Originally Posted By skinnerbox We've reached a very low point in our nation's history. For the life of me, I cannot understand how we got here. How can millions of Americans keep making excuse after excuse after excuse for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan and all of this secrecy and bald faced lying? Only disclosing two years of tax returns? NO PROBLEM! Won't tell us which tax loopholes they want to close? NO PROBLEM! Refuse to disclose offshore bank accounts and holdings? NO PROBLEM! Accuse the President of making statements he didn't actually achieve? NO PROBLEM! Making claims about your own accomplishments that you didn't actually make? NO PROBLEM! If the shoe was on the other foot... If this was coming from Obama... The Romney supporters would never shut the F up about it! Fox News and the right wing media would never shut the F up about it! They would be all over this 24/7 like white on rice! "Obama refuses to release his tax returns! What is he hiding? He's got to be hiding something! Why is he being so secretive?" "Why won't Obama tell us where the extra revenue will come from? Why not tell us which loopholes he would close? Why is he being so secretive? What's he trying to pull here?" "How much money does Obama really have overseas? And why isn't he investing it here in America? He's the President! He should be fully invested in our country, not in some secret Swiss bank account or phony business shell in the Cayman Islands! That's unpatriotic! How dare he bet against America!" Those would be the endless statements made if Obama was the one acting as Romney and Ryan have been acting. You can count on it. So why do Romney supporters ignore it or even defend it for their candidate?
Originally Posted By utahjosh <a href="http://reason.com/archives/2012/08/20/the-wrong-side-absolutely-must-not-win" target="_blank">http://reason.com/archives/201...-not-win</a> I can hear you now... "FALSE EQUIVALENCY!!!!"
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Once again, Josh dodges the original topic as if it didn't exist. Simple question, Josh: Why do you defend this behavior from Romney and Ryan? There is NO WAY in heaven or hell that you would accept these actions from Obama. NO EFFN WAY! So why do you turn a blind eye to these totally unethical acts from Romney and Ryan? Why is it OK for Romney and Ryan to toss ethics out the window, but not Obama? Why should Obama be held to a higher standard than Romney or Ryan? You GOP cheerleaders never have an answer for this. Why not grow a spine for once and try to come up with one!
Originally Posted By TomSawyer It's a good question. I think that the people who tend to be Obama supporters are much more likely to question authority than those who support the GOP these days. They think of their own party as the authority on things political, so they don't question their statements or ethical acrobatics.
