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JohnnyRingo

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11. Even further...

Reply to Ikonoklast (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 12:28 PM

Jul 2012

The GOP/Tea Party platform is that Obama is taxing people to death.

If Romney paid very little or no taxes over the last several years, it quickly deflates that point. Romney can't very well go on the campaign trail and speak about how high taxes are strangling "job creators" when he's using the Leona Helmsley signature edition of TurboTax.

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Rmoney Is Screwed Either Way With His Tax Return Fiasco. [View all] Ikonoklast Jul 2012 OP

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The box he put himself in looks a lot smaller from the inside. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #6

I'm sure his tax returns, if revealed, will show he paid at a 90% rate on income aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #2

LOL! Segami Jul 2012 #3

Huh? Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #4

I see. Mitt is playing the "Possum Gambit". Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #14

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I wish I could feel comfortable about this, but looking back asjr Jul 2012 #7

Not to mention the tens of millions lost by his fellow billionaire backers. DCKit Jul 2012 #8

They don't that kind of coin away for free. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #15

Stand back...he's gonna blow C_U_L8R Jul 2012 #9

Indictments are awaiting.... Woody Woodpecker Jul 2012 #10

Just like all those wall street bankers. democrat_patriot Jul 2012 #13

Even further... JohnnyRingo Jul 2012 #11

Cough, cough LOL! Segami Jul 2012 #12

Hmmm. Thus should be expanded into an OP. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #16

Have at it. JohnnyRingo Jul 2012 #24

Won't the media just ignore it? get the red out Jul 2012 #17

They might not have to. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #18

I like that thought get the red out Jul 2012 #20

As a fellow DUer mentioned yesterday, this may be happening too soon. panader0 Jul 2012 #19

"Hi there!" Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #22

nothing will come of this, but Obama still might be a Kenyan Muslim NightWatcher Jul 2012 #21

Eliot Spitzer has the knowledge, moxy and motivation to kiranon Jul 2012 #23