Real Mr TeaOhio NYT Pick
Dear Mr. Romney,
We have contacted you now several times regarding your missing tax returns for years ending 2000 through 2011. To date we have only received a partial return for year ending 2010 and a "projection" of taxes for year ending 2011. Unfortunately this is inadequate documentation to evaluate your financial history and allegiances, which are critical to understand your previous behavior.
Given the disappointing Swiss bank accounts and Cayman shell corporations that we have previously discussed, these documents are now critical to better understand your past financial background. This understanding is in turn required in order to make an informed decision regarding your capability to perform the financially sensitive position that you have applied for.
If you have recently released the tax returns for years ending 2000-2011, please accept our sincere apology and we will continue to evaluate your application. If however we do not receive your tax records for the years ending 2000-2011 , we regret that we will be unable to process your application, and unable to consider you for the position for which you have applied.
If this is the case, we want to send our appreciation for your effort and application and encourage you to reapply when you are better able to meet with our admittedly high standards.
Thank You and Best Regards.
The American People
This is from the comment section of a NY Times article.
Indeed, if this were a usual job interview, Romney wouldn't have even made it to the interview stage of the job process. That's a testament to the weakness of the Republican primary system in vetting a candidate.
The letter points to the audacity of what Romney is trying to do: deceive and lie his way to the White House. A big part of his deception is not releasing for public scrutiny a record of his taxes. The letter also points to the contempt that Romney feels towards his future employers, and gives us an insight into how he views the Presidency as well. He doesn't see it as an honor to serve the country,otherwise he would be more respectful of the process of obtaining the job.
It's ironic that Romney's father is credited with starting this tradition of transparency, releasing several years of Income Tax Returns, and Romney may well be the one who ends it. This is because all the next person who's running for President and who doesn't want to release them has to do is to point to the precedent set by Romney. This will especially be true if some how Romney manages to win this election.
Send the letter to your friends (enemies too if you'd like). At the very least it will give them something to think about. Just maybe, it will go viral.