February 1, 2012

Religious donations

As you may have guessed, I'm a bleeding-heart liberal so the GOP primaries are interesting to me only in as much as I'd like to know who Obama is running against. But their sound bites are pervasive, and I can't believe that we're taking any of these guys seriously. In fact the long election cycle, from where I'm sitting, is working against both front-runners in that we are learning way too much about them. To their detriment.
I find it curious that voters don't seem offended that Romney paid under 14% in taxes on his income last year. And that he had, until he began his run for the highest office in the land, a Swiss bank account. Which, really, we can accurately call an "offshore tax haven," not to mention his actual offshore holdings in the Cayman Islands. (All of which, declare a thousand poor schmucks who hasten to defend the Mittster on their laptops purchased with portions of their $70,000 annual salaries, is perfectly legal.)
Also, most of his much-touted charitable giving (about $2 million a year for the last two years) was to the Mormon church. For a guy to spend so much money on his church and never talk about it is kinda odd. And why isn't anyone asking about it? There were a million questions a day about President Obama's religious beliefs during the last election. There are even some Faux News kool aid drinkers who still think he's a Muslim.
Why has not one journalist asked, "You gave $2 million to the Church of Latter Day Saints last year indicating to me that your religion is important to you; why do you never speak about it?"
Or as I would say, "WTF, Mitt!? You couldn't find a better place to put 2 million bucks? Next time you want some extra pairs of magic underpants, let me know. I could use the cash. Or how about just chucking it out your SUV window and letting it 'trickle down'?" Of course that would be offensive, which is why I'm not a journalist. That, and I can't write for shit.

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