rMoney commits felony

[spurgistan]

This is now the 2nd claim of an outright crime being committed by Romney, and both have been roundly refuted as being completely unfounded (timeline at Bain) or completely made-up (Harry Reid's comments). They're just trying to throw out all this made-up trash to completely distract from every policy that Obama enacted but doesn't want to run on.

No, this hasn't been roundly refuted as being completely made-up. There has been no proof either way. It's still unknown. If Romney released his returns, and show that he has been paying taxes, that would be refuting it and proving it's made up. Just say "Not so" doesn't prove a fucking thing.

God damn you surprise me. Open your mind and think.

Isn't this the same argument used for Obama's college transcripts (or whatever the hell it was)?

Also, the timeline at Bain was "fixed" due to Romney in 2001 "retroactively retiring" years before. Which, apparently, is a thing.

also, http://www.barackobama.com/tax-returns/

And yeah, of course this is a ploy by Reid to get Romney to do the incredibly precedented action of releasing his tax returns. It's possible some birdie told him Romney had a tax problem. And, best case for Romney his tax retyrns remind people he's in the .1% of American earners and he pays less in gross percent than most people.

[Symmetry]

Courtesy of Andrew Sullivan:

"Her hands aren't clean. She can't claim to be disclosing anything until she discloses the returns of her husband, the Enron lobbyist. Under Shannon O'Brien, the state Pension Board lost millions by buying Enron stock when it was collapsing -- what is she hiding?"

- Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney spokesman in his 2002 race against O'Brien.

This is an old story by now but it hasn't lost its relevance given Romney's continued stonewalling. O'Brien had already released thirteen years of her own tax returns, and Romney still didn't think it was enough. Why is it so difficult for him to grasp that he should abide by the rules that he has personally imposed on everyone else?

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/quote-fo.html

[Juan_Bottom]

Nice.

[bedub1]

This guy just can't stop committing felonies:

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/08/12 ... ntial-bid/

Using foreign contributions in any American election is a felony.

Romney went the whole way, personally campaigning outside the US, soliciting foreign citizens, and humiliating himself and his country with his ignorance and flagrant attempts to trade illegal cash for promises of illegal war. One could hardly break more laws if one wanted.

Romney raised millions in foreign cash at fundraising event across Israel and London, the ones that we know of so far. One table alone gave him a million in cash. None was from American citizens. Fewer than 10% of Romney’s contributors in Israel are estimated to be “dual citizens.” Others may have just flown the money in.

A real question many might ask, why would a presidential candidate travel outside the US to seek campaign money at all? As the Supreme Court points out, in the decision Bluman, et al., v. Federal Elections Commission, no foreign cash, especially collected overseas, can ever be used in an American campaign.

The Romney campaign had been laundering money through corporations, money moved into the US under the “Citizen’s United” decision of the US Supreme Court.

Romney figured he could then go anywhere in the world, peddle foreign policy, promise war, play president and collect cash from foreigners though this is specifically prohibited by US law.

In doing so, he is no longer qualified for office and, if challenged by Ron Paul, has no standing at the Republican Convention. With such a clear violation of law, not just blatant but massive, Romney could face years in prison.

[Doc_Brown]

This guy just can't stop committing felonies:

http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/08/12 ... ntial-bid/

Using foreign contributions in any American election is a felony.

Hmmm.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/o ... and-349566
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/ ... ign-July-4
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/07 ... ist-china/
http://obamashrugged.com/

That's interesting if foreign contributions are truly illegal. There was a story on NPR a couple weeks ago about foreign fundraising trips that mentioned that Democrats have held an advantage in foreign fundraising over the past few election cycles. They didn't mention anything in the report about it being illegal.