Hmm... has all the shrieking over Bernie's tax returns been a diversion

[whatchamacallit]

created to help deflect the anticipated fallout from the Panama Papers? 🤔

[itsrobert]

1. Lmfao

[FlatBaroque]

2. In fact, you can gauge the nature of every weakness they have by the

nature and texture of the slime they throw. I do hope that the era of Clintionism shall pass soon. The best way to assure that is to beat her thoroughly in this primary.

[GoneFishin]

6. Good observation.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. no

It's a diversion from ALL her negative attributes.

[whatchamacallit]

14. Ha, point taken

[dogman]

4. WWKRD

What would Karl Rove do? She's not just a victim anymore.

[jehop61]

5. That statement makes

no sense at all. Apples and oranges, ya know. And his lack of tax return transparency is VERY important to many.

[Myrina]

8. ... meanwhile, her Wall Street speech transcripts are where, exactly?

Transparency indeed.

[GreatGazoo]

7. no, just SOP

It is supposed to counter the transcript demands I think. Not sure what they think they would do with Sanders' tax returns but if he checked that box at the top that says "Do you want $1 to go toward the Presidential campaign" they will no doubt scream that he donated to Clinton or to Trump or whatever tempest the can fit into the next teapot.

The only thing that moves a Clinton scandal off the front page is the NEXT Clinton scandal.

[CalvinballPro]

9. Which would make Bernie complicit, as his refusal to take action and release his returns is what is

behind the call for him to release his returns in the first place. If it were a distraction, Bernie could make it go away in an instant. But he chooses not to, for some reason.

[amborin]

10. surely

[geek tragedy]

11. Oh lord, a conspiracy theory uniting that Panama story and Bernie's obfuscation on his taxes.

Here's a simple way for Bernie to defeat that evil conspiracy.

Release his damn taxes.

[whatchamacallit]

12. Of course

if someone had alluded to Bill Clinton's shell corporation before the release of these papers, y'all would be shouting 'conspiracy theory' and demanding it be tossed into Creative Speculation. Funny that.

[geek tragedy]

13. this all got kicked off because an unimpeachable progressive tax journalist

started asking Sanders campaign for his returns and got stonewalled.

Repeatedly.

Maybe Sanders's lack of transparency is not someone else's fault.