Mitt Romney responded in a series of five interviews with the major networks Friday to allegations he stayed at Bain Capital passed the February 1999 date he said he ended there. According to the Bain Capital website in December 2000 accessed online via the Web Archive, Romney was not listed as a member of the Bain Capital “management team.”
It almost doesn’t matter what the facts are. The MSM and the Obama administration (but I repeat myself) have determined that Romney is a vulture capitalist…and that is that.
If I were Romney I’d get all the facts out now. All of his income tax returns going back twenty years. Then I would demand Obama present his hard copy birth certificate, his high school and college grades, and explanations for his strange Conn. social security number, his unusual draft registration date stamp (unique from hundreds of others from that era) and his passport records. Just how did he travel to Pakistan in 1981? Was it on a US passport?
But Romney doesn’t have the stones to do this…and it may cost him the election. What a shame.
I’m sure if Romney would take it upon himself to show all these documents about himself, so would Obama—if the relevancy could be demonstrated. Romney won’t even release back-taxes prior to 2010.
@Liberal1 (objectivity): And your point being?? Is this a requirement?? Please show me the relevance of Romney doing this!! What about o-bama’s college transcripts, any chance he will release them?? Thought so.
Hey, Mitt Romney–a guy whose earnings every 4 hours exceed what the average middle class American family earns in an entire year–paid taxes at a rate of just under 14% for 2010 and 2011.
To put that into perspective, consider this: A married couple filing jointly with taxable earnings of only $17,000 was subject to a federal tax rate of 15% in 2011.
You don’t think Romney’s refusal to release his tax forms for years prior to 2010 isn’t cause for suspicion? There’s obviously something far more questionable than a 14% tax rate that he’s concealing–something far more damaging than his controversial refusal itself.
If I were a republican, I’d certainly want to know what the nature of the unexploded bomb in Romney’s baggage might be, before the guy is formally nominated. Do republicans think it’s smart to choose a horse that may be lame to enter in the race?
A lot of respected conservatives have called for the release of Romney’s records. They’re obviously not doing that to further the cause of Barack Obama reelection.
@Greg: Still an idiot and a moron eh? Time for you to focus on your failed President!! Who gives a rat how much Romney makes, it’s called success which 0-bama has NEVER experienced!! I want someone who can fix the problems of America not a loser who has made it worse!! Geeez your stupid!!
@Common Sense, #5:
It’s amusing to imagine what you would likely be saying, if Barack Obama were the one refusing to reveal tax information earlier than 2010.
That, of course, isn’t the situation.
Here Are All Of Mitt Romney’s Personal Financial Disclosure Filings From 2001-2005
The forms, filed with the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission during Romney’s run and tenure as Governor, show various Romney investments in Bain Capital funds and membership of boards until 2003. After 2003 time all of Romney’s assets became listed in a blind trust. While the years 2001,2002 are 27 pages long each, after 2003 the forms are just seven to ten pages long.
I just LOVE Scribd.
You don’t even need a Java plug-in or anything.
So, there are records for 2001-2005 and for 2010-2011, leaving 2006-2009 as The Mystery Years.
Maybe the problem is that those 3 years aren’t yet beyond the 6-year IRS statute of limitations that applies when income has been under-reported by more than 25%.
That’s only speculation. It’s far more likely to be something that isn’t actually illegal, but would only look really bad to most voters.
But it isn’t nothing, otherwise the Romney campaign would simply release the records to dispel all such speculation and immediately deprive the Obama campaign of an increasingly damaging talking point.
@Greg:
Gee, Greg, you really want to go there with the ”speculation?”
How did Obama get to Pakistan when US citizens were not permitted to go to Pakistan?
Why did new lawyer Obama work for a company that supported the SDS and Bill Ayres’ Weather Underground?
Why did Obama disable his credit card confirmation program and take donations from all over the world including many thousands from a phone bank in Gaza?
Why couldn’t Obama find a non-tax cheat for his Sec of Treasury?
Why did Obama choose the woman who was keeping his Harvard records secret for Supreme Court Justice?
I could go on….
GREG
YOU AND THE OBAMA’S GROUP, ARE SHOWING THE ENVY OVER MITT ROMNEY SUCCESS,
YOU MUST BE FOAMING AT THE MOUTH, AND YOU KNOW THAT HE HAS MORE CLASS THAT YOU’LL NEVER WILL HAVE, AND TO CALL HIM A FELON IS THE LOWEST INSULT
HE COULD HAVE SAID OF ROMNEY,
IT SHOW THAT IF YOU MAKE OBAMA MAD, HE LOOSE CONTROL
AND ROMNEY HAS JUST BEGUN
HE DOESN’T HAVE TO SHOW NOTHING, HE WAS VETTED PUBLICLY AND TOOK IT TO THE END, HE WAS THEN CHOSEN BY THE AMERICANS AND MANY GOVERNORS AND PEOPLE
IN INFLUENCE POSITIONS, YOU KNOW THOSE WITH A BRAIN,
HE CAN STAND PROUD AND TALL,
HE’S NO FOOL HE KNOWS WHAT OBAMA WOULD DO WITH MORE FINDS HE WOULD TURN IT TO TRASH HIM WITH IT,
BY THE WAY DID OBAMA FIND HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE,
AND HIS REAL SOCIAL CARD?
@Liberal1 (objectivity): I have a bridge I would like to sell you since you seem to have the mentality for buying bridges!
He probably was on the SEC paperwork as official CEO but Jonathan Levine was the “Managing Director” and was handling day to day operations for the company. Romney probably even received income from the company as he was a rather major investor. You can still be on the paperwork as CEO and take a leave of absence and delegate the running of the company to someone else. Heck, you can still even collect a paycheck from them.
Romney was already starting a campaign for Governor of MA at that time. To successfully manage the Olympics, successfully run a political campaign, and run daily operations of Bain Capital one would have to be superhuman. It’s ridiculous on the face of it.
Besides, what is this trying to prove, anyway? All of this is designed so they can pin the closing of one steel plant on Romney. That’s all they have. That’s it. That is the extent of their entire campaign effort so far … the closing of one steel plant. It is just pathetic.
Look, I live in the San Francisco Bay area and to tie this in with another posting here, I’m not seeing any significant number of Obama stickers on the cars here, either. There’s no enthusiasm. If Obama can’t get a major show of support in the San Francisco area, he’s toast. I did see one little Obama 2012 sticker and one on a car from New Mexico that said Obamanos! but that was all that registered with me today.
@Greg: He’s refused to release lots of stuff. There will be a Romney surprise for you and 0-bama. What if Romney says I will release my tax returns if you release your college transcripts. What say you then??