Just as the Obama campaign so helpfully reminded their friends in the legacy media that Mitt Romney has not released more tax returns that they deem appropriate, Joel Pollak of Breitbart offers a “top ten list of things that Obama has refused to release“.
Now that Pollak has spared these journalists the efforts of finding out just what Mr. Obama is keeping under wraps, we can expect a whole raft of stories speculating about what the Democrat is keeping secret — and editorials imploring Mr. Obama to be more open.
The missing items include:
10. State senate papers. In the 2008 primary, Obama criticized Hillary Clinton for not releasing papers from her eight years as First Lady–but failed to produce any papers from his eight years in Springfield. “They could have been thrown out,” he said.
9. Academic transcripts. His supposed academic brilliance was a major selling point, but Obama (by his own admission) was a mediocre student. His GPA at Occidental was aB-plus at best, and his entering class at Columbia was weak. Can he prove his merit?
8. Book proposal. Obama’s literary agent claimed he was “born in Kenya”–for sixteen years. His original book proposal exists–biographer David Maraniss refers to it–and seems to have embellished other key details of his life. Yet it has never been released.
7. Medical records. In 2000, and again (briefly) in 2008, GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain released thousands of pages of his medical records. Obama, who had abused drugs and continued smoking, merely provided a one-page doctor’s note.
*to the legacy media
Can’t believe the Republicans seem to be letting the Democrats outmanoeuvre them on what’s usually their forte: The Soundbite War.
The Democrats chant “Show us the tax returns Mitt!” and “What’s he hiding?”. You’re like “Where’s your state senate papers, academic transcripts, original book proposal, medical records, and six other miscellaneous documents Obama?”.
Less is more. Usually it’s the Republicans who get this and the Democrats struggling to counter with overly verbose responses. Seeing it be the other way around this time is surely not a good omen.
And the winner of this episodes prize for BEST CONCERN TROLL is:
….Senility.
I hate politics. If there was a way to ensure the only people who could vote are people who relied on more than “soundbites” to decide who to vote for, I would support it.
Rattlesnake – don’t get your hopes up. Washington state is ramping up to let people register to vote using Facebook.
No chance for fraud there. Nope. And no need to get up off one’s ass to print a PDF form and mail it in or wonder down to the tag office to fill out the form.
Any chance Mitt Romney’s tax returns will reveal he sold guns to Mexican drug lords?
V the K:
I’m pretty sure we’d know about that by now if it happened. Debbie Blabbermouth Schmutz would be on the dinosaur media 24/7 making sure of it.
No worries; that meme is in the process of going bye-bye.
So here’s the new one: Pelosi and Reid’s actions prove they are tax cheats.
And when you start screaming and bawling, hypocrite Pomposity, you will only demonstrate what lying, hypocritical bigots you, your Pelosi, your Reid, and your Barack Obama are.
You are so easily trapped in this fashion because you have never before been held accountable for your lies. However, the media’s instinct for self-preservation is kicking in, and they realize that their covering up for your lies only destroys their own credibility, their own earning potential, and their own futures.
Ugh. WTF could that possibly accomplish? Oh yeah, Washington state is controlled by Democrats.