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Romney Flip-Flops on Releasing His Tax Returns

January 22, 2012 at 11:44 AM 2 comments

This would be Willard Mitt Romney exactly one month ago:

Mitt Romney, who is one of the wealthiest men ever to seek the presidency, said on Wednesday that he had no intention of releasing his tax returns if he became the Republican presidential nominee, breaking with a long tradition in both parties.

“I don’t intend to release the tax returns. I don’t.”

This would be Willard Mitt Romney today:

Gov. Mitt Romney said Sunday he will release his tax returns on Tuesday as he tries to pivot from an issue that dragged him down in his South Carolina primary loss to Newt Gingrich.

Romney said he’ll post his 2010 tax return and 2011 estimate online Tuesday, after he was hammered by his rivals and gave awkward debate answers last week as he said he would release his tax returns in April.

“I think we made a mistake holding off as long as we did,” Romney said in an interview on Fox News Sunday. “It was a distraction. We want to get back to the real issues of the campaign.”

So, no, it wasn’t a “mistake.”  It was a calculated strategy that blew-up in his face, and now he’s flip-flopping.  Again, the Romney people think we’re idiots.

And by the way, I don’t think releasing his 2010 tax return and a “2011 estimate” will be enough.   I think the pressure will remain for him to release at least three or four year’s worth of returns and we’ll be going through this all over again in a week or three.

What an arrogant gashole.

Entry filed under: 2012 Election, Our Tax Dollars, Republicans, Including Wingers & "Moderates". Tags: fox news sunday, mitt romney, newt gingrich.