Senator Reid Accuses Romney of Not Paying Taxes
Senator Harry Reid gave an unsubstantiated accusation towards Mitt Romney. This has not surprised political observers as the Democratic leader of the Senate once called the Republican presidential candidate kind of a joke.
Reid has been publicly contemptuous of Romney, who is a Mormon like him. In 2008, he said that Romney would have been a tremendous drag on the Republican ticket. Just last year, he said that Romney doesn’t stand for anything. He said that Romney could not be confirmed as a cabinet secretary or even as a dogcatcher.
In his latest attack towards Romney, he cited unverified source who claims that Romney hasn’t paid taxes for a decade. Romney and his Republican colleagues condemned the remarks made by the Senate Majority leader.
The exchange between the two men is just the latest display of the Democratic strategy to focus on Romney’s wealth and offshore accounts as the party’s leaders try to disqualify him in the eyes of the middle class voters. Romney refused to release more than two years of his tax returns, which prompted Obama’s campaign to place sarcastic TV ads.
The Democratic strategy can only succeed if they can keep the pressure on Romney. Reid didn’t provide any evidence to back up his claims. He stated that Romney’s message to voters is that he wouldn’t release his taxes but he wants to raise yours.
Romney accused Reid of trying to take the focus out of the job’s report released last Friday, which stated that unemployment rate increased to 8.3 percent. He believed that Reid was working with Obama’s White House to derail his candidacy.
Romney and Reid both belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Reid has stated that he doesn’t know Romney personally. The attacks don’t appear to be driven by some sort of private history between the two.
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Since Obama seems to never know anything about any issue at any given time on any given subject from any ...
a one year high of $63.82? On May 15th?
What a nonsense, the shares were at $77.11!
Reid is Right as Rain: and Willard is all Wet.
‘Cause we all have a damn RIGHT to see a Presidential Candidate’s tax returns!
Confession is good for the soul Mitt. So Release your Romney Returns …OR… just go back to playing “dressage” with your pet ponies! We’ll understand, I promise. Unless… perhaps….just perhaps…you’re hiding something dear Willard?
Just asking.
P.S.By the way, Mr. Mitt: just how DID you manage to stuff all those millions into your tax-loophole IRA account?… while the REST of us poor smucks have strict limits? Inquiring minds want to know.
And you want even MORE tax cuts for you and your rich buddies, Mitt?
WHAT GALL! These fat cats aren’t satisfied- they want it ALL! …EVERYTHING!!
Mitt baby -please- take my advice: if you want to run for dog-catcher THEN keep your precious returns, … and just clean off your car roof.
OTHERWISE, put up, …or shut up and go away ….preferably BEFORE the convention.
The super-rich think that they have the God-given right to do anything they want in this great country -while the REST of us get screwed!
ENOUGH!!! The divine right of kings ended a long long time ago Mitt.
And so should your so-called candidacy.
stanchaz, what a childish reply
Reid’s long established record of lying, cheating, pandering, and inflating the truth, makes these statements as credible as a wet fart.
Kind of like “the boy who cried wolf”, except it’s the radical liberal who cried “everyone who opposes my point of view is worthless, especially Republicans”.
We really don’t need another Republican president who will end up resigning in disgrace the same way Richard Nixon did.
http://articles.boston.com/2011-11-17/news/30411090_1_e-mails-andrea-saul-mitt-romney
Where are the hard drives Romney? That was state property. Not Romney’s personal property.
When Romney left the governorship of Massachusetts, 11 of his aides bought the hard drives of their state-issued computers to keep for themselves. Also before he left office, the governor’s staff had emails and other electronic communications by Romney’s administration wiped from state servers, state officials say.Those actions erased much of the internal documentation of Romney’s four-year tenure as governor, which ended in January 2007. Precisely what information was erased is unclear.
Why doesn’t Reed ever mention that Obamanations aids do not pay their taxes? What a hypocrite!
http://news.investors.com/article/599002/201201260818/obama-white-house-staff-back-taxes.htm