Lawrence starts with the F word

[malaise]

Is the problem with Rmoney's tax returns a felony?

The shit is about to hit the fan.
Rachel says she has breaking news for tomorrow night - a tape.

[ananda]

1. Wow, this tax stuff is really starting to grow legs..

.. long ones.

Good.

[malaise]

5. I'm lovin' it

Worst 'favorability' rating of all modern presidential candidates

[freshwest]

29. +1

[Voice for Peace]

63. it makes me feel like a party

[malaise]

84. LOL

[flamingdem]

2. Mittens might end up in jail at the end of this!

Mon dieu!

[Turbineguy]

18. Let's hope its one of the

for-profit prisons.

[flamingdem]

40. I think he'd look fabulous in orange!

[Jamaal510]

67. If they put R0bme in jail,

we might even be lucky enough to finally see the likes of Karl, Dick, and the rest of President **'s war-mongering administration behind bars.

[patrice]

3. Thanks for the heads up!

[Segami]

4. YES! YES! YES!

MORE PLEASE,...I WANT MORE!

[grasswire]

6. a tape? a tape?

That's better than a blue dress, kids.

[Segami]

10. LOL!

[malaise]

19. Sure is

Bet it confirms that he was still running Bain

[nadinbrzezinski]

73. Blue dresses and stains are a "family values"

thing, no seriously,

[spanone]

7. k&r...

[montanacowboy]

8. Maybe because of his illegal voting

in Massachusetts while living in Utah

[cindyperry2010]

9. i wish harry reid would

spill what he has or is he waiting for a few more days of sink in?

[malaise]

11. Too early

Let them crown him at the disaster in Tampa

[Curtland1015]

23. This +100

Save it for later!

[freshwest]

31. When does the circus start down there, anyway? In a few days? Let it be just after he's crowned!

[pacalo]

47. +1!

After he's got the nomination, PLEASE!

[freshwest]

52. Of course, it might fun to do just before they vote... Pandamonium breaks out, guns ablazing!

Oh, wait, they're only allowing guns outside, not inside.

And no puppets or clowns outside, only inside.

This seems backwards, but then it is the Republicans...

R for reverse..

[pacalo]

56. ...

[lastlib]

71. Now, HOW is the *Republican Party* going to avoid having clowns INside their confab???

That's kinda like having a dictionary not having words on its pages.

[freshwest]

76. They can't. The *insane clown posse* will be speaking everyday.

[ananda]

13. I know.

I can't stand waiting either, but I think it will be worth it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. Coming right on the heels of Rachel Maddow's fascinating teaser

about having explosive old Romney video footage from the archives.

[malaise]

14. I can't wait for Rachel tomorrow night

[fascisthunter]

15. he should be arrested... he's a tax cheat, plain and simple

[riverwalker]

16. a tape not seen in 10 years

[malaise]

17. Butter?

[freshwest]

36. I can't believe it's not... But I hope it's from Kolob.

[malaise]

57. LOL

[freshwest]

59. That heavenly aroma...

Am I being unfair here?

Oh, hell, it's Romney...

He'd just as soon step on me like a bug...

So all's fair...

[Voice for Peace]

66. Speaking of Kolob.. has anyone asked Romney's intentions regarding space program?

It seems it would be a natural segue to ask him then
about travel to the planet Kolob.

[freshwest]

79. Well, Newt had his Moon colony; they claim Obama's been to Mars; but no one ever asks Mittens.

He really won't speak about himself anymore, it seems, after having slipped on his bullying and Gordon Gecko moments.

If you ask him about his taxes, he lies or claims you're being mean to him. If you talk about his money hidden overseas, he lies or says it just shows how smart he is. If you mention his wife and the horse incidents, you're just jealous.

But no one, out of good taste, dares to bring up his religion. And you'll note he doesn't talk to the lowly press, he's doing a Nixon, Reagan and Bush on them.

The only time I can Mittens answering a question will be when or if he debates with Obama. But the POTUS has already cut back on the space program somewhat. And I've never heard Mitt the Twit mention space.

And he can say that Kolob is not a real place, but a spiritual symbol for when he's gonna rule the world.. OOPS, he won't say that. Nasty first amendment, if you ask him, he'll say you're bullying him. I don't think he'll get caught that way, and it might not be nice, anyway.

Not that he's nice, either..

[SDjack]

20. This is not good. rMoney has become a run-away freight train going downhill. nt

[malaise]

24. What are you talking about Willard

It's great

[RagAss]

61. Not good for whom?

[SDjack]

87. Not good for DEMs. We need him to explode the day after the GOP

convention ends. That would deprive them of a mechanism for consensus choice for a replacement. Instead, there would be a hell-of-fight in secret.

[Kurovski]

21. Felonious Skunk.

[malaise]

27. Lawrence will discuss the F word shortly

Damn I'm lovin' this

[WillyT]

22. :evilgrin:

[malaise]

28. Back at you hon

[spanone]

25. his taxes must be fatal. otherwise he could end this first thing in the morning.

it makes no sense.

[malaise]

30. That's the problem with hubris - he used to get away

with this shit and he thinks the Presidency is just his latest toy. Fugg him every which way.
Here's comes Lawrence's worst case scenario.

[freshwest]

39. +1

[malaise]

41. GOo Harry Reid

This is delish!!

Put up Willard - it's clear you're hiding something

[freshwest]

46. I so wish I could see this. Hope it makes it to youtube!

[malaise]

85. Here it is

http://thelastword.msnbc.com/

[freshwest]

86. They're playing Paul Ryan attacking Romney care in MA now... But thanks.

[nc4bo]

26. oooh - hope there's an everlasting popcorn popper LOL

A tape? Aw shucks - wonder how many cases of antacid, pepto bismol, kaeopectate and depends the Romney camp will be going through?!

[malaise]

33. None of that will work

Release the fugging taxes. Have you thought about what this man is saying. I am not releasing them because there are things there that they will expose.

[nc4bo]

42. I can not imagine how our "free press" has let it slide for so long.....

Romney has been at this politic thing for a loooooooong time yet most has had a good lid put on it. Same with Bain. Same with the Olympic savior bit. Same with his Governorship.

The guy is a red hot mess and dangerous and I actually want him to remain their champion until Election Day. I want the Republican Party, the neocons, the fundies, the teabaggers, the Adelsons and the Koch Bros., the Chik Fil A douchebags - all of the enemies of the U.S. to have to swallow it all.

I want real change. I want the lameduck to be a time of real effin change!

I'm asking for too much but I can dream.

[malaise]

44. Yep I want them to pay for putting up this piece of scum

as candidate for President.

Speculate Lawrence!! Call him on it Harry!
Fuck Rmoney!!

[freshwest]

50. +1,000 Give 'em hell, Harry!

[siligut]

78. I want this to showcase what the GOP thinks they can get away with

'I can take a frosted turd and get it elected president, watch and learn, lol.' (Karl Rove)

[lucca18]

51. Well said! Yes! Yes! Yes!

[Raster]

53. Puh-leeze, the only thing "free" about our press...

.... is the blowjobs they've been giving rethuglicans for years.

[freshwest]

70. I'll have you know those folks were paid very well!

[Honeycombe8]

32. That's just silly. Romney pays an acctg firm to wiggle thru loopholes legally...

and make sure he doesn't get in trouble.

[emilyg]

80. I would think so.

[CAG]

81. Correct, but if his loopholes have allowed him to pay little to no taxes in a time of war, the dems

should launch straight into questioning how multimillionaires choose not to support the troops.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

34. If Republicans are smart, the big donors are ringing Romney's phone non-stop

to ask him to see his returns themselves before they fork over the next $10 million.

[malaise]

38. No many of his donors

are just like him.

[riverwalker]

35. Felon. Felony.

Tax evasion got Al Capone.

[malaise]

49. That's good

Truth will out. This fugger is way too brazen.

[coalition_unwilling]

64. Technical note: Capone was not a "Mafia boss." - n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

68. He wasn't? What was he?

[coalition_unwilling]

69. Wikipedia is your and my friend:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capone

While Capone headed an organized crime outfit during Prohibition, it was not a "Mafia" gang, in the sense of La Cosa Nostra. Is why I prefaced my comment with the tag "Technical note" (meaning I was going all pedantic

[Hassin Bin Sober]

72. Well I guess so. I don't know what the difference is.

Even Wiki refers to The Outfit as the Chicago Mafia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Outfit

The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate, Chicago Mafia, Chicago Mob, or simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Dating back to the 1910s, it is part of the American Mafia; however, the Chicago Outfit is distinct from the "Five Families" of New York City.

Anyway. Neither one ever existed.

At least that's what they used to tell me. I worked with this guy's nephew in the 90s:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_J._LaPietra

Angelo J. "The Hook" LaPietra (1920–1999) was a Chicago mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit, involved in extensive loansharking operations in the city's First Ward during the 1970s and 1980s. He earned his nickname "The Hook" due to the way he murdered his victims—those that did not, or could not pay up. He would take his victim—bound and gagged—and hang him on a meat hook, (piercing the victim's rib cage with the meat hook) and then torture him to death with a blow-torch. The torch would not actually be the cause of death. The victims most often died from suffocation.

The guy that owned the car dealership where I worked used to hang out at the "Old Neighborhood Italian American Club" founded by Mr. LaPietra. He came in a few times walking with his cane. Didn't look too dangerous at that point.

[coalition_unwilling]

74. Well, actually, I think you may be more correct (or at least as correct) as I, for

the notes to the Wiki article I linked to mention that Mario Puzo modeled one the characters in The Godfather on Capone, a fact I had not known before today.

The problem, I suppose, is that 'Mafia' is both literal (the Sicilian "La Cosa Nostra&quot but also largely metaphoric, referring to any organized crime with quasi-Italianate roots.

The Wiki article I linked to made it sound as if Capone was actually battling with one of these Italianate organized crime outfits.

So, anyway, I'm going to shut up now before I stick my foot in my mouth any further

[Hassin Bin Sober]

77. Well the guys I knew didn't like the term Mafia anyway.

It was The Old Neighborhood Italian American Club. And if you said any different, they would have your legs broken.

[B Calm]

37. I see fireworks at the GOP convention!!

[malaise]

48. Do you realise the trip gained him nothing

He's back and the same issue is #1

Should the media be more uncomfortable with the failure of Rmoney to release the tax returns or the speculation about what's in them.

Great question Lawrence!! Lawrence is one serious man!! Love it.

[classof56]

43. Stay safe, Rachel!

I'm loving this! F is for Felony. Yes!!

[malaise]

45. It's Delish!!

Release the taxes Rmoney - or else.

[adigal]

54. I foresee health problems for Mrs. Romney before the convention

With crazy ass sanatorum stepping in!

[Kalidurga]

55. I have suspected for a while now that his tax returns will reveal a felony.

The IRS doesn't really look for those unless they do an audit. If he accountants are good enough they won't leave any red flags. But, an auditor will find stuff if they are actually looking for it.

[mckara]

58. This Could Be Hilarious as the Screws Turn! LOLLLLLLL

[Did I Just Type This]

60. Kinda feel sorry for romney...not

He just wants to be the president, but all those pesky media personnel, tax reports, his lack of personality and his inability to attempt compassion are really hurting him.

[notadmblnd]

62. and Harry Ried says his source is credible and Dana Bash (CNN talking head?) says she knows the

source is credible too.

[mucifer]

65. hmm reminds me of "Fitzmas"

[ecstatic]

75. Oh, and the clip with Rmoney chuckling everytime he was asked

about his tax returns was downright creepy!!!

[valerief]

82. kick

[Lugnut]

83. Oh yeah!

Partay!

Stay safe malaise. That storm is heading your way.

[malaise]

88. Thanks

We may be lucky - it should pass South West of us - fingers crossed because storms do shift direction.