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Washington Post Again Defends Romney
Mitt Romney is running the most secretive presidential campaign in modern U.S. history. He wont give details on his policies, his principles, his business record at Bain Capital, or his tax returns. Yet, his cover-ups have found a surprising ally, the Washington Post, reports Robert Parry.
The Washington Posts neocon editors have again rallied to Mitt Romneys defense, this time accusing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of McCarthyism for citing an unnamed Bain Capital investor as saying Romney paid no income taxes for 10 years.
If the senator has any proof, he owes it to Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, to put it on the record, now, the Post wrote in a Wednesday editorial. 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. Reids smear tactics are not unlike those of Joseph McCarthy and deserve equal condemnation.
Really? Citing a source who says Romney didnt pay taxes presumably because he didnt earn taxable income during some years and thus not in violation of any tax laws is the same as accusing professional Foreign Service officers of treason and ruining their careers? To equate the two situations suggests that the Posts neocon editors have lost all sense of proportionality.
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