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Segami

(14,923 posts)
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 11:55 PM Jul 2012

1994 Willard Romney: " The BLIND TRUST Is An Age Old RUSE "



RUSE - ploy, stratagem, tactic, scheme, trick,
gambit, cunning plan, dodge, subterfuge, machination, wile.





Fast Forward to 2012



Willard, by your OWN Blind Trust definition, you need to stop your ' tactics of dodgeing, scheming, tricking the public with your ploys and RELEASE YOUR TAX RETURNS !





TPM:



- Mitt Romney disavowed any responsibility for investments in the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, saying his personal finances are part of a “blind trust” that’s out of his control.





“I don’t manage them, I don’t even know where they are,” Romney told Radio Iowa Monday of his investment portfolio. “That trustee follows all U.S. laws, all taxes are paid as appropriate, all of them have been reported to the government. There’s nothing hidden there.”






“What’s important is if you are running for president is that the American people know who you are and what you’ve done and that you’re an open book,” Obama told a New Hampshire television station. “And that’s been true of every presidential candidate dating all the way back to Mitt Romney’s father.”


The late George Romney, former governor of Michigan, released a dozen years of tax returns ahead of his own presidential campaign, saying he wanted to dispel any doubts that he filed his taxes any differently in the year or two before his run.






http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/romney-bermuda-swiss-cayman-blind-trust.php


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Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
1. Willard says:
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 12:01 AM
Jul 2012

I have nothing to hide but I refuse to show you my birth certificate, my tax returns, or my finances

BREMPRO

(2,331 posts)
6. ha ha ha!! oops he forgot he said that back when it was in his political interest to do so...
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 03:54 AM
Jul 2012

and now?... ah blind trust good.. i have blind trust (not really but i'll say that cuz it sounds good) lol!

liberal N proud

(60,346 posts)
13. Isn't it worrisome, this guy doesn't know where his money is, yet he wants to be President?
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 07:30 AM
Jul 2012

It bothers me that he blindly sticks cash somewhere while wanting to lead the free world.

tanyev

(42,623 posts)
14. It's so hard to keep track of everything you've said
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 08:12 AM
Jul 2012

when you'll say absolutely anything to get elected.

BadgerKid

(4,559 posts)
15. Blind trust = no SPECIFIC knowledge of the holdings.
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 08:58 AM
Jul 2012

That it is a ruse shouldn't be a surprise, really.

madashelltoo

(1,701 posts)
16. This should be looping in a commercial right now.
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 10:22 AM
Jul 2012

Lying son of a bitch. He lies so much he makes you feel silly for calling him a liar so often. You feel like your living on a rat exercise wheel.

Rhiannon12866

(206,125 posts)
17. Jon Stewart should have Governor Romney debate presidential candidate Romney
Wed Jul 11, 2012, 10:19 PM
Jul 2012

They same way he had Governor Bush debate President Bush*...

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