Romney Asked VP Shortlisters for Ten Years of Tax Returns
Source: The Daily Beast
Should the American people be entitled to as full an account of Paul Ryans taxes as the Romney campaign? New information about the vice-presidential selection process may revive interest in the issue as a flashpoint in the presidential campaign.
As part of its vetting, the Romney campaign required at least some of the candidates on the short listincluding the eventual winner of the GOP veepstakes, Ryanto submit fully 10 years of tax returns, according to a knowledgeable source.
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In response to questions about the 10-year requirement, Romney campaign press secretary Andrea Saul declined comment. We do not discuss the VP selection process, she wrote in an email.
But the revelation that Romney aides demanded that its veep candidates be more forthcoming with their own campaign than with the American public drew predictable scorn from Team Obama. Mitt Romney needs to answer one question: if he needed ten years of returns to decide on a vice presidential candidate, dont the American people need the same to make their choice for president? asked Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign.
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)beac
(9,992 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,737 posts)AzDar
(14,023 posts)liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)He had to give the Romney campaign 10 years but only publicly giving 2.
Show us your taxes!
intheozone
(1,103 posts)that really do not want Mitt elected. I wonder what else will be disclosed before November.
Contrary1
(12,629 posts)You can never be too careful, ya know.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)Truly incredible disparity! Rmoney / Lyan 20-never
Fearless
(18,421 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)4bucksagallon
(975 posts)In this case. Shouldn't that be "do as I do not as I say"?
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Seriously. I think that was the hope with Ryan, to flip the ticket. Many republicans called for that.. then Ryan showed his true personality to be just like Mitt. A lying, vapid, vain, flip flopper. Now they don't even have a guy they could have flipped the ticket with, or just put Ryan on top, and got Pawlenty for VP.
About time the MSM gets BACK to asking where the fucking returns are!!!
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)mgarr
(41 posts)Mr. Romney, you have asked us whether or not we are better off than we were four years ago. (The answer for me is, yes.)
But I would like to ask you the same question:
Are you better off than you were four years ago?
If so, please confirm by showing me your tax returns for the years in question.
Release the tax returns!