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Related: About this forum"‘Romnesia’ and the weasel factor" by Greg Sargent at WP
Romnesia and the weasel factorby Greg Sargent at WP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/romnesia-and-the-weasel-factor/2012/10/19/de003690-1a0c-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_blog.html?hpid=z2
"SNIP.........................................
Obama runs through Mitts Romnesia on a range of issues equal pay, contraception, abortion, tax cuts for the rich, etc. and then ends on a joke. He says the good news is that Mitts Romnesia can be cured thanks to Obamacare, which guarantees coverage to people with preexisting conditions.
Republicans are mocking the new coinage, claiming it reveals along with the Big Bird hit the superficiality of the Obama campaign. But theres actually a serious point to be made about this. The Romnesia riff is all about resolving the strategic dilemma the Obama campaign has faced when portraying Romney as alternately a flip flopper and an extremist.
There was never any real contradiction there, despite pundit claims to the contrary. Romney held extreme positions to get through the primary, then flip flopped away from them to get through the general election, but can be expected as president to honor the extreme positions he originally took, since his base wont let him do otherwise. Theres nothing contradictory in pointing all that out. However, painting Romney as a flip flopper does risk driving home the idea that Romney never really believed in the exreme positions he adopted and is a moderate at heart.
The new Romnesia riff can be seen as an answer to this. Theres no need to choose between extremist and flip flopper. Romney is simply a weasel.
.........................................SNIP"
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"‘Romnesia’ and the weasel factor" by Greg Sargent at WP (Original Post)
applegrove
Oct 2012
OP
Romney is a serial fabricator. And that makes him the least serious of candidates.
applegrove
Oct 2012
#3
wisteria
(19,581 posts)1. Weasel is a good word too.n/t
Cha
(297,788 posts)2. "... But there’s actually a serious point to be made about this"
Ya Think!
Greg Sargent called Romney a "weasel"! That works for me!
Thanks applegrove..this is great.
There's nothing else the mitt campaign can say except we're "not serious". They can't refute any of the Romney LIES.
Will Romnesia be mentioned in any way shape or form at the Debate in Boca Raton..the scene of the "47%" Crime? The suspense continues..
applegrove
(118,832 posts)3. Romney is a serial fabricator. And that makes him the least serious of candidates.
Cha
(297,788 posts)4. Precisely! I had that thought running
around in the back of my mind and you've articulated it perfectly!