And he keeps his sense of humor which I imagine is CRITICAL in handling the job he has. I think my job is stressful but I know it is nothing compared to POTUS. He is simply a likeable guy with a long list of accomplishments who deserves 4 more years!!!

More important than why "no one has ever asked to see" Romney's birth certificate is

WHY the GOP doesn't want to see his tax returns.

Where your President gets his money, where he keeps it and how much he pays in taxes is something that should concern every American citizen.

Otherwise, how do you KNOW he's not a foreign agent?

NOW, not when he was born,

cirque1946 - That's a lie. Debunked many times by many sources.

If you continue to believe it, there's nothing we can do to help you.

So just let it go.

Too right, dj. Back during the time of national Prohibition (1920-33) more than a few Senators voted "Dry" then would attend society parties and expect a drink. These Republicans in Congress want austerity and deficit reduction for everyone else's District.

You don't hear much these days about the quartering of troops in private homes yet it's in the Constitution. The birthplace of the President is just about as relevant in this day and age. That provision was included to make certain we didn't have a British-born President who might be more loyal the the Mother Country and let the new nation be re-colonized.

danny - your mr third world president has money in the same place MR. Romney has some.

How do you know where Romney has his money?

YOU DON'T.

Just answer the question: Why did obuma spend over a million dollars to try to keep his birth certificate a secret. Answer it and we will let it go.

Answer this question first. How does one spend any money to keep a public document secret? Where was this money spent? Who paid it, and where did it come from?

OMG why don't we just trash the whole Constitution. I would bet you liberals would just love that.

Really? Liberals are the ones who declared wars or weakened the provisions of protection of the individual against the state? They are the ones who authorized torture?

And you call yourself a defender of the Constitution? Do you wonder that we think you are a hypocrite?

Did you know that in the 2008 Presidential election that one of the candidates was not a NATURAL BORN UNITED STATES CITIZEN but a naturalized at birth citizen due to being born to two American citizens (one of which was active duty military) in a foriegn nation. That man at birth was both a naturalized U.S. and a Natural Born Panamanian Citizen. The man is not our current President "that" all these uninformed and uninformables are ranting about, He is the man that lost the election. Have any of you just once heard them question the Birth Certificate of this NON-NATURAL BORN CITIZEN? No? Could it be that it really is not an issue to them, in fact all it is is DOG WHISTLE for "he was born the wrong color." A dog is a dog and birth-er is dog whistle for just plain racist.

Romney! Release your tax records!

ALPHA-OMEGA,

There you go again, I already told you to read the Amended US Law Requirements to become the US President.

I also told you to research the International Reciprocal Citizenship Laws, Treaties, Agreements, etc..

Both of which covered McPains arse both Nationally (US Presidential Candidate) and Internationally.

Like the dumb arse Birthers you are barking up the WRONG Tree, dig into something else about McPain instead of wasting your time like the Birthers.

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you tube when Romney came to town

MisterWonderful

according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, liberals lie. The unemployment rate among government workers is the lowest of any industry, at 5.1.

It would seem to me that the unemployment rate among government workers is the lowest of any industry, at 5.1 is not correct. Among government workers it is ZERO, and those who are no longer government workers it will fall into the stats given for their location or the nation as a whole.

Have you ever considered the concept of absolutely no government workers? The United States would immediately become nonexistent and that would also include states, counties, and cities. Yes something would still be there but we would not recognize it anymore.

The Neo Fascist think that government is the problem and Corporate America (Government) is the solution but the last Administration gave us a fleeting glimpse into that horror story.

We need government that is responsive to the people and not wealth, government that is concise and efficient and caring and the neo conservative brand has shown to posses none of these qualities.

ALPHA-OMEGA

LOL. Clearly evident that you have no idea who President Obama's Buddy "Mr.Corporate America" is. "Mr. Corporate America" makes the Krotch Brothers seem like two cent wanna be ganstas.

Go do the Research, then post his name below on the next post.

Your Research into finding out who President Obama's Buddy "Mr. Corporate America" is more valuable to you than my spoonfeeding you then you starting the already anticipated name calling.

David, you must read the sources you listed then study them to find out what they really mean. Only the first few of our Presidents could have been non natural born by our constiturion and as it worked out every president we have had has been natural born with none being naturalized.

cirque1946 said:

Just answer the question: Why did obuma spend over a million dollars to try to keep his birth certificate a secret. Answer it and we will let it go.

I did not know the President had spent over a million dollars trying to keep his birth certificate a secret. But if true and even if someone did come up with a reasonable explanation of "why the money?," I somehow doubt you and your birther friends would "let it go."

If the Three Wisemen, themselves, somehow witnessed Obama's birth in Hawaii, it would not satisfy the birther crowd.

Bill Clinton started the "birther" thing during the 2008 Democratic primary race, promoting Hillary as the best Democrat for President. Clinton should be "birther in chief". Obama likes to paint birthers as "crazies" because it amuses his base, and amusement distracts from his jobs record. Obama carefully omits pointing his finger at Clinton as "birther in chief" because he needs Clinton's star power.

ALPHA-OMEGA - David, you must read the sources you listed then study them to find out what they really mean.

I don't want your interpretation. I already them myself as well as the interpretations of the Harvard International Review and the US Supreme Court.

Obama tells a JOKE!

this is headline news?... Is the media that desperate to keep him in the news cycle?

david-475776

ALPHA-OMEGA - David, you must read the sources you listed then study them to find out what they really mean.

I don't want your interpretation. I already them myself as well as the interpretations of the Harvard International Review and the US Supreme Court.

Good then you agree with me or do you need to study them again?.

UnitedStates1776 ....."The president has been vetted every way to Sunday by some of the best investigators on planet earth. So it's time to stop with all the stupid birther nonsense."

This issue is being regenerated by the President of the United States, Mr. Barrack Hussein Obama himself. If it were anyone else, there would be no end by the Progressive criticism.

SO, it is time Mr. Barrack Hussein Obama KNOCKED IT OFF !!!

However, if he wants to continue with this issue, then apparently it is FAIR GAME.

BTW, it is time Mr. Barrack Hussein Obama produced copies of his college transcripts and STUDENT LOAN RECORDS.

I'm an OBAMA supporter and Romney was joking but I think is was meant to the RIGHT, the joke was about the DOUBLE standards that is used, it was not meant to create that same doubt but it was to make fun of people that thought Obama was not a citizen. Thats the way I took it. School records LOL is that what you find important, important is where is Mitt's Tax documents, I think that is very important along with Million of Americans.

What would have Obama quipped if he had of been surrounded by anchor children?

Is the media that desperate to keep him in the news cycle?

You actually asked this question?

He's running for re election for POTUS. How is he NOT going to be in the news every day?

This is just media hype so they do not have to deal with any serious issues. Look at all the responses it will get from the left wagging their pinky. Hilarious.

I find it funny you guys so worried about someones tax returns. NO candidate is required by law to show their tax return. Tax return information is private information. I would like to see all you whiners post your returns for the last 7 years if you so worried about it.

I thought so...

Romney gave his tax returns to McCain when he wanted to be VP. McCain picked Palin over Romney. Romney will not make that mistake again.

It is simple. Birthers are idiots and everyone knows it.

So where was the RepubliCon's Biggest Birther, Trump? He has been in hiding lately. Was he even at the Tampa Circus? Funny how polls affect the RepubliCons, uh?

Yeah the jokes over Mr. Obama send out the real president, and to all that have an obama 2012 sticker on your car thanks for letting us know who the idiots are in this country. My daughter lives near the charlotte area and she said that the bs and stupidty was so thick in the air you could cut it with a knife, she said that wasn' t the dnc it was the wtc (white trash convention).

cirque1946

Just answer the question: Why did obuma spend over a million dollars to try to keep his birth certificate a secret. Answer it and we will let it go.

Ok smart*ss, I'll answer it for you, and when I do, I don't want to hear another birth certificate comment come out of your mouth.

First off, show me ANYTHING that says Obama went to court and asked a judge to block the release of his BC.

2nd. When someone sues you, or files something against you in court, you are required to respond to that or you risk a judge declaring a summery judgement against you. Meaning that every time some retarded birther like Taitz went to court, a lawyer for Obama had to do the same. And last I checked, lawyers don't always work for free. Add in filing fees and the other legal bullsh*t that goes with it and the $$$ adds up over the years. It's pretty pathetic when you think about it. The idiots sue him over the claims he's not a citizen, then when he's forced to answer the claims via lawyers, they use the cost of doing that as proof he's spending money to hide it.

Pathetic? No, actually it's f*cking retarded. Move the f*ck on, please.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/apr/12/donald-trump/donald-trump-claims-obama-has-spent-2-million-lega/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-donald-has-a-memory-lapse/2011/04/14/AFrme2MD_blog.html

http://www.factcheck.org/2012/07/obamas-sealed-records/

Read please, then stfu.

The President was born in Hawaii, an American state, thus a natural born US citizen...no doubt;

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the President was born to an American mother...no doubt...thus a natural born US citizen

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case closed...how dumb the birthers have to be...sometimes, I think a college education is required for common sense?

Or, at least, a basic reading comprehension is important to live a meaningful life.

otherwise, Donald Trump would make himself an arse, and also make others uncomfortable.

the president was born to a Kenyan dad who did not be US citizen, ergo Obama has Kenyan citizenship and is !/2 immigrant to US, historical since the beginning of countries. (could interpret natural born as "not about geography" makes more sense.)

A father from Kenya, a mother from Kansas, a name from the Middle East, born in Hawaii, and a senator from Illinois and the guy who is letting millions of Mexicans steal the resources of the American poor.

Is it a wonder why people are confused?

Quite frankly I don't find Obama's comment as a joke but rather one of arrogance. Many people had legitimate concerns over his birth records and he couldn't or wouldn't produce them. To make fun of those Americans is a stap in thier faces. It also may indicate that he feels now the he has gotten away with it if he indeed is not eligible to be the President. I am still not 100% convinced he is but was not one of the birther crowd either.

On another note it amuses me how so many continue to harp about Romney's tax returns...lol. He himself probably doesn't know what all is in them. He most likely has a team of experts who know every possible loophole combination and spend months preparing his returns. I spend about 3 hours doing mine s mostof those complaining do. There is no doubt in my mind that there will not be anything in those tax returns that will cause anyone to change their minds about who they vote for. After all we did vote in a person to the highest office in the land without a birth certificate proving he could even run for the office. what are a few tax returns in comparison.

Of course Obama gets laughs! He is the biggest joke ever!

I do not care where he was born! He is full of crap and a poison to the freedoms enjoyed by this nation! The only ones who think he is great is the ones enjoying a free ride on the back of the rest of us!

It takes all kinds, Ive been employed my entire life in fact my whole family has sisters brothers cousins and uncles..I,we are middle class who would never vote republican, "they are" the desperate one's spewing their trash talk knowing we will lead in votes. They come from two mind sets, people that don't understand and the 1%ers.

Easy people! its only 4 more years of bull$hit! (if he gets re......) if he don`t Mitt could start da blame game!!!! as it worked 4 this a hole !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who cares where Obama was born.

It's where he lives now!!!

That's the problem.!!!

neversurrender #1.8~~Everyone with a brain the size of a pea, never stoops to the level of school yard name calling and knows full well that the gop policies caused the job losses, by giving the "JOB CREATORS" more and more tax cuts, making it more profitable for them to place those profits in off shore banks, where they just set, TAX FREE and GAIN more TAX FREE dividends, without having to invest any of their wealth in employee wages and/or maintaining a company, HERE IN THIS NATION, that would benefit all of this nation, as has been through out the years of progress and prosperity for America, by Americans, in America. Now that so many have lost their JOBS, CAREERS, HOMES, BUSINESSES, PENSIONS, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, i.e. HEALTH INSURANCE AND SICK LEAVE PAY, RETIREMENT INSURANCE, 401K'S AND PERSONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, I believe the American people have learned from history and will vote OUT all of these republicans, who have caused this mess and continue enforcing this mess upon the American people, by obstructing and saying NO to any and all advancements toward recovery. I do not believe the American people will want to continue LETTING REPUBLICANS TAKE THE FRUITS OF OUR HARD LABOR, i.e. MEDICARE, OBAMACARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, JOBS, and the safety nets for the poor, and give it to the very wealthy. Romney and Ryan have told us they will cut these rights and benefits and anyone who votes for Romney/Ryan are voting against their own best interest, and voting FOR, NO MORE SOCIAL SECURITY, NO MORE MEDICARE, NO MORE OBAMACARE, and NO MORE JOBS.

If Obama is good enough for Bill Clinton he is good enough for me. That plus Robmehood/Ruin are not the kind of people I want to run the country. To rich, to out of touch and unable to understand the pain caused by their trickle down economics.

Good enough for Bill Clinton, you mean the lying cheating President. How fast you forget Monica Lewinsky! It's just too bad that Obama was not vetted more BEFORE he was elected. The fact that Romney is rich is a testament to where he could bring out country - out of the HUGE HOLE THAT OBAMA DUG FOR US. Think about that!

The last Presidents to pay down on the national debt were President Clinton and President Carter. Democrats by their record are better at running the economy than republicons.

The real national debt has actually started to go down now too under President Obama. There is still a very long way to go though. After all even with 9% growth rates under the New Deal it wasn't until 1954 that the average American was back to where he was in 1928.

And all the republicons want to talk about is birth certificates.............

Where are your tax returns Romneyhood? Did you take that amnesty for tax cheaters?

"There you 'go' again!" All of us are birthers . . . we give birth to another Donald Trump every time we sit on that white porcelain throne in the washroom.

It's typical Leftist hypocrisy that they get their panties in a wad over the "birthers", yet they seem to have no problem with the large number of "9/11 truthers" in the Democratic Party.

Not even when Obama appoints one as a "czar".

Rumors that Romney is a "ANCHOR BABY" and Mitt's Grandfather was from the Mexican Drug Cartel, this is where all their wealth started from, Now we have Blood & Drug money buying Votes in America !!!!!!!!!!

GREATGRAN101

You couldn't be more WRONG.

Income earned inside the United States and subsequently placed into offshore accounts ARE taxed. There are income taxes paid and any dividends earned are also taxed as long as they are DECLARED to the IRS as Romney HAS done.

Only for CORPORATE income earned in FOREIGN countries can taxes be deferred until the funds are brought into the United States. Individual income received overseas IS taxable.

And it only makes sense to do so considering that the American corporate tax rate is the HIGHEST IN THE WORLD and that the United States is the ONLY industrialized country in the world that requires that FULL taxes be paid domestically in addition to the taxes already paid to the country in which the money is earned.

@Chris from Yucaipa,

Its funny how well applied facts and a spinning wheel kick (or Lunge) look alot alike :) Way to go all "literary" B.L. on his arse:)

I REALLY, REALLY enjoyed reading that one.

Regards

Told that one blond-haired youngster, Andre Wupperman, was born in Hawaii, Obama grinned.

"Do you have a birth certificate?" Obama asked the boy, drawing laughter from the table.

LOL That was a good one Mr. President, BUT, if little Andre grew up and wanted to be President, they wouldn't have any problem with him being born in Hawaii, why, well, there's two "code words" in there...

BLOND-HAIRED!"

OBAMA/BIDEN....2012!!!!

donald trump has spent millions putting together a dossier;

certificate of live birth is not a birth certificate, you can be born on the moon, if any parent is a citizen of Hawaii, they can register your birth in Hawaii.

Grandmother says she was present at his birth in Kenya, ambassador to the U.S., from Kenya , who knew his father says he was born in Kenya, his college transcript application says he was born in Kenya, Harvard law review says born in Kenya, voter registration in Chicago, says born in Kenya, running for senate 2006, says born in Kenya, Fulbright scholarship application says born in Kenya; there is something very strange about this situation.

saxon

donald trump has spent millions putting together a dossier;

LOL, yea, and any idiot, you included, would believe anything Trump says, after all, he's Trump!

So from all the agencies involved in investigating presidential candidates, including the Secret Service, they are all involved in a conspiracy....LOL!!

OBAMA/BIDEN....2012!!!!

moshuluu; at first I also laughed at the Birthers; however when the information he himself gave out on his college applications said he was born in Kenya, he does not have a valid social security number, it belonged to a Connecticut man who died 40 years ago, I can only come to two conclusions, one he was born in Kenya or two, he just made up a phony background,( by the way using someones Social Security number is a federal felony, that is why he had to resign from the Illinois bar, he forgot to put on his application, he traveled on a Indonesian passport, his real name is Barry Sorento,(he was legally adopted by his stepfather) and he did not have a valid social security number

fool...........think you forgot to say...maybe....Highest tax rate in the world before the tax breaks and loopholes are factored...duh! After........not!

Romney has not proved he has paid all his taxes on offshore accounts...that is why he won't show them.........incompleto amundo 2010 and estimato..tomato 2011..only

Romney outsources American jobs offshore and it is the right thing to do? Offshore accounts...the right thing to do?....YA FOR GREEDY RICH PEOPLE WHO SKEW THE TAX LAWS TO AVOID PAYING TAXES LIKE ROMNEY! NOT FOR REAL AMERICANS!

It is time that Romney show his tax returns. The American people needs to demand it.

Actually at this point, everybody KNOWS that Romney is NOT proud of what is in his tax returns and he KNOWS it would hurt his ability to be elected... otherwise, he would have already produced the returns. Notice how he squirms when asked about them.... you can always read the body language of a liar and cheat.

well octopus9498, IF he SHOWED us his tax returns, we could DETERMINE if he did anything illegal. And IF he SHOWED his tax returns, then we would all KNOW he pays practically NO taxes and yet wants to give himself another tax cut! When you have nothing to hide, you put up!!

octopus.....U need to catch up on current events...Romney has NOT shown complete taxes from 2010 and 2011 is just an estimate.....

Constitutional defender: I would like to know where you got your information about Obama's "sealed documents." My guess is you read it on the internet in some right wing blog. My further guess is that the people on the internet you got your information from also got theirs on the internet.

No candidate for President in the last 30 years has released fewer than 5 years of tax records.

Romney knew this when he started running and still refuses to release his.

Something smells.

octopus9498 - 2 years is good enough for me.

If you have seen 2 years of Romney's tax returns, can you share the second one with us?

He hasn't released his 2011 return yet - just 2010.

cirque1946 - You have never had any of that for any President you ever elected. You don't have it for Romney. Have you asked for his?

Who gives a crap what someone made in college when they were 20? Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law, so he had at least a 3.5 GPA at that point.

What I don't get it why Romney's tax returns aren't an issue but all this long-ago garbage of Obama's is supposedly SO important? Well, actually, I do get it, but it's pretty stupid.

If you would like to become more informed, try this article at FactCheck.org:

Nothing ‘Sealed’

The idea that any Obama record is “sealed” is a falsehood, to start. The word “sealed” when applied to documents ordinarily refers to records that would normally be public, but that a judge has ruled cannot be released without the court’s permission. Common examples of truly “sealed” documents include records of crimes committed as a juvenile or records of adoptions. None of the claims in this message refers to records actually “sealed” in that usual sense.

In some cases, the records this screed claims are “sealed” are actually public, and open for anyone to see. Other supposedly “sealed” records are normally private documents that Obama hasn’t released — and that other presidential candidates haven’t released either.

So as with earlier versions, this is little more than an attempt to raise suspicions by asking for records that aren’t ordinarily made public, without any evidence that those records contain anything derogatory. We’ll take the claims and questions in the order they appear.

Note: Spreading falsehoods that you know are false is called "slander". Look it up.

Oh my goodness!! Would I love to see George W's college dissertations!!! And when I was in college, I had no friends either! I studied my ass off... I didn't have time for friends!!! I could not tell you the name of one other student I went to college with and that's the truth!

Every American service member has to submit their financial records to prove they're not subject to "undue influences".

Why should foot soldiers be held to a higher standard than the Commander in Chief?

Who pays President should be your concern.

Cirque
If Mr Romney were nominated for a cabinet position he would have to submit his tax returns to the nomination committee. They would go over them with a fine tooth comb.

Do you really think the men who want to govern the most powerful country in the world should be held to a lower standard than the Sec of Education?

If the positions were reversed you would be screaming to high heaven.

Btw from 'Why George Romney released his tax returns:

There was, though, one exception to this pattern: "He balked when I badgered him for a copy of his latest Form 1040, the Federal Individual Income Tax Return," Harris wrote. "Release of the document, while it might serve a political purpose, would not prove very much, he argued. One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show, and what mattered in personal finance was how a man conducted himself over the long haul."

The author was then surprised when Mr. Romney released 12 years.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/why-george-romney-released-his-tax-returns

Yes, if Mitt's father were alive today Mitt would have been too ashamed to hide his tax returns.

If he truly believes Dad is still watching over him, you'd think he'd release them, wouldn't you.

cirque1946, Romney's tax records of the past 10 years are more pertinent than Obama's school records from 20+ years ago because not only are they far more recent, but because they relate much more directly to his position at Bain, his true tax rate, where he keeps his money (off shore accounts), etc.

Furthermore, has ANY candidate released school records? seriously?

RealAmericansFirst - FactCheck.org

I told you before RealAmericansFirst FOLLOW THE MONEY as to who Funds FactCheck.org.

STOP BEING LAZY.

Mr. Binkie

Romney! Release your tax records

You might have your wish. There is a story that someone hacked into Mitts accountant and copied all his stuff. They supposedly sent encrypted flash drives to many locations and are demanding one million or they will send out the data in plain language form. I personally think that what is not in his taxes may be more interesting than what he has put down on paper. Like all the money stashed in various IRA's among his family member.

Apparently you people talking about mits tax returns missed that article yesterday. It conveiently stated that on aug 28th mits tax returns were stolen and they were holding a 1 million dollar ransom for them. If the money was not paid they were going to go public with them.

When Governor Romney was in Las Vegas with Trump & he showed his "birth certificate", I laughed so hard! It was a "Certificate of Live Birth"! Just like the very 1st document President Obama had. So what you accept as proof of birth in the state of Michigan for Romney is not accepted as proof of birth in the state of Hawaii for President Obama! I knew there were several states that issued such certificates when they received requests for birth certificates. Didn't know until that day that Michigan was one of them.

So let me think about this. Certificate of Live Birth for Governor Romney is acceptable. Certificate of Live Birth for President Obama is not acceptable. Hmmmmmm.

The President is the Joke , lets see his past records , his college records and the shadey restate deal he made the commies he hung out with, but no we are more worried about Romneys tax records than unemployment, high gas prices and food prices, you people need to get your heads out of your a&%es and come out and join the real world.

Mitt accidently put his taxes in the doghouse on top of his care and the dog ate them.

LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE TURNING UP THE HEAT ON MITTSTER! YA THINK MITT WILL DO TIME IN THE BIG HOUSE INSTEAD OF THE WHITE HOUSE?

BAIN BEING INVESTIGATED ON TAXES!

From Forbes.com 9/1/12

The New York Times is reporting that Bain Capital, the private equity firm founded by GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, is among a number of firms being investigated by New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, for failing to pay taxes.

The New York AG's Taxpayer Protection Bureau has issued subpoenas to at least twelve financial firms, including Bain, looking into whether the companies converted management fees (taxed as ordinary income) paid by investors into fund investments which are taxed at a dramatically lower rate.

The controversial tax avoidance scheme came to light last month when Bain Capital internal financial information was published online by Gawker.com , however the investigation had reportedly commenced prior to the publication and is not believed to be tied to the document dump.

According to the Times

The tax strategy — which is viewed as perfectly legal by some tax experts, aggressive by others and potentially illegal by some — came to light last month when hundreds of pages of Bain's internal financial documents were made available online. The financial statements show that at least $1 billion in accumulated fees that otherwise would have been taxed as ordinary income for Bain executives had been converted into investments producing capital gains, which are subject to a federal tax of 15 percent, versus a top rate of 35 percent for ordinary income. That means the Bain partners saved more than $200 million in federal income taxes and more than $20 million in Medicare taxes.

While Governor Romney has not been active at Bain Capital for quite some time, he does continue to receive profits from the company and held investments in some of the funds that utilized the tax avoidance strategy.

Years from now, when Latin America has colonized the US thanks to people like Obama, this will all be moot!

@Constitution Defenders

How about all the sealed records that OBAMA has maintained...no one knows a thing about him, yet you libs continue to back him...what is up with that?

What sealed records? The ones retarded f*ckers claim are out there? Name one single record that's "sealed". Come on, I dare you. Just one little record.

Show me a single court order that shows any of his personal information is sealed. Come on, one of you smart*sses should be able to do that, right? After all, you spent years puking out the same retarded f*cking rhetoric over and over, surely you can produce something to back up your claim. I really want you to because I'm going to enjoy making you look like a f*cking idiot in front of everyone here.

I'm waiting.

starsailing, you are a LOON.

The part that your quote LEAVES OUT is that this New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, is also an OBAMA APPOINTEE.

Obama appointed him to his phony "Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force" whose mandate REALLY was to INVENT financial fraud and has NEVER released a REPORT.

As the Huffington Post said about Obama's appointment of this guy: "It's a big move for PROGRESSIVES and for Schneiderman..."

As for this PHONY investigation this guy is running NOW. It's just another left-wing SCAM.

This has been a common strategy for DECADES.

Your quote DISHONESTLY characterizes it as investment companies having "converted management fees (taxed as ordinary income) paid by investors into fund investments". That implies that the fund managers have actually RECEIVED these fees.

The TRUTH is that the companies WAIVE the fees that they could have DEDUCTED from the fund. Since they never RECEIVE the fees, there is NO TAX LIABILITY.

Instead, they leave the money in the fund where it is AT RISK of being lost. Thus, any profits that MIGHT be realized are taxed as CAPITAL GAINS.

This "investigation" is just another plot by Democrats to deceive the public. Dems are always starting these phony "investigations" to give their media wh0res something to splash around.

Of course, there is NO media coverage when these "investigations", like Obama's phony Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, are quietly abandoned. After all, they don't want the public to find out that they have wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on a POLITICAL RUSE.

CHRIS from YUCAIPA

If any body is a "retarded f*cker", it's YOU.

Records CAN be sealed by a court order. But, they can ALSO be sealed by a STATUTE.

You won't find court orders sealing a person's medical records or a minor's criminal record or someone's EDUCATIONAL records. But they are still sealed by the LAW.

The only difference is that you can't violated a judge's order that a given record not be released, but the statutes allow the release of medical and educational records with the PERMISSION of the individual in question.

foolishness abounds

CHRIS from YUCAIPA

If any body is a "retarded f*cker", it's YOU.

Records CAN be sealed by a court order. But, they can ALSO be sealed by a STATUTE.

You won't find court orders sealing a person's medical records or a minor's criminal record or someone's EDUCATIONAL records. But they are still sealed by the LAW.

The only difference is that you can't violated a judge's order that a given record not be released, but the statutes allow the release of medical and educational records with the PERMISSION of the individual in question.

Um what's your point beyond stating the obvious? Are you saying that since his medical, educational and any juvenile records are sealed by law, those are what he needs to release? If you'd actually read the prior comments, I was replying to the asshats making claims that Obama is having his records sealed to hide something. So again, show me a single record HE has had sealed (since you clearly missed that f*cking part), otherwise stfu please.

We know what we need to know about Obama. Just because people like you want to know how long his d*ck is just to indulge your voyeuristic fantasies, doesn't mean he needs to produce them. I'd suggest moving on, but for some of you, the needle is stuck too deep into the groove and we'll continue being forced to listen to this record for another 4 years

The Left has invented this meme that "presidential candidates have ALWAYS released their tax returns for X number of years".

Of course, this is ABSOLUTELY FALSE. They are basing that on the number if tax returns that are released by PRESIDENTS.

If you look at the years for which tax returns are released by CANDIDATES for the Presidency, you find that they almost always START with the year that they BEGIN their campaigns or are elected. The winners just continue to do so while in office.

Jimmy Carter's tax releases started in 1977.

Reagan's BEGAN in 1981

Bush Senior's began in 1989

Clinton's began in 1992

Bushs Junior's began in 2000

Of course, I don't expect the Dems on this forum to stop CLAIMING their meme just because it is demonstrably NOT TRUE.

Obama was asked for his birth certifiicate and he produced it. Where are the tax returns, Mr. No-One-Ever-Asked-Me-For-My-Birth-Certificate.

No, CHRIS from YUCAIPA, I'm not saying anything of the sort.

YOU said, "What sealed records? The ones retarded f*ckers claim are out there? Name one single record that's "sealed". Come on, I dare you. Just one little record.Show me a single court order that shows any of his personal information is sealed."

Your obvious implication is that a court order is REQUIRED for records to be sealed. Just like the tax records that Leftists are demanding that Romney release, Obama's educational records would require his permission to be released.

BTW, the tenor of your comments expose you as a filthy piece of trash.

ted patrick

Apparently you people talking about mits tax returns missed that article yesterday. It conveiently stated that on aug 28th mits tax returns were stolen and they were holding a 1 million dollar ransom for them. If the money was not paid they were going to go public with them.

If there's nothing in them, all Romney has to do is say, "fine, post them" to the blackmailer.

Problem solved.

Constitution Defenders

How about all the sealed records that OBAMA has maintained...no one knows a thing about him

Here, let me repeat this again, for those that are VERY slow:

So, from all the agencies involved in investigating presidential candidates, including the Secret Service, to people like you, they are all involved in a conspiracy....LOL!!

OBAMA/BIDEN....2012!!!!

@foolishness abounds

BTW, the tenor of your comments expose you as a filthy piece of trash.

Then it's a good thing that my self esteem doesn't require your approval of my comments. Otherwise I'd just have to curl in the corner and cry. I put 13 years into the service. Has your mom even let you out of your room today?

Foolish.....your foolishment spin...abounds......maybe you want Issa to investigate Bain huh? Romney show us your taxes...prove you are not a lying tax dodging cheat! We understand the money gets shoved in the capital gains territory.....but should they be? If Bain is not guilty, the truth will come out Where there is fire.....there is smokescreen. So President Obama should defer his appoinments to repubs? Get a clue! As if any repub would say...go ahead Democratic party, choose appointee for us.....The loon is our state bird, you are a lot like Michelle Bachman, our state loon!

Exactly, fired up, ready to go!!

Obama/Biden 2012

Yup keep smiling all the way to your 35 million dollar home in hawaii after January 23. We can't wait to see you go back to your so called home.

answer me this, which candidate would you rather sit and drink a beer with? oops! sorry , that would be a sin

Its a shame those on the left have to share a brain ,among so many, If I ever voted of a dumbocrat my dad would beat the stupid out of me......well I would have to be stupid to vote for one in the first place, I am sure glad I was not born into a family full of Dumba%% democrats , I would have a one track mind like so many millions of you, and that reminds me of what the shovel ready jobs Mr. O was talking about, its to scoop up the shI% he is always feeding you guys. Romney/Ryan 2012......help save America from the stupid ones.

@wayne-3043511

WOW! So your father would've "beat the stupid" out of you if you ever voted Democrat. Nice to know that you can't make your own, informed decision. Explains a lot about you.

this what gets me, romney can say something about obama birth certificate and everyone gets mad. but when obama says something about it, its joking. you people make me sick.thats why im not voting for obama a vote for obama is a vote for hate.

Hey Wayne. When calling others stupid, it would be in your best interest to not use a comma for a period.

I guess your side doesn't have a brain to share at all?

I was not born into a family full of Dumba%% democrats

But you were born into some type of one as far as I can tell by looking at your inability to even form a proper sentence.

If I ever voted of a dumbocrat my dad would beat the stupid out of me

I don't think you could possibly live long enough to beat it all out of you. How about you work on 5th grade sentence structure before calling others stupid, OK?

I agree, it is not up to the GOP on who becomes president. I also say vote democratic for the Senators and Congressmen and women as well.

@ BoJap, it is not the Republicans still talking about this, it is the news media. I am no Obama fan, but I got tired of the "birther" BS long ago.

Actually, Romney was talking about it just last week.

And last time I checked, he was still a Republican.

Unless he's flopped again. Or would that be a flip?

Suppose John McCain had won the Presidency in 2008. Things would be as bad or worse because he would never have put any restrictions on Wall Street, he would have cut taxes on the rich even more, we would still be in Iraq spending $2 Billion a day there as well, etc etc. We would be in a depression with unemployment over 12%. Suppose Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama were running again against McCain or Romney or any Republican .... Either one would be 15 to 20 points ahead.

I say this as if Romney/Ryan are elected their Trickle Down, Voodoo Economics is going to sink this country into a Depression, and explode tyhe deficit even morewhen they give Millionaires ansd Billionaires a tax break from 35% to 25% and reduce Capital Gains to 0% ....

Thus in 2016 Either Obama will run again, or Hillary Clinton will, and they will be 15 or 20 points ahead, and America will have finally had enough of Republican Voodoo, Trickle Down Economics once and for all.

As Bill Clinton said ....."It's Arithmetic" .... The Romney / Ryan plan doesn't add up to anyting but the rich getting richer, probably the middle class with higher taxes, and the deficit even more through the roof.

Yes, it's very mean of Obama to make a joke about them

Glenn Beck is an idiot moron.

I am more worried about what Obama is doing with my money than what Romney does with his!

Romney/Ryan the end of an error

Crystal - That was an original thought - never heard that before. You guys need to go back to the drawing board and come up something new. Yawn....

Yeah, especially since "end of an error" was the running joke in 2008.

Since that's how Bush said "era".

Get some new material, boys!

Romney/Ryan the end of an error

Once Obama is re-elected we can refer to the final defeat of the Republican party that way, yeah. Good point.

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arapaio has an on going investigation into Obama's birth.

He claims it's fake, but gives NOTHING more than his word.

My question: WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM???? This investigation isn't free. Though we are never told, my guess is from the Az. tax payer.

Shameful,

Da Pup

Not just losers. Traitors. The GOP's admitted obstructionism against Obama is treasonous.

I laugh at your feeble arguments.

^^What he said.

You are a @!$%#ing IDIOT. He didn't go to the Philippines, he went to Indonesia as a child with his Mother & her second Husband. You're so stupid, you cannot even tell the story correctly... It is a shame that America has @!$%#s like you walking around and spouting BS...

That would mean that ANY bills he signed would be Null and Void..correct?

Guess what twit??? My husband and I lived in Asia for 9 years and our daughter went to international schools from 4th grade thru 12th grades. GUESS WHAT???? We are ALL still Americans!!! You people really are dumb!

My grandson's father is Australian and my daughter is American. My grandson was born in the U.S.A. so guess where he enjoys his citizenship??? YEP... the good old U.S.A. President Obama's mother was born in Kansas and was American. President Obama has shown you his long for birth certificate from Hawaii and the Hawaiian government has authenticated it. If he has an American mother and is born in the U.S.A., he is American. What is so difficult to understand about that???

As for college transcripts? Why do you want to see them? Is it to see if he got student loans? Is it to see his grades? Why exactly do you want to see them? It is very obvious the President is a brilliant man and was President of the Harvard Law Review. He certainly didn't get into that position by being dumb!!!

what is a "real live certificate"? Birth certificates apparently like birther "facts" now have lives of their own?

I would call these birthers retarded, but I don't want to insult the mentally challenged.

Why all the 8th grade name calling? Let's debate the issues concerning this country as adults.

The Tea Party is running rabid, and NOW you want to talk like adults?

Fine, let's ALL be adults for a while.

Did Kennedy ever take orders from the Vatican? Did Johnson ever take orders from the Southern Baptists? Not that you would ever admit to it. Is Obama taking orders from the Mullahs in the mid-east? NAH, never happen in a million years, so how can you ask that about Romney? Easy, your one of them liberal wing nuts.....Next you will make a few threats.

Fine, kip.

Just go read "Under the Banner of Heaven" by John Krakauer before the election and see if you still feel that way.

Fine, RealAmericansFirst

Just go read "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" by President Barack Obama before the election and see if you still feel that way.

Niggs, if you weren't being sarcastic, then, I think you just became the poster child as to why we should NOT elect Mittens.

Love n Blessings,

Da Pup

>:o):

Niggs: How many bigoted lies can you put in one sentence?

Well it's no surprise. According to your religion, Obama carries the "mark of Cain".

"Joseph Smith lead the way, and the council of the Elders will give Mitt Romney the guidance he needs to conduct his Presidency according to the Prophet. Amen."...

And that ladies and gents, pretty much sums it up. Mittens needs guidance from his elders following Joseph Smith's way, because he is completely lost on his own.

Yeah, that sounds like a real good plan for our country.

God, for the million and 21st time, please, please answer my prayer and save us ALL from your "followers"

Wow Niggs,

I'm voting Romney, but there is still no reason to be so hateful of what Race or religion Obama is. He is the President at the moment, and just being hateful out of spite does not prove anything. It just makes you seem more of a hypocrite.

Is Joseph Smith his real name? Sounds more like the name you give to a hotel clerk when you don’t want to check in under your real name.

As a Mormon and Salt Lake City resident,

Niggs, you are neither of those things but a provocateur trying to discredit the Romney candidacy with inflammatory statements.

Right On George... We all know what this about, the hatred, the racial jokes, the disrespect... But like Deval Patrick said: "We are not going to stand by and let you bully him out of office...."

The President is not a black man. It is extremely racist to ignore his white heritage as well as his black heritage.

Eddie in Seattle

the ignorance of you Liberals is golden. You make America's decision easy in Nov. 2012.

Keep up the hate, race, war on women and class warfare.

Obama has already been rejected by America. Just waiting ofr Nov. 2012.

See the not so famous quotes from President Obama below. The media must have missed these inspirational quotes that were taken right from BOB's books. Such an endearing eloquence can not be found in any of our Founding Fathers writings or quotes. Now we know why Barak Obama ( AKA BARRY SOETORRO) is so loved and respected by so many.

From Dreams From My Father:

"I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13,
when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to
whites."

"I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and
animosity against my mother's race.."

"There was something about her that made me wary, a little too sure of
herself, maybe and white."

"It remained necessary to prove which side you were on,
to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names."

"I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my
own. t was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa,
that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself:
the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela."

And FINALLY .......... From Audacity of Hope:

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an
ugly direction."

Pathfinder: These "quotes" are either out of context, altered, or not even in those books. For an example, here's the fix for your last quote in Audacity of Hope, corrected and given in context:

"Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific assurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

Tell me why you need to see his college transcripts???!!!! Have WE EVER asked to see a President's college transcripts???? If I wanted to see a President's college transcripts, I would REALLY have loved to see George W. Bush's transcripts! Now THAT would be a joke!!! I'm sure he probably didn't do very well in the English area at all!!! lol!!!

Come to think of it, George probably didn't do too well in A R I T H M E T I C either!!! lol!

I'm sure Bush would be happy to show his college transcripts, along with all the other Presidents. I don't think anyone who graduated from college has ever tried to hide there college transcripts, not sure why you would. You should be proud that you graduated college, not hide the history of it. Most jobs even REQUIRE you to supply them....

Show us a birth certificate for a corporation...Romney says corporations are people too!

Really, that is your argument??? To what? In order to be a corporation, you have to go through the government legal system to be incorporated... I guess that is their "birth certificate".

If Bush would be so happy to show us his college transcripts, why didn't the GOP ask for the when he was running?

Since they seem to feel they're very, very important - can't believe they'd let that slide!

I mean, Bush could have beat Gore just by showing his college grades, right?

descrs - the reason some of us wanted to see his college transcripts is that he had no meaningful job history that would qualify him for any executive position, let alone the Presidency. If he had a strong executive and economic education, that would have provided some helpful insight.

This isn't difficult to understand. If an NFL team hires a new coach, and the coach has ZERO coaching experience, well first off they would never hire a coach with ZERO coaching experience, but Democrats didn't seem to care. And now we have $6 trillion in new debt, a failed stimulus, an American car company owned by the Italians, 50% more Americans now on food stamps, none of the results Obama offered when he had no executive experience and told us this would be fixed in 3 years or it would be a 1-term proposition.

You see, we that did not vote for him got what we thought we were getting - a narcissistic blow hard with zero idea how to fix the economy, and a spendthrift that was bent on leading us into a socialized medical system (he said he wanted single payer, but they had to sneak it in with Obamacare, and that it could take 10-20 years to screw the system up bad enough that government would be "forced" to take over the entire industry).

There is no specific background required to be President of the United States.

Lincoln was a blacksmith and postmaster before becoming a U.S. Congressman.

Lyndon Johnson was a school teacher for one year before he got into politics.

Nixon was a lawyer and the owner of a failed business before joining the Navy.

Bush "worked" in his family's oil business and co-owned a baseball team.

I think being a community organizer at a nonprofit and a Constitutional law professor at Columbia University fits the bill.

Mister Wonderful: I don't buy your argument. Historically there's been no interest in investigating a presidential candidate's school records. This is really about trying to suggest that there is some kind of equivalency between withholding tax records and witholding school records. The problem with that argument is that tax records can give an indication of how far a candidate will go to minimize their taxes and provides insight into how he or she might govern with respect to the economy and taxes. School records don't provide that kind of insight.

He was also a crook lets not omit that.

Harson, not really sure what your point was, but it seems like you might have left off a couple of items as well...particularly at the end. Big Nixon fan, huh?

Nixon was also a McCarthyite. When Joe McCarthy finally went down in flames he almost took Nixon down with him. Only Nixon's infamous "Checkers" speech saved his career.

Well, Obama was also a Senator before becoming President.

What you idjits are harping on is experience before getting into politics.

As usual, when called on your BS, you change the subject.

Come to think of it, I have never seen Romney's birth certificate. Sometimes he claims to be from Michigan. Sometimes he claims to be from Massachusetts. I think he has even claimed to be from Utah? Anyway, we really don't know where he is from at all! He might be from Mexico? I know he has relatives there! That's it, I demand to see Romney's birth certificate!

he used his right thumb because they didn't have bottles in Kenya that is why he is left-handed.

Your despicable comments are a glaring evidence of your own stupidity, shallowness of character and bigotry.

You seriously think Obama is worse than Bush? What are you like 5 years old and can't remember how our country got into this mess.

Anybody that feels that Obama could come remotely close to being the worst president in our nation's history obviously knows nothing about said history. Enough with the hyperbole.

Read The Amateur-(Clinton's name for Obama)- it is eye opening and truely necessary unless you are a mindless obamazombie. Also read Hollywood Hypocrites- another good read.

Once again, The Poster Child Strikes

>:o): Hehehehehehe

Because he is a mormon he makes a bad president? An islam guy could not do it.

Henry, any possibility you could rephrase that post? It makes little sense.

Oh, and if you are trying to say that Obama is a Muslim, well then, don't bother. Obama is not a Muslim and anybody that has any sense can see that; however, I suppose those that try to find anything they can in feeble attempts to denigrate Obama will use any grade-school tactic they can come up with.

Unlike many peoples opinions...Obama is not God!

Obama thinks he is...God knows he is.

O ya most people bring their kids birth certs out to a restaurant!

Yeah, 'cause Obama can't, huh? Except that he has. Don't you birthers feel the least bit silly for going on and on about something that has been so obviously settled for so long? Nah, probably not - never let facts get in the way of hysteria.

Let's see. Romney cracks a joke about his birth certificate and he's labeled a "conspiracy theorist." When Obama jokes about it, why isn't he considered the same?

Standupjokeoff: Well stated;kudos. The only problem anti-Obamas have has nothing whatsoever to do with where he was born. Their one and only problem is the undeniable fact Mr. Obama was born Black. Had he been born Caucasian there would not be an election this year for the voters of this nation would overwhelmingly declare him our next President by acclaimation. Those who dispute his birthplace are saying in essence that his parents knew at his conception that he would one day become a US President so they feigned his Hawii birthplace so as to offset his future doubters. Wow, I just saw a news bulletin the Brooklyn Bridge is up for sale also.

Shhhh... don't insinuate racism to the Republicans! Why, they love everybody! (Except for the Muslims and other "towel-heads," even if those in headwear aren't Muslims.)

Oh, okay, sure--during the 1940s, the Republicans arranged for legal Japanese Americans citizens to have their land, houses and businesses taken away from then, and they forced J-A's to live in sub-standard housing and work slavery jobs building everything from their own living quarters to dams, but that was to protect America! Why, those "Japs" might have been spies! But that wasn't racist. Heavens, no. Even though German and Italian citizens weren't rounded up in the same way.

Such racist thoughts CERTAINLY don't exist today, either! Shhhh...

Standup
Sorry, can't let it go. The Japanese were put into internment camps because the FBI was afraid of the yakuza. They thought there were spies among the Japanese.

Was it wrong? Hindsight is 20/20. Many of those documents are still classified. But before we completely condemn them, we must look at the world through their eyes and the atmosphere of the day.

Oh, and President Roosevelt was a Democrat.

Obama a Communist?

Obamas political mentor was Frank Marshall Davis. Do you know who he is?

Suggest you find out about Davis's background and what he stands for before you

disparage Republican's. The truth is non-partisan.

born confuse! go see Dr. Phill.

dsbL It's not about hindsight, it's about maintaining American values. The government knew what they were doing was moraly wrong, but chose to do it anyway out of fear. It was a simple case of cowardice.

StandUpJokeOff

You are right America has been socialist for years. To your list of social program we need to add public education, emergency management services (police, fire and medical), the public library, and our transportation infrastructure. These are all services created for our common good.

News flash for Hazen 44: Obama's mother was Caucasian. Don't you think we need to eliminate racial identification as Black by one drop of Black blood? To be accurate, he is half Black and half Caucasian. But if you're politically correct, he's Black. Make sense? I didn't think so.

Tom, why do you use "caucasian"? Is white a dirty word? You use black in racial context readily enough.

In my experience only blacks refer to white people as "caucasian" out of some inexplicable desire to tiptoe around the term white. But unlike once polite terms like "negro" or "colored" which now are regarded as insulting, it is the correct term to call a white person white.

People who say "caucasian" generally don't even know what it refers to: a mountain range east of Turkey.

Obama is not the first black president.

He is the first bi racial president.

All you knuckle heads got to admit this President does have a sense of humor and he can take it on the chin when someone gives him a bad time, I guess you might say this President is down to earth just a regular guy.

joey - Last Looked We Have 50 States in the United States - Did they just let you out of the Insane Asylum?

Joey lives in the 1940s--the prime period of denial when Communists were under every bed, and the war in Europe had nothing to do with us.

And I guess Alaska doesn't count as a state in his book, either. Too many of them "damned native North American Indian-folk" occuping the place, probably.