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(15,262 posts)On May 1, 2012, ROMNESIA... 927 Google Hits.
Romnesia = Posted on April 4, 2011 = http://blog.hcfama.org/2011/04/04/romnesia/
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the legislatures enactment of chapter 58, the Massachusetts health reform law. Five years ago, we wrote that supporters should thank Speaker DiMasi, Senate President Travaglini, but also give Governor Romney his due: ....
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Romnesia and the weasel factor
By Greg Sargent
Theres a lot of chatter about the new word ..... ... Theres no need to choose between extremist and flip flopper. Romney is simply a weasel.
This Romney-is-a-weasel message seems heavily geared towards women. Its all about telling them Romney cant be trusted on the issues that matter to them, that hell say whatever he has to say about them to advance his own ambitions. Hes weaseling out of his previously held extreme positions, but hell still be beholden to the folks who expected him to hold those positions in the first place, and in any case, theres no way of knowing what he really believes.
Romneys performance on womens issues has been particularly ripe for this treatment. Theres the ongoing inability of Romneys campaign to decide whether he would have signed the Lily Ledbetter Act even though he claims he supports equal pay in principle. Theres his declaration during the primary that he would have been delighted to sign a federal ban on all abortions even though hes now running ads designed to soften his abortion stance.
Indeed, that last example is now the subject of a new Obama campaign spot:
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