"Romney saying he fell in love with America by visiting national parks."

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9:59: Romney saying he fell in love with America by visiting national parks. Which he now wants to open up to drilling.

9:57: A family video features George Romney, Mitt’s father, who also sought the Republican nomination for president. George set the president for releasing multiple years of tax returns, stating, “one year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/30/778781/rnc-thursday/

Mitt’s Cayman party boat

Millionaire Romney donors celebrate their love of low taxes on an offshore-registered mega-yacht

By Andrew Leonard



Could there be a better example of super-rich arrogance than the image of millionaire Romney donors partying on a mega-yacht registered — for tax avoidance reasons — in the Cayman islands… during the Republican convention? Come on — simply as metaphor, the very notion reeks so egregiously of entitlement and elitism that one can’t imagine Romney’s campaign managers allowing such a thing to happen. Right?

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There’s only one reason why millionaires register their mega-yachts in the Cayman Islands — and it’s the very same reason why Mitt Romney has offshore accounts registered there. Taxes — or, more accurately, the lack thereof. It makes a perfect kind of sense. Millionaires want to help Romney get elected because not only will that prevent Obama from raising their taxes, but it could well result in their current tax burden falling even further. So there’s a beautiful honesty in gathering together on a yacht that pays no U.S. taxes — see, America, this is what we’re all about.

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http://www.salon.com/2012/08/29/mitts_cayman_party_boat/

h/t Pilotguy