Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I don't think that is necessarily the case. Was Obama trying to hide something by taking so long to release his "long form" birth certificate? No, he just felt he shouldn't have to satisfy every demand of the Tea Party and probably knew it wouldn't satisfy their doubts anyway (which it hasn't).> Actually, for a long time it was the state of Hawaii's decision. They released the short form, which is good enough proof to get a passport, driver's license, voting card, and anything else, and THEY were the ones who said "that's our policy; we don't release long-form certificates. This should be good enough. Stop asking." The Governor himself vouched for it. But the birthers kept saying "OBAMA refuses to release it," so at a certain point the WH must have contacted the state of Hawaii and gotten them to change their policy this once. Contrast that with Romney, who has ALWAYS had the power to release his taxes. Kennedy, though he ran for president in '76, was not the nominee. EVERY major-party nominee for president has released 8-12 years of tax returns since Romney's father himself set that standard. That makes Romney's refusal a headscratcher. If it was really about "none of your business," he wouldn't have released 2010 and 2011. He did. But not 2009 or prior years. He's bringing the "why the hell not?" questions on his own head. Other prominent politicians have refused to release their tax returns... Senator Ted Kennedy among them. Was Kennedy trying to hide something? I doubt... he just felt it was really no one's damned business. Which it wasn't.>
Originally Posted By fkurucz Ted Kennedy was never nominated as a Presidential candidate, and for good reason. Like Romney, he was a scumbag. At least the Dems knew better than to nominate him as their presidential candidate. Once upon a time, the GOP wouldn't have nominated a Corporate Raider.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "You guys really are starting to sound like the birthers. " You're joking, right? Obama provided legal evidence that he was a citizen, the same evidence every other presidential candidate supplies. And even after the long form was provided, the Birthers still insist he isn't American. It's true, Romney isn't legally required to release those incriminating tax returns. But it is "usual and customary" to release them. Having his CPA release his tax rates but not the returns for those years just makes his actions even more suspicious. There is no doubt that he covering something up, something really, really bad. Some thing that would cost him the election.
Originally Posted By andyll <<I don't think that is necessarily the case. Was Obama trying to hide something by taking so long to release his "long form" birth certificate? >> If every president before Obama had release their birth certificate and he didn't then I would agree with you. In theory the people have the right to know that the president meets the legal requirements to be president. That's why the HI governor ( a republican ) certified that Obama was born there. In Romney's case he has already been caught cheating on his taxes and lying about it.
Originally Posted By HRM >> "... One of the responses to this news sTory on Yahoo: "obbummer where is your school records?????????" Wow, I would ask the same of the comment maker!" << Now that's funny! ;-)
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>In Romney's case he has already been caught cheating on his taxes and lying about it.<< That he's still a contender says a great deal about today's "conservatives". I think they'd vote for Nixon if he was the candidate.
