Obama: Romney’s come down with a case of ‘Romnesia’

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President Obama in Virginia today uses a comic riff to mock Willard "Mittens" Romney's eleventh-hour attempt to recast himself as the mythical "Moderate Mitt" and pretend to shed his "severe conservative" skin. The Obama campaign has found a humorous way to hold the shameless shapeshifter and pathological liar accountable for his flip-flop-flip-flop on every conceivable issue.

Steve Benen has the transcript. 'I think it's called … Romnesia':

There are a lot of ways to go after a rival, some more aggressive and
abrasive than others, but to paint an opponent as someone who deserves
to be literally laughed at may be the most brutal approach of them all.

Here's the transcript:

"But now that we're 18 days out from the
election, Mr. 'Severely Conservative' wants you to think he was
'severely kidding' about everything he's said over the last year. He
told folks he was 'the ideal candidate' for the Tea Party, now suddenly
he's saying, 'what, who, me?' He's forgetting what his own positions
are, and he's betting that you will too.

"I mean he's changing up
so much, backtracking and sidestepping. We've gotta name this condition
that he's going through. I think it's called "Romnesia." That's what
it's called. I think that's what he's going through.

"Now, I'm not
a medical doctor but I do want to go over some of the symptoms with you
— because I want to make sure nobody else catches it.

"If you
say you're for equal pay for equal work, but you keep refusing to say
whether or not you'd sign a bill that protects equal pay for equal work
— you might have Romnesia.

"If you say women should have access
to contraceptive care, but you support legislation that would let your
employer deny you contraceptive care — you might have a case of
Romnesia.

"If you say you'll protect a woman's right to choose,
but you stand up at a primary debate and said that you'd be "delighted"
to sign a law outlawing that right to choose in all cases — man, you've
definitely got Romnesia.

"Now, this extends to other issues. If
you say earlier in the year I'm going to give a tax cut to the top 1
percent and then in a debate you say, I don't know anything about giving
tax cuts to rich folks — you need to get a thermometer, take your
temperature, because you've probably got Romnesia.

"If you say
that you're a champion of the coal industry when while you were Governor
you stood in front of a coal plant and said, 'this plant will kill you'
— that's some Romnesia.

"So, I think you're beginning to be able
to identify these symptoms. And if you come down with a case of
Romnesia, and you can't seem to remember the policies that are still on
your website, or the promises you've made over the six years you've been
running for president, here's the good news: Obamacare covers
pre-existing conditions.

"We can fix you up. We've got a cure. We can make you well, Virginia. This is a curable disease.

"Women,
men, all of you. These are family issues. These are economic issues. I
want my daughters to have the same opportunities as anybody's sons. I
believe America does better, the economy grows more, we create more when
everybody participates, when everyone's getting a fair shot,
everybody's getting a fair shake, everybody's playing by the same
rules, everybody's doing their fair share. That's why I'm asking you for
another term as President of the United States. I need you to help me
finish the job."