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The Obama campaign released its tax forms from the 2000s today, excluding their 2007 returns, and they’ve “challenged” Hillary Clinton to do the same because they believe it makes her look bad not to and they know that her husband’s forms will be an embarrassment if she decides to. No matter what she does she is in a bind, and this is a true Catch 22: keep them private, as she has every right, and she’s hiding something; release them, and you know why she was hiding something! I only wish that we didn’t focus on what I surmise are ultimately shallow questions, although I suppose there’s something to be said (and Republicans said it through the 90s, and Obama seems to be implying it now) that the Clintons can’t be trusted not to pimp the White House out to campaign donors. And of course, we have to have the argument over whether or not Hillary Clinton ever came under sniper fire in Bosnia. All the while, Americans are facing significant economic trials and the War in Iraq is disappearing from the media, for better and for worse. I for one am thrilled the media and the candidates are allowed to have their pomp and circumstance while Americans are struggling with their bread and butter.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 1:22 pm and is filed under Outside Retort (Current Affairs).