Okay Mr. President, we can talk about the past

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After all, heĀ asked for it. In a recent campaign appearance in Virginia, the President remarked:

Ultimately, I think, Mr. Romney is going to have to answer those questions because if he aspires to being president, one of the things you learn is youā€™re ultimately responsible for the conduct of your operations.

The Obama campaign has been inĀ all out assault modeĀ on Mitt Romney since it was discovered that Romney may not have completely severed his relationship with Bain Capital after 1999.

The precise role Romney played at the firm from 1999 to 2001 is important not only because critics have raised questions about his truthfulness, but also because Bain was sending jobs overseas during that period.

But the President has a past as well. The real question is: Is President Obama ready to finally take responsibility for the conduct ofĀ hisĀ prior operations?

1992-2008: Barack Obama has a close relationship with extremist Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr. as evidenced by Obamaā€™s 20 year patronage to Wrightā€™s sermons and his officiating of Mr. Obamaā€™s wedding to Michelle. One Obama spokesman back in 2008 even went so far as to say Obama compares Wright to ā€œa member of his familyā€¦ā€

1995:Ā Despite repeated insistence by the President that controversial figure Bill Ayers is ā€œnot somebody I exchange ideas from,ā€ it has beenĀ confirmedĀ that it was in Ayersā€™ home whereĀ Barack Obamaā€™s Illinois State Senate bid was made apparent. Although never convicted of a crime, Ayers has been linked to the radical Weather Underground Organization. On the day of attacks of 9/11, aĀ New York Times articleĀ ran in which Ayers was quoted talking about his organizationā€™s nefarious activities, ā€œI donā€™t regret setting bombsā€¦I feel we didnā€™t do enough.ā€ Ayers had also talked previously of Weather Undergroundā€™s philosophy.

Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, thatā€™s where itā€™s really at.

All of this, Ayers now brushes aside as a ā€œjoke.ā€

1999-2002:Ā The Ayers connection persists. Barack ObamaĀ serves on the boardĀ of the Woods Foundation with Ayers.

1999: Then State-Senator Barack ObamaĀ exploits CatholicsĀ to garner support for a universal health care bill that he co-sponsors. Illinois voters overwhelmingly reject it.

1999:Ā ObamaĀ votedĀ ā€œPresentā€ to dodge a difficult vote that could potentially have drawn a rift between him and his African-American supporters. A strategy he invoked on nearly 130 occasions during his time as an Illinois State Senator.

2001: State-Senator Barack Obama is theĀ sole voice of oppositionĀ to an Illinois bill that would protect born-alive babiesā€™ rights under the law when abortions failed to kill the fetus. The persuasive State-Senator, who is also a respected former law professor, quickly begins to garner support to kill the bill by saying it would undermine Roe v. Wade.

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Maybe we will see grade transcripts, passports, birth certificates and other documents others provide before they are vetted for President.

@Randy: I am in favor of total disclosure of the past. America needs to understand who 0-bama is and not the portrait our MSM gave us last election cycle. Let’s put it all on the table!! That would include college transcripts for 0-bama.

I’m all for talking about the past, as it definitely pertains to what will happen today and tomorrow.

Liberal/progressives, though, are VERY selective in which past they discuss. For example, they continue to tout and promote socialist ideas as the saviour of our economy, or country, while deliberately overlooking the failure of such ideas which one could learn about by reading some history.

So, I don’t believe the liberal/progressives will be willing to open up and discuss ALL of the past that has happened, particularly as it relates to Obama. OR, they will deliberately lie and mislead about Obama’s past that has surfaced, like they have done with his relationships with Ayers and Wright

Imagine, if you will, Romney, or any other GOP candidate for office, having started their political career in the living room of an accused domestic terrorist who bombed, or helped plan the bombing, of abortion centers around the country. Liberal/progressives wouldn’t need to keep ranting on and on about it because conservatives would have given the politician the boot themselves.

Now think about Obama and Ayers and the liberal/progressive defense of this relationship. That ought to tell you all a whole lot about the mindset of anyone who still supports Obama.

Conservative George Will, on Romney’s tax returns:

ā€œThe cost of not releasing the returns are clear. Therefore, he must have calculated that there are higher costs in releasing them.ā€

Allow me to paraphrase: He’s hiding something that he knows is serious trouble.

@Greg: I guess you king Obama is hiding much more since he will not release anything!

@Randy, #5:

President Obama has released his tax returns for every year from 2000 through 2011.

Mr. Romney refuses to release anything prior to 2010. Why do you suppose that is?

My guess is that he made a bundle out of the 2008 recession in some manner that won’t look so good, or had connections with Bain a lot longer than stated.

@Greg:

And where are Obama’s college records or his tax returns from those years? Did he earn enough money to support himself at Occidental, Columbia or Harvard? How about his Illinois Senate correspondence that every other Senator has turned over to the Illinois Congressional Archives?

If you think Romney should be required to turn his entire tax history over to the public, let’s demand the same thing from Obama, or do you pick and choose who you want transparency from?

@Greg: What about his transcripts from College. Or how about a diploma. What about his trip to Pakistan that doesn’t show up on his passport? How about a real birth certificate instead of the phony one? NOthing to hide, then why has he spent millions of dollars preventing those documents from becoming pubilc?

@retire05, #7:

And where are Obamaā€™s college records or his tax returns from those years?

Beats me. Do most people retain their tax forms for 30 years? Has Mitt released his college transcripts? How did Mitt support himself in Paris while secretly longing to serve his country in Vietnam? His “humble” life in Paris as a LDS missionary included accommodations in a 19th century neoclassical building in the French capitalā€™s upscale 16th arrondissement. That hardly fits with the story that he bathed using a garden hose and relied on a bucket for lavatory facilities.

Photos of Romney’s humble LDS mission accommodations during his 1968 stay in Paris.

Maybe the Obama and Romney campaigns could arrange for an exchange of documents regarding their early lives.

If you think Romney should be required to turn his entire tax history over to the public, letā€™s demand the same thing from Obama, or do you pick and choose who you want transparency from?

As pointed out, Obama has already made public all of his tax returns from 2000 through 2011–the past 11 years. Romney seems to think that the last 2 are all that should matter. For some odd reason.

@Greg: Well, you need to research how Morman Missionaries are funded. You might find out that they actually live the values that they preach. Did you know that Mitt gave away all of his inheritance to charity? What did your buddy give away except our country?

@Randy:

When I glanced out the window just a moment ago our country still seemed to be there. So far as Obama’s inheritance from his parents goes, I’ve never heard that there was all that much.

If you’re talking about his inheritance from the previous administration, that’s another matter entirely.

@Greg:

Why do you continue to pee on our legs and tell us it’s raining?

I understand that in your tiny brain, there would be absolutely no possibility that the building in Paris would look a hellofa lot different than it did in the 60’s, not even two decades after Paris was almost destroyed by war. I am sure you think that the French are such industrious people that they had their cities looking just like they did pre-war in no time flat.

And of course, Obama doesn’t talk much about his family. His mother was a Red and his father just seemed interested in spreading his seed across two continents and promoting his Marxist views in Kenya. No one wants to talk about a dad that was a dead beat father and a drunk.

Can I interest you in some beach front property in Lubbock?

Oh, and when are you going to answer my question about voter registrations and the capability for fraud? Or is that a question you will continue to dodge?

Contrary to popular belief, the Nazi’s didn’t carpet bomb Paris. Nor did the Allied powers, to drive the Nazi’s out. Much of the European continent was left in ruins, but Paris was a notable exception.

RETIREO5 With all your ranting you should know Hitler loved Paris and definately had no intention of destroying it. Haven’t seen you defending that drunk Mc Carthy of late.
Obama’s inheritance from his parents vs. Mitt’s from George. C’mon

@Richard Wheeler:

With all your ranting you should know Hitler loved Paris and definately had no intention of destroying it.

Actually, Rich, Hitler ordered the destruction of Paris when the Allied takeover of Paris was all but inevitable. If not for the German commandant, Von Choltitz stalling on that order, Paris would have sustained heavy damage as German forces retreated out of the city.

@johngalt: Not too sure about Paris but I have been to Prague on business a few times and it was my understanding that Hitler did spare Prague with the desire of making it one of his Capital Cities. I can say the architecture is beautiful and would appear different in many respects. On the other hand Warsaw was really damaged. I know a bit departed from the conversation but then again, all of America should be talking about the REAL issues of jobs, our economy, our national debt, and the fact that 0-bama has failed on the commitments he made to America to get elected President. Every day 0-bama is successful in his distraction from these issues is a waste for America.

@retire05: Sadly Greg is an ignorant moron who will divert the conversation away from the obvisous FACT that his black messiah has failed America. He has lied to America regarding his ability to create jobs and stimulate our economy, he has created class warfare to protect his so-called base, he has made racism far more of an issue than it needs to be, his administration is rampant with scandals and lies, and if you point any of these facts out to him he will blame Republicans or Bush and fail to acknowledge that 0-bama is a failed President!! He is a waste of time to try to have a real discussion with. Like I said, an ignorant moron. And that’s being very complimentary!!

J.G Bottom line The great city of Paris was left unscathed by the Nazis.

Most people are only required (strongly suggested really,) to hold on to their tax returns for the last 7 years. 2011 – 7-years = 2004 There is no reason why Romney should be expected to provide anything prior to his 2004 report.

I propose that given the modus operandus of Chicago Democrats (using the government departments to dig up dirt on opponents) I suspect that Team Obama has already (illegally, it would have to be,) acquired most of Romney’s tax returns but needs Romney to release them before they can use them in attacks. This would indicate that there isn’t anything actually “felonious,” (else they would have utilized the Clinton Administration practice of IRS auditing of political enemies,) but only that there might perhaps be either something “embarrassing” or that it would give Team Obama a more accurate picture of what Romney’s worth is.

While even some Republicans are saying Romney should release more of his past tax records, there really is nothing requiring him to do so.

@Richard Wheeler:

The great city of Paris was left unscathed by the Nazis.

Really Rich?

Are you sure?

Yeah, you’re wrong about that whole “unscathed” thing there bud.

Of course, the city was later bombed by Allied forces as well in an effort to deprive the Nazis of it’s assets.

And those are just the things I found during two minutes of Googling.

@Richard Wheeler:

J.G Bottom line The great city of Paris was left unscathed by the Nazis.

Not entirely, Rich, and not by the choice of Hitler, in the end. You were wrong when you said Hitler “had no intention of destroying” Paris, and you cannot even admit you were wrong about that.

It is likely that a careful examination of Obama’s records will show a lazy, alcoholic, druggie student who affirmative-actioned his way through the liberal educational system.

Under which passport did he travel to Pakistan in 1981? How did he come by a Connecticut ss number in 1977, a state he’d never been to? Why does his selective service record show a time stamp (’80 instead of 1980)? No other card from this era carries this artifact. His released long form birth certificate (while he was wagging the dog with Bin Laden’s death) has nine layers and is almost certainly photo-shopped.

Heard any of this discussed in the MSM? No? How come only Republican candidates have to produce their records?

@Liberal1 (objectivity): If I can not stop laughing soon, I will have to call the doctor! I noticed that all of the accomplishments were statements. There was no proof or details showing what was actually done. Only a fool could stand behind these statements as accomplishments!

@Liberal1 (objectivity):

That’s funny, Lib1. Ofttimes the line between ‘achievement’ and ‘failure’ depends on one’s perspective. Other times it should be measured objectively, and many of those “achievements” touted on that page happen to be miserable failures, such as the Stimulus.

J.G and Aye I stand corrected. The outskirts of Paris and surrounding suburbs bombed by Germans in 1940,received relatively minor damage and casualties ( compared to London and other European cities), was declared an open City, and suffered strategic bombing from Allies as Germans retreated in ’45. No damage to historical structures like Notre Dame,Eiffel Tower.. Would AGREE one can not know the ever changing mindset of the madman Hitler.

Paris “the city of lights” should be visited and valued as one of the World’s great cities.

@Richard Wheeler:
The real question is why does it matter where Romney stayed? He got a deferment to server as a missionary; so? Clinton got a deferment to go to Oxford. The thing about Clinton’s deferment was never about his scholarship, but about the letter he wrote.
Greg, I know you’re a Vietnam vet, are you only pissed at republicans that got deferments? Or is it just rich republicans that got deferments?

Since this is about the past, and you’ve brought up tax records; why should Romney give up his tax records? If someone attacks you on something and you acquiesce, will that make the attacks stop? Not hardly. It will just embolden the attackers to ask for more.

@retire05:

I’ve been thinking about why the Romney Campaign has been so quiet about the Democrats cacophony, demanding he release his taxes for (whatever number of,) years. McCain’s Campaign was provided with Romney’s return when he was considered as a running mate, so we know Romney has released them in the past. So why not release them now? I think I know why, and I suspect it’s about “transparency.” Romney might be holding off until the debates.

Think about it. If Romney hasn’t released his tax returns by then, Obama will surely bring it up (if the moderator/questioner doesn’t). Romney can then counter:

“Certainly, I’ll to provide my tax returns, and add that in the name of transparency both candidates should put everything on the table: Tax returns, College Records, Scholarship Records, Selective Service Papers, Passport Records, Medical Records, and any other sealed documents from our past. By all means! Let’s be completely open and honest with everything. Mr. President, Let’s do it! I have nothing to hide, I’m absolutely willing to show the people whatever records they request to see. What about you?”

Consider, how could Obama possible respond to that?

Checkmate

Ditto
I was looking at a video, this man a pastor he is JOHN DAVID MANNING OUTSTANDING
REQUEST FOR OBAMA TO RESIGN IN 90 DAYS, and stand up to be accused of fraud,
and to have lied to AMERICA and was fraudulently made president,
this pastor maintain that OBAMA is part of the SATAN crowd, HE EXPLAINED IN DETAILS
ON OBAMA’S PAST, AND HE CONTINUE HIS SPEECH WHICH EVEN IF YOU WANT TO REJECT IT, MAKE YOU CARRY ON THE LISTENING WHICH AFTER A WHILE YOU FIND PLAUSIBLE AND LOGIC,
AFTER LOOKING AT OBAMA’S PRESIDENCY MINUTE DETAILS TELL YOU, THAT THIS MAN ACTED LIKE A SATAN REPRESENTANT,
I must also say to justify this pastor that he is also a black man and GOD LOVING TO HIS CORE
adding many weight to his demands,