No Romney isn't the answer neither is Obama.
Yes I am voting, but it isn't November yet.

Of course, it is not legally required to release 10 years of tax returns, it is only done as a matter of... tradition? Expectation? A game of "chicken"? A game of "Got'cha!"? It all started with Richard Nixon as the VP candidate in 1952. Since then, it's become expected. It changed the unwritten rules.
Obama is not a politician.
Peace,
DLM

oh yeah,
The anti-establishment protesting sentiment was more about the culture and values than politics back in the sixties.
A little bird reminded me of this.

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Mrs. Romney (Ann?) mentioned in the interview I saw that she and the Mitten Man had released the "required" amount of tax returns, whatever that's supposed to be, and would release no more. I sure wouldn't be thrilled about having to release mine, but then, I wouldn't run for prez if I had that big an objection to doing it. Given all the factors at hand, including the "tradition" of tax transparency, however and whyever it came about, the point is, if your opponent(s) release(s) more tax info than you're willing to do, it just plain looks bad-- especially if you're a Daddy Megabucks advocating tax breaks for the wealthy during an economic slump with high unemployment rates among the middle and working classes. As for the '60s anti-establishment, Dale, or for that matter, that of the '50s or the '70s, it was often vastly political. I know, because as I was growing up, some of my relatives and the relatives of some of my friends were involved in it. But even if they hadn't been, the movement was demonstrably, observably political as it manifested in various media. You and I must just be defining "political" very differently, Dale. It's not just about voting and running for office and passing laws in Congress, of course. You mention anti-establishment culture and values... OK, let's take the music. Much of it was anti-war and pro-civil rights-- those are values, and very political! I was singing folk and protest songs myself with a guitar myself by age 13. What do you think "the Establishment" was? Organized religion; big business; restrictive social and sexual mores; conservative literary, artistic, fashion, and living standards; the military; and-- the government. When you have values and create culture at odds with all those things, you're being political. The personal is ALWAYS political, in the highest sense of the word.

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For me - and a lot of other people who are going to vote for Obama, it's still more about culture and values than politics, Dale. Always has been for me, actually. And Romney/Ryan simply and very clearly to do not share my values. Obama mostly does - and he's the only candidate who supports the things you say you want in your point #1.

By the way, I don't post those rock musician statements because they are anti-Obama; if Romney brought out insanity in any over the hill rockers, I'd be happy to post those comments too.

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Thank you.
Point=counter point.
That's the way it should be.

Peace,
DLM

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