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Harry Reid Insists Dude Who Told Him Romney Didn’t Pay Taxes Isn’t Imaginary
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nymag.com — Earlier this week, Harry Reid revealed why Mitt Romney is refusing to release more tax returns: He didn't pay taxes for an entire decade! It almost sounds too crazy to be true, and in fact, Reid is "not certain" that it isn't a total lie. However, he is sure of one thing: "I am not basing this on some figment of my imagination," Reid told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "I have had a number of people tell me that." So we aren't talking about just one anonymous Bain investor, but several people who have seemingly only shared this story with Reid.
In an interview with Nevada reporters on Wednesday, Reid refused to name his sources or back down on his accusation. "I don't think the burden should be on me," he said. "The burden should be on him. He's the one I've alleged has not paid any taxes. Why didn't he release his tax returns?"
A Romney spokesman said Reid's accusation is proof that the Obama campaign will do anything to distract from his economic record, "no matter how baseless, unfounded or demonstrably false their attacks are." Of course, the Romney campaign didn't actually offer new evidence to demonstrate that the claim is untrue.
According to Reid, it's the media's job to get to the bottom of this. "What if he has paid no taxes, like I am saying he hasn't," Reid said. "What if he has all these moneys as we already know ... in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Swiss banks. I mean, gee whiz, rather than ask me why I should do this, that is a story you should be writing." Looking into Romney's finances? Reporters must be kicking themselves for not thinking of that sooner.
Reid doubles down on Romney tax charge [Las Vegas Review-Journal]
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Do democRAT politicians actually have make believe friends or do they just lie intentionally?
Yes, They lie intentionally. Dick Gebhart would have you believe his Grandmother had to pick up aluminum cans to pay for her meds. I think party icon and speaker of the house, Gebby, could have helped Nana out.
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No, they are not liars, all democRAT politicians have problems with the truth and are delusional.
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Yes, they all belong on the "Island of Misfit Toys" where they can play with their little make believe pals all day long.
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RNC Chair to Reid: Dirty Liar
Posted on August 5, 2012 by Cowboy Byte

Looks like the GOP isn’t standing for Sen. Harry Reid’s bullying tactics. Reid recently suggested–without a shred of evidence he can share, apparently–that Mitt Romney hadn’t paid taxes for quite awhile.

Gop Republicans on Sunday accused Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of lying by passing along an anonymous claim that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney hasn’t paid taxes for 10 years. Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus called Reid a “dirty liar.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said, “I think he’s lying about his statement of knowing something about Romney” and he contended Reid was “making things up to divert the campaign away from the real issues.” Reid’s spokesman, Adam Jentleson, contended that Republicans were trying to cover up for Romney and the aide repeated the Nevada senator’s claims that the source about Romney’s taxes is “credible.” Other Democrats said Romney could clear up any confusion about his taxes by disclosing them to the public, and the issue was a main talking point on the Sunday news shows.
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Lindsey Graham: Harry Reid is a liar
On CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham accused Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of lying about his claim that a source told him presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney had not paid taxes for a decade.

CNN host Candy Crowley asked Graham who he thought were the front-runners in the veepstakes. After responding that former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Republican Ohio Sen. Rob Portman were the likely choices, Graham offered Crowley his unsolicited view of Reid’s claim.

“One last thing — you didn’t ask me about Harry Reid,” Graham said. “I’ve been around this town for a while. I actually like Harry, but what he did on the floor of the Senate is so out of bounds. I think he’s lying about his statement of knowing something about Romney.”

When Crowley pressed Graham, he doubled down, labeling the majority leader’s unsubstantiated claim a diversion.

“I think he has created an issue here,” Graham said. “I think he’s making things up. And at a time when the country is just about to fall apart — cyber security, there’s a bipartisan desire to do this. There’s plenty of blame to go around. But, Candy, we’re running out of time as a nation. Let’s start talking about the real issues that matter to real people and I just can’t let that pass. I just cannot believe that the Majority Leader of the United States Senate would take the floor twice, make accusations that are absolutely unfounded, in my view, and quite frankly making things up to divert the campaign away from the real issues.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/05/lindsay-graham-harry-reid-is-a-liar/#ixzz22lcOnyL6
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