My mother used to always say that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.  I still am not entirely sure what she meant by that.  Since a goose is female and a gander is male, some has interpreted to mean that if a woman can act that way, so can a man.  I have always viewed this as meaning: “don’t ask someone to do something you wouldn’t want to do.”  Since my definition fits the story better, I’m sticking with it.

Nancy Pelosi has been leading the charge demanding, self-righteously, that Mitt Romney furnish all his old tax returns.  Apparently when Ms. Pelosi said this she failed to realize there were mirrors in the room.  The news media started suggesting she release her own tax returns.   Better yet, perhaps every member of congress should release their tax returns.  I am relatively sure this sent a collective chill down the spines of most members of congress, assuming we can find any who actually have a spine.  Ms. Pelosi experienced a sudden anxiety attack so severe she briefly began to talk coherently:

http://www.rollcall.com/news/nancy_pelosi_downplays_tax_return_demand-216283-1.html?pos=hln

She suddenly decided that all this tax return stuff is just a trivial distraction compared with more important economic issues.  Now when a liberal Democrat wants to change the topic to talk about the economy, you just know they are beyond desperate.  I think I know why.  A whopping 17 out of 535 members of congress have released their tax returns.  This is probably one of the few topics where Ms. Pelosi is guaranteed bi-partisan support. 

In addition, recognizing the danger here, Pelosi tried to introduce a poison pill by suggesting that the media should also be willing to release their tax returns.

“Some people think the same standard should be held to the ownership of the news media in the country who are writing these stories about all of this. What do you think of that?” she asked

Let me translate:  “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”

TDM