[EL] Mitt's returns & Obama's records
Rick Hasen
rhasen at law.uci.edu
Sun Aug 19 20:07:25 PDT 2012
The title of the story involved an allegation of voter fraud.
And I should note that I post links to many items that I do not agree
with---and some I have not even fully read.
On 8/19/12 8:02 PM, Joe La Rue wrote:
> May I please remind everyone here that I didn't start this; Rick
> posted a "newstory" (if it's fair to call it that) suggesting that Mr.
> Romney does not want to release his tax records because perhaps he
> committed tax fraud. I think that what I posted has as much relevance
> as what Rick posted. Or, put another way, what I posted is as
> irrelevant as what Rick posted.
>
> Can any of you /honestly/ disagree?
>
> Joe
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> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu
> <mailto:rhasen at law.uci.edu>> wrote:
>
> Amen.
> I know emotions run high as we get close to the election, but
> please let's keep the conversation focused on issues related to
> election law and leave other discussions to more appropriate venues.
> Thank you.
>
>
> On 8/19/12 3:47 PM, Brian Landsberg wrote:
>> Finally, one might hope, what does this have to do with election
>> law? Nothing, I would venture.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 3:41 PM, "Estelle Rogers"
>> <erogers at projectvote.org <mailto:erogers at projectvote.org>> wrote:
>>
>>> Not to mention, what is the U. of Columbia? And if the records
>>> from said institution, whatever and wherever it is, are so
>>> interesting to Mr. La Rue, why weren't they sought the first
>>> time Obama ran for elective office, or the second, or the third?
>>> And why, pray tell, haven't you asked for the President's
>>> kindergarten transcript? Who knows what evil is lurking there?
>>>
>>> Estelle Rogers
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On Aug 19, 2012, at 6:06 PM, "henry weinstein"
>>> <henryelliotweinstein at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:henryelliotweinstein at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pardon my curiosity but just what sort of fraud do you have in
>>>> mind regarding Obama's Columbia records? His grades from his
>>>> time at Occidental College (the college he attended before
>>>> transferring to Columbia)? His grades at Columbia?
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Joe La Rue
>>>> <joseph.e.larue at gmail.com <mailto:joseph.e.larue at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Interesting theory the Guardian has about Mitt. Of course,
>>>> they fail to say that Mitt has no legal obligation to
>>>> release the tax returns Obama wants. Regardless, I have a
>>>> proposition: how about Mitt agree to release the returns,
>>>> right after Obama releases his records from the U of
>>>> Columbia, including his admissions records. He's been
>>>> hiding those with nary a word from the media. Some of us
>>>> think there must be a reason he's hiding them. There are
>>>> several non-Birther theories to explain why Obama doesn't
>>>> want us to see those records, each of which, if true, might
>>>> derail the President's re-election (and at least one of
>>>> which would implicate the president in fraud). So, let's
>>>> see media calls for Obama to release his records, too. Then
>>>> Mitt can release his returns. Sound fair?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> “Mitt Romney’s tax returns: the ‘voter fraud’ theory”
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38771>
>>>>
>>>> Posted on August 17, 2012 9:01 pm
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=38771> by Rick Hasen
>>>> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>>>>
>>>> The Guardian
>>>> <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/17/mitt-romney-tax-returns-voter-fraud-theory?newsfeed=true>reports
>>>> with the subhead: “There has been much speculation about
>>>> why Romney refuses to disclose earlier tax returns. Could
>>>> it be as simple as an address?”
>>>>
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