Mittenspalooza World Tour 2012: The MegaMormonThread!

[Neil]

At least Romney practices what he preaches.  He's just as devoted to destroying the United States through low taxation in his personal life as he is in his political life.

[Viking]

Can you share a couple of excerpts? 

Argentina has taken to unleashing the tax authority on critics of the present government, but I was insinuating that Harry took a peak at Mitt's IRS records.

Not seriously.

Norway publishes everybody's tax records annually online.

[CountDeMoney]

 

Mitt Romney Adviser to Press: 'Kiss My Ass ... Shove It'

Mitt Romney's Offend the World megatour continued in Poland today, where the gaffe outbreak is apparently now contagious. Fresh off putdowns of the British and Palestinians, Romney aide Rick Gorka chipped in today by giving the press a lashing for ... asking about all of the gaffes abroad. While leaving the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, reporters from CNN and the New York Times sent some questions in Romney's direction, causing Gorka to snap, "Have some respect." When a journalist noted, "We haven't had another chance to ask a question ... " Gorka shot back, "Kiss my ass. This is a holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect." Then he told a Politico reporter to "Shove it."

CNN has a full transcript of the testy exchange, which included the press complaining that Romney has only taken three questions throughout his entire trip, all of which were at 10 Downing Street in London last Thursday. Yesterday on her blog, Greta Van Susteren wrote, "There has been no press access to Governor Romney since we landed in Poland. We (press) are in a holding pattern (I can't help but feel a bit like the press is a modified petting zoo since we are trapped in a bus while Polish citizens take pictures of us.)"

Soon after today's freak-out, Gorka called two reporters to apologize for losing it. "It was inappropriate," he said.

But that's not going to salvage this disaster of a world tour, which is even pissing off Republicans at this point. Before today's temper tantrum, a senior Republican strategist told the Washington Post, "I find this entire trip borderline lunacy," adding, "Why on earth is he seeking to improve his foreign policy cred when there will not be a single vote cast on that subject?"

"[Romney's] like the guy who is a competent-but-not-gifted athlete who learns to play golf," said another GOP consultant. "He works really hard at it, and most of the time he's perfectly competent, if not stellar. But once each round he is going to shank one and break a window on a house lining the golf course." When a Republican goes for the bad golfer metaphor, you know things are ugly.

[Neil]

Norway publishes everybody's tax records annually online.

Yeah, but that's because Norwegian society is based on hate.

[DGuller]

"Kiss my ass. This is a holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect." Then he told a Politico reporter to "Shove it."

[Sheilbh]

I know that there are different definitions for socialism, but such a system doesn't seem to be socialism to me.

Well Socialism I thought meant nationalizing the means of production but the word gets pretty loosely thrown around these days.  So if the state providing money for people's health care is not socialism what exactly is it that makes socialized medicine socialist?

I would think true socialism would be government providing doctors salaries. That would involve nationalizing the means of production.

Now we have primarily private providers of medical services, with funding coming from both private and public sources. It isn't a libertarian paradise by any means, but I wouldn't call it, or Obamacare, socialist.

I think by this definition the UK is more or less the only country with socialised healthcare.

[garbon]

Before today's temper tantrum, a senior Republican strategist told the Washington Post, "I find this entire trip borderline lunacy," adding, "Why on earth is he seeking to improve his foreign policy cred when there will not be a single vote cast on that subject?"

"[Romney's] like the guy who is a competent-but-not-gifted athlete who learns to play golf," said another GOP consultant. "He works really hard at it, and most of the time he's perfectly competent, if not stellar. But once each round he is going to shank one and break a window on a house lining the golf course." When a Republican goes for the bad golfer metaphor, you know things are ugly.

This bit is good.

[Admiral Yi]

Harry is taking a beating for his comment from Jon Stewart and the NYT.

Harry's response when asked for proof was that the burden of proof should be on Mitt Romney since he's the one who is accused of not paying any taxes. 

[Syt]

Clint Eastwood has come out in support of Romney.

[CountDeMoney]

Harry is taking a beating for his comment from Jon Stewart and the NYT.

Yeah, you don't drag Dear Old Dead Dad into the picture. That's was a yellow card right there,

Harry's response when asked for proof was that the burden of proof should be on Mitt Romney since he's the one who is accused of not paying any taxes. 

Out of all the responses Mittens could say, considering his reticence in divulging any information about anything, the best he could do was "Put up or shut up"?  Really Mittens?  Ugh, man. Ugh.
Harry gave you a softball, and you foul-tipped it, you horse-dancing faggit.

[Razgovory]

So is this tax thing going to fuck him?  Without releasing the taxes anyone can say anything about it and claim they had a "source".   It's hard to defend yourself from attacks like that when you are withholding evidence that would exculpate you.  I imagine Obama's boys have something worse line up for a later attack.  You don't use your ace before the convention.

[HisMajestyBOB]

We know that Romney's tax records won't make him look good, because he has been so coy about releasing them.

I am in the camp that says he paid embarrassingly little tax, not no taxes at all.  In other words, the pigfucker-scenario camp (and a big "thanks" to Yi for reviving that metaphor).

If Mitt were an actual pig-fucker, I'd be more inclined to vote for him.
It'd show a hidden tender side to him.

[The Brain]

 

[The Brain]

Will Romney reset his relationship with the ROTW if he becomes president?

[grumbler]

Harry is taking a beating for his comment from Jon Stewart and the NYT.

Harry's response when asked for proof was that the burden of proof should be on Mitt Romney since he's the one who is accused of not paying any taxes. 

Reed has petty much killed the chances that anyone but the most tribal types will now give this assertion any cred at all.