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Subscribe to RSSDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Mitt Romney responded to President Barack Obama's latest attack, accusing the GOP nominee of forgetting and shifting his positions on issues on Friday night by calling out the Obama campaign for resorting to "petty attacks and silly word games" in the final three weeks of the campaign.
"Have you been watching the Obama campaign lately?" Romney asked a crowd of several thousand supporters at an outdoor event Friday night. "It's absolutely remarkable. They have absolutely no agenda for the future. No agenda for America. No agenda for a second term. It's a good thing they won't have a second term."
"They've been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. Just watch it. The Obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign," Romney said.
Romney's counter came after Obama unveiled a new line of attack at a rally earlier Friday in Virginia, coining the term "Romnesia" to describe satirically how Romney might have changed positions on issues by forgetting his past stances over the years.
“He's changing up so much -- backtracking and sidestepping. We've got to name this condition that he's going through. I think ... I think it's called 'Romnesia'. 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,” the president said.
“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,” Obama said to laughs. “If you say women should have access to contraceptive care, but you supported legislation that would let your employers deny you contraceptive care, you might have a case of Romnesia.”
Romney continued his own new assault on what he claimed was the lack of a second term agenda for the Democratic administration, a chord he has been striking at each appearance since the second debate.
"The president has no jobs agenda. We keep on asking him: What are you going to do to create jobs? He has nothing new. He says well we're going to go forward," Romney said. "Forewarned is a better term."
“Here’s just part of President Obama’s agenda for a second term: double our exports, create a million manufacturing jobs, cut oil imports in half, recruit 100,000 math and science teachers, train two million workers at community colleges, and reduce the deficit by more than $4 trillion," Obama campaign spokesman Danny Kanner responded in a statement.
Romney and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's joint appearance in the Sunshine State, their third such joint stop here -- and Romney's plan to stay here through Monday night's debate -- reflect the closeness of the race here. A new poll from CNN/ORC shows the Florida in a statistical dead heat -- with Romney claiming 49 percent of the vote to Obama's 48 percent.
At a fundraiser in Boca Raton on Friday, Ryan told donors their late gifts could make the difference in financing a turnout operation that will determine the winner of this often-decisive battleground state.
"Your dollars are going straight to voter turnout, to voter education, to cutting thru the clutter, to giving the country a choice that they themselves deserve," Ryan said.
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'Forewarned' vs. 'Romnesia'
Romnesia is better. Sorry Mittsters
"Petty word games?"
You mean like when John Kerry changes his mind, the GOP was all over him for "flip-flopping," but when Mitt does it, it's "walking back his remarks."
What a bunch of GOP Bull .....
What Iacocca does not say is that he endorsed Kerry in 2004 and Bill Richardson in 2008. He supported GWB in 2000. So he's not a right wing crazy.
If most people are interviewing someone for a job, they want to see prior experience. Here's the sole prior political experience of the GOP candidate for president: one term as governor of a small state.
Yes, that's it. It wasn't any more than that because Mitt so royally screwed up that his approval ratings were in the basement and the voters would have handed his *ss to him in a landslide should he have been foolish enough to run again.
How do the Massachusetts voters feel now? Romney is down by double digits in the polls.
Doesn't matter who endorsed him. You can't polish that turd.
Case closed.
"It's time for straight talk." Ok, let us talk straight. How does one walk back 533 lies in 30 weeks?
How?? And why would a reasonable person choose to believe someone with a bad case of Romnesia? Could that be considered petty?
Mitt Romney tells 533 lies in 30 weeks, Steve Benen documents them
Anemone88, his private sector experience is equally unimpressive. He had a total of 1 job in his life, started with money he inherited.
More than 1 out of 5 companies that survived a Bain hostile takeover went under, lost all their assets, employees and pension plans. That's some job creation record!!!!
Now he is trying to execute a hostile takeover of our country. No plan, no transparency, no disclosure, NO THANKS!
Staruderup exactly but some just cannot see it.
Anemone -
Then how did Obama get elected (you voted for him, correct?)? He had absolutely NO experience in any sort of leadership position - and his Presidency shows it - from a failed economy, to not being able to work with Congress, to Fast & Furious, to the foreign policy failure in Benghazi.
Obama is a proven failure in all aspects of being President - except for going on vacations on the taxpayers' dime. Oh and campaigning non-stop since he was elected to the Senate. (And as a junior Senator, he was not in a leadership position there either.)
Personally, being a governor is exactly the type of experience we need to look for in a candidate for President.
The GOP has always put their candidates on their church steps for photo ops except Romney, they must have Romnesia.
When you criticize or bring up faults and non-truths -its called projection. Your GOP candidate is pathetic.
this is Obama's agenda for the next four years:
one million new manufacturing jobs,
hire 800,000 new math and science teachers so we can start competing internationally again.
Double exports, place tariffs and lessen imports.
Cut oil imports in half,
leave the tax break for the middle income, raise taxes on the 1%.
Create more infrastructure jobs through government grants and contracts(roads, schools, bridges etc.)
that is way better than Romney's 5 point plan
20% tax cut across the board that doesn't make any sense (especially if your are working @ Walmart, Family dollar or Sears) your income per year avg is 14,000 as a stocker, cashier or whatever...pick one
If Romney becomes President companies like Walmart will benefit the most...paying minimum wage @ $8.30 while getting a 20% tax break...doesn't make sense ..can you say slave labor
For a real reality check, Obama extended the bush tax cuts expecting the corporations to help the economy by hiring more...they set him up! they never intended on hiring more people they actually did the opposite
Overnight staffing from 2008 to 2010 at Walmart decreased from 60 to 22 workers per Superstore.
Profits per day in groceries increased from $180,000 to 246,000 (thats just the grocery gross...not including electronics or furniture or household.
Walmart implemented a multitask based module to get the 22 workers to finish said one task (stocking 3,000 items in a strict time management application..then you had to punch in a computer for another task...can you say Slave labor loud enough!) doing this @ $8.30 to 9.30 per hr is ridiculous.
Don't get me wrong...Romney will definitely create jobs..but they will be the low wage paying jobs..and millions of them (Corporations are people remember)LMMAO
I don't like the silliness either. The crucial undecided voters are more serious mindedd. If they are to be swayed, they need more than fluff. Obama should challenge Romney to name his economic team. Is there anyone qualified and willing to call what Romney has a plan. It's not even wishful thinking. It's a lie. He's putting forth an agenda he KNOWS won't work. Moreover, Obama should show economists supporting his strategy. One that is already being proven to work. A recently reported study says that no matter who is elected, in 4 years the country is on track to create 12 million new jobs. The only thing that could throw that in reverse is if Romney is elected and the GOP controls both houses of congress. Massive deregulation could lead to catastrophy. Romney has said repeatedly he believes in the markets. Of course he does. He's a Wall Street insider. Put him in charge and they can finish the job they started in 2008.
You expect a plan for Romney. Why do you accept that Obama has no plan at all?
The GOP got us into two wars in the middle east that have cost us in so many ways it will take decades to get over. Obama is trying to extract us from these yet Romney seems not to remember what happened and wants to take us into Syria. He has Romnesia.
Romnesia, binders and Big Bird. HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Man... Those Obama strategists are really on a roll. What are they gonna come up with next? The old "I know you are, but what am I?" campaign strategy?? LOL! Oh wait... I hope they don't play the "I'm rubber and you're glue" card. That one would REALLY deal a blow to the Romney campaign! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a bunch of losers! The Obama campaign is OUT OF GAS (and everyone knows it).
But, he'll still be your Daddio for the next four years......still funny?
Daddio927, denial aint just a river in Egypt. I suggest you look harder at your boy Romney. He's losing it if he's upset about his pet names. Total sociopath with nothing. No plan, no ideas, no conscience. Sad that you can't see the truth, self deluded republicans. Even when he loses, you still won't accept it.
No republicon has ever won without winning Ohio, and the early voters are going Obama by 59%.
How is that voter suppression working out for you? Oh dear, I'm being petty again.
Without any paper trail and Romney ownership of the voting machines, Romney's kids may actually be working to get his dad into the Presidency. Who said anything about being elected? That's not the republican way!
When asked about their plan to bring the countries economy back on track they both get so vague and evasive its funny. Their real plan is the same one the GOP has been pushing forever. Give the rich everything and hope they create jobs instead of hiding all their money overseas in the loop holes we create while we are in charge.
Romney DOES have a plan. Follow the link for ALL the details!
http://www.romneytaxplan.com/
Let me guess the First Read posts:
Fisty.. popcorn, blah, blah, happy birthday Backhouse, blah, blah, more popcorn.
Bev, Rmney, Rian, crasy, etc... missed spelling class... blah, blah,
Brickhouse, blah, blah, clip and paste, blah, blah, off topic
Pigotry, wah. wah. wah... tissues, more wah, wah...
lol, you pretty much nailed it. But you forgot the Saul Alinsky quotes.
You are so full of sheiite that your eyes are brown. Is that being too petty?
Lol, if the Obama strategists are out of gas for pointing out the real problems Mittens and Ryan are hoping everyone will ignore than the Romney campaign is dead on the side of the road.
Mitt Romney is a sociopathic cry baby, who never ever admits when he's wrong and can't handle any criticism whatsoever. He's frazzled, he has nothing but rhetoric and he's angry because Obama is rightfully poking fun at him. You're a loser Romney, it's all you'll ever be. Good for him that he was born with money and a big shot dad, because otherwise he'd be a complete nobody.
There's them, then there's us. They're rich, and we're suffering. They're not apologetic about holding onto their obscene wealth; and we want them to use their wealth to create jobs and opportunities. They pay low taxes on their huge income; we pay a much higher tax rate with fewer deductions. They are the haves; we have the have-nots. They are either derisive or indifferent toward us, and our patience with them is growing thin.
Didn't the French Revolution start this way? Wasn't that all about how the 99% revolted against the 1%?
'Tis a limit to how much we can take
Keep it up, find your head on stake.
Pretty much the truth throughout world history. reference:
nytimes.com/2012/10/14/opinion/sunday/the-self-destruction-of-the-1-percent.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
ironic-
Then why don't you get out there and make your own millions?
I don't care about silly word games or even Tax bean-counting. I care about the kind of 'family values" Republicans want to foist on this country.
QUOTED from a news story: AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas health program that serves more than 100,000 low-income women will shut down if Planned Parenthood is allowed to continue participating, the state's health and human services chief said on Thursday.
Planned Parenthood has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a lower court ruling that allows Texas to ban it from the program.
"If they prevail in that case, and the courts say, ‘You have to include Planned Parenthood,' then, yes, (the program) goes away," Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Dr. Kyle Janek said.
The Texas program is at the heart of a dispute between the Republican-dominated state government and the Democratic administration of President Barack Obama. Several other states have tried to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.
The federal government, which pays for 90 percent of the $39-million-a-year program, has said it will not renew the funding because Texas decided to enforce a law that had been on the books for several years barring funding for abortion providers and affiliates.
END QUOTE. So, we get it: Republicans care more about their silly little religious ideals about abortion (which I can't find in the Bible, BTW and I have read the book cover-to-cover), and a program to help poor women (I do believe it is somewhere in the Bible that Jesus believed in helping the poor.) In fact hating abortion and gay people seem to be the only things Republicans do care about. That's why nobody, and especially no women, should ever vote Republican for any office.
Good post Shadow - and their campaign against contraception just blows my mind. It doesn't take a rocket scientest to understand that contraception PREVENTS abortions. So I totally agree with you - they just want to shove their "values" down the rest of our collective throats.
News flash - the Ozzie and Harriet era ended a long time ago.
It is also true that contraceptives are cheaper in the long run as they help ease and prevent other problems.
Throw all the baggers out and give Obama a Congress that will work with him.
Do you know where Boner and the rest of the House of Representatives are right now? On vacation until November 23.
This is what you get when you elect the 'conservatives'. They are very conserving energy by coming back from summer recess for 8 days and promptly adjourning. There are serious issues that need to be addressed.
Sorry, I'm currently out of the office. Your call is very important to us. We'll call you in a month or so. Hang tight.
Jane -
You liberals just don't get it, do you?
There is no reason that the taxpayers should be paying for contraceptives or abortions. What's next, forcing the taxpayers to pay for Viagra?
Oh, never mind, they already do pay for Viagra for male prisoners.
This is what is wrong, liberals believe that everything should be free for the taking, while conservatives know that the bill does eventually come due.
@Tammy-311614
Let me see, 3 cents more in Federal taxes to help prevent pregnancies in low income women, whose otherwise babies would become a heavier burden on the tax system via (welfare, child subsides, and medical expenses).
It's a no brainer!
BTW where is your caring for your fellow American? Stop listening to the hate and educate yourself on economics...it will take away your Republican induced fear.
It's over liberals. All the snarky internet comments in the World cannot stop the Romney wave. We warned you of the conservative avalanche brewing in the background. It's about to swallow you alive. Enjoy the new Romney era.
Bahahahahahahaha!!!!! EPIC FAIL for Romney, Kevin Stagner! Are all Republicans as stupid and deluded as you? Seems like you all are because you completely ignore facts. Dude, you're so funny. Obama by a landslide.
Silver's "forecasts are the bulwark against all-out Dem panic
Chew on that a while Alleycat. Maybe you can snark away the desperation.
Yes you are desperate. As in whistling past the graveyard. The oddsmakers put it at Obama @68%.
Or are we mere 47%ers being petty when we mention Bainport?
Romney Ignores Bainport While Trying to Take Back 47% Comments
yet Romney is now leading in the battlegrounds......and most of the polls. Ouch.
Don't count on it or hold your breath.
How anybody who cares about jobs can trust Mitt and his ilk is totally beyond me. Just read about Bain closing yet another plant to ship the jobs to China. And Sensata was making profits. Yeah, he sure is going to get tough with China, isn't he folks?
http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/10/19/breaking-sensata-responds-to-ed-show-closes-plant-for-weekend/
As to his "mis-truths," flip-flopping, Romnesia, or whatever you want to call it - I've a question for the Romney supporters. The names I mention only seem to send you folks into a tail-spin. So WHAT would you guys like us to call it? Evolving? Please enlighten us all.
If we do not listen - history will teach us nothing!
Janemarie I have come to the conclusion that the right will vote for Mr. Romney no matter what he says or the way he acts. It is all about seeing to it that the President is a one "term President". I believe this will be their downfall.
Shame on you people that think the Republican Party deserves your vote! You are the reason jobs are going to China! None of you care where the items you purchase are made! You deserve what ever happens in the next 4 years if the President should lose. I only hope you understand why it happened and don't blame it on the last President as you normally do.
In 2008 America Voted for Hope and Change, To the Great disappointment of Millions and Millions of people who Voted for Obama and Against Obama who failed Miserably, Don't take My word for it just look around at the Misery a lot of people are dealing with Today, Boarded up store fronts, Hundreds Applying for The same Job, Millions on Food Stamps, Fuel and Food prices sky rocketing.
Romney/Ryan for the Real Hope and Change
Stop your lies, US citizen-701707. You know that you are just aping the nonsense they told you on Fox News. The facts just don't back up anything that you're saying.
You are certainly deluded if you think the President is behind high gas prices. That talking point has been debunked over and over yet it always resurfaces. Your own party is the party of big oil if anyone were trying to rig the free market it would be the GOP. Lies and more Lies here sir.
Hilarious, the new Romney era? Most of his own party will not vote for him because of his own background. The GOP is trying to spook people and get votes by spreading garbage like Obama is gonna take away your guns. He has never done anything against gun ownership, but it gets the NRA idiots riled up. The GOP is DESPERATE for votes. He is a MORMON, any good GOP voter sees this as he is a heretic, he has changed direction on abortion, lied about being a hunter, both supported stem cell research and said it needs to be stopped, raise the minimum wage and stop raising the minimum wage, campaign limits need to be in place but they are unconstitutional. Romney is a TOTAL IDIOT WILLING TO SAY ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED. LOOK IT UP!
For four years now we've had to endure the shrill whining of a few crybabies claiming to be the "99%". Let me tell you this, I'm not even CLOSE to being one of "the rich" (whatever the hell that means) and NONE of you whiny-ass jerks has the right to speak for me. The vast majority Americans aren't jealous of others just because they have more money than us. We just want to be able to keep what we have earned and not be forced to support your lazy a$$es. Only you sniveling little a-holes that want to get a free ride in life would have the gall to say you represent "99%". Here's a news flash for you: The official Washington endorsement of your self-absorbed pity-party will come to an end in just under 3 weeks. Then you jerks can go back to your parent's basement and mooch off of them some more and stop making real hard-working Americans put up with your little tantrums.
You're so sad and deluded, Daddio927 as well as completely wrong. The only way Sociopath Romney could ever win this election is by cheating. Seeing how he owns a lot of the voting machines, I wouldn't put it past him. The felon will end up in a jail cell if he tries, not the oval office. Obama for another 4 years... FACT!
If you are right the country is in for four years of trouble. Romney says $250k is an average wage, do you think that's what he pays all the people cleaning his toilets and mowing his lawn? Romney and the GOP want everyone to work for nothing so they can get rich.
The largest newspaper in Utah has come out in favor of Obama. How petty of them!
That makes it sound like Rack and Ruin can not even carry any of their home states.
lol liberals. It's over and you know it. Stop prolonging the pain by listening to pipsqueaks like Silver. We are electing Romney and there is nothing you can do about it.
Kevin, you are so melodramatic. It's not over, and nobody knows the outcome, but most of us don't seem too worried. Stop trying to sound ... menacing, or whatever it is you're trying to pull off.
Jeez, I can't wait for this election to be over. Sure, there are liberals who go a little overboard, but the conservatives who come here with nothing of truth or substance to say, except "lol liberals" and "Obummer" are just mean to the core and more than a little creepy.
Ugh, I used to be able to find a little humor in the nonsense, but I'm starting to want to go all Tagg Romney on someone's @ss.
Romney supporters are funny. Dumbest group of gullible idiots on the planet. FYI children, Mitt Romney wouldn't piss on you, if you were on fire. All he wants is your vote, he wouldn't do a damn thing for you except send your job to China or India. Pathetic, every last one.
So true rev. Just think if Romney were to be elected a lot of the people voting for him would suddenly find out they made a huge mistake when he cuts off their food stamps, welfare, medicaid and other govt handouts. It is a known fact that 9 of the 10 top states in America receiving the most federal aid are solid GOP states. It would be poetic justice to see this happen...
Mirror mirror on the wall - who's the pettiest of them all.
Why it's you - Mr. Romney. Ask any of the debate moderators - they'll tell you so.
As it stands it appears Romney will be our next president. If he continues to make the same gains....
^ He's already losing the gains from his 1st debate, because of his humiliation in the 2nd debate.
In poll-of-polls Obama is back ahead for the 1st time today.
If Romney loses again on monday he has no chance whatsoever.
Sorry, but your projection is not supported by the facts.
Romney has a chance, true, but he is facing a considerable uphill battle in the Electoral College.
Although Real Clear Politics currently has him with a slight lead in electoral votes, 206 to 201, Obama leads in six of the remaining ten toss-up states to Romneys three, with Virginia being tied.
Romney can only win if he holds on to Florida, Colorado, and New Hampshire, where he has small leads, takes Virginia and then steals either Ohio or Wisconsin.
Conversely, Obama has mutiple scenarios which would give him the minimum 270 electoral votes.
Think about the ridiculousness of your statement. Yes Romney has a slight lead in the battleground states, but Obama leads in 6 of the toss ups. That doesn't make a lick of sense. Nice work
Romney is starting to loose it, wife Ann says she is concerned about his mental health.
I would suggest watching Romney's body language during the next debate and tell me this is a man ready to deal with the stress of being president.
"loose" it.....
I would suggest you work on your spelling before you try your hand at body language.
Kevin: thanks for being a spell checker. Now, you may want to consult a fact checker before you make yourself look any more out of touch.