ABC dared Democratic Aspen Mayor to release his tax returns after he questioned Romney's. He did

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http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20120716/NEWS/120719905/1077&ParentProfile=1058

ABC News site posts Aspen mayor's tax returns
Andre Salvail
The Aspen Times
Aspen CO Colorado

ASPEN — What do Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland, a Democrat, and presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a Republican, have in common?

Not much, except that A) they are both politicians and B) people want to look at their federal tax returns.

After Ireland and other Democratic leaders held a telephone news-conference call a week ago and provided prepared statements last week asking for Romney to release several years of tax returns, ABC News asked Ireland to do the same.

Ireland told The Aspen Times on Sunday that he didn't mind releasing the tax returns to ABC News, and he complied. He added that there's a big difference between asking Romney for his tax forms and asking the mayor of Aspen for the same thing.

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Put that in your pipe and smoke it ABC News.

[SDjack]

1. ABC News -- ball is in your court. Demand rMoney release his tax files. n/t

[valerief]

2. Has Hell frozen over yet? nt

[Bluerthanblue]

3. now what?

Romney has no valid reason to refuse to release the returns. There is something very wrong contained in what they would reveal to even his own supporters.

Some of the people behind him may see his refusal as a kind of 'iron-willed stand on principal' - but at this point I think he's looking more like a cornered animal.

[TwilightGardener]

4. Generally people who run for office expect to release years of tax returns.

Did ABC news think they were issuing some sort of big double-dog dare?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. The deeper they get in the doo doo the more they keep digging

I guess in their backwards world, digging faster and deeper = climbing out of the hole?

[VWolf]

9. They figure they can get out by digging to China. After all,

that's where they sent the jobs.

[99Forever]

6. ABC sucks.

In every way.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. Really obvious, isn't it.

I swear,....we really need to clean up....

Years ago was a show called "The Invaders". It was scifi's answer to the old "who do you think is behind it?" question.

But in this case it's Disney.

See what happens when the spoiled rich kid gets dad's company?

[MADem]

7. Mayor Ireland certainly gave them the old "...and the horse you rode in on!" didn't he? nt

[nolabear]

8. I think Demodrats whould en masse release their returns. Just flood 'em.

Wouldn't have to say a thing except "Well?"

[glowing]

10. I would def say a Mayor and a Presidential contender

are on 2 different levels when it comes to financial disclosure... And anyone running for an elected seat or in an elected seat ought to be able to disclose their finances to the public.

Mitt has been "running" for President for a long time... His life has been in preparation for this as the "white horse" I think his Mormon church called it.... Perhaps he really does believe in magic underwear and that this is his time to be President as his church has "ordained" that he didn't think how he made his money or what type of business practices he engaged in mattered since he believes he's supposed to be President. It's probably the reason he has no problem lying to anyone about anything as well... Supposedly, non-Mormon are non-chosen, so lying and caring about anyone else outside his church and/ or economic status isn't relevant to him. They are just the stupid little people who don't count for anything.

Mitt is one sick piece of shit! He really is a sociopath or on that level. His eyes look like those of a serial killer. Truly evil. The man makes babies cry; that should tell everyone something about the energy this man gives off.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

11. Me thinks Rmoney is trying to run

out the clock. He thinks he'll pull a Bush. Once W was declared resident,all his taxes and other stuff was/is off limits to the public.

[donquijoterocket]

13. especially

A perennial presidential who'd been the founder,CEO,and chief or sole stock holder of one of the major private equity/ corporate raider firms in the country.Aspen may have a bunch of the monied who live there or drift through and in and out but I doubt the mayor sees much of that money.ABC along with most of the rest of our so-called news agencies just sucks ferociously.

[Nevernose]

18. Maybe to an extremist

But the mainstream church does help out non-Mormons. Some friends of mine found themselves homeless in Provo, Utah, and the church came to their rescue. Romney is an asshole, and many Mormons are assholes, but not all Mormons are assholes. It is not okay in their strange strand of Christianity to lie/abuse/cheat non-members.

(There are quite a few progressive/liberal Mormons, too, though they have to keep it on the down-low. I went to a Kerry rally and met a couple of Mormon coworkers who begged me to keep their presence secret, lest the whack job Mormons found out.)

[Eljo_Don]

19. mormon?

He is not really a mormon. Maybe his family forced him to go to church. You can lead the horse to the river, but you can't make him drink water. I know that because there are some mormons in my family. I'am not, but I know they don't behave like Mitt in any way.

[disndat]

12. Romney's Tax Return must show

that he did something that could put him in jail.

[ananda]

14. Hehheh

If you have nothing to hide ...

[Motown_Johnny]

15. Oh Noes... a rich guy is mayor of Aspen?

The Horror!

[tsuki]

16. ABC News, isn't that an oxymoron? nt

[ejbr]

17. Wait...They only had to ask once? n/t

[KurtNYC]

20. So what did ABC have to show him in return ?