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Reince Priebus: Harry Reid Is a Dirty, Dirty Liar
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
It was Benjamin Franklin who first uttered the phrase “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” If there is a third part to that truism it would be that politicians lie. This is the problem for RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and Governor Mitt Romney.
It goes back to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s comments stating that Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for a period of about ten years. Romney has said that this isn’t true, and Priebus has called Reid a liar.
On ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulos asked Priebus about this, and the exchange went like this:
PRIEBUS: As far as Harry Reid is concerned, listen, I know you might want to go down that road, I’m not going to respond to a dirty liar, who hasn’t filed a single page of tax returns himself, complains about people with money, but lives in the Ritz-Carlton here down the street. So if that’s on the agenda, I’m not going to go there. This is just a made-up issue. The fact that we’re going to spend any time talking about it is just ridiculous.
STEPHANOPOULOS: You say you’re not gonna respond, but you just called him “a dirty liar.” You stand by that? You think Harry Reid is a “dirty liar?”
PRIEBUS: I just said it.
Assuming Priebus meant to say that Reid has not publicly released his tax returns, it is worth noting that given the level of the office, most successful presidential nominees have released their tax returns since the 1970s. The same tradition does not apply to those in Congress and Reid has never been a presidential candidate.
Beyond that, Romney has been upset over the tone of the campaign stating that “I had hoped it would be a debate about the direction of the country. What we’re seeing instead is one attack after the other — misleading, false attacks.” Of course, Romney has been resorting to all kinds of lies to get votes including claiming that the Obama Administration had filed suit to block military personnel from voting. Thus, if Romney wants to complain about dirty campaigning, he needs to start by cleaning house.
Of course, both Romney and Priebus are showing just how amateurish the Romney Campaign is by taking the bait. Romney’s tax returns have been an issue for some time because of his refusal to release more than two years worth of them. By responding to Reid’s comments, Romney has brought his own canons to bear on himself again by highlighting the controversy yet again, but attacking Reid with accusations of lying when, in the end, that won’t hurt Reid at all.
4 Responses to Reince Priebus: Harry Reid Is a Dirty, Dirty Liar
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Russell Dee
August 7, 2012 at 10:31 pm
I don’t think that Harry Reid is lying. Harry Reid is an extremely powerful senate majority leader. That makes him one of the top 4 or 5 most powerful people in the entire country. Of course a man like that is going to have friends who know a lot of things that most Americans would not know. It is totally conceivable that Reid would know someone who knows what Romney paid in taxes. Even if Romney did pay taxes maybe the person who told Harry Reid that Romney didn’t pay taxes actually misinformed Harry Reid. Look, the only way to get to the bottom of this is for Mitt Romney to release his taxes. He should release his taxes unless he has something to hide. I am starting to think that Romney has told some lies to the IRS and he is scared that if he releases his taxes then people who know the truth will see the lies that Romney told the IRS and prove that Romney’s lies to the IRS are indeed lies and then Romney could go to jail. Some people say that Romney can’t possibly have broken laws by what he reported to the IRS because Romney has surely been audited and if he broke laws then he would have gotten caught and gone to jail, but IRS staff do not know everything there is to know about Mitt Romney so Mitt Romney could have made false assertions to the IRS that the IRS does not have enough information to disprove. However, if Romney’s taxes were to become public then collectively all of the people who know all of the truths about Romney would see the falsehoods that he told to the IRS, and some of them might report to the media that some of Romney’s IRS assertions are lies. If that happened then Romney could possibly go to jail. I think that is why Mitt Romney won’t release his tax returns. Romney won’t release his tax returns because he doesn’t want to give people who know Mitt Romney a chance to compare the truths they know about Romney to the assertions that Romney has made to the IRS because Romney has lied to the IRS.
tammie
August 6, 2012 at 1:16 pm
I can’t believe that Reince Priebus can call anyone a “DIRTY, DIRTY LIAR” when in the 34 years I have been voting (and yes I do vote Republican and Democrat) I have never seen such self serving people in my life as I see in the GOP. Why don’t Mitt Romney prove all the Dems wrong and release his tax returns and prove to the people that he wants to HIRE him that he is not the “DIRTY, DIRTY LIAR”. Until you can do that Mr. Priebus, don’t call people liars. At least OUR PRESIDENT is not hiding behind tax shelters.
stanchaz
August 6, 2012 at 2:40 am
Reid is Right as Rain …and Willard is all Wet.
‘Cause Americans have a RIGHT to see the tax returns
of anyone who wants to be their President!
NO if’s, …No and’s, ….and NO big fat butt’s about it!
Confession is good for the soul Mitt….. assuming you have one.
So Relax, Repent, and Release your Returns, Mr. Romney …OR…
just go back to playing with your pet dancing ponies.
No problem. We’ll understand. Unless …perhaps ….just perhaps
…you’re HIDING something, dear Willard? Just asking.
P.S. By the way, Mr. Mitt: just how DID you manage to stuff all those millions into your
tax-loophole IRA account?… while the REST of us poor smucks have strict limits?
Inquiring minds want to know.
And you want even MORE tax cuts for you and your rich buddies, Mitt?
WHAT GALL! These fat cats aren’t satisfied – they want it ALL …EVERYTHING!!
But tell me Mitt, just how MANY cars and houses can you hog?
And just how MANY silver spoons can you stuff into your smirking mouth?
Mitt baby, you can fool some of the people some of the time,
but -please- take my advice: if you want to run for dog-catcher
KEEP your precious tax returns, and just clean off your car roof.
OTHERWISE, if you wanna be our President, THEN PUT UP,
…or shut up and go away ….preferably BEFORE the convention.
The super-rich think that they have the God-given right to do anything
they want in this great country -while the REST of us get screwed!
ENOUGH!!! The divine right of kings ended a long long time ago Mitt.
And so should your sorry excuse for a candidacy.
Nothing personal, guy. Really.
Rich, arrogant, power-hungry Republicans are people too!
It’s just their “culture” I guess. As you are so fond of saying.
Miami Trucker
August 5, 2012 at 5:28 pm
The chairman of the Republican National Committee called Harry Reid a “dirty liar” this morning on national TV.
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Hey Reince (sic)…..F**K YOU TOO! and Your CULT! ( party ).
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Don’t you Love this?
Well Willard it only took you 2 DAYS! To Put out the WEAKEST form of DENIAL I’ve HEARD!
And YOU’VE got the DAMM NERVE To telll Harry Reid to : ‘ Put Up….Or Shut Up! ‘….Really?
Well….Willard, Harry Reid IS NOT RUNNING for the PRESIDENT of The UNITED STATES! YOU ARE! Mitt!
So why don’t YOU, PROVE Harry Reid WRONG! PROVE that he is a LIAR?
And SHOW The AMERICAN PEOPLE YOU DAMM TAX
RETU.
RNS & OVERSEAS’ BANK ACCOUNTS! Mitt!
Come on Willard….WE ARE WAITING! ( Crickets Chirping! ).
4 MORE YEARS!