Harry Reid’s speculation about Mitt Romney’s taxes has prompted a surprising amount of criticism. Reid cited an unnamed investor in Bain Capital for the proposition that Romney is refusing to release tax returns because he hasn’t paid income taxes for ten years. Reid acted irresponsibly, relying on one source who may not know anything and pushing a claim which is unlikely on its face. However, his attack is no more out of bounds than daily assaults on Obama.
Also, his charge has been more or less translated into a statement of fact, which it wasn’t, quite. The erratic Fact Checker on the Washington Post awarded Reid four Pinocchios while admitting that,"[w]ithout seeing Romney’s taxes, we cannot definitively prove Reid incorrect."
The strangest response is Romney’s: "Harry Reid really has to put up or shut up." From someone whose failure to put up, to release his tax returns, is the underlying subject, that takes nerve, or something. Romney added that we’ll probably find out that Reid’s source was the White House.73 Fact check, anyone?
_______________________73. Interview by Sean Hannity, 8/2/12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pvMb0qdd1o
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