WHAT A TANGLED WEB
BY CHARLES M. BLOW
NEW YORK TIMES
Romney has only released a complete return for 2010 and an unfinished estimate for 2011. This is less than any other presidential candidate in recent history. As The Times put it in a scathing editorial this week, “what information he did release provides a fuzzy glimpse at a concerted effort to park much of his wealth in overseas tax shelters, suggesting a widespread pattern of tax avoidance unlike that of any previous candidate.” Blind trusts, Swiss bank accounts and Bermuda accounts designed to shield your money from the taxing agency of the country you want to lead just doesn’t sound right. And Romney’s reluctance to reveal more suggests that there is more that’s distasteful.
POLICY AND THE PERSONAL
BY PAUL KRUGMAN
NEW YORK TIMES
...Why not run a campaign based on that substance, and leave Mr. Romney’s personal history alone? The short answer is, get real. Look, voters aren’t policy wonks who pore over Tax Policy Center analyses. And when a politician — say, Mr. Obama — cites actual numbers in a speech, well, there’s always a politician on the other side to contradict him. ... So how can the Obama campaign cut through this political and media fog? By talking about Mr. Romney’s personal history, and the way that history resonates with the realities of his pro-rich, anti-middle-class policy proposals.
MITT ROMNEY'S COMPLAINTS
EDITORIAL
NEW YORK TIMES
After three days of Mitt Romney complaining about attacks on his record at Bain Capital, it’s clear that President Obama has nothing to apologize for. If Mr. Romney doesn’t want to provide real answers to the questions about his career, he had better develop a thicker skin. ... Mr. Obama’s campaign aides did go too far, perhaps, in suggesting Mr. Romney may have legal problems over this issue. But Mr. Obama’s criticism is fair. Mr. Romney has persistently refused to tell voters about his finances. Even now it is not clear how much money he has made from Bain in the 13 (or 10) years since he left the company. The right way to respond to Mr. Obama is to release his tax returns from that period, or open up Bain documents.
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
BY ROBERT J. SAMUELSON
WASHINGTON POST
The media campaigns that Obama and Romney are waging against each other are politically unsurprising. Victory awaits the side that can convince the most uncommitted voters that the other guy is a louse. The nostalgic lapse of Democrats into social protectors and Republicans into tax cutters is equally understandable. The roles are familiar and satisfying. The trouble is that they’ve been overtaken by reality. Yesterday’s stereotypes won’t solve today’s problems. ... This is the real but ignored challenge: to redefine government in a way that is economically viable and politically acceptable. To the extent that the presidential campaign might clarify choices or encourage a consensus, it is (so far) being squandered. Character assassination is a diversion, not a policy.
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On meet the press yesterday one republican said the corporations should be allowed to outsource in order to please their investors and save money.....Hello....is this the American way and how does it help our economy? These companies do not pass the savings along to customers in the form of cheaper price tags.The Chamber of Commerce in 2010 assured other countries that if the republicans get in their jobs (not American jobs) were safe. I often wonder who actually supports the Chamber of Commerce and if it is really an American corporation or facility. They do get money from foreign counteries to pass around. The reason this president should be allowed to use Bain is because Romney said this is where he created jobs and had ideas to save this economy....that puts Bain into the ballpark big time and he has a right to challenge these statements and he is. Romney needs to stop crying about the negative ads as he was the KING of negative ads during the primary and he has had a few with misinformation along the way in this election, thus far.
JOE,JOE,JOE, A morning Republican show, how nice it is to have a place to help trash the Obama & Demorcants. Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.Now you Have you own look a like southen (Boy) in Michael Steel,to be the durty one. why not you,its about time. So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.Something you & the guest on the show fumble with words that promote anything good on the Democratic side..
I understand Mitt's frustration with releasing his tax returns, especially considering the fact that the Mormon church requires their parishioners to give 15% of their income to the church. I'm sure this is one the main reasons why, if not the main reason why, Mittens doesn't want to release his taxes. We know he's paying less than 15% in taxes so he's obviously giving more in tax free income to the LDS church.
He cares more about the Mormon Church than he does about America. That is what is so scary about electing a Bishop of a church as President. The Republicans want to turn this nation into a Mormon Theocracy instead of a democracy. Our founding fathers greatest nightmare.
That is also one of the main reasons why the main stream media isn't vetting old Mittens.
What I would like to no is why does morning Jo continue to have one of Romney's advisors on his show Dan Senor as a guest host and all he does is talk trash about the POTUS and the DEMS, its like watching Fox news or watching a commercial for the Romney campaign.
What Joe? No mention of the Republicans voting down the Disclosure Act???????