GOP Governor: Asking Whether Romney’s Tax Plan Adds Up Is ‘A Laughable Question’

[DonViejo]

GOP Governor: Asking Whether Romney’s Tax Plan Adds Up Is ‘A Laughable Question’
By Travis Waldron on Oct 1, 2012 at 2:05 pm

Asking the Republican presidential ticket to explain how it plans to give a the massive tax cut to the rich while still balancing the budget and avoiding tax increases on the middle class is “laughable,” Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Monday.

Yesterday, Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace asked Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, to explain the math of the tax plan,but Ryan refused because he said “it would take me too long.” The Romney campaign has faced calls from Democrats, the media, and even other Republicans to get more specific about its tax and budget plans, but has thus far refused.

That’s fine with McDonnell, an oft-used Romney surrogate, who could neither explain Romney’s tax plan nor name a single specific spending cut Romney would make as president:

MITCHELL: Where is the math, and is Mitt Romney going to be under pressure in this debate to produce some specifics about how it will all add up?

MCDONNELL: Well, Andrea, first, that’s a laughable question. Where’s the president’s plan? He’s had four years. 23 million people don’t have work. So let’s start with that, the president’s policies haven’t worked.

MITCHELL: The question was asked by Chris Wallace on Fox, it’s being asked by other Republicans. Where is the math? How do you add up those tax cuts even eliminating some deductions? Which deductions would you eliminate? Let’s be specific. And how will you do that and reach deficit reduction? Which programs will be cut?

MCDONNELL: The question is how do you get America back to work? What Paul Ryan just said on your clip is you, you flatten the base and increase the, I mean excuse me, you increase the — you reduce the number of deductions that are out there and you expand the base. That’s typically what works. That can be done in a revenue-neutral fashion, I think that’s what Paul Ryan has proposed, and what that does is make America more competitive.

Watch it:
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/10/01/936901/mcdonnell-romney-tax-plan-laughable/

[JoePhilly]

1. I heard this ... he stuttered at the start for about 5 seconds.

[louis-t]

2. Another guy that sounds like he was in a room with someone who was

talking about economics and is tryig to repeat what he heard. Just like gwbush.

[DollarBillHines]

3. Answering questions with qestions

A decent journalist would have nailed his ass.

And then there's the Mormon Way of answering questions:

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. It's getting to the point that they can't even lie very well any more . . .

the pressure of a failing campaign, perhaps?

[DenverDad]

5. Isn't "broaden the base" just GOP speaks

For "middle-class tax hike"?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. Or as McDonnell so elegantly put it:

"flattening the base"

[Marthe48]

7. Reminds me of SNL's

Point-Counterpoint: "Jane, you ignorant slut"

Andrea Mitchell has a lot more self-control than I do. I would have unplugged his mike and kicked his chauvinistic patronizing ass off my show.

[beac]

8. "I think that’s what Paul Ryan has proposed" says the oft-used surrogate.

Way to sell it, McDonnell!

If your damn surrogate isn't sure what's in your proposal......


SO glad my state will be free of this asshat in one more year. POOR Bobby, he tried like HELL to get the VP slot and only ended up as an uninformed surrogate.