is a guy whose slogan is Believe In America but it should be Business In Bermuda, said Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on CNNs State of the Union. Thats what Mitt Romneys all about.
Id really like to see Mitt Romney release more than one year of tax records because theres been disturbing reports recently that hes got a secretive Bermuda corporation that no one knows anything about, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said on Fox News Sunday.
Gibbs said Romney needs to release more tax returns in order to clear up questions over whether hes done anything illegally, whether hes shielding his income from taxes in Bermuda or Switzerland.
On CBSs Face the Nation, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) said, You either get a Swiss bank account to conceal what youre doing or you believe the Swiss franc is stronger than the American dollar.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/democrats-attack-romneys-offshore-holdings-swiss-bank-account-bermuda.php?ref=fpa
Guess it's all hitting a nerve with the Romney Campaign who is crying foul, "character assault"! Waaaah!!!
Obama Camp Goes After Romneys Offshore Holdings In New Video
It isnt too much to ask that a candidate for president explain why he chose to invest in other countries that are known as tax havens rather than in the United States, Obama campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt says in the video.
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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/obama-camp-goes-after-romneys-offshore-holdings-in
In other news but related to the Democratic fangs coming out
Dems Attack Romney Over Fundraiser At Koch Brothers Home
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/dems-attack-romney-over-fundraiser-at-koch-brothers
I think I hear a GOP balloon popping in the distance
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)keep it going. This resonates with people.
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)which is why some people are saying but..but..but..
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)...why should Romney be afraid to release his tax returns?
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)knew he had nothing to worry about
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)I'm betting a net value twice what's been reported and an effective federal tax rate lower than 5%.
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)the attacks are working. Which is why the RNC and others are out in full force saying but....but...Obama....but...but.
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)the birth certificate.
That and a whole lot of look over here and nothingness
icarusxat
(403 posts)You can hide, but maybe it is time to stop running?
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)karynnj
(59,504 posts)Refuse to release the income tax records like all other nominees, wait for the Democrats to make it an issue and then after a lot of effort/time/money is spent - release them in the sanitized form his lawyers and accountants did them. (Pattern - Palin and her office account's emails.)
Spazito
(50,442 posts)"Bermuda doesn't tax corporate income or capital gains. Convenient. But what taxes would have Romney paid if his money was invested here in America?
Here's the question: Is not, technically, breaking the law a high enough standard for someone who wants to be President of the United States?"
Keep hitting him with this, it resonates hence all the high-pitched squealing on the part of Mr. Outsource/Offshoring's campaign.
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)They've definitely turned up the heat on them. They know the ads are working and are going to keep hammering away.
Today was quite a day, with not only the Obama Campaign but all the Democrats out on message with this. We need to just keep at them.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)is hot!!
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)ailsagirl
(22,898 posts)SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)I missed it!