Posted on 08/07/2012 11:14:59 AM PDT by tobyhill
Mitt Romney called on Harry Reid Tuesday to reveal the source for his claim that the Republican presidential candidate has not paid taxes for 10 years, stepping up pressure as two major fact-check sites ruled Reid had no basis for the "incendiary" allegation.
Romney, in an interview with Fox News, said he doesn't believe Reid has a credible source but urged the Senate Democratic leader to reveal who it is.
"I don't really believe that he's got any kind of a credible source," Romney said. "I don't know who gave him this line of reasoning, whether it came from the White House or the DNC or a staffer, but he ought to say where it came from, and then we can find out whether that person has any credibility. I know they don't."
He said Reid also has "lost a lot of credibility."
Romney's latest comments came as two major fact-check sites knocked down Reid's comments, which the senator amplified by repeating them last week on the Senate floor. Reid has said his source is an investor with Romney's former venture capital company Bain.
But PolitiFact wrote that it is "far-fetched" to believe Romney paid no taxes for 10 years.
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The fact that this is not happening is proof enough that he paid his taxes.
Reid and the obama gang already have the ten years of Romney tax files, and have dug through them with a fine-tooth comb, but to release any of that private information would be admitting to a felony, by him, or his source(s), whoever that is...so, they’ve got to get Romney to release them in order to use the information on his own.
Politics is a dirty business.
Of course Reid is a liar - the WH put him up to it. Make baseless unsubstantiated claim and make Romney go on defense.
What Romney should do is call the bluff and tell Obama, “You’ll see my tax returns when I see your dubious transcripts - all of them!”
My niece who divorced her live in no-good that knocked her up (she’s no prize either) sued the tatooist (yea, a tatooist) for child support. This guy had a fantastic lawyer. Instead of responding to a paternity claim for support, he countered with a “prove you even had a baby - and that the baby was YOURS”....
Mitt needs to get balls like this.
It is a dirty business and Republicans tend to wear straight jackets in competing in it, while the Democrats wear ninja costumes, metaphorically speaking of course.
I still dont know if the accusation is that he didn’t file for 10 years, or filed but had no tax liability.
The fedguv has so successfully snookered the population via withholding and refunds, that no one can ever answer me when I ask what their liability was. They just know what they “get back”, even though it’s usually no different than welfare.
Reid has never said WHICH ten years.
I have it on good authority that Romney paid no income taxes for 1947-56.
Why doesn’t Romney just demand Reid release his taxes and be done with it? How about 0bama release his school records from Columbia? Just a straight, concise attack and let it hang.
Oh this is SOOOOOOOO important
stamp out them there fires Willard...
he ought to say where it came from, and then we can find out whether that person has any credibility.
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Now Willard thats right interesting...
It depends who said it whether its true or not...
All Romney need do is to find a half-dozen highly credible, high profile people (recently retired senior military officers, perhaps a member of the news media, and maybe someone like Louis Freeh), ask them to sign an agreement to not disclose any of the specifics of his tax returns, show them the last 10 years of returns so they can verify for the world that Harry Reid is a conformed liar, and that Romney did pay taxes for the past 10 years. Once he establishes that all he needs to do is remind people that the Obama IRS has had his tax documents to review for the past four years. So the fact that no action has been taken against him proves that his taxes were reviewed and deemed by the Obama IRS to be spotless.
All Romney need do is to find a half-dozen highly credible, high profile people (recently retired senior military officers, perhaps a member of the news media, and maybe someone like Louis Freeh), ask them to sign an agreement to not disclose any of the specifics of his tax returns, show them the last 10 years of returns so they can verify for the world that Harry Reid is a conformed liar, and that Romney did pay taxes for the past 10 years. Once he establishes that all he needs to do is remind people that the Obama IRS has had his tax documents to review for the past four years. So the fact that no action has been taken against him proves that his taxes were reviewed and deemed by the Obama IRS to be spotless.
An EQUALLY scary thing is that nothing succeeds like success and if these bastards can manufacture “facts” without being called to account, the election is clearly over and they win. The Media will RUN with any falsehood and lie.
Further, Romney should be ignoring this and having his PAC surrogates go after this bastard - like leaking stories about allegations that Reid owns interests in Nevada Bordellos or has friends connected with Mexican drug gangs.
This is a gun and knife fight - Chicago style - and no place for people consumed with a sense of fair play and taking the “high” road.
Mayne some PACS should start a few damaging rumors about the Communist in Chief.
“But PolitiFact wrote that it is “far-fetched” to believe Romney paid no taxes for 10 years.”
What about Reid ? Has he payed taxes? How much ? Where are his tax returns ?
FLASH!
Reid’s source is Bill Burkett, who cites Lucy Ramirez as his “source”.
Are you angry? It appears that you are angry.
“Romney and his team need to get serious and fight back hard against all of the Obama/ Chicago thug tactics. If they observed the McCain campaign, they learned that his Mr. nice guy approach only resulted in having his a** handed to him. “
Oh and please let us know what ass is getting handed to him?
No media outlet is running with this.
Reid is being made a fool of.
Obama is running away from this.
Romney comes off as clean and the Democrats like desperate fools.
But you want Romney to go off on school records, birth certificates, and SS cards just to show some fireworks for amusement?
This isnt the battle for the top talk radio spot. Obama WANTS distractions like this!
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