The Political Freakshow

Mitt Romney said on Thursday that he had not paid less than 13 percent of his income in taxes during the past decade, but he called the continued focus on his personal tax returns “small-minded” in the face of the nation’s problems.

Speaking to reporters during a stop in South Carolina, Mr. Romney said that he had examined the last 10 years of his tax returns.

“Every year, I’ve paid at least 13 percent,” he said, apparently referring to his effective federal income tax rate.

Mr. Romney’s decision to address the tax question on Thursday appeared to be the campaign’s latest attempt to put the nettlesome issue of his tax returns behind him. But Democrats seized on the comments as a way to revive the issue and to once again demand proof of his claims.

…Lis Smith, a spokeswoman for the Obama campaign, said that since there was “substantial reason” to doubt Mr. Romney’s claims, “we have a simple message for him: prove it.”

“Given Mitt Romney’s secrecy about his returns,” she said, “coupled with the revelations in just the one return we have seen to date and the inconsistencies between this one return and his other financial disclosures, he has forfeited the right to have us take him just at his word.”

The New York Times, “Romney Says ‘I’ve Paid At Least 13%’ In Taxes In Last Decade.”

Pretty incredible how Republicans rode Obama for a birth certificate that they knew existed for almost his entire Presidency and yet, when it comes to proving he paid taxes, Romney and his GOP minions are all like “What’s the big fucking deal?”

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