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Paul Ryan criticizes President Obama about China shortly after Ryan pays homage to Sheldon Adelson, whose business is under major investigation about allegedly shady dealings with China. Paul Ryan owes the American people full disclosure about whether the closed-door Ryan-Adelson meeting included any discussion about the China investigation. Disclosure is vital, especially with Mitt Romney's history of job exporting while making his fortune, which also contradicts Romney's rhetoric about jobs and China.
And again: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan should fully disclose a decade of tax returns. When Romney demeans those who call for his tax cover-up to end, he is demeaning his father, George Romney, who believed disclosure is vital.
Paul Ryan has some memory issues. First, according to USA Today, he had to redo his House ethics disclosure and disclose his $1-5 million trust fund and substantial income from it. He had conveniently forgotten to disclose this, until Romney began vetting him, at which point he conveniently remembered it.
Then Ryan forgot his support for Obama stimulus money, which he eloquently denounced after requesting money himself. Ryan had also eloquently denounced the president's support for green business, forgetting that he had also asked for Obama green business funding. Ryan claimed otherwise on television, then claimed he had forgotten when he was caught.
more:http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/244167-ryans-china-syndrome-what-did-sheldon-adelson-tell-him
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)These fellows don't do anything out of idealism or charity. Adelson expects a big financial return and influence for his dollars. Someone had a chart a while back on how much each dollar donates results in an many times over return to the donor.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Franker65
(299 posts)All these contradictions and tax cover-ups are normal in the run-up to a major election. Expect this stuff to continue right to the end.