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Mon Jul 16, 2012, 09:56 PM

I thought the retroactive retirement was the dumbest thing I had heard in this election.

And then Mitt brought up Teresa Heinz Kerry's lack of transparency regarding her tax returns. Make no mistake about it folks, Willard, aka master of the universe, is in complete control of his campaign and we could not be luckier.
These financial geniuses think they are exponentially smarter than us mere mortals. No one will be able to convince Willard that he is wrong. They have chosen a real liability to lead their ticket.

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Reply I thought the retroactive retirement was the dumbest thing I had heard in this election. (Original post)
chieftain Jul 2012 OP
Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #1
rock Jul 2012 #26
Angry Dragon Jul 2012 #29
Aerows Jul 2012 #2
msanthrope Jul 2012 #3
chieftain Jul 2012 #4
Stuart G Jul 2012 #5
Yavin4 Jul 2012 #6
chieftain Jul 2012 #8
MADem Jul 2012 #9
oldhippie Jul 2012 #18
momsadem Jul 2012 #7
chieftain Jul 2012 #10
momsadem Jul 2012 #20
momsadem Jul 2012 #20
chieftain Jul 2012 #22
alittlelark Jul 2012 #19
malaise Jul 2012 #24
rurallib Jul 2012 #11
Incitatus Jul 2012 #12
aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #13
chieftain Jul 2012 #15
klook Jul 2012 #17
Solomon Jul 2012 #14
part man all 86 Jul 2012 #16
chieftain Jul 2012 #27
JHB Jul 2012 #23
Glitterati Jul 2012 #25
SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #28

Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:01 PM

1. Willard -- the great American liar and fraud

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Response to Angry Dragon (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 01:51 PM

26. Willard? The guy who can control great herds of rats?

Oh, I see, Mitt Romney. So I guess it is.

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Response to rock (Reply #26)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:33 PM

29. Willard 'The Glove' Romney to his friends

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:03 PM

2. Somehow I suspect

That we have yet to hear the dumbest thing said by the Romney camp this election. Every time they try to do damage control, they just end up doing more damage.

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:04 PM

3. So Mitt is running for First Lady? nt

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Response to msanthrope (Reply #3)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:05 PM

4. Yes, retroactively in 2004. n/t

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:05 PM

5. You are correct. Willard thinks he knows everything.

Last edited Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:06 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

I learned a long time ago, how little I knew about what I knew...
Now Mitt knows everything about every aspect of a
Presidential campaign, even though his record is not what we call "stellar".. I am so glad Mitt knows "everything"

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:08 PM

6. Did Martha Washington Release Her Tax Returns?

How about Mary Lincoln?

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Response to Yavin4 (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:10 PM

8. Great points.

I have been more than a little suspicious about both of them. And let's not Abigail Adams and Dolly madison slide on this.

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Response to Yavin4 (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:14 PM

9. He needs to watch his shit--I'll bet Cindy McCain isn't feeling the RMoney love about now...! nt

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Response to Yavin4 (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 11:07 PM

18. No, and neither did George nor Abe ......

They both never released their federal income tax returns. How did they get away with that?

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:09 PM

7. Even to Independents Like Myself, this is far-fetched

 

What is more ludicrous is the claim that someone would spend their time and energy building a successful company, retain all ownership and liability, and not oversee executive decisions for YEARS. Ridiculous.

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Response to momsadem (Reply #7)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:14 PM

10. Welcome to DU. I'm thrilled that you chose my OP to make your first post.

And your point is a good one. I have spent some time working in top legal positions for people with money. They take their money more seriously than their kids and they understand their potential exposure when they sign their SEC disclosure documents.

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Response to chieftain (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 01:07 AM

20. Thank You

 

How do I keep track of replies to my posts?

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Response to chieftain (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 01:07 AM

20. Thank You

 

How do I keep track of replies to my posts?

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Response to momsadem (Reply #20)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:08 AM

22. Click the "My Posts" tab near the top of the page. n/t

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Response to momsadem (Reply #7)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 11:17 PM

19. I'm in Silicon Valley - 20 yrs here...

You SELL, you're out. You try to maintain 'ownership' there is a scam involved.

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Response to momsadem (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:24 AM

24. Particularly a greedy bastard like Willard,

who is obsessed with showing off his wealth.

Welcome to DU

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:15 PM

11. Weird Willard: The guy your parents warned you about

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:19 PM

12. Ahhhh, the smell of Republican desperation.

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:24 PM

13. I think Romney's decision to sing America The Beautiful

was probably his dumb idea. He seems to think it was a jab at Obama for singing one line of the Al Green tune and an attempt to attract attention to himself as if to say "see how much more patriotic I am?" No campaign strategist could be that idiotic.

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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #13)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:43 PM

15. Among the many things that I love about that ad

is that it demonstrates clearly how self-absorbed the guy is. He either has no idea that he can't carry a tune in a bucket or he just doesn't care about the pain he inflicts on listeners' eardrums.

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Response to chieftain (Reply #15)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 11:06 PM

17. His whole campaign is like the 7th-inning stretch.

Everybody just wants to go to the bathroom and get another beer until he shuts up.

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:32 PM

14. I'll bet the repugs are hating they didnt go with

someone like Pawlenty. Obama would have a hard time beating up on him.

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Mon Jul 16, 2012, 10:59 PM

16. Don't you love the smell of conservatives mittpalming themselves into oblivion!

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Response to part man all 86 (Reply #16)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:09 PM

27. "mittpalming" a phrase that ought to have legs.

Nice work.

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:19 AM

23. I don't recall Theresa running on her business record...

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...and since Mitt's so up on this, what about Cindy McCain's tax returns? Shall we get out the guitar and banjo for "duelling potential First Lady tax returns"?

And if you want to play that game, remember the Republican wailing about Johnny Chung, and how he was supposedly funneling funds from China to Clinton? What's your donation tally from Sheldon Adelson up to?

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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:25 AM

25. The dumbest thing I EVER heard n/t.


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Response to chieftain (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:13 PM

28. I didn't think the retroactive retirement thing was dumb because I know someone that did it

My ex-wife was vested in her company's profit sharing plan (a grocery store chain in Florida), and then decided to join the military to finish her degree. She went on a military leave of absence, planning to finish school in four years, then come back to the company and work in the headquarters. She decided instead to re-enlist, and retired from the company, with the retirement date retroactive to when she first enlisted.

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