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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chartseer who wrote (120608)	12/24/2011 12:18:13 PM
From: lorne	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224717

chartseer....Imagine Romeny not showing his personal records..who in hell does he think he is ? hussein obama? Obama spokesman blasts Romney for 'hiding' records President still blocking access to host of documents related to his past December 24, 2011 wnd.com Barack Obama continues to block access to numerous documents that could resolve lingering questions about his presidential eligibility, but his spokesman thinks it's Republican candidate Mitt Romney who needs to come clean. Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, was responding to an MSNBC interview Wednesday in which Romney said he would not release his tax returns if he became his party's nominee for president. Freshly updated! Find out what Obama's story truly is, in "Where's the REAL Birth Certificate?" by Jerome Corsi. LaBolt blasted Romney, according to a New York Times blog, questioning whether the former Massachusetts governor and independently wealthy businessman had something to hide in his finances. "Why does Governor Romney feel like he can play by a different set of rules?" LaBolt said. "What is it that he doesn't want the American people to see?" The Obama spokesman said Romney, "who has favored secrecy over openness time after time, should live up to the same standard of disclosure his father and others set." Meanwhile, amid lawsuits, the prosecution of dissenting military officers and an investigation by Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Obama has refused to release numerous relevant records. They include records from his elementary school and high school, Occidental College, Columbia University, Harvard Law School, the University of Chicago, Illinois state Senate and the Illinois State Bar Association. Also unavailable are any baptism, adoption and medical records. The Times said MSNBC didn't air the part of the interview in which Romney was asked about his tax returns. According to a transcript, Romney, who made his fortune running a private equity firm, was asked by Chuck Todd of "The Daily Rundown" whether he would release his returns if he became the Republican nominee. "I doubt it," Mr. Romney said. "I will provide all the financial info, which is an extraordinary pile of documents which show investments and so forth." "But you won't do the tax returns?" Todd asked. "I don't intend to release the tax returns. I don't," Romney replied. The Times noted that Romney's father, George Romney, who ran for the Oval Office in 1968, was among the many presidential candidates who have routinely released their tax returns. Romney's personal wealth is said to be between $190 million and $250 million. He contributed more than $40 million to his 2008 campaign for president. The company he founded, Bain Capital, still pays him a share of profits. The New York Times reported this week that the arrangement likely means Romney's income is taxed at a much lower rate. Releasing his tax forms would enable the public to find out his tax rate. The Times said Romney's wealth and his tax rate could cause problems for him politically, because he often talks about the need to help middle-class Americans survive the current economic downturn. Only a day after the interview, the Democratic Party launched a new website, whatmittpays.com, that allows visitors to compare how much less they would have paid if they were taxed at the rate the Romney is presumed to pay.