{"id":96830,"date":"2012-09-22T22:52:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T02:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/96830\/wtf-mittens\/"},"modified":"2012-09-22T22:52:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T02:52:42","slug":"wtf-mittens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/96830\/wtf-mittens\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF MITTENS ???"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe following article by Michael Tomasky is for your consideration my friends…….<\/p>\n

You Know You’ve Had a Bad Week When…
\nby Michael Tomasky Sep 21, 2012 2:25 PM EDT<\/p>\n

The release of the Romney tax returns is so amateurish that it almost offends me. Zeke Miller of Buzz feed gets right to the<\/p>\n

heart of things.<\/p>\n

Romney had pledged, in that ABC interview in Israel, that he’d never paid less than 13 percent to the feds. But to make that<\/p>\n

true for tax year 2011, the campaign admits that he artificially refused to take some deductions so that the rate would stay<\/p>\n

above the magic number.<\/p>\n

But wait a second. Isn’t this the same Mitt Romney who said back in January: “I don\u2019t think you want someone as the candidate<\/p>\n

for president who pays more taxes than he owes.”<\/p>\n

In fact, it is. So he just released returns that, when stacked against his earlier statement, disqualify him for the<\/p>\n

presidency by his own lights. Amazing. Romney’s blind trust trustee, Bradley Malt, said this in response to a question from<\/p>\n

Miller:<\/p>\n

He has been clear that no American need pay more than he or she owes under the law. At the same time, he was in the unique<\/p>\n

position of having made a commitment to the public that his tax rate would be above 13%. In order to be consistent with that<\/p>\n

statement, the Romneys limited their deduction of charitable contributions.<\/p>\n

What put him in this unique position? His big stupid mouth. His feeling that he could just get away with it. His–sense of<\/p>\n

entitlement? The idea that no one would question his success in such a way? That this was the sort of thing to be discussed<\/p>\n

only in “quiet rooms”?<\/p>\n

And, of course, how does it make sense to revive this issue now? When you’ve had your worst week of the campaign, to submit<\/p>\n

yourself to two or three more days of flagellation? What flagellation, you ask? Oh, if the Democrats are doing their jobs<\/p>\n

(and they seem to be), it shouldn’t be too long before Americans know things like this, from the AFL-CIO blog:<\/p>\n

The poorest 20 percent of America pays 17.4 percent of their income in state and federal taxes\u2014in federal income and payroll<\/p>\n

taxes, sales taxes and other excise taxes and state income taxes. As we know, in the one year Romney has disclosed, he paid<\/p>\n

just under 13.8 percent in federal taxes, almost all of his income was not subject to payroll tax, and his state income tax<\/p>\n

bill was 4.1 percent for a total of 17.9 percent\u2014Romney earned $21.6 million last year and paid only half a percent more in<\/p>\n

total taxes than the poorest people in the country.<\/p>\n

Wow. The malpractice here just repeats on many levels. Or maybe they did it so Paul Ryan getting booed throughout his speech<\/p>\n

to AARP wouldn’t be the top story. Hey, that’s crafty! Geez.<\/p>\n

Source:http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/09\/21\/you-know-you-ve-had-a-bad-week-when.html
\nUMMMMM\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 …DL…..?<\/p>\n

So ummmm Mitt Romney proved WHAT… by releasing his 2011 tax returns……?<\/p>\n

Oh wait he did prove one thing conclusively ….
\nthat when it comes to deceit….when it comes to falsifying the record…..he is right on point….he is the man for the job.
\nDoes Mitt actually think that this will get the people who really want to see all his returns….yes,yes,yes including his 2009<\/p>\n

returns off his back……you know disprove all those tawdry and might I add pesky….. allegations…?<\/p>\n

Can Romney be that stupid ???????<\/p>\n

OMG….Something is seriously flawed with this guy….<\/p>\n

“Wait I know …I’ll tell them that I changed the tax rate to prove my prior statements correct…and surely that will convince everyone that my cheating was not cheating ever….not now…not ever……????<\/p>\n

By releasing his falsified 2011 returns he has essentially proven that he can not be trusted…and effectively poured jet<\/p>\n

fuel on an already out of control inferno….<\/p>\n

WTF MITTENS….??????<\/p>\n

On the other hand I say…”let it burn”.<\/p>\n

Thank you
\nDL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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