Matt Romney on Dad's Tax Returns: Obama Should Release His Birth Certificate First
One of Mitt Romney's sons did his best on Thursday to promote the rumor that the nation's first black president may not be a U.S. citizen.
Stumping for his dad in Concord New Hampshire, Matt Romney told a group of senior citizens that the multimillionaire candidate might not release his tax returns until President Barack Obama releases his birth certificate, a document that was made public long ago.
"He has not said that he will not do it," the younger Romney said of the tax returns, sounding like the son of a politician. "He has also not said that he will. I think it's just a matter of time until that issue comes up. So, I don't know the answer to that. I'm not sure he knows the answer to that."
While it wasn't a particularly insightful answer, things probably would have been fine if Matt Romney had just stopped there -- but he didn't.
"I heard someone suggest the other day that as soon as President Obama releases his grades and birth certificate and sort of a long list of things then maybe he'd do it," he added.
Sensing that Matt had gone to far, the slightly-older Tagg Romney, one of the candidate's other sons, volunteered that his dad had not personally made that remark.
"No, no," Matt Romney agreed. "That's just a guess from someone else."
The president's Twitter account wasted no time in responding: "Mitt Romney's son thinks President Obama should release his birth certificate. Guess he doesn't have one of our mugs?"
Earlier this year, Public Policy Polling found that the former Massachusetts governor was in fourth place among so-called birther Republican voters who believed that Obama was born in another country.
In April, the candidate declared that "the citizenship test has been passed."
"I believe the president was born in the United States," Mitt Romney told CNBC's Larry Kudlow. "The man needs to be taken out of office but his citizenship isn't the reason why."
The tax return issue may have become a sore point for the Romney family after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) suggested the candidate had something to hide.
"It would show that on the millions of dollars in income he enjoys each year, Mitt Romney pays a lower tax rate than teachers, fire fighters, police officers or other middle class wage earners," DNC National Press Secretary Melanie Roussell predicted in a media advisory.
"Mitt Romney will tell you that it's not required by the law that he release his returns but when he's advocating for policies that benefit the wealthy and the well-heeled, voters have a right to know what conflicts he might have with his own finances."
(H/T: Concord Patch)
Where does their money come from, other than trust funds?
Janek
..Obama should respond to this mouthy little shit by declaring the Obama campaign demands all pertinent documents concerning the Mexico polygamist colonies.
Colonies founded by the mouthy little shit's direct ancestors, where all the "devout" Romneys fled so they could rock their harems without interfence from the Zionist-backed American government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_colonies_...
When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in excess body fat & carrying a misspelled sign.
A glimpse into topics during dinner at the Romney mansion.
Seems the rotten apple didn't fall too far from the rotten apple tree. What he said was just stupid and which people say stupid things? Exactly!
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Aren't there five romney "boys" and why aren't they in Afghanistan? FREE BRADLEY MANNING!!!!
matt, mutt, miff, jeff, and r2d2
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Personally, I want the Romney devil spawn to keep making public appearances on behalf of daddy-o. It's clear that they're dumber than he is, so this should be comedy gold. Keep talking boys! Nobody likes your dad as it is. He'd be the first Presidential candidate who's campaign was torpedoed by his own kids.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
I see Mittens has taken a page out of the Wassila Methwhore's playbook...using their children as political tools....time to put junior front and center and see what stupid shit comes out of their mouth...brilliant Mittiens, brilliant.
What? Is Romney still in grade school? This is his fucking response to having full disclosure?
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
This is how his 5 boys serve the nation.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
Corporate raider Mitt "1%" Romney will stay away from or speak against the whole birther BS, but he'll use his "Never worked a real job in his life", "Sucking the teat of the family fortune" son Matt to blow the Dog Whistle of birther-ism so he can get their support...
Yup
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
I count 8 people in that room. 8 people and the average age looks to be about 85. This is the GOP's base - very old people with no stake whatsoever in the future of this country. Life's been good to them, you can be goddamn sure of that, so they can afford to embrace a scumbag like Romney.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
So, the Romney son who made this remark is about 42 years old. He isn't a little shit. He knew exactly what he was saying. I think it gives him too much credit to treat him like he is a teenager and did an "oops."
This was pure hateful dog whistle, pure and simple.
Methinks young Romney was just putting "Cokie's Law" into practice. Cokie's Law states that it doesn't matter if it's the truth, it's already out there.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
So he's 42, so what? You don't have to be a teenager to be a little shit.
There's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby. - Tom Waits
So, Mitt is pandering to Donald Trump?
Or Sarah Palin?
Or...?
Free advice: if you want to be taken seriously, lay off the birth certificate, college grades, Bill Ayers, crazy minister, 57 states crap. It did not work. He was elected.
Of course, since your dad lies repeatedly about Obama, maybe it's just a family thing. Sounds a lot like an LDS church versus African-American thing, though.
LDS and fascism go back a long way.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Obama has released his birth certificate, twice. What's this guy want, an annual edition?
They couldn't care less about the American one - they want the one that PROVES THEM RIGHT, DAMMIT!!!!
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where Obama holds up his birth certificate, then asks Romney to show his tax returns, and later hands Mitt a stack of enlistment forms for his sons after Mitt makes a war pitch.
the Mittster's idiot sons and the Obama's lovely daughters! Even outnumbered 5 to 2, I'm fairly certain the girls would win based upon their knowledge of the "Real World".
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
When asked if any of the sons would join the military Mittens and his sons respond that they are doing their patriotic duty by trying to get Mittens elected. Bunch of punks. Screw them all.
Much too generous to call them punks, let's call them what they prolly really are, over privileged little pricks.
Generally speaking I don't trust anyone making over 150K a year.
He did Matt. Maybe you could read a paper sometime you dumb privileged little bastard.
It seems. Bad parenting by a scumbag mormon, laughable that he be racist when he's a fucking minority himself! Shit anglos are already a minority, nobody has the right to be racist, period.
They're all jerks.
He started a Twitter account for the sole purpose of responding to criticism. What a COWARD!!!! https://twitter.com/Matt_Romney
Now I understand why none of the 5 (FIVE) Romney males have not signed up for military service...Make that 6 (SIX) because even the father found military service beneath his dignity. Yet they want to impugn the president's ligitimacy/integrity.
Why serve your country when you have millions to spend? Let the poor clean the bathrooms and fight for this racist country.
Trump's presidential chances were destroyed by this birther nonsense, so keep it up boys, maybe his sons are still traumatized from their dad strapping the dog on the station wagon roof and for 12 hrs in cold weather. Sensitivity to others feelings doesn't seem to be a Romney strong point.
xvet
The light at the end of the tunnel is a locomotive.
They come up with any kind of stupidity to get off allowing their income tax return to be known.
Starting up with the same old Obama birth shmear is showing lack of intelligence!!
Matt, Mitt's son is going to destroy any chance for his father's win!! Good! Good! Good!
Will the real Willard Romney stand up alias Mitt!!
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