Dana Summers is the creator of the comic strip Bound and Gagged. He also finds time to co-create a second strip, The Middletons, with fellow Orlando Sentinel cartoonist Ralph Dunagin. His third job is editorial cartoonist for The Orlando Sentinel. His editorial cartoons have been in syndication since 1985.
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braindead08 said, 10 months ago
Willard’s ace in the hole is that when he releases his tax returns, it’ll show that he hasn’t cheated at all, and even if he has, a retroactive revision will cure all those clerical errors.
Wraithkin said, 10 months ago
@braindead08
The problem with releasing any tax forms because of these allegations will only validate the allegations. That’s probably why no-one has come forward to deal with it. The rule of law states that the accuser must prove that the defendant is guilty. Why do the work for the accuser?
indieme
said, 10 months ago
When you are dealing with a snake like Twit you have to get low.
mikefive said, 10 months ago
The ’toon reminds me of many contributors in these forums.
Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
said, 10 months ago
@mikefive
I agree…… I may have to quit for a while to save my sanity.
Northern Redman said, 10 months ago
@Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
It’s just easier to not respond to the posters that cannot make an argument without resorting to calling you an idiot or other derogatory terms. I also try to avoid those that feel the need to make up names, like “rethugs”, “dims”, “zippy” or “mittens”. I know I’ve been suckered in and have made some responses like that in the past. But, I’ve found there are a number of intelligent, well educated people on both sides that post here in complete, rational sentences. It’s better to just spend you time making your arguments with those individuals.
Murphy224 said, 10 months ago
@Northern Redman
Shut up nerd! ………………… J/k
MortyForTyrant said, 10 months ago
@braindead08
You know, I still and firmly believe that the President released his long-form BC and held the corespondent’s diner on April 29th and 30th in order to divert from any chatter in Afghanistan and Pakistan in preparation of the OBL raid. Maybe Mitt want’s to do something similar once elected for office and has to keep the tax returns secret as a matter of future national security…
Northern Redman said, 10 months ago
@Murphy224
Always proud to be a geek. :)
olfart said, 10 months ago
@Wraithkin
We aren’t talking about rule of law here. Romney is applying for a job. Telling a prospective employer (us) “None of your business” is not a good response.He lost my vote when it was revealed that he was a bully and a weasel all the way back to prep school. I see no reason to trust him, or hire him.
furnituremaker said, 10 months ago
ALFRED E. NEUMAN FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
DrCanuck said, 10 months ago
@Northern Redman
Northern Redman said, "I know I’ve been suckered in and have made some responses like that in the past. "
Nothing wrong with that, really. Just treat people the way they treat you. There’s fun in both avenues.
Wraithkin said, 10 months ago
@olfart
I would disagree with you on the rule of law part. It its most basic sense, you are correct. If the PUBLIC asked for his tax returns, and left it at a request, then that’d be perfectly fine. But what Harry Reid did was to not ask, but allege that Romney not only paid no taxes in the last ten years, but also called him a felon or a liar. Both of the latter are considered slander (aka defamation of character), unless you have evidence to back it up. That’s where the rule of law is coming into play. He is defaming Romney to score political points, without any form of evidence to back it up.
As to the “bully” aspect? If you set aside the fact that the vast majority of males at some point in their lives bullied another person, let’s look at how long ago this was. I’ve done things in my past that I’m not particularly proud of, but they are in my past. I also learned from them, recognized my errors, and changed who I was.
He’s had … what, 30 years? You can’t tell me you are the same person you were 30 years ago. People do grow and change through events in their lives. You assume that he has remained the same individual he was 30 years ago. And I’m willing to bet dime to a dollar that you would be assuming wrongly.
d_legendary1 said, 10 months ago
@Wraithkin
If that’s the case then where’s the proof from the right that Obama is a muslim (ask Harlekinns about that claim), a socialist, and a taxocrat. A lot of claims, no poof.
As olfart stated most bullies aren’t running for President of the United States but Mittens is. If anything Mittens hasn’t learned a thing since Bain Capital uses debt to “bully” weaker companies to pay for it (read leverage buyouts). As far as I’m concerned his past is still with him.
As far as 30 years goes Robme had more than plenty of time to learn to bully people without the use of physical force (see previous point).
olfart said, 10 months ago
^People change because they have to pay for their crimes. You are correct that I am not the same person I was thirty years ago, in large part because I spent some of those years in prison for the harm that I did. Romney has never had to account for his actions. When asked about the assault, he didn’t remember. He simply dismissed it as unimportant! How do you forget a gang assault on another student? With a weapon? In case you don’t recognize it, that is a felony.
It is too bad that Romney didn’t go to school with me. He would be a better man today. That, of course, is ridiculous. I doubt he ever went near a school attended by “you people”.