Romney: I didn't know I had those offshore accounts

[SoutherDem]

Today Romney said because his investments are in a blind trust he didn't know he had the offshore accounts.
But, why did it take him several day to say that?
Why is there a video of him saying he didn't make even $1 more using those accounts. I thought you didn't know about them?
Now I have heard they are listed on the one and only tax return he has released.
Does this mean even he hasn't seen his tax returns?

Now I am just a dumb southerner, a "common person" you might want to call me. I realize despite a BS and I am half way through a MS I am not "well educated", I understand I "just don't understand" and I am not a "V.I.P.", I realize all of that, but here in the south I would say, "He is just telling a bold face lie".

[global1]

1. It Just Goes To Show You He Has Too Much Money And He Really Isn't One Of Us.....

When you don't know where all your money is - it kinda means that you have so much that you don't need to keep track of it - cause it will never run out.

Any of us common folk know exactly where all of are money is. We have to know that - because it's how we make it from day to day, week to week, month to month and year to year.

This guy has no clue as to what it means to not be rich. We are so non-existent and non-essential to him - other than to get some of us to vote for him. That's all that counts for him.

AMERICAN PEOPLE - WAKE UP - BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

[DCKit]

17. What you said.

Even someone with too much money to spend is going to want to know where their money is, how it's being invested and how much return to expect.

Nobody is more suspicious of others than a thief.

[nevergiveup]

2. You would be saying it correctly.

We also call it a "bold face lie" here in the midwest.

[chollybocker]

3. Oh no, he dint!

Mr. Businessman doesn't even know what's in his own portfolio or tax returns? Doesn't sound very presidential to me.

He either knows or he doesn't know. Lose/lose, Repugs, lose/lose.

[rufus dog]

4. Try that with a baggie of pot in your car

I didn't know that baggie was in the car! See how that works out for you.

[jberryhill]

27. THANKS!

Dang...I just went and looked.

I didn't know it was there!

Awesome!

[elleng]

5. "Bald-faced lie"

here in the East!


The original term seems to have been bald-faced (bare-faced) and refers to a face without whiskers. Beards were commonly worn by businessmen in the 18th and 19th century as an attempt to mask facial expressions when making business deals. Thus a bald-faced liar was a very good liar indeed, and was able to lie without the guilt showing on his face.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_the_correct_term_'bold_face_lie'_or_'bald_faced_lie'_or_another_variation#ixzz20BxurQz9

[dionysus]

6. ayuh.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

7. Bless his little heart.

Why he's just precious.

[ladym55]

8. Did he also offer to sell us a bridge to Brooklyn?

Really??? He had a "blind trust" called Sankaty set up the DAY before he takes office as the governor of Massachusetts in his wife's name, and if I remember the Vanity Fair story correctly, the trust didn't appear to be very "blind," what with one trustee being a Rmoney son. I think another was a close colleague.

We common people just don't understand all this high finance stuff, do we? But we do know what dead fish smell like after a few days in the sun ... and it reminds me of what Swiss Mitt is attempting to sell the public.

[Angry Dragon]

9. Willard -- the great American liar and fraud

[Historic NY]

10. Didn't know he had a dog on top of his car either....

yeah okay. Those investments weren't always in a blind trust What about his sons "Solamere" hedge fund

http://www.businessinsider.com/romney-investment-in-tagg-romney-hedge-fund-2012-7

[Jamaal510]

11. C'mon. Seriously, Willard? How do you not know what's going on

with your own money? How can America trust you to not run up our debt further if you can't even get control of your own finances?

[Gabby Hayes]

12. How do all of those corporations fit on one tiny island?

Stop me if you've seen or heard this before, but some years ago while vacationing on Grand Cayman we were checking through the yellow pages for the addresses of all the corporations purportedly located on the island. Turned out they all had the same address -- just different box numbers -- at a small post office downtown. The boxes were so tiny they could not have held more than maybe a half-dozen letters.
But at least the government there is or was tough on Communism. The customs agent at the Grand Cayman airport specifically asked if I had any Cuban cigars when we landed.

[Botany]

13. Mitt is a liar

I may be wrong but many of those accounts were set up before Mitt
had his "blind trust" and he used them to stash the money he made @
Bain Capital.

[Raven]

14. I'm pretty damn sure that he could have

provided general instructions to his Trustee saying "no offshore investments" "no shady investments" "no tax evasive investments." I'm just pretty damn sure that would have been an ok thing to do.

[66 dmhlt]

15. Bull! He signed his damn Tax Returns showing foreign investments!

[KeepItReal]

16. Is it possible to open a bank account without being there to sign paperwork?

Internet banks are different, I know.

[demwing]

18. How can you claim to be the best chance for the US Economy

when you don't even know what's on your own damn Tax Return?

You're either an idiot, or you paid someone else to handle your finances for you. In either case Romney is blowing his only selling point - that he's a sharp business man with a nose for economic details. What has he got now?

[neeksgeek]

19. "I didn't know" ????

Right. If you're interested, I have a great bridge for sale up in Brooklyn.

[Arkana]

20. Oh please.

My bullshit detector just broke. That's how hard the needle just jumped.

[BarbaRosa]

28. I dialed the sensitivity way back

when mitt got the nomination, I figured it would be getting a workout.

[Smilo]

21. It is his business to know

where his investments are - he is running for POTUS.

Sorry rmoney - your lies are biting you in the butt.

[siligut]

22. Your pants are on fire Mitt

Anyone donating to Mitt must figure the election is already rigged.

[Blue Owl]

23. Reaganesque

n/t

[DFW]

24. Romney didn't KNOW? Then he goes directly to jail and does not collect $200 (million).

Under U.S. law, EVERY U.S. citizen must file a statement EVERY YEAR listing his or her foreign bank accounts, and even foreign bank accounts they didn't own, but had signature authority over (such as an American purchaser of olive oil for import into the USA working out of a euro account in Italy, or wherever). They must also declare the highest balance each account had in it during the previous calendar year. Maybe Romney had his statements prepared for him, and didn't pay attention to the balances, but he was required by law to sign the declarations that he had the accounts in the first place, so either he's lying or he's guilty of a felony.

Which is it, Willard? As long as you come clean, we'll take either one.

[LiberalFighter]

25. Except his blind trust is not a blind trust.

His friend and lawyer controls the account. The "trust" has invested in his son's business or whatever it is.

[BeyondGeography]

26. Pants on fire

His BS proves he's getting stung by this, though, which is good.