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Romney: Obama campaign 'based on falsehood and dishonesty'
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
July 17th, 2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
July 17th, 2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney was fuming over recent
accusations made by the Obama White House. The president had accused the
Romney camp of running a "campaign based on falsehood and dishonesty."
In the meantime, some concerned conservatives have requested that Romney
release more than two years of his previous tax returns in order to
deflect mounting criticism.
"The president only has one thing going, and that is constant attacks on me. They're dishonest. They're misdirected. And I think the American people recognize that kind of politics as something of the past. It may work in Chicago, but it's not going to work across America."
Romney also brushed aside requests from members in the GOP to release more of his tax returns, saying it would only give the Obama campaign "more things to pick through, more things for their opposition research to make a mountain out of, and to distort and to be dishonest about."
IN retaliation, Romney directed attention to Obama's executive privilege over documents related to Fast and Furious. "If we want to talk about transparency, the real issue is, why has this president used his presidential power and executive privilege to keep the information about the Fast and Furious program from being explained to the American people?" Romney declared.
Romney referred to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's call for Romney to "stop whining" when the Obama campaign attacks him. "I think when people accuse you of a crime, you have every reason to go after them pretty hard," Romney said.
The Romney campaign has attempted to move past a week of talking about the candidate's years working at Bain Capital by beginning a new offensive accusing the Obama administration of handing out business to campaign donors while middle-class families suffered.
"I think it's wrong. I think it stinks to high heaven. I think the administration has to explain how it is they would consider giving money to campaign contributors," Romney said on Fox.
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