Appearing on Fox News this morning, Mitt Romney seemed to dismiss the growing chorus of Democrats and Republicans who are calling on him to release more than the single year of tax returns he's released so far.
The Obama people keep on wanting more and more and more. More things to pick through, more things for their opposition research to try to make a mountain out of and to distort and to be dishonest about. We’re going to put out two years of tax returns.
To be clear, Mitt Romney has only released one year, and a summary of last year, for which he then filed an extension, giving him until October to release it in full. Doesn't sound very transparent.
The Republicans, successfully, fillibustered, the disclose ACT. Was there any doubt??Now, Addelson will be able to keep the money pouring into the Romney campaign, without any disclosure of any kind. What does Addelson Want? He wants no charges, brought against him, or his company, for his corrupt dealings, or what he may have done against the law, concerning his gambling casino in Macau, or anything else that he is, or has been involved in. They also want the Supreme Court, to buy it that is!
Puyallup Girl
7/17/2012 12:13:57 AM
Oh Linda! Oh! MY! Absolutely, astounding, and outrageous.
I have another story, which is almost just as bad as that one Linda! Did any of you see Maddows show today, where she did a segment on Sheldon Addelson, and his Macau based Las Vegas Style Casino, that was built after 2002 or so, in Macau. This is a big, big,casino, which brings in millions, from gambling, from where the Chinese people can go legally to gamble. It turns out that Sheldon Addelson, owns a big part of this thing. This company of Addelson's, came on hard times, some years back, and Addelson, had to write some checks to his own company, to try to fix it, to help get the company out of the red. They didn't want to have to close the thing down. So, they hired this, Chinese, legislator, from Macau, to do some legal, some expensive legal work to the tune of 7 hundred thousand dollars, over a four month period, to help them climb out of their hardships. but what they did could be very ill-lega, according to the Foreign, Corrupt. Practices, Act! Some of his people in Las Vegas saw all of this, and when they brought it all up, and began talking about all of it. some of them were fired, from his company. People, like, some, Lawyers, and a CEO, and such. But what they did by hiring this guy, from Macau, could be very, very, illegal, according to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act., which was passed under the Jimmy Carter Administration. I take it that PBS-frontline did a big story on this recently. So Now, Romney's big moneyman, Mr. Addelson, who wants to buy our supreme court, could be in big, big, trouble.
Pat, Grand Lake Co
7/16/2012 11:59:54 PM
What is hard to imagine is how robme and company never saw this coming. Their arrogance is beyond most of our comprehensions. Is it just me or are these people completely without conscience or morals? What planet do they live on that they didn't think this would be a problem? I truly believe they think money will buy their way out of any problems and in to any seat of power they desire, and it just might.
TAX THE RICH, they're not all amoral.
Linda S Houston
7/16/2012 10:55:11 PM
Don't know how many of you saw this on the news this evening. I honestly can't remember whether it was on MSNBC or network news, but regardless, it is shocking and provides a real insight into just what Mitt Romney is capable of doing when in a powerful position.
When they put him in charge of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic games in 1999 they were having trouble coming up with corporate sponsors. What Romney did essentially to remedy this was to rob Peter to pay Paul and then paid back Paul with blood money from the companies he raided and looted. He tried to make all kinds of sweetheart deals to come up with the bucks.
One of the biggest benefactors turned out to be Jon Huntsman who Romney talked in to forking over a small fortune with the promise of a payback of course. Now, exactly how did he come up with the money to pay back Mr. Huntsman? With his vulture capitalists of course! Think about it. All those companies he raided and stole pensions funds from. He had to come up with big bucks fast to make good on his promise of a political payback.
This is the kind of thing Mr. Romney has in store for all of business in America. Outlaw business. No rules. Poltical cronyism and paybacks. And more lost jobs.
As a result Huntsman was able to buy Texaco Chemical out and become the largest petrochemical corporation in the world. I have a family member who worked for Texaco Chemical for 35 years. I doubt he has any idea of this deal making.
Puyallup Girl
7/16/2012 9:05:11 PM
I just read an article which talks about the Romney people squashing the Ron Paul peoples attempts of doing well in the Nebraska State convention! I guess that drowns out Paul's chances of being a viable candidate, in the voting in Tampa. Too bad! I really wanted to see that. That now proves, that Romney and his people are buying what they want. What more do you have to say? Like Iv'e said before, I only like a few of Ron Paul's suggestions, but that is not the point. Where is the fair dialogue? It doesn't excist!!
ron mariposa
7/16/2012 8:35:46 PM
seeing ed didnt up date the blog on this the gop=tea baggers filibusted the disclose act and the dems are trying to get another vote for it to come to the floor. What are the gop=tea baggers afraid of showing. My guess is that they dont want to let people know how much they are getting from a few people and corporations. The mitch the twitch said this is the worst idea to tell people who are supporting canidates as the evil liberials would then boycont them as a political tool to get them out of the process of supporting. Seems strange that not that many years ago they were gung ho for disclosure. The citizens united opened the floor gates for large money, and for corporations (who we all know are people) because the court used the idea it was free speech. I dont know why the IRS doesnt go in and take the phony 501C4 super pacs out as the law say they are to be educational groups and the only ads they can run to be informational for the public good. Calling this president a socialist, an non-citizen and a evil muslum liberal progressive that will destroy this country, and smearing other dem or independent or gop'ers that dont play their silly games in ads is not informational. The court sold this country to the wealthy elite, and the corporate elite and should be thrown off the bench. I dont care if the judge was dem or gop appointed if he or she voted for this should be gone now not later... If the gop and tea baggers win this year and take both houses and have a YES MAN in the oval the freedom this country is known for will be gone, and the patriot act will be like junk change to what they will turn this country into. The voice of the American People is dead and money is free speech.
just my humble views
Puyallup Girl
7/16/2012 7:52:18 PM
Its just more of the GOP- double standard, of, don't do as I say, or as I do, but do as I think you want me to say and do, so that I can get your vote!!!!! If that makes any sense!
Mr. Fargo
7/16/2012 6:48:53 PM
Romney outsourced the production of torchbearer uniforms to Burma, so like I said last week. Whoever made the decision to outsource the Olympic Uniforms was just following Mitt Romney Bain Economics 101...................Mitt has been very quiet about it...........gee wonder why?
Mr. Fargo
7/16/2012 5:28:52 PM
Big Eddie Request:
I would like to see Stephanie Cutter appear on the Ed Show & the Radio broadcast because she is a brilliant debater & says it like it is especially on the Bain scandal. She was brilliant on Face the Nation last weekend.
Some of the transcript:
Romney maintained the title of "sole shareholder, Chief Executive Officer and President" of Bain Capital after 1999, when he said he left the firm to run the Salt Lake City Olympics. Obama spokesperson Stephanie Cutter said Romney's departure date matters, because his experience at Bain is "his sole rationale for being president."
"If you're signing an SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] document with your own signature that you're the president, C.E.O., chairman of the board and 100 percent owner of a company, in what world are you living in that you're not in charge?" Cutter said Sunday on "Face the Nation."
"If he wasn't the head of it, who was?" she asked.
"And the simple point is, if you're telling the SEC you're in charge but you're telling the American people that you bear no responsibility, one of those things is not true," she added.
Mr. Fargo
7/16/2012 5:07:25 PM
MItt Romney still has money ties to Bain Capital...........he is still profiting from Bain's Business methods of closing American business & shipping jobs over seas.............just follow the money............he has no problem taking that kind of money to build his wealth off the backs of other people's losses.
