The Rude Pundit: In 1994, Mitt Romney Called for Ted Kennedy to Release All His Tax Returns

[meegbear]

Last edited Wed Jul 18, 2012, 12:03 PM - Edit history (1)

And thus, the circle of life is complete:
From the Hotline, April 15, 1994, quoting a Boston Globe article from April 14, 1994:
"With the tax-filing deadline looming," businessman Mitt Romney (R) challenged Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) to "disclose his state and federal taxes to prove he has 'nothing to hide,'" but businessman (and primary challenger) John Lakian (R) "called Romney's move 'bush league.'"

Romney: "It's time the biggest-taxing senator in Washington shows the people of Massachusetts how much he pays in taxes."

Romney "said he would disclose his own state and federal taxes for the last three years 'on the very day that Kennedy turns over his taxes for public scrutiny.'" Kennedy aides "said ... they could not immediately respond to the Romney challenge." Kennedy "does not release federal disclosure forms every year, but those have only ranges for income and investments. The forms indicate he receives hundreds of thousands of dollars in income from blind trusts and other family wealth." Romney "chided Kennedy for never releasing his state or federal taxes in the 32 years he has served in the Senate."

Maybe it only counts for state races, not national ones, no?

Update: CNN and the Washington Post had this a couple of days ago, but it's gotten surprisingly little play.

Update 2: Debating Kennedy in 1994, Romney complained that he wanted to talk about the issues when Kennedy aired ads about Bain. Man, he won't ever talk about Bain unless it's unmitigated praise for it.

Update 3: (This is getting positively Greenwaldian): In 2002, Romney flip-flopped on the need to see the taxes of his opponent. He said that he was wrong and that now he values privacy.


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[RedStateLiberal]

1. Is there video of Mitt saying this or something similar?

I'd love to see it played whenever the subject of his tax returns comes up. His video statement on blind trusts completely exposes him as a flip-flopping hypocrite. We need the same for tax returns.

[WI_DEM]

2. the great thing about Mitt is he is on record for saying one thing and then

saying another on almost every issue.

[NightWatcher]

3. Ruh roh Reorge! Did mittens really think out this whole campaign thingee?

[Ineeda]

6. See, the thing is that rMoney

believes he's due this position (president, leader of the free world) partly because of his general sense of entitlement (he wants it, therefore he gets it). But isn't there also something in the Mormon doctrine or magic crystal ball or something that tells him now's his time? In addition, the black guy in the White House is barely legitimate as a human being in the eyes of the LDS, what with Cain's curse and all. AND he's hated by the teabaggers, other rethugs, bigots, and racists. RMoney figured he would be a shoe-in.

[Capt. Obvious]

4. The Boston Globe must have retroactively edited that quote

[uncle ray]

5. i see no reason Teddy couldn't retroactively release them now.

his family on his behalf, of course.