Obama posts tax returns
Barack Obama just posted six years of income tax returns on his website -- his latest maneuver to pressure Hillary Clinton to release hers and hit his Democratic rival on the issue of transparency.
The most recent return, for 2006, shows that Obama and his wife Michelle reported wages of about $430,000, plus another $507,000 in business income, mostly from book sales. Their tax bill topped $277,000, and they received a refund of nearly $41,000. They also gave more than $60,000 to charity.
So far, Clinton has pledged to disclose hers at least three days before the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.
Obama's campaign said today that Clinton should release her full returns because she loaned her campaign $5 million in January and because of reports that former president Bill Clinton is about to pick up a $20 million payout from a holding company.
“Senator Clinton recently claimed that she’s ‘the most transparent figure in public life,’ yet she’s dragging her feet in releasing something as basic as her annual tax returns,” Obama communications director Robert Gibbs said in a statement. “Senator Clinton can’t claim to be vetted until she allows the public the opportunity to see her finances—particularly with respect to any investment in tax shelters.”
The Clinton campaign immediately responded with a memo arguing that Obama has not been forthcoming about his record in the Illinois state senate.
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Ahem, Mrs. Clinton? The ball is in your court.
There is no reasonable excuse for her to be holding off. Of course, if she waits beyond the Apr. 15th, her previous deadline, that's when the firestorm needs to become an all out assault. It may, in fact, be better as that's so close to the PA primary (assuming her returns will make her look unfavorable).
So the Obama campaign does not think that Hillary has $5 million to loan her campaign. Good grief... She has book sales, too. Her autobiography gave her an $8 million advance and has had record sales, including world wide in several languages. Plus they republished her book "It Takes a Village." I would surmise she has quite a bit of personal wealth at this time.
And what does Bill Clinton getting a payout have to do with Hillary's campaign?
I just read today's Rasmussen poll... Obama's negative rating is the SAME as Hillary's (52%) and among Democrats 74% favorable rating for Hillary and 67% for Obama. I would think that the Obama campaign should be concerned that negative attacks against Hillary appear to not be effective.
Clinton's are definitely hiding something BIG. They are waiting until 3 days before the PA vote so that the press wont have enough time to scrutinize how many favors and pardons they will owe if elected.
Hillary turn over the tax returns please. We know you are a crook, we just want your stupid little supporters to open their blind eyes. After you've done that, let's have a little straight talk about that CAMPAIGN FRAUD case against you pending in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Open the home page of Los Angeles Superior Court) and look in the CIVIL Column, then Click on CASE SUMMARIES, then enter these numbers in the box BC304174. BINGO.
Whaych on YOU TUB how this case came about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Really, what is wrong with Mrs. Clinton? What does she have to hide? Why does she obfuscate so much? She spins and fudges everything! (the vote on Iraq, her responsibilities in Bosnia, her role in the negotiations in Ireland... and on and on she goes). She does not know the meaning of transparency.
"The Clinton campaign immediately responded with a memo arguing that Obama has not been forthcoming about his record in the Illinois state senate."
Ah, yes, there's that Kitchen Sink strategery at work, again. No specifics in the memo, just a vague accusation of nothing in particular. The "Present" votes have been thrown once already, and that dog just wouldn't hunt for Hillary. I wonder why they insist on using that non-story so often - could it be the only thing they have left?
Really, what is wrong with Mrs. Clinton? What does she have to hide? Why does she obfuscate so much? She spins and fudges everything! (the vote on Iraq, her responsibilities in Bosnia, her role in the negotiations in Ireland... and on and on she goes). She does not know the meaning of transparency.
When Obama first began asking for her tax returns, her campaign said he hadn't been forth coming about Resko. He then held a meeting with Chicago newspapers and let them ask him anything about Resko. He asks Clinton again to release her tax records. Her campaign then says well he has only released his 2006 tax records. Today Obama releases his returns dating back to 2000. She is again asked to release her tax returns. Now her campaign says well he hasn't been forthcoming about his record in the Illinois state senate. This is ridiculous. When is the media going to press her further about these returns.
hillary does not want to release her tax returns because she knows that there is something wrong in her tax return. she also knows that she is not trustful to the american people. people, don't take billary lies, particularly in bosnia.
It seems that Mrs. Clinton is hiding something, or why would she not release her
tax returns that would be the first thing I released if I was running for president of the United States.
good job obama!
Hillary will release her tax records I am sure of it. Then she will say something like "I got all of my taxes back because I was in a warzone in Kosovo where snipers were shooting at me and I had to run away under armed guard"
How many more lies can this woman make up? It is obvious the Ex-Lying pres and Hillary are two peas of the same pod. They are both Liars and their words cannot be trusted.
Clinton won't be releasing her 2006 returns - she is holding off so that she can release only 2007. When she says "I released my returns!" there will not be enough time to make it clear to the average reader that she's only released her 2007 returns.
Her 2001-2006 returns are the ones that would contain information about the Clinton library donations, and are the ones that cover the earnings that have taken the Clintons from being worth a couple of million to being worth tens of millions.
This is just an example of why I cant see myself voting for Clinton. I admit Obama is a politician, and not some diety sent from above, but Hillary Clinton seems to make no attempt at being honest, genuine, or forthcoming. Her campaign lies, distorts, and obsfucates without any regard for the ablity of the people to see through thier tactics and it irks me in the worst way. From Iraq, to NAFTA, to Tuzla, to the tax returns, to the crying, "its an honor".."shame on you".., Richardson doesnt matter, hes just a hispanic, SCHIP, Michigan and Florida must count b/c I won, caucuses are undemocratic b/c I lost, I mean this woman appears to have no principled position on anything besides health care, and she doesnt seem to either realize or care that everyone can see through her. Amazing.
I lost all my tax returns while I was running for cover in Bosnia because I think maybe they were shooting at Chelsea and me. All that stuff about me talking and getting flowers from a eight year old girl is just a "vast right wing conspiracy". Due to all the shooting and gunfire and the unsafe conditions I must have dropped the tax returns at the airport. I know that was in the 1990's, but give me a break I was working on all my returns for the future and thats the truth. I am not a liar.
Why Obama doesn't release his records in Senate? Maybe he has no records at all. I'm sure the records show he does nothing in there, but just prepares for the presidential campaign. After all, how many years he's in Senate. This is just his 3rd year!
OBAMA NEEDS TO HAVE ALL HIS HOUSE RECORDS MADE PUBLIC. ALL HIS DEALINGS WITH THE CORRUPT SLUMLORD, REZKO. REZKO IS INDICTED, IT WON'T BE TOO LONG OBAMA TO BE HANDCUFFED IN THIS CONNECTION. LET OBAMA'S SUPPORTERS TELL US HOW DID REZKO'S WIFE DONATE TO OBAMA $19,000 AND BUY THE ADJACEMENT LOT TO OBAMA'S HOUSE FOR $625,000 WHEN HER INCOME WAS merely $35,000? ARE WE ALL DUMB?
#14 m johnson
Very well said! I agree completely. The thing I don't understand about Clinton is how can she think that the public is so dumb that they will simply accept all of her lies. Either she doesn't care, or she can't help herself. It's like she's living in a different world.
It's not just one little deception with her, it's a whole host of things that add up to a pretty bad picture of a politician who will do and say anything to promote her goals. Is this the kind of person we want in the White House?
Not bad. This is probably by far the cleanest records you're going to get from any politician.
Bravo Obama!
He seems he is getting courage to tell us the truth...
She was the wife of President Clinton the one who has weaken America and that all with lousy or false deals and flooshy business egagements with the Arabs and the far east. The one who has blown the 100 years adhorment investment of the US military strategy in the red sea without even calling or hearing the US experts to the area. The one who giveup the korean pensyloen miltary control after US has handled for almost nearly 70 years effeiciently. Should I have to mentioned all about European union and NATO, the mess on the UN, The terrorist training camps in Sudan , Pakistan and Afganistan, and many which most of them they became a priorty stake and that at painy hard work to the current president are by and large the mess of Cliton. And she claims that she belongs it, very funny what does she want to add? Is n't enough? Well she is proud about her playboy husband. And I don't blame her for that but I am surprised when see this playboy has never get a lesson to stop using his stools for political power.
And what it wonders me in America, Bush has to face the situation or has earned of Clinton's bad work at his office including the blame for the economic devastation of the country, although Bush him self was not lucky as to his effort and intentions things could not come easy. For example the country has experienced many natural disorders from fire caused terrribles to harricanes which are very curicial to affect the socio economic condition. Whereas Clinton has left his office unchalleged for his missdeads and after all that this playboy is still at high confidence to make more mess as if Americans are dormant. May be this can proved when he write his owen fame by his own hand a book call " my life" our sexy cumodity consumers were shoping it while they don't read it untill this time. While the intellegent community was sailent about and no one has come with a serious comment to his life book. What amizing is it? What I knew in this regard the Americans they don't Know ? How it could be logical? Is America becaming no more a country of heros and courages? May be it is changing and is becaming a country of playboy and playboy consummed vampers! Å god !
You American medias! Take a step! Stand for truth and air important facts to the public. For the bias and misinformation in this regard partly you are responsible. All the wrong perception of these individuals on the public is more or less will tell the world how the media it self is currapt and unfair.
And if America is going to have another president as such as Clinton like let alone his wife, believe me or not it will go for ever... America needs now honest, visionary and courageous president more than ever. Whereas here we should not be surprised by her lay about kosovo or her tax records, she is the wife of a play boy president. And in that context isn't so enough for not to qualify at least if not caused other investigation about their personal relations with many illegal indorsing bodies.
Not bad. This is probably by far the cleanest records you're going to get from any politician.
Bravo Obama!
He seems he is getting courage to tell us the truth...
She was the wife of President Clinton the one who has weaken America and that all with lousy or false deals and flooshy business egagements with the Arabs and the far east. The one who has blown the 100 years adhorment investment of the US military strategy in the red sea without even calling or hearing the US experts to the area. The one who giveup the korean pensyloen miltary control after US has handled for almost nearly 70 years effeiciently. Should I have to mentioned all about European union and NATO, the mess on the UN, The terrorist training camps in Sudan , Pakistan and Afganistan, and many which most of them they became a priorty stake and that at painy hard work to the current president are by and large the mess of Cliton. And she claims that she belongs it, very funny what does she want to add? Is n't enough? Well she is proud about her playboy husband. And I don't blame her for that but I am surprised when see this playboy has never get a lesson to stop using his stools for political power.
And what it wonders me in America, Bush has to face the situation or has earned of Clinton's bad work at his office including the blame for the economic devastation of the country, although Bush him self was not lucky as to his effort and intentions things could not come easy. For example the country has experienced many natural disorders from fire caused terrribles to harricanes which are very curicial to affect the socio economic condition. Whereas Clinton has left his office unchalleged for his missdeads and after all that this playboy is still at high confidence to make more mess as if Americans are dormant. May be this can proved when he write his owen fame by his own hand a book call " my life" our sexy cumodity consumers were shoping it while they don't read it untill this time. While the intellegent community was sailent about and no one has come with a serious comment to his life book. What amizing is it? What I knew in this regard the Americans they don't Know ? How it could be logical? Is America becaming no more a country of heros and courages? May be it is changing and is becaming a country of playboy and playboy consummed vampers! Å god !
You American medias! Take a step! Stand for truth and air important facts to the public. For the bias and misinformation in this regard partly you are responsible. All the wrong perception of these individuals on the public is more or less will tell the world how the media it self is currapt and unfair.
And if America is going to have another president as such as Clinton like let alone his wife, believe me or not it will go for ever... America needs now honest, visionary and courageous president more than ever. Whereas here we should not be surprised by her lay about kosovo or her tax records, she is the wife of a play boy president. And in that context isn't so enough for not to qualify at least if not caused other investigation about their personal relations with many illegal indorsing bodies.
Just a point of argument, but she has nothing on which to base her claims that Obama isn't forthcoming about her record in the Illinois Senate. His voting record is public record, and can be interpreted by us all individually. Until she releases her tax records, for at least the last year for which she has them, she has no high ground, moral or otherwise.
Comment #13 makes the point on Sen. Clinton's tax return: they need to be from 2001-2006. The argument two of her spokespeople have made (one being Terry McAuliffe) a few weeks ago was that she would release the taxes "once she had had time to do them." They asked the interviewers whether they had filed yet. The "fix" appears to be in from the Clinton campaign: release the 2007 taxes and then seem surprised that there is a request for the earlier and more telling tax information.
The Clintons have not been "vetted" since leaving the White House in 2000. The taxes information required by the Senate is limited.
Nickberry, I would check some other polls.
Obama's:http://www.pollingreport.com/o.htm
Clinton's: http://www.pollingreport.com/C2.htm#Hillary
Obama's negative approval ratings are about 10% lower than Hillarys. That's enough to win an election
Hillary hasn't had an honest answer in her entire career. She is withholding information as is her habit of doing so dating back as far as1974 when she was worked for the Congressional Impeachment Committee. I'm a life long Democrat and I don't trust her at all.
Clinton is hoping that Pennsylvanians are as dumb as she is counting on:
-- that they will believe that she's transparent if she only releases her 2007 returns.
-- that they will respond negatively if she continues to bring up reverend wright (btw, check out her and McCain's pastors' words).
-- that they are "dumb, Catholic, women" who will merely look at her gender.
-- that they will believe that foreign policy experience means being the wife of a president at a bunch of ceremonial events (by that measure, let's vote for Laura Bush).
-- that Pennsylvanians will be too stupid to actually read her voting record (and buy her false statements about her experience), which is actually equal to Obama's.
DON'T BUY IT, PENNSYLVANIA!!! EVEN IF YOU DON'T VOTE FOR OBAMA, AT LEAST GET THE FACTS ON HILLARY.
I heard last night on CNN that Barack gave less than 1% to charity until he announced candidacy for Presidient. Then, he started giving more. Where was his heart before he decided to run for one?
THE DATE TO FILE TAXES IS APRIL 15! WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW! Y OU STUPID PEOPLE!!! YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT OBAMAS TAX RETURNS, THE ONLY REASON HE WANTS HERS POSTED IS TO SEE IF HE HAS MORE MONEY THEN SHE HAS!!!! HE JUST LOST ANOTHER ONE OF HIS SUPERDELEGATES TO FRAUD AND TAKING CAMPAING MONEY AND NOT REPORTING IT! MAN I HOPE HE DIDN'T TAKE ANY OF THAT MONEY!! IT WOULD BE JUST LIKE TAKING FROM REZKO AND AUCHI!!
THE DATE TO FILE TAXES IS APRIL 15! WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW! Y OU STUPID PEOPLE!!! YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT OBAMAS TAX RETURNS, THE ONLY REASON HE WANTS HERS POSTED IS TO SEE IF HE HAS MORE MONEY THEN SHE HAS!!!! HE JUST LOST ANOTHER ONE OF HIS SUPERDELEGATES TO FRAUD AND TAKING CAMPAING MONEY AND NOT REPORTING IT! MAN I HOPE HE DIDN'T TAKE ANY OF THAT MONEY!! IT WOULD BE JUST LIKE TAKING FROM REZKO AND AUCHI!!
Let’s really look at Mr. Obama's tax returns. First of all, the returns for 2006 and 2005 look too good to be true. I question whether or not Mr. Obama amended these returns and recreated the original returns to reflect the amended ones filed on Form 1040X.
The reason I pose this question is that it seems odd that Mr. Obama did not incur any expenses relating to his business as an author (other than legal fees and commissions). Does he mean to tell us that he incurred no additional expenses such as office supplies, travel, and telephone? Why would he leave these expenses off his tax return when in fact they would certainly be legitimate deductions? The only reason I can think of, other than attempting to make the public see that he is extremely patriotic, is that he used the facilities at the senate for his own personal use in writing his book.
Also, why didn’t Mr. Obama deduct any property taxes on his home in 2005? He must have incurred them because he paid over $60,000 in mortgage interest.
Also: Hillary finally releases 2006 taxes and it shows them with three dependents
http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=clintontaxesvo9.jpg
ON BARACK OBAMA's 2006 TAX RETURN,
HE USED THE ZIP CODE OF (60615)!!
NOW 6 + 0 + 6 + 1 + 5 = 18
AND (18) REALLY EQUALS (6 + 6 + 6)!!
OR (666)!!
P.S.==BARACK OBAMA IS TRULY THE ANTI-CHRIST!
BELIEVE IT PEOPLE!!
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