there's no benefit to him at all from having his accounts overseas, but even if he becomes president, he won't shift his accounts to the u.s.

how silly of us to meddle with his private affairs!

I do believe we're gonna need it to dam up the flood of sewage that's bound to flow towards us.

from Daily Kos:

Alzheimer's is no laughing matter and this Diary is not meant to be funny. I seriously wonder if Romney has Alzheimer's. In my opinion, he is showing the signs of a person who is in the early stages of Alzheimer's or some other type of dementia.

One of the early symptoms to Alzheimer's is short-term memory loss, forgetting what you recently said or did. Confusion and poor judgment are also early signs. In the early stages, the patient can still function in society but lacks good judgment so usually family members will step in to correct any problem the poor judgment may have caused.

For months, we have literally witnessed Romney say one thing, then within seconds tell the media he did not say it. Then we go back to the video, and sure enough, Romney said what we thought he said. Now, I know Romney is a pathological liar -- but I think there is something more going on.

I remember several, several times when Ann Romney has had to step in to correct comments Mitt has said and then the campaign puts Mitt on a Media Blackout.

If you watch Romney's face when he denies saying what he just said, Romney gets a confused and bewildered look in his eyes. It is the confusion on his face that makes me think he has Alzheimer's. Reagan, and other patients of Alheimer's would get that same look.

the rest at: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/01/1115628/-Does-Romney-Have-Alzheimer-s-Seriously-Does-He
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Having gone thru the disease (Alzheimer's) with Mom and Father-in-law (between their diagnosis and finally it claiming both of them - 12 years total), and flashing back to Reagan and his "odd" behavior and statements, the signs are there. edited to include: Maybe that's where Ryan comes in.

He just has trouble keeping his etch a sketch up to date.

Add the frequent shifts in policy position and you have the makings of a house of cards.

No. It's because he's making clear that you're not fit to hold public office, no less the Presidency.

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using currency futures. Nobody ever actually opens an account in a Eurozone coutry to hedge the dollar against the Euro. Nobody ever opens an account in Japan to hedge the dollar against the yen. That is complete nonsense.

That is exactly what currency futures are for and everybody involved in currency exchange understands that perfectly well.

As usual, Romney is lying. That isn't a surprise. But how could this lie have persisted for 3 months without anyone in the media asking the basic question, "If your concern was currency fluctuation, why would you not use currency futures like everyone else, instead of doing something that seems to be 1000 times more complicated than that?"

... that the financially unsophisticated will not be thrilled. Others will realize that hedging the dollar against the Euro is not a bad idea for any intelligent investor. But I guess there are not many of those types around these parts, and those that are have probably learned to keep quiet.

I keep hearing about tax evasion. Isn't the IRS supposed to be on top of that? Shouldn't we expect that if the Mittster's returns showed any type of tax evasion that the IRS would prosecute? Or do you think that President Obama's administration is in the tank for Rmoney?

You don't think intelligent investors should be President. OK, I can live with that.

I will always defend "intelligent investing." Don't see much of a downside. And if anyone breaks the tax laws to evade taxes, they should be prosecuted.

"OK, I got it."

..."got it."

See, you're not explaining why you're conflating the questions around Mitt's actions with those you consider "intelligent investors."

"I will always defend "'ntelligent investing.' Don't see much of a downside. And if anyone breaks the tax laws to evade taxes, they should be prosecuted."

Go right ahead, and here's a little more information on amnesty:

Switzerland has its own currency whose value fluctuates independent of the Euro.

Don't mislead people here. That is a completely outrageous claim on Ro0mney's part.

First, there is no need to hedge against the Franc. It isn't a major world currency. If you are hedging, it will be against the Euro or Yen, or maybe the Sterling, but not the Swiss Franc. People with serious hedging concerns use currency contracts. That allows you to put the money wherever you need it and does not encumber any funds, but still protects you from currency fluctuations.

and I guess I have been sadly misinformed in my previous endeavors.

.... you can open an account and have it denominated in dollars, Swisss francs, Euros, and several other currencies. That's one of the reasons to have a Swiss account. I had accounts at UBS (decades ago) in both dollars and Swiss francs.

Not bloody likely.

informed political discourse/analysis this morning--skipped around among Facenation/tweety sunday/candycrow/cspan/howardk/georgesteph, and some msnbc show, and NOT ONE word was mentioned about any of this.

not by dems, not by hosts, certainly not by the esteemed members of the other party. I may have missed it, but one would think that in two and a half hours of diastolic hypertrophy, I'd have caught a snippet.

why aren't dems going APE over this? have they been warned not to bring it up, upon penalty of being forever banned?

or what?

when Robmehood will be the official nominee and that there will be no chance for any other 'stand-in' to save the party of no.