Even when he tries to be consistent. Remember he famously said about his unreleased tax returns than he had not paid "less than 13%" on any of them.
So now he finally released his 2011 returns today. And someone immediately spotted that he did not take the allowed charitable deduction for some millions of dollars in charitable donations -- in order to keep his taxes above 13%.
Now those people who keep up with everything (I believe they're called computers these days) have reminded us that back in July, when he was trying to justify rich people sometimes paying a very low tax rate because of legal tax advantages available to them, Romney said:
"If I had paid more [taxes] than are legally due,
I don't think I'd be qualified to become president."
Oops !!I don't think I'd be qualified to become president."
Even Mittens himself is on record now as saying he's not qualified to be president.
See, the problem with lying is that you have to remember what you say. And neither Mittens nor his campaign staff seem to be capable of keeping track of the lies. Well, no wonder. Who even knows anymore what's the lie and what's the truth?
Ralph
PS: Just for the record: this morning David Brooks said that Romney is "the least popular candidate in history."
Another example: Romney once proudly signed into law Massachusetts health care law that includes near universal coverage and a mandate.
ReplyDeleteBut in 2007 he told Glenn Beck that it was a kind of socialism.
In 2010 he told Morning Joe that "oh yes" when asked if he believed in universal coverage.
Now he not only opposes that for the nation, but he gives the same old tied excuse that the uninsured can always go to the emergency room.
So he was for it (in MA) before he was against it (in 2007), before he was for it again in 2010, before he is now against it.