Just sayin'

but he's working on the sleeziest politician I've seen since Harper.

doesn't need a million dollars.

A lot of campaign staffers work for chump change and many of them find themselves tossed aside once the election is over. I'd be willing to bet there's some low level McCain staffers out there with a copy saved for a rainy day.

job, for 30 years and just wants to say... fuck it! Know what I'm sayin'?

cyberspace somewhere. It might not take a Price, Waterhouse insider to do it but an IRS one or just a good anonymous hacker.

...who have access to this information. And the thought of receiving a $1M reward for dropping the dime on a total louse like Romney has to be at least tempting to some of those IRS people.

I'm sure someone will jump right in for that chance.

I want to see the returns too, but I don't want someone breaking the law to make it happen.

could've made copies....never know

He just wants the goods.

And I'm sure many others don't care either. Personally, I'm not into advocating breaking the law, even if it helps win an election.

I'm more inclined to believe that it's a publicity stunt to keep the tax issue in front of the news, almost as good as having the tax returns themselves. Larry isn't stupid.

I expect them to do their jobs ethically.

He always makes these offers and nothing ever comes from them. Hopefully he has good criminal lawyer. He is soliciting for someone to commit a felony which is a felony itself. Once in possession of the tax returns he would be committing another felony.

But his offer keeps the taxes in the news PLUS we get the Hustler vote..lol

I would amend your statement to say that I hope Flynt is willing to back the winner up with legal support.

Even when I was a teen with raging hormones, I found Hustler to be disgusting, but if he walks his talk, I'm behind him.

It is a felony for anyone not authorized for government purposes to access anyone's tax returns or to distribute their contents to anyone else. It does not matter the 'means'. He is soliciting a felony to be committed which is a felony.

He uses his money so well

is that it keeps Romney's taxes in the news and alive as an issue. The reward is just the stunt that achieves a very important political goal!

I respect him.

Are you going to go running to the press if a pimp comes to you on the street and says "I've got copies of Romney's tax returns!"? That's all Larry Flynt is... a pimp.

For that matter, how believable will it be if someone, ANYONE, comes out and says "We hacked into the IRS database and here're Romney's tax returns!" or We broke into the office of xxxxx and here're Romney's tax returns!"

Would anyone treat the returns as the real deal? Would ANY reputable news source put this information out to the world and stake their reputation on it? Can you say "Dan Rather"?

If hackers OR burglars jump into the light claiming to have Mitt Romney's tax returns, I'm afraid I'd have to investigate their backgrounds AND their motivations before I'd put it out there and stake my news organization's reputation on it.

My first question is how many degrees of separation are there between the hackers/burglars and KKKarl Rove.

They are offering to destroy them for a million from Mitt or to publish them if they get the million from elsewhere.

They claim they stole them from PWC.

This could get interesting

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2012/09/07/romneys-tax-returns-allegedly-held-for-ransom/