On Sunday, the Obama campaign released this video on Romney's lack of disclosure

If asking Mitt Romney to release his tax returns is a nasty political attack ... what does that say about his tax returns?

That's a relevant question because over the weekend, the Obama campaign and national Democrats stepped up their campaign to pressure Romney to disclose more than just one year of tax returns (he's only released 2010's) and to explain his bank accounts and other investments in the Caribbean and Switzerland. And of course there's also the issue of his enormous $100 million-plus IRA.

But even though nobody is accusing Mitt Romney of anything more than being secretive, Romneyland is responding to the calls for transparency by acting as though they are under siege.



“The Obama campaign’s latest unfounded character assault on Mitt Romney is unseemly and disgusting. Mitt Romney had a successful career in the private sector, pays every dime of taxes he owes, has given generously to charitable organizations, and served numerous causes greater than himself,” said spokeswoman Andrea Saul. “Barack Obama has become what he once ran against — a typical politician willing to use false and dishonest attacks to save his job after failing to do his job. The American people expected more from this president, and he continues to let them down.”

"Unseemly" and "disgusting"? Seriously? Asking Mitt Romney—who would be the first president in American history to have substantial assets invested overseas—to disclose information about those assets is unseemly and disgusting? Asking Mitt Romney to release information on how he managed to get more than $100 million into his IRA instead of paying taxes like everybody else is unseemly and disgusting?

Clearly, Mitt Romney's campaign does not have a clue what the words "unseemly" and "disgusting" mean. There's nothing unseemly or disgusting about asking a presidential candidate to meet a higher standard of disclosure than normal Americans. If Mitt Romney doesn't think the public has a right to know about his financial history, if there's something in his background that he thinks he needs to hide from the public ... then he never should have run for president in the first place.