Romney gave McCain 23 years of tax returns in '08 bid for VP

[patrice]

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/04/09/461083/dick-durbin-romney-swiss-bank-account/

Meanwhile, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina noted that while Romney will only release two years of tax returns this year, he gave Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) 23 years worth of returns when being considered for vice presidential spot in 2008. “Here’s the question: Why is okay for him to give John McCain 23 years, and the American public only two?” Messina asked.

[Rosanna Lopez]

1. So. . .

When are the media and the Obama campaign going to force Romney to release all those years to the public?

[Jamaal510]

2. ...

The media? Never. The Obama campaign? Maybe eventually.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Technically the media and the Obama campaign can't force Romney to release his returns

but they can make the pressure so unbearable that he has no choice but to release them.

[Rosanna Lopez]

6. Yes

I know they can't legally force him (I'm a lawyer).

I meant politically. They should be demanding that he release more than 2 lousy years and quote his father who released about 12 and said something like "a year or two of returns doesn't give you an accurate picture".

They should also ask why McCain was allowed to see so much more than the American people.

[Amonester]

4. National Debate #1.

Then at the National Debate #2.

Once more at the National Debate #3.

Robme will never release them because.... there must be something($) in there to be charged of...

[struggle4progress]

5. Sounds like Rmoney didn't like what McCain's campaign said about his 23 returns:

Thanks for the returns, but holy frickin swizzle-sticks, Mitt! After lookin at these, we all had the same reaction: if this campaign takes you on as VP, we may as well hire a band to play "Fare thee well, Titanic!" and start rearrangin the deck furniture, cause we'll go right on down! So we've decided the governor of Alaska is our best bet! But stay in touch, cuz we love you, Mitt! Let's do lunch sometime!

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Senator McCain looked at those returns and rejected Mitt....

that's the fact of the matter. Seems likely McCain's people saw bad things in those returns. Bad enough to drive them to Palin.

[WI_DEM]

8. Mittens, how does it feel to have lost out on VP to SARAH PALIN!

[Iceberg Louie]

9. McCain: "You've gotta be kidding me..."

"...I'm running for president for Pete's sake! Schmidty, get Sarah on the phone..."

[flamingdem]

10. There's an article saying the returns will appear

so someone has them, many must have seen them in the McCain sphere ..