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What Mitt Romney Should Tell Harry Reid

Aug. 3, 2012 3:23pm

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative Republican. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. […]

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative Republican. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. Wayne's latest book is out on April 15, 2013: "The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: Secrets to Protecting Your Family, Your Finances, and Your Freedom."

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The country is in decline, the economy is in malaise, manufacturing and unemployment are spiraling in the wrong direction. It’s panic time- we are headed for complete economic collapse. Every new release of economic indicators proves that Obama’s socialist philosophy of government intervention, massive spending, unlimited entitlements, and income redistribution is toxic. Yet Obama, David Axelrod, and Senator Reid think taxpayers care what Romney does with his money, more than we care what Obama is doing with our taxpayer money? Are you kidding me? This issue is a joke. Pure desperation.

There is a valid reason for the desperation. The election is slipping away from Obama. This economy and this election is Carter/Reagan all over again. Obama and Axelrod can feel it. The only pollster I trust, Rasmussen, has Romney up 47% to 43% as of today…up 49% to 44% in the key state of North Carolina (a state that Obama won in 2008)…and up by 20 points with white voters. That matches my gut instincts- I believe Obama will lose by a Carter/Reagan-like landslide. The more viciously and outrageously Democrats attack Romney, the more my gut instincts are confirmed.

The latest gutter-snipe by Axelrod is to trot Obama lapdog Senator Harry Reid out to attack Romney as a tax cheat. Not just any tax cheat, mind you. Harry Reid is making Romney out to be the second coming of Al Capone. Without a shred of proof, Reid is claiming that Romney is a tax cheat, who hasn’t paid any taxes going back years. All based on a supposed conversation Harry Reid had with an anonymous phantom ex-Bain Capital partner.

In the private sector it’s called libel or slander to try to destroy someone’s character without a shred of proof. If you are in a conspiracy with others (Axelrod and Team Obama) to destroy a person or company’s reputation, it’s called fraud, or criminal conspiracy, or organized crime. Yet here we have the United States Senate Majority Leader making wild, absurd, unsubstantiated claims to try to frame and destroy a good man. Out of desperation. In Chicago this may qualify as “business as usual,” but in my world this is how you define evil.

I know exactly what Mitt Romney should tell Harry Reid and Obama’s team of dirty hit men from Chicago. Romney needs to hold a press conference in front of IRS Headquarters in Washington D.C. He needs to say two important things.

First: “Enough is enough. Harry Reid, Barack Obama, David Axelrod- here I am. Either prove your lies, distortions and libel, and then arrest me. Or admit to the American people you are all desperate liars willing to do and say anything, willing to stoop to any level, willing to prostitute yourselves to win the election that is slipping out of your hands.

We all know you have no other way to victory–but to try to tar my reputation. We all know you have no other plan, but to create class envy, to divide this nation, to play on bitterness and jealousy.

We all know you have to talk about my money, because you can’t talk about what you’ve done with the taxpayer’s money. You’ve squandered it and plundered it on a failed stimulus and Solyndra–and dozens like it–all run by Obama contributors and bundlers and billion dollar payoffs structured as bailouts to your union buddies and outrageous pensions to government employees whose union supported Obama. Deals with Mexico to promote food stamps to illegal aliens inside America, all ideas that have destroyed our economy and left millions of good Americans unemployed or underemployed.

We all know the truth- unemployment isn’t 8.3 percent. The true unemployment figure is 20 percent, if we use the same metrics used in 1929. It’s now worse than 10 of the 12 years of the Great Depression. All while food stamps, disability, welfare and unemployment benefits are stretched to the breaking point. That’s your plan? The food stamps and disability economy? While debt is headed for $20 trillion. While the real deficit is $4 trillion, if we use government approved accounting. While Obamacare will add trillions more and bury our children under mounds of unsustainable debt. While 83 percent of doctors think of retirement and you add 30 million people to the medical system. It’s madness. And you’re trying to distract the American people with lies about my personal taxes. Don’t you have something more important to do? Like fixing the economy? Like helping to create jobs?

Well here I am Mr. President and Mr. Reid. Prove your lies, or admit you are liars and frauds, and then let’s get back to working for the American people. It’s time to get out of the gutter. This is disgraceful. Your antics are beneath the dignity of the Presidency. It’s time to get back to real work. It’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work addressing real issues, not tax returns. If you don’t agree, you keep talking about my personal tax returns, I’ll work on jobs for the American people. Then we’ll let the American people decide who should lead the country and fix this economic disaster.”

Now comes part two of what Mitt should say, this addressed directly to Harry Reid:

“I’ll release more of my tax returns, when Harry Reid releases his first tax return. Isn’t that true Senator? You’ve never in your career released even one tax return. Isn’t it funny that a man who entered the U.S. Senate with few assets, and now 3 decades later is a millionaire. How did you acquire so much wealth on a Senate salary? I think the American people deserve to see your tax returns Senator Reid. As a matter of fact, I’ve gotten numerous calls from unnamed people who claim all kinds of nasty things about how you got rich Senator Reid. It’s time for you to prove you’re not a crook.

I suggest we all get to work. I’ll go work on turning around this economy and creating jobs. You in the media should get to work exposing my accusers as frauds and slanderers, and figuring out how Senator Reid got so rich at taxpayer expense, and how we have allowed him to serve for 3 decades without releasing a single tax return. Let’s all get busy.”

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Comments (39)

llfg247
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 11:19am
Oh, if we could only get Mr. Romney to do something like this, what a wonderful world this would be!

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Ed52
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 9:21am
In addition to calling them out, educate the public re billions vs. trillions. Per the 2010 census, in round numbers, a billion is $3.25 per person (not family). A trillion is $3,250. per person with 15 trillion = $48,750.00/per person, $195,000 for a family of four. That money has to come from someone sooner or later. The current administration would prefer it come much, much later.

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mikee99
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:45pm
Awesome article. Cowards and bullies inevitably lose when they are finally confronted.

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Bernice Durdan-Rowland
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:30pm
How do you deal with evil “thugs” ?? Well we have them in our White House – perhaps it should be fumigated – like what you do with cockroaches and fleas……….

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JohnLarson
Posted on August 6, 2012 at 8:38pm
This “Obama didn’t go to Columbia” conspiracy was debunked awhile ago… Next..

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/columbia.asp

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- hi
  Posted on August 6, 2012 at 10:00pm
  But he went as a foreign student.
  
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- ObamaisSofaKingStupid
  Posted on August 7, 2012 at 9:13am
  Snopes…hahahah the Democrat outfit debunked that? Oh ok, now I believe you.
  
  Or, Obama could do what Reid suggested..just release them and then we’ll know for sure!
  
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- JoeInMaine
  Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:13pm
  Snopes called Harry Reid, so I guess we have to take that as a solid truth…
  
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- CanGyrene
  Posted on August 7, 2012 at 6:25pm
  It’s interesting to parse the efforts by Larson in ‘demonstrating’ the weakness in the article’s claim that Obama appears to NOT having attended Columbia – or perhaps was invisible. Frankly given the subject – the man known at present as “Obama” – and the demonstrable cosmic lies that attend the man and his statements – as far back as one would wish to dig in the planted background – it is every bit as difficult to credit the Skopes (?) efforts as proving otherwise. Funded largely by Soros, a man who makes Capone look like an angel, it is very likely Skopes will have recompensed – handsomely – every contributor who provided their ‘objective’ supporting remarks. It’s useless arguing, just as reviewing the multitude of photos of Obama and Blago is pointless. The hoped for reality is that Romney will get aggressive, and beard that astoundingly dishonest Nevada senator, as well as calling out Obama. My guess? Zip!
  
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- standforliberty
  Posted on August 8, 2012 at 3:59pm
  Don’t rely on Snopes.com for verification of information because that website is pro-Obama!
  
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Verceofreason
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 11:24pm
The election is slipping away from Obama? – what bizarro planet is this tool living on?
This stuff is better tan the comedy channel.

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- txdave22
  Posted on August 6, 2012 at 6:51pm
  Mitt should say, Harry and all Americans, here are my tax records.
  
  RNC says NOTHING about adultery, whoremongering, breaking of COMMANDMENTS of sitting US pub senator. YOUR TAX DOLLARS paying his salary/benefits. HYPOCRISY or has adultery become the norm in the GOP, unworthy of comment?
  
  We’ve heard no CARDINALS, ARCHBISHOPS, PASTORS AND LEADERS OF THE MORMON CHURCH CONDEMN————-WHOREMONGERING AND BREAKING OF THE LAW AND THE COMMANDMENTS???————————–Bill O’Reilly: ‘I Don’t Think Vitter Should Be There. Absolutely Not’
  ————-By Judd Legum on Jun 17, 2011 at 11:10 am
  Yesterday, Anthony Weiner resigned a few days after admitting he sent lewd messages to women he made over the internet. ———————————-Weiner’s announcement came after pressure from Leader Nancy Pelosi, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, and President Obama. Nevertheless, top Republicans criticized Democrats for “protecting” Weiner.
  ————————–1,432 days ago, Sen. David Vitter admitted to being a regular customer of a prostitution service. ——————–(An activity that is, incidentally, illegal).—————– Days after his admission he was welcomed back with open arms by the Republican party.
  ——————Thus far, the Republican leadership has not been pressed to explain the blatant hypocrisy of their divergent reactions to the two scandals. —————-VITTER SHOULD NOT BE IN SENATE!
  Even fox new
  
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Verceofreason
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 11:22pm
Tired arguments really tired.
By avoid ALL income taxes the Romney’s do not support the troops.
That is no more a stretch than your silly arguments.

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pbforsberg
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 4:28pm
Businesspeople hire accountants to do their taxes and use LEGAL loopholes in the code.
That is the reason the politicians DO NOT want to reform the tax code -they create the loopholes.
The Kennedy family NEVER pays taxes – The Heniz family (John Kerry’s wife) NEVER pays taxes – I could go on and on.

I remember back when Carter was in office and the tax rate was 65%. NO-ONE in business paid taxes. EVERYONE used LOOPHOLES, Barter, and CASH.

Romney is an honorable guy – he is a religious guy – he is STILL MARRIED TO THE SAME WOMAN.
Lets just stand behind him – let the left wing loons scream like a bunch of idiots – the louder they scream, the more idiotic they look.

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behonest
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 3:47pm
Love the quote” David Axelrod, and Senator Reid think taxpayers care what Romney does with HIS money, more than we care what Obama is doing with OUR taxpayer money? Are you kidding me

I been doing my own taxes for over 40 yrs. I looked for every tax deduction I can find. I would be a fool not to. I can say twice in them 40 yrs these guys were on me like stink on sh_ t, for minor mistakes, so if Romney has not paided taxes in 10 yrs He would been rounded up and put in a jumpsuit or pink underwear like our great Sheriff Joe does here

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behonest
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 3:40pm
I am so happy to see Wayne Alan Root writing here.. thanks Glenn.!! I love his articles. He also went to Columbia the same years as Obama except nobody remembers him.

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letswin
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 12:25pm
huge prob for mitt: barry is leading in the battleground states except virg and is a dead heat there……..if mitt does not overcome these then it is adios amigos…and it would be very sad.

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- mikee99
  Posted on August 6, 2012 at 9:43pm
  I would be careful about believing those polls. Democrats were polled at almost twice the rate of republicans so it is amazing the numbers were not worse for Mitt. Go check for yourself. Those polls cannot be trusted.
  
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ambrosia
Posted on August 5, 2012 at 9:43am
Mr. Root’s commentaries are always, crisp, precise and right on target.
Within this measure, he leaves NO wiggle room for that earthworm Reid to escape.

Romney needs consultants like Mr. Root-
when despicable politicians like Reid light fire under his feet,
Romney needs to grab him by his chinny-chin-chin
and force his face into the very flames he fueled.

There is plenty of dirt under Reid & all his lobbyist sons’ fingernails
and all that family’s millions.
Reid tries to take on a Mr. Rogers persona,
but far from it….he is a creepy, evil, despicable, little, pasty-faced,
mealy-mouthed runt, who has fleeced America
and filled his coffers to the brim.

Along with Obama…Reid, Pelosi & their liberal freakshow needs
a big, hard, swift kick out of power….one & collectively
to cleanse, reconstitute and restore America !

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- CanGyrene
  Posted on August 7, 2012 at 6:34pm
  couldn’t have put it any better! Bravo!
  
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iwillnotbequiet
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 11:35pm
If I were Romney I would simply say…If I had not paid taxs for 10 years where is the IRS? I demand that the IRS come get me if it’s true. If the IRS finds that mr reed is incorrect I will be filing a law suit for defamation on mr reed. By the way reed is Mormon and he has not shown his taxs and I hear he eats ***** cats. Really use the IRS as your weapon to stop this attack. Because we know it’s run so well….LOL

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MAX0O1
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 6:27pm
PLEASE SOMEONE MAKE SURE ROMNEY AND his staff see this and hire this writer. HE NEEDS
this man. I HAVE TO ADMIT to only basic computer skills so relying on you computer geeks to
do this important thing. THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!!

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chipman4444
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 1:59pm
that is exactly what Mr Rommney shoud be saying to all America. Let’s get tough for a change. stop pussyfooting around afraid to speak your mind. Harry Reid is one of the biggest crooks in congress, let alone communist leaning ideology. Come On Repubs, get after these clowns….

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buyundbuy
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 12:14pm
The DemocRats will continue to distract the people from the real issues.
Obama cannot run on his failed record,
although considering that he was really implementing the Alinsky, Piven, Jones principles, he’s really succeeding in transforming the country into a socalist country by knocking down one core value after another.

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Grace1798
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 8:12am
I don’t want to seem mean-hearted but Reid was BORN UGLY. Now, I know he cannot help that he was born ugly on the outside, but he’s proven he’s UGLY to the BONE and no plastic surgery can fix that. He is really UGLY AS HELL!

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scudster
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 10:39pm
I’d love to see that one play out I beleive it really set fire to the liar and chief and his evil minions.

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RebelRouser
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 7:12pm
when is Harry Reid going to be arrested for beating his wife?? He’s been beating her for 10 years and still no arrest

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OneTermPresident
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 6:02pm
I would have added… Harry why were you one of the ones that said no when McClatchy News asked all 535 members of Congress to release one year of returns? Then there’s the deal you made with the Chinese for a solar plant after you got that coal plant shut down… would you like to talk about that… Harry?

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okredstate
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 4:20pm
Romney needs to get some tougher advisors. The milktoasts he has now have already let to many oportunities to squash obama go by.

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bdandsl
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 4:01pm
Exactly! I don’t care a whit what Romney does with his own money but, I care about what these spendthrifts are doing with ours! Furthermore, every Congressperson should have to show their tax returns and let us see how they are making their millions. I’m sure, much of the income would have correlation to new bills and regs. akin to insider-trading.

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- Verceofreason
  Posted on August 5, 2012 at 11:30pm
  Mitt has ZERO options, zero, concerning the release of his tax returns.
  It’s up to him how long this farce drags on.
  This is not a game of, ‘Well you do this and I’ll do that.’
  Romney, assuming he has a message, won’t be heard until this issue is put to rest.
  
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- JoeInMaine
  Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:26pm
  Your desperate is showing, sir. The political gambit was this. Send Harry out there to add pressure to Romney to release taxes that cannot be legally “unsealed” in any other way. Then run for the cover of “Harry speaks for himself” if Romney pushes back. Same tactic used to force Herman Cain from the race. Unsubstantiated rumors to get your opponent to commit suicide is 100% Axelrod’s MO. The Committee to Re Elect The President (CREEP II) is banking on continuous pressure from the media and surrogates to force Romney to release thousands of pages that can be parsed and spun. They only need a line or two to pound Mittens with until he can’t get any message out anymore. So desperate when you can’t run on a record of success, eh? You love your cutthroat Chicago thug, don’t you? So desperate to destroy Mitt. Maybe Romney is smarter than that?
  
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Abilene
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 3:45pm
I have something to tell Harry Reid, but it can’t be printed here.

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kadydid
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 3:44pm
Excellent rebuttal. I hopw Mitt uses it.

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illinioshoj
Posted on August 3, 2012 at 3:38pm
I’d like it to be a 50 state landslide put Alan West as your VP to re teach conservatism to America and remind Obama and Mitt Romney we are not like other nations we relish our freedom and liberty nobody else in the world has ever tasted the type of freedom and success enjoyed in this great nation to regulate us into european socialists who can’t help themselves is sacrilage

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