Cindy McCain says she'll never release her tax returns

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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    normally yes.....in light of circumstances it would be VERY good to scrutinize everything...and very highly.

    I say why not... were being spied on all the time.

    Maybe she has terrorist affiliations...just saying. There's a nice fat patriot act looking up everyone skirts and it's sounding a like a double standard to me.

    "we only scan the peasants..."

    I'm sure they're looking at her just as much as anyone else. Either way, I'm sure it would be best for John McCain, and the voting public, if she released the tax returns. I'm just saying that she's well within her rights not to, and that if you need to see them to trust McCain... you shouldn't vote McCain.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I'm sure they're looking at her just as much as anyone else. Either way, I'm sure it would be best for John McCain, and the voting public, if she released the tax returns. I'm just saying that she's well within her rights not to, and that if you need to see them to trust McCain... you shouldn't vote McCain.

    I wouldn't vote for anyone I don't feel I could trust obviously. Nor should anyone, however if a potential public servant at this level feels they need to hide stuff (or perhaps has no alternative) before they get elected can you imagine the stuff that flies around after they get elected?

    yikes...
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    I wouldn't vote for anyone I don't feel I could trust obviously. Nor should anyone, however if a potential public servant at this level feels they need to hide stuff (or perhaps has no alternative) before they get elected can you imagine the stuff that flies around after they get elected?

    yikes...

    The point is, she's not a potential public servant - she's the wife of a public servant.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    The point is, she's not a potential public servant - she's the wife of a public servant.

    fine line...one could say near invisible...
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    fine line...one could say near invisible...

    By ignoring that line, do we become as bad as the government that created the Patriot Act?
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    By ignoring that line, do we become as bad as the government that created the Patriot Act?


    For wanting to protect OUR (the peoples) best interests?

    Isn't that what our govt's are supposed to be doing in the first place?
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    For wanting to protect OUR (the peoples) best interests?

    Isn't that what our govt's are supposed to be doing in the first place?

    By ignoring the rights of a private citizen. She's First Lady - it's a title, nothing more. Any influence you assign to her could be assigned to any number of people around McCain.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    By ignoring the rights of a private citizen. She's First Lady - it's a title, nothing more. Any influence you assign to her could be assigned to any number of people around McCain.


    It's a lot more than a title. This is a person that has intimate access to the heart mind, libido, and overall thoughts of a US president.

    It could be assigned to someone, but at the end of the day they aren't married to him.

    Right now all the focus is on bad or shady citizens not bad and shady politicians.

    180 deg out of phase...ass backwards..
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  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    She is rich okay she is the heir to a beer company and they are reported to be worth $400 million. So what is the big deal
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    She is rich okay she is the heir to a beer company and they are reported to be worth $400 million. So what is the big deal

    They are loaded so what's the big deal...

    Exactly the point in the opposite direction.

    Individuals (politicians) in the gov't work for the people, not he other way around..

    They are not kings and queens...

    Lots of other avenues in life offer far greater privacy.
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  • Kel Varnsen
    Kel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    What exactly would the point of releasing this info be? I mean people talk about trust but if she was doing something crooked it is not like she would list it on her return. Do people expect to see something like one of her sources of income being something "Loan Sharking Business"? Even if she did that I don't think anyone would be dumb enough to put it down.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    She is rich okay she is the heir to a beer company and they are reported to be worth $400 million. So what is the big deal

    What is the brewery? Is it Natty Light? That'd be awesome if it was - Natty Light for President!!!! Sign me up!
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    JD Sal wrote:
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_el_pr/cindy_mccain_taxes

    57 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady.

    "You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate," Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, said in an interview aired on NBC's "Today" on Thursday.

    Asked if she would release her tax returns if she was first lady, Cindy McCain said: "No."

    The Arizona senator released his tax return last month, reporting he had a total income of $405,409 in 2007 and paid $84,460 in federal income taxes. He files his return separately from his wife, an heiress to a Phoenix-based beer distributing company whose fortune is in the $100 million range.

    Sen. McCain routinely is ranked among the richest lawmakers in Congress, but he and his wife have kept their finances separate throughout their marriage. A prenuptial agreement left much of the family's assets in Cindy McCain's name.

    Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Cindy McCain's refusal to release her tax returns gives the appearance of a double standard on the part of her husband.

    "What is John McCain trying to hide?" Dean said in a statement. "Throughout this campaign, he has acted like his own calls for openness and accountability apply to everyone but himself. Now he thinks he can bring that same double standard to the White House."

    Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton filed joint tax returns with their spouses and publicly released those returns.


    thank god the spotlight is shifting to Mccain. Once he starts to be poked and prodded people will begin to see the stark contrast the 2 major candidates represent.
  • Smellyman2
    Smellyman2 Posts: 689
    Kept men are only funny if they're democrats.




    What didn't they swift boat Kerry with????
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    and yes, when running for the president of the information about any aspect of your life is fair game and should be transparent. spouses included, especially financial dealings
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    my2hands wrote:
    and yes, when running for the president of the information about any aspect of your life is fair game and should be transparent. spouses included, especially financial dealings
    personal life should have very little to do with the elction process. We need leaders, not a microscope on the candiudates.

    It you dig deep enough you can find dirt on anyone.
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    My favorite line ever


    If they aren't guilty of something, then they shouldn't care.



    Must be hard trying to identify with the common man when you bring in so much more than them.
  • dg1979us
    dg1979us Posts: 568
    Commy wrote:
    personal life should have very little to do with the elction process. We need leaders, not a microscope on the candiudates.

    It you dig deep enough you can find dirt on anyone.


    Tax returns reflect business dealings. Business dealings, as we know, reflect how many politicians shape policy. Though I do believe it is within her rights to not release her tax returns, it is also within our rights to think it is pretty shady business. I understand your overall point. I could care less about the personal life of a politician, unless, it effects the way they do their job. But business dealings and the people you make money from, from a politicians standpoint, often times effect their policies and effect us.
  • dg1979us
    dg1979us Posts: 568
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    My favorite line ever


    If they aren't guilty of something, then they shouldn't care.



    Must be hard trying to identify with the common man when you bring in so much more than them.

    Few, if any politicans at the federal level identify with the common man. Some can understand the common man more than others, but very few of them identify with them.
  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    dg1979us wrote:
    Few, if any politicans at the federal level identify with the common man. Some can understand the common man more than others, but very few of them identify with them.


    You're right. I should have said it must be tough pretending to identify with the common man when you're bring in so much more.

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