David Muir interviews Mitt Romney for ABC News in Jerusalem, and the weasel words Mittens used in response to questions about his past taxes is, I think, quite interesting:
Muir: You are here on what some have termed your world audition and democrats, not surprisingly, continue to hammer you back home on taxes, you remain firm two years and two years only. So from what you have released and from what we have seen we know that there was one year when you paid about 13.9% tax rate. Can we clear this up by asking a simple yes or no question? Was there ever any year when you paid lower than 13.9%?
Romney: I haven’t calculated that. I’m happy to go back and look but my view is I’ve paid all the taxes required by law. From time to time I’ve been audited as happens I think to other citizens as well and the accounting firm which prepares my taxes has done a very thorough and complete job – [I] pay taxes as legally due. I don’t pay more than are legally due and frankly if I had paid more than are legally due I don’t think I’d be qualified to become president. I’d think people would want me to follow the law and pay only what the tax code requires.
Muir: You said you would go back and look, would you look for us?
Romney: I haven’t looked at the tax rate paid year by year. I know that I pay a very substantial amount of taxes and every year since the beginning of my career so far as I can recall.
“The security of Israel is in the vital national security interest of the United States,” said Mr 1% to his Israeli audience. Here’s what’s wrong with that statement. If Israel were to disappear tomorrow nobody would care except the Zionists (neo-cons) and the Evangelical Christians. The Zionists because they live in Fantasy Land and the Evangelical Christians becuse it would blow up the Bible and any thought of Armageddon. If Israel did disappear the US would be more secure and the world would be a safer place to live. IMHO. When Mr. 1% says this crazy shit like “Jerusalem is the ‘capital’ of Israel,” he’s talking directly to the warmongering Zionists and Christians. He really doesn’t mean any of it (unless he actually is nuts), he just needs their money now and their votes in November.
“… so far as I recall.” — says it all.