Clinton hits back on tax returns
Hillary Clinton's campaign, using tax deadline day, tried to turn the tables on Barack Obama today, calling on him to release his income tax returns from years he was in the Illinois state senate.
After weeks of badgering from Obama's campaign and from the media, Clinton released her joint returns earlier this month. They showed that between 2000 -- their last year in the White House -- through 2007, they earned more than $109 million, most coming from former president Bill Clinton's speaking engagements and book royalties.
Obama, who had previously disclosed most of his returns, has pledged to release his 2007 return this month.
But Clinton's camp is more interested in those from the late 1990s. And it accused Obama of talking a good game on "transparency," but not following through himself.
"Despite his rhetoric, Sen. Obama doesn't abide by the standards he sets for others," Clinton spokesman Phil Singer said in a statement, echoing a conference call with reporters. "Sen. Obama has refused to release his tax returns for 1997, 1998 and 1999, even though he was in public life as a state senator during those years. During this period of time, Sen. Obama was accepting contributions from special interest lobbyists, PACs and even directly from corporations."
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What, we should all imagine, were the real sources of Bill Clinton's speech royalties in Europe? Were they shadow corporations funded by Marc Rich in return for the pardon Mr. Clinton granted him on the eve of his departure from the Presidency?
What's good for the goose...............let's see those 97,98, and 99 returns. Remember you only need to go to Kinko's..............that's right 1. let's change the subject!!!!
Iraqi born Rezko is Obama’s friend of 17 years and a well known mob figure.
Rezko served on Obama’s U.S. Senate campaign finance committee and raised more than $14 million, according to Federal Election Commission records, helping send Obama to Washington in 2004.
The Chicago Sun Times reports: ‘state senator Barack Obama wrote letters to city and state officials supporting his political patron Tony Rezko's successful bid to get more than $14M from taxpayers to build apartments’.
Obama told the Chicago Tribune that, in all the years he's known Rezko, "I've never done any favors for him.''
How does Obama get away with this? Where is the media on this unbelievable topic?
I remember Obama attacking Hillary to release her tax returns - in the debates, in his cult speeches. It was a total non-issue for the American people. Now that she released it - what's Obama up to? Explain Obama - why you wanted it all released? What do we gain from it?
And why hasn't Obama released all his tax returns? Although it is a non-issue for us, still....come on, Obama. Just be fair.
I remember Obama attacking Hillary to release her tax returns - in the debates, in his cult speeches. It was a total non-issue for the American people. Now that she released it - what's Obama up to? Explain Obama - why you wanted it all released? What do we gain from it?
And why hasn't Obama released all his tax returns? Although it is a non-issue for us, still....come on, Obama. Just be fair.
THE CLINTONS ARE LIERS PERIOD.
I DIDNT INHALE-
I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN-
I WAS UNDER SNIPER FIRE-
I RELEASED MY TAX RETURNS
LIERS LIERS LIERS LIERS