Say What? (with update)

Mitt Romney is getting pressure -- from both Democrats and Republicans -- to release more of his tax returns.  How does he respond to it?  By bravely attacking a woman:

“John McCain ran for president and released two years of tax returns,” Romney explained. “John Kerry ran for president. You know, his wife, who has hundreds of millions of dollars, she never released her tax returns. Somehow this wasn’t an issue.”

The problem with this particular line of attack? John Kerry's wife was not the Democratic nominee in 2004 -- John Kerry was. And Kerry released twenty years of tax returns.

By the way, because I'm enjoying Romney's Bain Capital/Tax Return Scandal so much, I've been watching a lot of Republicans being interviewed on it, and I can tell you this: Pretty much every Republican interviewed on this issue does the exact same thing. Here is my take on the standard GOP approach in answering such questions:

Q. Governor So-and-So -- do you think Mitt Romney needs to release more tax returns?

A. Well, that's up to Mr. Romney, but let me just say that Barack Hussein Obama and his socialist-fascist-Kenyanist policies are destroying this country. Obama clearly hates America, he's an evil man, and will raise your taxes, take your guns away, and has no record to run on. Did I mention he's from Kenya and that he is probably a Muslim and was no doubt heavily involved in the planning of the 9-11 Attacks and probably flew at least one of the 9-11 planes personally and then . . . .

Q. But Governor, back to the issue at hand: Is Mitt Romney hurting his campaign by refusing to release more tax returns?

A. No he's not, but the question you should be asking is why does Barack Obama hate Israel so much . . .

Just watch one of these interviews if you don't believe me. Bottom line:  These guys really must think Romney is in trouble right now.

UPDATE:  There can be no doubt that the GOP's most famous drug addict, Rush Limbaugh, feels that Romney is in big trouble right now.  Here's what Limbaugh had to say about Obama today, right on cue:

"His father was a communist. His mother was a leftist. He was sent to prep and Ivy League schools where his contempt for the country was reinforced. He moved to Chicago. It was the home of the radical-left movement. He hooks up to Ayers and Dohrn and Rashid Khalidi. He learns the ruthlessness of Cook County politics.  This is what we have as a president: A radical ideologue, a ruthless politician who despises the country and the way it was founded and the way in which it became great.  He hates it."

Are you getting the impression that Rush is a little flustered right now?