A Question for Potato Head Russert....

[samplegirl]

When can we expect tax releases from Cindy McCain???

WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 is 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

I truly believe the Democrats should pound the HELL out of this just as they did with Theresa Kerry and Hillary.

[bluestateguy]

1. Didn't Geradine Ferraro get badgered about her husband's tax returns in 1984?

nt

[leftofcool]

4. But they filed together I think and even if they didn't

his problem was tax evasion

[samplegirl]

6. Yes she sure did.

[leftofcool]

2. If Mccain has no income from his wife

and they do not file together due to a pre-nup, it will be hard for the MSM to insist on her showing her returns since she isn't running

[samplegirl]

5. Well...........she puts the filth in

Filthy.........and she should be exploited just as Theresa Heinz Kerry was.

[leftofcool]

16. Yea but Theresa caved in

C. McCain is not likely to. Repukes don't cave in which is why they win more elections than we do. They walk lock step with each other and they don't care what we think or what the MSM thinks. They tell us to fuck off and we go do it. Getting Dems together on the other hand is like herding jello. Because we fight among ourselves and are diverse in our thinking, we let the Repuke controlled MSM and the GOP divide then conquer us. Just watch what happens if Obama gets the go ahead from the DNC....the media will be fawning over McCain and Cindy and her personal tax returns will never be an issue.

[samplegirl]

19. Well I never cower to a Repuke. Democrats just need to

fight back...we have and endless supply of ammo!

[spanone]

3. imagine the pundits if bill clinton had refused to release his tax returns?

they would have crucified him

[samplegirl]

7. 57% of people polled on AOL

did not think she needed to release information.

[annabanana]

13. useless poll... not scientific.. . . .n/t

[samplegirl]

18. Well it is a AOL poll

so who could count it as factual?

[spanone]

17. i'm in the 43% who thinks she should

[samplegirl]

9. This was the Key question from Russert

during debates.

[TwilightGardener]

8. "Privacy" issue? Um, no, Mannequin. Pony it up, let's see where your HUSBAND'S funding

really comes from.

[samplegirl]

11. Inquiring minds wanna know!

[annabanana]

10. McCranky has put all his assets in HER name. He uses her jet..

her contacts and has been a "kept man" through their whole marriage. He is hiding his strings in her tax returns...

SHE MUST RELEASE THOSE RECORDS

[babylonsister]

12. Cindy McCain's Business Relationship With Charles Keating and Why She Must Disclose Her Finances

More reasons! :hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3261833&mesg_id=3261833

[samplegirl]

15. John Anheauser McCain

[annabanana]

14. (rec). . . .n/t