Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:10 PM

kentuck (66,861 posts)

Dana Bash (CNN) says her source can confirm Reid's tax allegation

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/02/1116216/-CNN-s-Dana-Bash-Her-source-can-confirm-Reid-tax-allegation

Tonight on CNN AC360, Anderson Copper opened his 'keeping them honest' segment with Sen. Harry Reid's recent tax allegation about Mitt Romney.

Cooper had CNN Capitol Hill reporter, Dana Bash on to discuss the story, according to Bash, her source can confirm Sen. Reid's allegation. Bash went even further, she said this source also personally knows the Bain source who would have access to Romney's tax record. If this Bain source story is true, then, Mitt Romney is in serious trouble. I'll have more later.

Update @Dana Bash tweets

"When Harry Reid doesn't like someone, he goes for the jugular." - @DanaBashCNN #Romney

JUST IN: @DanaBashCNN receives a new statement from @SenatorReid's office, saying Senator #Reid has a "credible source." #Romney

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Dana Bash (CNN) says her source can confirm Reid's tax allegation (Original post)	kentuck	Aug 2012	OP
drip drip	high density	Aug 2012	#1
It's a ticking bomb that the Mittens campaign can't defuse	CabCurious	Aug 2012	#157
and yet, Right wing playboy Romney will release a BS version of it	fascisthunter	Aug 2012	#2
If tax copies are forged then I would think the IRS would step forward and question them	INdemo	Aug 2012	#53
question is.... who works in the IRS	fascisthunter	Aug 2012	#56
Is the IRS allowed to do that?	quakerboy	Aug 2012	#86
no they are not allowed to comment on taxpayers' filings publicly.	lastlib	Aug 2012	#92
Thats what I figured	quakerboy	Aug 2012	#114
I agree	JustAnotherGen	Aug 2012	#136
Where is Wiki Leaks when you need them?	Dustlawyer	Aug 2012	#147
We need a Bradley manning in the IRS.	Lizzie Poppet	Aug 2012	#184
You might want to Google "Playboy"	johnnyplankton	Aug 2012	#163
LOL -Poor Mittens and his unethical lying self.	myrna minx	Aug 2012	#3
Mitt to schedule trip to Nepal to look for Yeti	Botany	Aug 2012	#13
Nah, he's in Colorado, having a strategy meeting with Karl Rove and his super pac.	notadmblnd	Aug 2012	#32
yes we were there....where's mittens???	Slit Skirt	Aug 2012	#153
After he finds the Yeti, he's off to find Atlantis so my stars and garters, when would he find	myrna minx	Aug 2012	#50
Did you say garters?	sarcasmo	Aug 2012	#151
Yes, they really should leave him be!	Kurovski	Aug 2012	#90
Fetch the cold comresses and smelling salts...	myrna minx	Aug 2012	#146
CNN going after Rmoney?	RedStateLiberal	Aug 2012	#4
Reporting the facts is not going after someone, IMO. nt	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#26
I agree but they've been covering for him a lot lately.	RedStateLiberal	Aug 2012	#42
We democrats understand that	pennylane100	Aug 2012	#172
Lol! Excellent and true point! nt	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#177
They have spent the past decade rebranding themselves as Fox News lite.	hay rick	Aug 2012	#49
There's a new boss in town.	Pab Sungenis	Aug 2012	#143
I've seen Dana Bash a few times- not sure I'd trust her (or any CNN pundit). Just another CNN	AlinPA	Aug 2012	#63
Maybe, but would she risk her job for this? /nt	mwb970	Aug 2012	#159
I wonder what the chances are	Control-Z	Aug 2012	#5
That would be seriously illegal......	AverageJoe90	Aug 2012	#9
Not to mention that the IRS has the real info.	GoCubsGo	Aug 2012	#18
And that's exactly what we want to see, and SHOULD ask for! nt	AverageJoe90	Aug 2012	#40
He doesn't have to do fake.	Fuddnik	Aug 2012	#20
but they'd have to be signed and dated, so it would essentially screw him either way. n/t	progressivebydesign	Aug 2012	#75
finally, a good explanation for a delay in releasing the forms -- assuming he eventually will.	unblock	Aug 2012	#109
bad, bad, bad, yes; but actually illegal?	unblock	Aug 2012	#106
except that, per above post, that could open an IRS investigation	magical thyme	Aug 2012	#130
I ran the question past a friend of mine, who would know better than us. I was half right.	Fuddnik	Aug 2012	#132
that is all SUPER interesting! Thank you for finding all that out!	renate	Aug 2012	#164
so the irs investigates and quickly figures out he lied to the public.	unblock	Aug 2012	#142
read post 132. apparently it's not that simple. :) nt	magical thyme	Aug 2012	#148
distributing doctored returns to the public and actually filing amended returns are very different	unblock	Aug 2012	#155
he wouldn't need to distribute fake returns unless there was something very wrong with the real ones	magical thyme	Aug 2012	#156
the possibility is that there's nothing LEGALLY wrong with his returns but POLITICALLY wrong.	unblock	Aug 2012	#160
there's also a good possibility that he took the 2009 amnesty	magical thyme	Aug 2012	#161
Romney could give the IRS permission...	Blanks	Aug 2012	#149
If there are enough questions about his taxes, an official investigation could begin	wordpix	Aug 2012	#23
Think: John McCain	jaysunb	Aug 2012	#39
and you don't suppose he has a little grudge against mittens.....	lastlib	Aug 2012	#95
No way . Even tempered, mild mannered, always forgiving John	jaysunb	Aug 2012	#102
see post #92 above.	lastlib	Aug 2012	#94
A "retroactive" tax return, perhaps?	Blue_In_AK	Aug 2012	#118
YES! YES! YES!	Comrade_McKenzie	Aug 2012	#6
I'm lovin' it	malaise	Aug 2012	#7
From dana's lips to god's ears then.	xchrom	Aug 2012	#8
wow...this is huge...thanks for posting. LOVE IT nt	Laura PourMeADrink	Aug 2012	#10
Watching Mitt Rmoney self-immolate...	backscatter712	Aug 2012	#11
I thought Jon Stewart was a bit harsh on Reid.	Baitball Blogger	Aug 2012	#12
I think it worked for Reid anyway...	immoderate	Aug 2012	#28
Some highly placed Dem insiders have all the poop on this.	hifiguy	Aug 2012	#14
"this source also personally knows the Bain source who would have access to Romney's tax record."	wordpix	Aug 2012	#15
Why would a Bain source have Romney's tax records?	dkf	Aug 2012	#45
I suspect Mittens doesn't do his own taxes, he has CPA's etc. at Bain, etc. do it for him.	freshwest	Aug 2012	#52
Because Romney probably bragged about it, and the source probably does the same thing.	JaneyVee	Aug 2012	#73
HA!	Shankapotomus	Aug 2012	#16
The pitbull won't let go of Mittens pants leg	flamingdem	Aug 2012	#17
Romney can't run away from this forever	BootinUp	Aug 2012	#19
Not a fan of the unnamed source info. However, since it is SOOOO simple to prove that	efhmc	Aug 2012	#21
the unnamed source brought down the Nixon admin so don't knock it	wordpix	Aug 2012	#24
But 'unnamed source' can also = McCarthyism, i.e., accusing someone of something odious	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#78
Um, Romney can release his records he hold the evidence. He's being accused of hiding	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#89
Joe McCarthy said, "I have here in my hand	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#98
So, how do you prove you aren't a Communist? Not easy, especially if	eridani	Aug 2012	#117
I agree that Romney can make the issue go away by releasing his returns (provided they	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#119
I don't understand why he would	eridani	Aug 2012	#126
This message was self-deleted by its author	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#119
This message was self-deleted by its author	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#119
Source could be Huntsman	elfin	Aug 2012	#22
that's some pretty astute guesswork	Whisp	Aug 2012	#34
I have a major suspicion this is the case	BSUbluNorange	Aug 2012	#35
Welcome to DU!	XemaSab	Aug 2012	#138
Thank you!	BSUbluNorange	Aug 2012	#186
Welcome to DU, BSUbluNorange!	gateley	Aug 2012	#171
actually i'm betting he used that line multiple times	oldhippydude	Aug 2012	#44
Hehe, Huntsman at one time called Romney a perfectly lubricated weather-vane.	nc4bo	Aug 2012	#80
Dubya called Mitt and warned him.	GreatCaesarsGhost	Aug 2012	#25
Mittfalca...you can dance but you can't hide!	jpbollma	Aug 2012	#27
DUzy! nt	Kahuna	Aug 2012	#41
DUzy! nt	Kahuna	Aug 2012	#37
No taxes mitt, while our troops are fighting wars that YOU approved of???	Kahuna	Aug 2012	#29
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee	grasswire	Aug 2012	#30
Romney forgot to play nice with the media...	Kalidurga	Aug 2012	#31
He has from the begining	nadinbrzezinski	Aug 2012	#36
yeah you forgot	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#43
Seamus is when it started with me. My hatred of him reached the pathological stage	coalition_unwilling	Aug 2012	#81
I got bullied a lot too.	Kalidurga	Aug 2012	#88
Plus 1000	Auntie Bush	Aug 2012	#173
Could this be a trap?	moondust	Aug 2012	#33
I think that's possible. Kind of like Obama playing Trump on birth certificate.	Hoyt	Aug 2012	#57
Unlikely.	Chan790	Aug 2012	#91
Hmmm...	moondust	Aug 2012	#105
The plot thickens	nevergiveup	Aug 2012	#38
Damit Harry	gholtron	Aug 2012	#46
This is the end	Jessy169	Aug 2012	#47
Let's hope Harry hasn't been Ratherized.	snot	Aug 2012	#48
They wouldn't play THAT dirty - would they?	upi402	Aug 2012	#58
My worry too	abelenkpe	Aug 2012	#85
Nope--no documents involved	eridani	Aug 2012	#122
Holy frijole, Batman!	SunSeeker	Aug 2012	#51
this better not be some set-up	fascisthunter	Aug 2012	#54
Good point, fascisthunter	nikto	Aug 2012	#182
So can John McCain but he's been kinda quiet about the subject.	no_hypocrisy	Aug 2012	#55
Mr. I-Haven't-Paid-Taxes-For-10-Years wants to stick it to the 99%? I don't think so!	pacalo	Aug 2012	#59
It's a trap	krawhitham	Aug 2012	#60
I hope not	sandyshoes17	Aug 2012	#67
If if was a Rove trick....	doohnibor	Aug 2012	#76
reid has layed the trap	arely staircase	Aug 2012	#70
Unless he paid a percentage similar to that of a middle class schmuck, he has problems.	MADem	Aug 2012	#128
Iworried it was a trap the first time I heard he wouldn't publish his tax returns.	Auntie Bush	Aug 2012	#174
Is there a link to this besides Kos? Thanks.	jillan	Aug 2012	#61
Hee hee hee! Love it.	Robb	Aug 2012	#62
CNN should be commended for their excellent reporting.	kentuck	Aug 2012	#64
Dana Bash just did a truly excellent investigative report	Enrique	Aug 2012	#131
Cooper is an ass	SHRED	Aug 2012	#65
quote from Dana on AC360	tomm2thumbs	Aug 2012	#66
It sounds like she is making it up just to get in the middle of the story ("if we knew the name").	AlinPA	Aug 2012	#72
well, I think	tomm2thumbs	Aug 2012	#74
So it's like: "I know a guy who heard a guy talking in a bar about a note his friend found...	cherokeeprogressive	Aug 2012	#103
I'm hoping this is building to something tangible, like you said, 'here's the source...'	tomm2thumbs	Aug 2012	#104
I think the more likely scenario would be some low-level IRS employee who wants to curry favor	cherokeeprogressive	Aug 2012	#110
I'm hoping a reporter asks Romney- So if it isn't true, are you going to sue Reid for Libel/Slander?	tomm2thumbs	Aug 2012	#115
Even if they reveal no wrongdoing, they will damned well reveal	eridani	Aug 2012	#124
This tax return issue will not go away	Cali_Democrat	Aug 2012	#123
yep, it's Harry Reid's credibility that is in question here.	2pooped2pop	Aug 2012	#134
Well, this could all be resolved	ecstatic	Aug 2012	#93
She is the Senior Congressional Correspondent for CNN. She knows EVERYONE on the Hill.	MADem	Aug 2012	#129
So, republicans jus want to defund OUR government to take over our Country	fascisthunter	Aug 2012	#68
I wonder if richie rich is going to be compelled to release his returns due to possible fraud? Welp	lonestarnot	Aug 2012	#69
The Obama campaign	abolugi	Aug 2012	#71
Then we are back to my evolving theory of the fake candidate	kickysnana	Aug 2012	#77
Plan B. Ron Paul!	R. Daneel Olivaw	Aug 2012	#96
This is building momentum!	Chemisse	Aug 2012	#79
Getting faster ?	RagAss	Aug 2012	#82
Haha! LOVE your sig line.	Chemisse	Aug 2012	#140
..	RagAss	Aug 2012	#144
I'm pretty damned sure Reid KNOWS for a fact that Romney paid zero taxes for 10 yrs.	Brewinblue	Aug 2012	#83
While speaking on the Senate floor weeks ago, Reid mentioned the fact he paid no taxes	Cali_Democrat	Aug 2012	#107
well this just got funnier	cindyperry2010	Aug 2012	#84
oooh la la! Anderson Copperfield strikes again	Voice for Peace	Aug 2012	#87
I'd like to hear an apology from Jon Stewart if this all pans out.	Marr	Aug 2012	#97
I think he was criticizing Reid's "his poor father must be so embarrassed" line more than anything	boxman15	Aug 2012	#158
I don't know why these rich assholes cry	B Calm	Aug 2012	#99
This is pure conjecture on my part...	kentuck	Aug 2012	#100
could be that McCain said something to Reid a long time ago, which would fit the story	tomm2thumbs	Aug 2012	#108
Heck, Romney's 2010 returns aren't even complete yet!	marew	Aug 2012	#162
Sweet!!!!	Cali_Democrat	Aug 2012	#101
Romney must be shitting his pants	Jessy169	Aug 2012	#111
Another option. It isn't true, but the real truth is almost as bad n/t	eridani	Aug 2012	#125
I suspect it's at least 'moral' issue...his defence is searching for high ground	HereSince1628	Aug 2012	#133
When he pulles the "legally required" excuse, hit back with "so what?...	JHB	Aug 2012	#139
There is a moral difference between obeying the letter of the law and obeying the	tblue37	Aug 2012	#167
+1	ozsea1	Aug 2012	#168
luscious times 5. n/t	pepperbear	Aug 2012	#112
The Mormons don't need this garbage...	cr8tvlde	Aug 2012	#178
This message was self-deleted by its author	Jack Sprat	Aug 2012	#113
How will the Elders respond?	lobodons	Aug 2012	#116
As long as they get their 10% cut, they're happy.	Vinca	Aug 2012	#135
Unless he's been shorting them too.	Chan790	Aug 2012	#141
oh my -	Berlum	Aug 2012	#127
tears of a clown ...	napkinz	Aug 2012	#137
But clowns are funny. Not pathetic.	randome	Aug 2012	#169
knr	Douglas Carpenter	Aug 2012	#145
Chris Christie the new nominee, around Labor Day?	sarcasmo	Aug 2012	#150
No VP announcement	mainstreetonce	Aug 2012	#152
My momma always told me beware of quiet people. Oh boy Reid sure has put him in	southernyankeebelle	Aug 2012	#154
HUGE K & R !!!	WillyT	Aug 2012	#165
Yes! Thanks for the post, Kentuck!	David Zephyr	Aug 2012	#166
I'm not sure he'd be "in serious trouble".	gateley	Aug 2012	#170
Lawrence O's guests Sam Stein & Jeremy Temkin are saying something like	patrice	Aug 2012	#176
I'm just thinking his accountants would know every legal trick in the book,	gateley	Aug 2012	#179
We should appreciate better how that level of wealth creates its own universe	patrice	Aug 2012	#180
I so agree!	gateley	Aug 2012	#181
Dana, Bash!	canEHdian	Aug 2012	#175
Will Dana Bash still have job come Monday?	INdemo	Aug 2012	#183
Reid has set the bar too low. If Romney comes up with 15% taxes,	grahamhgreen	Aug 2012	#185

Response to kentuck (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 09:11 PM

high density (13,384 posts)

1. drip drip

I love this.

Dana Bash (CNN) says her source can confirm Reid's tax allegation

1. drip drip

157. It's a ticking bomb that the Mittens campaign can't defuse

2. and yet, Right wing playboy Romney will release a BS version of it

53. If tax copies are forged then I would think the IRS would step forward and question them

56. question is.... who works in the IRS

86. Is the IRS allowed to do that?

92. no they are not allowed to comment on taxpayers' filings publicly.

114. Thats what I figured

136. I agree

147. Where is Wiki Leaks when you need them?

184. We need a Bradley manning in the IRS.

163. You might want to Google "Playboy"

3. LOL -Poor Mittens and his unethical lying self.

13. Mitt to schedule trip to Nepal to look for Yeti

32. Nah, he's in Colorado, having a strategy meeting with Karl Rove and his super pac.

153. yes we were there....where's mittens???

50. After he finds the Yeti, he's off to find Atlantis so my stars and garters, when would he find

151. Did you say garters?

90. Yes, they really should leave him be!

146. Fetch the cold comresses and smelling salts...

4. CNN going after Rmoney?

26. Reporting the facts is not going after someone, IMO. nt

42. I agree but they've been covering for him a lot lately.

172. We democrats understand that

177. Lol! Excellent and true point! nt

49. They have spent the past decade rebranding themselves as Fox News lite.

143. There's a new boss in town.

63. I've seen Dana Bash a few times- not sure I'd trust her (or any CNN pundit). Just another CNN

159. Maybe, but would she risk her job for this? /nt

5. I wonder what the chances are

9. That would be seriously illegal......

18. Not to mention that the IRS has the real info.

40. And that's exactly what we want to see, and SHOULD ask for! nt

20. He doesn't have to do fake.

75. but they'd have to be signed and dated, so it would essentially screw him either way. n/t

109. finally, a good explanation for a delay in releasing the forms -- assuming he eventually will.

106. bad, bad, bad, yes; but actually illegal?

130. except that, per above post, that could open an IRS investigation

132. I ran the question past a friend of mine, who would know better than us. I was half right.

164. that is all SUPER interesting! Thank you for finding all that out!

142. so the irs investigates and quickly figures out he lied to the public.

148. read post 132. apparently it's not that simple. :) nt

155. distributing doctored returns to the public and actually filing amended returns are very different

156. he wouldn't need to distribute fake returns unless there was something very wrong with the real ones

160. the possibility is that there's nothing LEGALLY wrong with his returns but POLITICALLY wrong.

161. there's also a good possibility that he took the 2009 amnesty

149. Romney could give the IRS permission...

23. If there are enough questions about his taxes, an official investigation could begin

39. Think: John McCain

95. and you don't suppose he has a little grudge against mittens.....

102. No way . Even tempered, mild mannered, always forgiving John

94. see post #92 above.

118. A "retroactive" tax return, perhaps?

6. YES! YES! YES!

7. I'm lovin' it

8. From dana's lips to god's ears then.

10. wow...this is huge...thanks for posting. LOVE IT nt

11. Watching Mitt Rmoney self-immolate...

12. I thought Jon Stewart was a bit harsh on Reid.

28. I think it worked for Reid anyway...

14. Some highly placed Dem insiders have all the poop on this.

15. "this source also personally knows the Bain source who would have access to Romney's tax record."

45. Why would a Bain source have Romney's tax records?

52. I suspect Mittens doesn't do his own taxes, he has CPA's etc. at Bain, etc. do it for him.

73. Because Romney probably bragged about it, and the source probably does the same thing.

16. HA!

17. The pitbull won't let go of Mittens pants leg

19. Romney can't run away from this forever

21. Not a fan of the unnamed source info. However, since it is SOOOO simple to prove that

24. the unnamed source brought down the Nixon admin so don't knock it

78. But 'unnamed source' can also = McCarthyism, i.e., accusing someone of something odious

89. Um, Romney can release his records he hold the evidence. He's being accused of hiding

98. Joe McCarthy said, "I have here in my hand

117. So, how do you prove you aren't a Communist? Not easy, especially if

119. I agree that Romney can make the issue go away by releasing his returns (provided they

126. I don't understand why he would

22. Source could be Huntsman

34. that's some pretty astute guesswork

35. I have a major suspicion this is the case