Especially since if it wasn't true it could easily be proven.

Reid knows what he's doing and knows what the returns show.

Nicely done!

And I bet it smarts.

Not an uppercut ... more like a body blow. Upper cuts are knock-out punches; body shots are to set up the upper-cut.

("Bar ... B ... Cue, give me more of them ribs!&quot

Body blow it is.

All he's said is that he heard some hearsay and he'd like to know whether it's true. Reid obviously can't clear up that truth thing himself. But Romney could

Set, a responsible media, on the trail to talk with Bain Investors.

"Romney loves America like a tick loves a dog."

That would make a GREAT bumper sticker or lawn sign!

who just drew the fourth ace.

Reid would not out and out lie. And what other conclusion can we draw from Mitt's refusing to show his taxes? Jerk didn't pay his fair share and he can't justify that in the court of public opinion.

Bush cited British Intelligence for his assertion about Saddam's quest for yellowcake in order to press the point without being responsible for the ultimate truth (or falsehood) of the matter.
If Reid is doing the same thing then it's a cheap trick that works but I don't want my elected officials using such tricks against each other because it makes it more likely that they'll use them against us.
I'd like to think that Reid has good reasons to think this is true and if so, it's a strategy that works.
Either way, Mitt is in a box on this. I hope that the rest of us are not in it as well.

not following your line of reasoning here

...while in one case you had a president who was bound determined to careen into a war and would do anything to get us into it, vs. a politician who wants to leverage an issue (Mitt not revealing his tax returns) to his own party's political advantage.

Second, the yellow cake thing was indeed an entire fabrication, created by the Bush administration for a certain purpose, which purpose it served nicely. Whereas, the Mitt tax thing is an issue of Mitt's own making, by his refusal to release his returns. Reid is just using the issue, and using it very well I might add.

In any case, as others have pointed out, Harry Reid is typically a very cautious man. For that reason, it seems unlikely he would make this up. It's a pretty serious charge (not serious legally, but politically) and is a very definite thing. Not, "Oh, I've been told he has something to hide", but rather specifically "I've been told he paid no taxes in those years".

My gut says to go with Harry on this one.

Refusing to do so invites conjecture. Period. Yellow cake my ass.

Welcome to DU.

When Bush made that claim internal intelligence was saying the supporting document was a fake. They later admitted that the claim should not have been left in the speech.

Here Reid is not making an absolute claim because none of his sources from Bain have said they saw Romney's tax returns but that the claim of Romney not paying taxes for 10 years was widely circulated at the time. Translation: Romney boasted to Bain insiders that he paid no federal income taxes for several years.

that takes the cake.

Is that I trust Harry Reid, for many reasons, especially because he has never done this before. He has no record of anything like this.

You have to figure that LDS ties did not bind his statement. so either Harry figures that it is a big thing.

I trust Harry Reid and I certainly do not trust Mittens

Give Rmoney the Pox News treatment with the all purpose qualifier "some people say." He wasn't under oath and the Pox qualifier makes it OK.
Rove has probably advised Rmoney to remain silent on the subject.

And I applaud him for NOT backing down. Democrats need to learn from his example in this particular instance.

This should be handled by super pacs and smeared all over the swing states.

Romney hides the crap he says by saying he didn't say it one of his proxies did, either an aide or his wife. Or, he will say the British press is flat out lying even if they have no motive for doing so. Reid is doing what anyone who isn't a coward will do, he is flat out saying what he has heard. Reid is calling Romney out without the shield of a proxy.

That is why today he added a top notch PR person to his team. Her first task will be the Bain issue but that is also tied to the tax issue so I'm quite sure she will be tasked with taking on that as well.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/romney-taps-paulson-fannie-mae-vet-for-bain-rehab

The dumb shit never thought Obama and his team would dare to peak under his skirt so to speak. He is a fucking idiot of extreme proportions. His new PR hack has a closet full of skeletons as well. This should be an interesting month.

I haven't seen before.

Go, Harry, Go!

WADE_NYC • a day ago
C'mon, Mitt, show us your 'worth-certificates.'
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Mark_in_VA • a day ago • parent ?
And none of those photo-shopped 1040 covers. We want the real, long-form certs, hand-delivered to every American's door for him or her to inspect for authenticity.
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Phineas_T_Filibuster • a day ago • parent
Damn you worthers, always trying to stir up some shit.
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Mark_in_VA • a day ago • parent
Michael Moore sent a team of investigators to the Cayman Islands, and you wouldn't believe what they turned up. They intend to release their evidence immediately after Donald Trump's investigators reveal their devastating findings in Hawaii.
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Lou McErlean • a day ago • parent
Mark_in_VA: Before or after 11/6?
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MVH1 • a day ago • parent
I'd settle for seeing it published everywhere.
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alrudder • a day ago • parent
Wortherism
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neonnautilus • a day ago • parent
good one!
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dratthecat • a day ago
Smoke him out, Harry, smoke him out of his spider hole, tax returns clutched in his hands.
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I think Romney fails to see it is HE who needs to put up or shut up. If you paid "a lot of taxes" as you claimed this morning, let's see the returns.