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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 03:00 PM Aug 2012

What has Harry Reid said?

He said that he had a conversation with a Bain investor who said the there were ten years when Romney paid no federal taxes, and Reid said that he believes his source to be knowledgeable and reliable.

I do not think that Harry Reid ever said Romney didn't pay taxes, or that he (Reid) had any direct knowledge of Romney's tax returns.

Journalism is such a fucking joke... given that we have at least two prominent people calling Reid a liar, did anyone pin down exactly what he is alleged to be lying about?

Did he have no such conversation?

What, specifically, is the lie? Did Reid ever actually say Romney had not paid taxes? (I don't know, but I am guessing not.)

I will grant that "some say" and "I've heard" are common forms of political deception but in contemporary practice such insinuations are seldom described as lies.

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What has Harry Reid said? (Original Post) cthulu2016 Aug 2012 OP
Rinse Penis raised the stakes. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #1
Reid carefully laid out the bait, and the GOP is having a banquet on it. longship Aug 2012 #2

TheCowsCameHome

(40,169 posts)
1. Rinse Penis raised the stakes.
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 03:04 PM
Aug 2012

He has made it front page again with his ridiculous remarks..

Reid carefully laid out the bait, and the GOP is having a banquet on it.

Mitt will have to release the returns. This is going to dog him until the election otherwise.

longship

(40,416 posts)
2. Reid carefully laid out the bait, and the GOP is having a banquet on it.
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 03:21 PM
Aug 2012

Beautifully put.

Reid knows the rope-a-dope.

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