McCain Releases Tax Returns
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The eagerly awaited McCain tax returns from 2006 and 2007 were released today. The documents, provided by his campaign (and posted on their website) showed that the GOP presumptive nominee earned over $400, 000 last year, and paid a total of $84,000 in federal income taxes. McCain also donated more than $100,00 to charity last year, and donated $256,898 in book royalties combined for 2006 and 2007.The entire McCain family fortune, however, was not revealed as it is mostly held by his wife. Beer heiress Cindy McCain is the chairwoman of the largest Anheuser-Busch distributors in the country.Her wealth is estimated to be over $100 million, but since the McCains have a prenuptial agreement, she holds the majority of their assets and they have filed their taxes separately for the majority of their 27-year marriage. This year was no different.
During a state of the race press briefing this morning, campaign senior officials said that the decision to keep Mrs. McCain’s tax returns private was to protect the couple’s children who are “reflected in her return.”
DNC Chairman Howard Dean hit McCain for not divulging the family’s total amount.”John McCain’s lack of transparency is troubling and raises questions about what he’s hiding,” Dean said in a statement provided by the Democratic party.
McCain senior aide Steve Schmidt said that Democrats set a precedent in 2004 when Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of then Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) , decided not to disclose her returns.
“There was a germaneness there because John Kerry would not have been nominee if not for the loan out of her assets in 2004, “said Schmidt.” She didn’t release her taxes and ,you know, they were treated as private. We think that’s a precedent.”
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McCain donated ALL of his book royalties to charity. Hillary and Bill donated an INSIGNIFICANT portion of their book royalties to his presidential library. Obama donated a VERY SMALL portion of his book royalties to his racist church. Draw your own conclusions!
Yeah…..and I’ll bet Obama’s wife kept all of her $100 million+ worth to herself. Or was that McCain’s wife. Oh well, I forget…..kinda like John does.
RE: profitleads My point was way over your head…relax!
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“McCain donated ALL of his book royalties to charity. Hillary and Bill donated an INSIGNIFICANT portion of their book royalties to his presidential library. Obama donated a VERY SMALL portion of his book royalties to his racist church. Draw your own conclusions!”
My conclusion is that McBush has a lot of disposable income.
Profitleads, I’m just one a “small town typical white people”, but TRS is exactly RIGHT!
(I was going to get some fresh Ayres —I mean air tonight, but I read a Blog…: I don’t mean Rev. J. Wright either. He’s STILL B. H. Obama’s MENTOR. Wright even inspired the title of Obama’s book — about “Hope”. But, what Obama has really talked about is Doubt!
Obama Doubts rural people can have Faith without bitterness or buying guns! This is weird thinking! Could it be a “Stepford Wives” mentality/Stepford Pres. Canidate—control from somewhere belief system/mentality? Where does this man get these ideas about Americans whose families have attended Churches for generations before his family came to this Country?
It’s actually not about their $$$, or what percent they (the canidates) pay on their taxes!
It’s ALL ABOUT THEIR CHARACTER, VALUES, INTEGRITY, ABILITY TO LEAD, AND SERVICE TO THE USA! Who’s REALLY has all of those and MANY OTHER BEST QUALITIES+GOOD REASON?
The one who has not laid down with dogs and got up with fleas : SEN. JOHN MC CAIN!
“”DNC Chairman Howard Dean hit McCain for not divulging the family’s total amount.” John McCain’s lack of transparency is troubling and raises questions about what he’s hiding,” Dean said in a statement provided by the Democratic party.”"
Count on Dean to make a dumb comment.
Comment by Brian
April 19th, 2008 at 5:49 am
“”DNC Chairman Howard Dean hit McCain for not divulging the family’s total amount.” John McCain’s lack of transparency is troubling and raises questions about what he’s hiding,” Dean said in a statement provided by the Democratic party.””
Count on Dean to make a dumb comment.
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Actually Dean is much smarter than you think, he’s fooled the press about his secret ties to the same Communist groups, like (PES) that are pushing for Obama. (That communist group held meeting in the Washington Headquarters of the Democratic Party.)
…”Following up, in April 2007, PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen reported that European socialists held a meeting “in the Democrats HQ in Washington,” met with officials of the party and Democratic members of Congress. The photos of the trip show Rasmussen meeting with such figures as Senator Ben Cardin, Senator Bernie Sanders, officials of the Brookings Institution, Howard Dean, and AFL-CIO President John W. Sweeney, a member of the DSA. The Brookings Institution is headed by former Clinton State Department official Strobe Talbott, a proponent of world government who was recently identified in the book Comrade J as having been a pawn of the Russian intelligence service….(AIM March 18, 200
Kinda makes you wish Sen. Joe McCarthy was stiill alive and still a Wisconsin Senator
I’m not the most computer literate..what’s with that D***ED smiley faced thing..looks like something a liberal would post
I haven,t yet decided on a canidate, but after hearing that Mc-cain,s wife won,t release her records-fear for children,I am going with Obama, I feel insulted ,If your super rich you never get to court or show your records.Truth should be the base for this election,What if my wife had a investment in companies supplying the war, or planes,? I have a right to be wrong, If she is worried about the safty of her kids why become 1st lady ?Who are these people ? We won,t know because the money trail tells all. Let down in minn, Hey Iam a vet too,john.
I love his positive vibe and message! Obama includes ALL people and that means the Rev. Wright, Ayers, Rezco , etc. If they did teach him anything, they taught him NOT to be like them.
Obama don’t let the “haters” get to you. I know you’ll work to get them better jobs and MAKE THIS A BETTER AMERICA FOR ALL OF US!
GO OBAMA!
“Whoop de doo speeches” has buttered her bread for the past 7 years to the tune of $109 million. I pray that voters aren’t swayed by her divisive tactics and her outright lies. God this woman makes my flesh crawl, even in photos. *shiver*
She’s complaining about Obama’s speeches, yet her husband made millions of dollars, making those same speeches, gimme me a break! She says one thing and does another and because of people’s hate they are going to vote for McCain if she doesn’t win the nomination. Now, I see why she gets all the uneducated voters, they don’t realize that they are cutting off their nose despite their face. NO ONE WANTS A REPUBLICAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, INCLUDING THE HIDDEN REPUBLICAN, HILLARY CLINTON!
Yes, Hillary was a Goldwater girl. If you can associate Obama with rezco, wright and ayers and call him a black socialist, I can associate Hillary with Goldwater, Peter Paul, and all the rest of her croonies and call her a LIAR and a REPUBLICAN!
EVERYONE
EVERYONE
EVERYONE
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/quiz/?sc=8
EVERYONE
EVERYONE
EVERYONE
GO TO HILLARY WEBSITE WITH THE LINK ABOVE
AND TAKE A QUIZ ABOUT** WHO SAID THIS**
hey, what’s up with the rumors of a Megan McCain sex tape? Supposed to be like Paris Hilton type stuff from her college days. Anyone know anything about it?
Just wondering? Why is Mc Cain collecting S.S. $24,000 a year. When and if he does retire he gets a sizeable pension from us lowly tax payers. Why this is hard to understand is mayor Bloomberg of New York takes only a 1dollar as a salary. And about the wife thing the RNC wanted J.Kerry’s wife to release her’s in 2004. Think McCain’s wife will now,maybe I should axed his campaign.
http://earthhopenetwork.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=385
I have decided to go with Hillary Clinton. Obama is not trustworthy enough or does he have the experience to run the government.
I see two things that will hold McCain back from being President as being weak on illegal immigrants and lack of knowledge about the economy.
Wow a guy who donated a quarter of his income to charity last year. Sounds really generous doesnt it? Problem is that the money went to the John and Cindy McCain Foundation. If you look at the tax returns for the McCain Foundation for the last seven years you find $500,000 in donations to:
Xavier College Preparatory
Brophy College Prep
Christ Lutheran School
What do these private schools have in common?
Why they are all private schools that his children attend or have attended.
The Senator is taking tax breaks supporting elite private schools for his kids.
All Perfectly Legal but….
guns tech 9…
You must put a lot of work into blogging this much!…