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Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts) Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:05 PM Nov 2012

Romney didn't release his federal income tax returns!!

Biggest mistake he ever made.
Why would I vote for a guy who won't even release his federal income tax returns??

What kind of a thundering dunderhead is Romney, anyway?!?

Everyone knows -- everyone -- that you have to release your federal income tax returns if you're running to become the President of the United States.

When Mitt looks back on all of the mistakes that he made during this campaign, this will be the biggest one.
Picking Ryan was bad, giving the 47% speech was bad, but there is no excuse -- none! -- for not releasing his federal income tax returns.

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Romney didn't release his federal income tax returns!! (Original Post) Major Hogwash Nov 2012 OP

Did you really think that the felon would? lonestarnot Nov 2012 #1

Honestly.....he got away with it. Had Obama tried that he would have been skewered by the media. yourout Nov 2012 #2

i think when Obama wins, we'll see that he didn't really get away with it. spanone Nov 2012 #3

The 47 percent tape and "Please Proceed Govenor" had a bigger impact. yourout Nov 2012 #5

Of course he didn't. He paid somewhere near zero for years. Warren Stupidity Nov 2012 #4

I don't think it was a mistake. subterranean Nov 2012 #6

Bullies and psychopaths will do anything they think they might be able to get away with. Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #7

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

1. Did you really think that the felon would?

Reply to Major Hogwash (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:06 PM

Nov 2012

yourout

(7,531 posts)

2. Honestly.....he got away with it. Had Obama tried that he would have been skewered by the media.

Reply to Major Hogwash (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:07 PM

Nov 2012

It ended up being barely a blip on the radar.

spanone

(135,844 posts)

3. i think when Obama wins, we'll see that he didn't really get away with it.

Reply to yourout (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:09 PM

Nov 2012

yourout

(7,531 posts)

5. The 47 percent tape and "Please Proceed Govenor" had a bigger impact.

Reply to spanone (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:23 PM

Nov 2012

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)

4. Of course he didn't. He paid somewhere near zero for years.

Reply to Major Hogwash (Original post)

Mon Nov 5, 2012, 10:11 PM

Nov 2012

subterranean

(3,427 posts)

6. I don't think it was a mistake.

Reply to Major Hogwash (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:01 AM

Nov 2012

It's obvious there was something in those returns that Romney knew would have been fatal to his campaign. He calculated that taking the heat for not releasing the returns would not be as bad as the damage if he released them. And he was probably right.

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)

7. Bullies and psychopaths will do anything they think they might be able to get away with.

Reply to Major Hogwash (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 12:05 AM

Nov 2012

I'd honestly thought this astonishing load of baggage would have toppled him from genuine consideration to the tune of a last-minute replacement candidate. This shows the danger of his base; they'll vote for anything at all.

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