Thread: Mitt Romney

Originally Posted by S Landreth

some questions some rethugs who support Dim Mitt should ask him,...........

Yeah, well, from everything this objective poster has read, Obama has 'won' nothing.Unless some sort of payment is uncovered that Mitt received after his tenure with Bain. Heh, and there's nothing there.

there is increasing speculation on why romney is stonewalling on releasing his taxes:

and that's because he may have paid NO taxes in 2009.

none.

zero.


if this turns out to be accurate, then he's got good reason to be be scared to release them.

What's Romney Hiding in His Tax Returns? - Businessweek

Another failed attack Romney ad:

Laid Off Steelworker in Anti-Romney Ad Says He Is Not Voting for Obama.

“I think Obama is a jerk, a pantywaist, a lightweight, a blowhard. He hasn’t done a goddamn thing that he said he would do.”

Well, he said he would transform America and he's kept that promise.

Originally Posted by robuzo

People from both parties are beginning to express sheer bewilderment at the Rmoney's refusal to release his returns. Even many people at least putatively on Rmoney's side (lately George Will) are saying he must do so, but he steadfastly refuses, and this is beginning to make me suspect that there are two possible outcomes:

1) He releases the returns and embarrasses the Obama campaign by demonstrating that there is nothing of substantive concern; or,
2) The Rmoney campaign falls apart completely.

Well, folks are bewildered that Obama hasn't released his college transcripts too. Romney has released financial statements going back to 2002.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Earlier today, Mitt Romney spoke with NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE about life on the trail: Romney on Tax Returns:, ………

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(Dim Mitt) And I’m simply not enthusiastic about giving them hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort, and lie about.

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(Dim Mitt) Well, first of all, all of my investments are managed in a blind trust (again he's trying to soften the blow)


Dim I am a felon Mitt is diggin’ a deep DEEP hole. Most Americans will not tolerate this for an answer.

Newt helping Dim Mitt,……..

Dim, come clean and open the books

and to answer the question at the end of the video,.....he can't

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Well, folks are bewildered that Obama hasn't released his college transcripts too. Romney has released financial statements going back to 2002.

So you are equating what Obama scored in an art class years ago with what your putative next POTUS has done with his vast finances to support (or not) the USA?

That's quite the interesting conflation you have going on there..

Blind trusts? Have you heard what Mittens says about blind trusts?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Nope. all his relationships with Bain subsidiaries, partnerships, etc. report his position as 'General Partner - Passive' which the committee states [sic; bold added]: "This designation indicates that while Governor Romney was listed as a generai partner of this entity and therefore,in theory, had management authority, in fact he played no active role in the marnagernent of this entity.

Still trying to make something out of nothing there boys?

Huh?

Even the simplest search of the SEC website will turn up instances of Rmoney being listed as more than that, this is from November 1999, 10 months after he stopped having anything to do with it...

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON 1 S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON W. Mitt Romney

(xvii) W. Mitt Romney ("Mr. Romney"), a citizen of the United States, as the sole shareholder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of BCI, BCP VI Inc., Brookside Inc. and Sankaty Ltd.;

The Bain Investors, BCP VI, BCI VI Inc., BCI, Brookside Investors, Brookside Inc., Sankaty LLC, Sankaty Ltd., and Mr. Romney are collectively referred herein as the "Bain Reporting Persons." The MDP Investors, MDP III and MDP are collectively referred herein as the "MDP Reporting Persons." The Bain Reporting Persons and MDP Reporting Persons are collectively referred herein as the "Reporting Persons." The Reporting Persons have entered into a Joint Filing Agreement, a copy of which is filed with this statement as Exhibit A (which is incorporated herein by reference), pursuant to which the Reporting Persons have agreed to file this statement jointly in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(f)(1) under the Exchange Act.

Mr. Romney is principally engaged in the business of serving as sole shareholder of BCI, BCP VI Inc., Brookside Inc. and Sankaty Ltd.

Mr. Romney may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to (i) 452,803 shares of Common Stock currently held by BCIPT II, BCIPT II-B, BCIP II, BCIP II-B and BCIP II-C (assuming the conversion of all shares of Preferred Stock held by BCIPT II, BCIPT II-B, BCIP II, BCIP II-B and BCIP II-C into Common Stock), in his capacity as sole shareholder of BCI

Name: Dennis M. Myers Title: Attorney-in-Fact Date: November 19, 1999 /s/ W. Mitt Romney

W. Mitt Romney ("Mr. Romney") is the sole stockholder, sole director, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and President of BCI VI Inc.

Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors, LLC ("Sankaty Investors") is the sole general partner of Sankaty High Yield Asset Partners, L.P. ("Sankaty"). Sankaty High Yield Asset Investors, Ltd. ("Sankaty Ltd.") is the Managing Member of Sankaty Investors. The following persons are executive officers or directors for Sankaty: Joshua Bekenstein (Managing Director); Jonathan S. Lavine (Managing Director); W. Mitt Romney (Managing Director); Diane J. Exter (Vice President); Michele May (Vice President); and H. Bruce Murray (Secretary). Mr. Romney is the sole shareholder, a director and President of Sankaty Ltd.

the american public just can't get a straight answer out of romney...he's always dancing around the issues:

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btw, romeny's got a horse like the one in the video competing in the olympics.....that should go over well with the average american.

here's romney's horse prancing around the ring:




the horse cost $100,000 in 2003....and estimates are that it costs hundreds of thousands per year in upkeep and events.

Romney's Horse


so every year, romney spends at least 5 x the median american income on a dancing horse.....but he's not out of touch, right?

^ Who cares if Romeny has a horse or whatever. The diff is that Romney spends his own money; obama spends the People's money.

Originally Posted by raycarey

here's romney's horse prancing around the ring:




the horse cost $100,000 in 2003....and estimates are that it costs hundreds of thousands per year in upkeep and events.

Romney's Horse


so every year, romney spends at least 5 x the median american income on a dancing horse.....but he's not out of touch, right?

You're supposed to admire this. If you don't admire it, you envy it. Clearly. Only two possibilities.

^ Meh, I watched the Track's wiener dog races this wkend (sob, Anthony *twitter my dick* Wiener did not participate). I did not admire or envy any of da dogs. I just had fun.

Would Romney move his money back into the US if he became president? If not, that law about a president being born in America should be changed. What a sad state the US is in these days. Politicians are worse than ever.

^Romney represents a recent low point, but at least he isn't as bag-o-hammers dumb as Dubya. Just watched part of an interview with him, in which he gets around to a bizarre endorsement of Romney- "he can do well without me." What a moron. People who supported him are beneath contempt.

Poor Dim Mitt can’t catch a break, from either the right or left.

From the right,…..

19 Prominent Republicans Who Want Romney To Release More Tax Returns Right Now

Mitt Romney continues to resist pressure to turn over more tax returns. In an interview today he said he is “simply not enthusiastic about giving them hundreds or thousands of more pages to pick through, distort, and lie about.”

The call for more information about Romney’s financial past, however, is bipartisan. A poll released today found fifty six percent of all voters, including sixty one percent of independents, think that Romney should release twelve years of returns.

These nineteen prominent Republicans are calling on Romney to release more tax returns, now:

1. George Will. On ABC’s “This Week,” Will, a long-time conservative commentator and Washington Post columnist, said, “The costs of not releasing the returns are clear, therefore he must have calculated that there are higher costs in releasing them.” At one point, he even played devil’s advocate to Republican consultant Mary Matalin, who was defending Romney.

2. Bill Kristol. “Here’s what he should do,” said Kristol, another conservative commentator, on Fox News. “He should release the tax returns tomorrow. This is crazy… you’ve got to release 6, 8, 10 years of back tax returns. Take the hit for a day or two. Then give a serious speech on Thursday.”

3. Ron Paul. Unitl just days ago, Paul was the other Republican presidential candidate. He is also one of those calling for Romney to release the returns. Paul told Politico today, “Politically, I think that would help him. …In the scheme of things politically, you know, it looks like releasing tax returns is what the people want.”

4. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley. The Alabama Governor actually went further than others in suggesting that perhaps Romney is hiding something by not releasing his tax returns. “If you have things to hide, then maybe you’re doing things wrong,” he told the AP. “I think you ought to be willing to release everything to the American people.“

5. Michael Steele. The former chair of the Republican National Committee is pushing for release. He claims it will help voters trust Romney, especially since he claims there is nothing to see in the returns: “If there’s nothing there, there’s no ‘there’ there, don’t create a ‘there.’ Put out as much information as you can. Even if you don’t release 12 years worth of tax returns, at least three, four, five.”

6. Rep. Walter Jones. In an interview with CNN, the Republican Congressman from North Carolina said, “I think he should release his financial records and I think if he does it in July it would be a lot better than in October. …whenever you are asking for the vote of the American people you need to fully disclose what your holdings are, if you have any.”

7. Ana Navarro. “He should just release the stupid taxes and eliminate the Obama campaign tactic of insinuating he’s got something to hide,” the former adviser to John McCain said. “The Obama people are going to keep the issue alive and it has the potential of mushrooming into a bigger issue. …It’s time to just pull off the band-aid.”

8. Rep. Pete Sessions. Sessions (R-TX) leads the National Republican Congressional Committee, and even he called Romney’s tax returns “fair game” and a “legitimate question.” In an interview with CNN, Sessions said that “[Romney's] personal finances, the way he does things, his record, are fair game.”

9. Gov. Haley Barbour. The Mississippi Governor has been outspoken about the need for Romney to hand over the documents. “The advice I would give Romney is: Who cares about your tax returns? Release ’em!” Barbour said in a phone interview. “We need for this campaign to be about Obama’s record.” Earlier this week, Barbour also called for Romney to release the returns on CNN.

10. Matthew Dowd. This conservative commentator called it “arrogance” that Romney was not releasing his returns. Joining forced with Bill Kristol, Dowd spoke candidly about his doubts around Romney’s tax returns: “There is obviously something because if there was nothing there he would say have it…But I think the bigger thing is, it’s arrogance. Many of these politicians think I can do this, I can get away with this.”

11. Rick Tyler. Republican strategist and former adviser to Newt Gingrich’s campaign had this to say about Romney’s returns: “Mitt Romney had an opportunity to answer these questions during the primary. …He did not answer these questions and now they’re coming up again. …Only [Romney] can provide that information. …Or we’ll just have drip, drip, drip to November.”

12. John Weaver. This Republican strategist had a straightforward message that got picked up as a quote-of-the day. In regard to Romney releasing his returns, he said, “There is no whining in politics. …Stop demanding an apology, release your tax returns.”

13. Brit Hume. The conservative Fox News commentator told fellow Fox man Bill O’Reilly, “Any time it’s disclosure versus non-disclosure, you always wonder whether it isn’t better to put it out there. And if it turns out that if people get to hear once again that Mitt Romney is a very very rich man. …I guess the Obama team would have some sport with that for a couple days.”

14. David Frum. The conservative journalist David Frum Tweeted his opinion on the tax release controversy. “Tax returns the next problem. Releasing returns under pressure: more weakness, more pain,” he wrote in one tweet. “Do promptly and cheerfully what you will eventually have to do anyway,” he added.

15. John Feehery. This Republican strategist joined the growing list of Republicans asking Romney to release the returns when speaking with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC. “Might as well get it over with,” he told her, “Couple of years, get it over with.”

16. Gov. Rick Perry Texas Governor and former Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry (R) has come out and urged Romney to release his returns. According to the AP, “Perry said that anyone running for office should give people what he called ‘backgrounds,’ including tax returns, if asked and if the requests are within reason.” When Perry was running for President, he released 10 years of returns.

17. Sen. Chuck Grassley The Iowa Republican joins the fray, The Hill reports: “”I don’t think he should be called on to do anything extraordinary other than what other presidential candidates have done.’ When asked if he thought Romney should do as much as prior presidential nominees have, meaning release more returns, Grassley said, ‘based upon my comment, I’d have to say yes.’”

18. Sen. Dick Lugar In an interview with CBS, Lugar, who himself ran for president in 1998, said it would be smart for Romney to release more returns. “‘It was quite a number which we released.’ …He added it would be “prudent” for Romney to release more years of his tax returns. ‘I have no idea on why he has restricted the number to this point,’ Lugar said.”

19. Wayne MacDonald The chair of the New Hampshire GOP came out and told the Washington Post in a phone interview that Romney should probably just release the returns. “Certainly, I don’t think Mitt Romney has anything to hide, and probably the best thing to do is to eliminate any chance for (the Democrats) to make this an issue,” he said. New Hampshire will be an important state in the election.

and,....

National Review, the conservative publication whose interview is quoted in the first paragraph of this post, has just come out and asked Mitt Romney to release his tax returns. National Review are long-time Romney supporters; they endorsed him in 2008.

from the left,........

new site: Mitt Gets Worse

“Mitt Romney did everything he could possibly do to block our ability to get married,” she said. In an emotionally charged confrontation with the governor, Goodridge made a heartfelt, face-to-face appeal to Romney, asking “What would you suggest that I tell my eight year old daughter about why her mom and her mommy can’t get married?”

Romney looked at her blankly and said, “I don’t really care what you tell your adopted daughter. Why don’t you just tell her what you’ve been telling her for the last eight years?”

Goodridge’s daughter was born to her in 2004. Complications ensued and while emergency medical measures were undertaken to ensure the survival of mother and daughter, Goodridge’s partner Hillary was taken away and then denied access to both her partner and their child on the grounds that she was not a member of “the immediate family.”

“I have never in my life stood before someone who had no capacity for empathy like Mitt Romney,” said Goodridge of the then-governor, “He didn’t care about my daughter, he didn’t care about what we should tell her. All he cared about was his political future and blocking our right to get married.”

and from Obama,....

Originally Posted by robuzo

People from both parties are beginning to express sheer bewilderment at the Rmoney's refusal to release his returns. Even many people at least putatively on Rmoney's side (lately George Will) are saying he must do so, but he steadfastly refuses, and this is beginning to make me suspect that there are two possible outcomes:

1) He releases the returns and embarrasses the Obama campaign by demonstrating that there is nothing of substantive concern; or,
2) The Rmoney campaign falls apart completely.

after falling apart (before the convention),.then the higher-ups in the Republican Party can select someone they want to run against Obama.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

.then the higher-ups in the Republican Party can select someone they want to run against Obama.

That's the thing: Romney IS the one the bigwigs in the party wanted to run with. His entire life, by being born into wealth and then leveraging that into even more wealth by treading on anybody he has to is trickle-up economics encapsulated. He represents their financial base and dreams to a tee.

The problem is that the voting base are less enthused, Mr "Severely Conservative Governor" who signed gun bans, retroactively implemented Obamacare and tried to campaign to the left of Ted frikkin Kennedy on gay rights and abortion is not going down well with the FOXbots.

Everybody else in the GOP primaries was even more toxic to the brand and/or unelectable, since becoming the de facto nominee Romney is getting smacked about like a rented mule by the Obama campaign. For someone who has been campaigning for so long you'd think that Romney could have hired some capable staff by now.

If there is a real pres debate Romney is going to be like someone in a wheelchair competing on American Gladiators

If there was a problem with the Romney tax returns why isn't the IRS going after him????

Its all so much political smoke!

Funny how no one made noise about Barry shooting heroin in pre school

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

If there was a problem with the Romney tax returns why isn't the IRS going after him?

get better informed, earl.

no one is claiming that romney has done anything illegal in regards to his tax returns. in fact, it's safe to assume that he's taken advantage of every loophole that exists.

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

If there was a problem with the Romney tax returns why isn't the IRS going after him????

Its all so much political smoke!

Funny how no one made noise about Barry shooting heroin in pre school

Just like nobody is holding Romney accountable for beating up weak kids in high school. Don't hold me responsible for the idiotic things I did when I was 17. Obama is kind of hypocrite for not taking a stance against the WOD, unless he thinks that it would have been better for society had he been caught and in the system (no political career).

willard sent out his wife to try and stop the bleeding, but i think she probably only made it worse.

what's with the 'you people'?

yeah, the romneys.....they're just like us.

“We’ve given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life,” she added later.

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