If  ever there was a statement that belongs in The Cornfield OOPs! File, it  is what President Barack Obama said today.  He said in essence that  presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney needs to be more  transparent.

This coming from a President who is heading an Administration known for trying to keep as much hidden as it can.

Don't believe me see some of my past reports:

Scolding the White House
Obama Gave Drug Companies Sweetheart Deal?
Lobbyists Continue to Be Frequent White House Visitors
Obama Administration Transparency Nil to None
Justice Department Wins Award
Obama Claims No Lobbyist Money Allowed - But Not Exactly

And yet, today, the President had this to say: "What's  important is, if you are running for president, is that the American  people know who you are and what you've done and that you're an open  book. And that's been true of every presidential candidate dating all  the way back to Mitt Romney's father."

The  President was responding to an interview on CNN affiliate WMUR and  pushing for Romney to provide full disclosure of his financial records.

To  me, this is the epitome of the audacity which the President wrote about  and often speaks. It is alright for him to invoke executive privilege  and to go after whistleblowers, but Romney, who has broken no laws is  expected to prove his innocence for some fantasy  must-have-done-something-wrong.

The  President is not speaking with clean hands and, therefore, has no  credence to question Romney or tell him to be more transparent.

From  the Cornfield, I want the President to be more transparent and to come  clean with the American people on Fast & Furious, Solyndra, SunPower  and all the other botched green energy loans and programs.

I  want the President to be transparent about the Affordable Care Act and  come clean on how the individual mandate is a tax and not the only tax  in the ACA. I want the President to be transparent and own up to the  fact that as President the buck stops with him.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/09/obama-calls-for-greater-transparency-from-romney/