…for declining to release his tax returns:

A spokesman for President Obama‘s re-election campaign blasted Mr. Romney and questioned whether he had something to hide in his finances.

“Why does Governor Romney feel like he can play by a different set of rules?” said Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign. “What is it that he doesn’t want the American people to see?…”

I don’t know: possibly Romney’s got the financial equivalent of the alleged gentleman’s C+ GPA that Ben LaBolt’s boss has been resolutely hiding for the last decade or so? – No, come on: it’s like the worst-kept secret in Washington DC that the President doesn’t exactly live up to the intellectual hype that his sycophants like to toss around.  Which is not to say that Obama is dumb.  He probably has an IQ of about 125 or so; which is pretty good, all things considered.  Middling decent.  But it’s not like he can set fire to people with his mind.

None of which means that I am totally fine with Romney not releasing his tax returns.  But I see no reason why we should pretend that Mitt Romney’s not playing by the same rules that Barack Obama laid down in the first place, either.  Fair’s fair.  And transparency begins at the White House.

(H/T: Hot Air Headlines)

Moe Lane (crosspost)