There's a fair argument that could be bad regarding whether or not Nathan Deal's personal and professional tax records are legitimate issues in the race for governor in Georgia, but it's another thing to release snapshots of them and then proclaim that the whole picture has been put on display.

Yet, that's exactly what Deal's campaign is doing ...

Republican gubernatorial nominee Nathan Deal late Thursday released cover pages for 28 years of personal income tax returns, spanning his time in elected office.

But he declined to make public filings for his Gainesville auto salvage business that became the focus of a congressional ethics probe. And tax "schedules" — that would provide more details on things like capital gains and rental income — were not included in the documents the Deal campaign posted online Thursday night.

Deal spokesman Brian Robinson declined to explain why.