For the Democratic web video team, Mitt Romney and his double-talk are the gifts that keeps on giving:
Mitt Romney during
yesterday's debate about his Super PAC:
Well, of course, it's former staff of mine. And, of course, they're people who support me. They wouldn't be putting money into a PAC that supports me if they weren't people who support me. And with regards to their ads, I haven't seen them.
He hasn't seen their ads? Uh, 44 words later:
But let me tell you this, the ad I saw said that, that you'd been forced out of the speakership, that was correct. It said that, that you'd sat down with Nancy Pelosi and, and argued for, for a climate change bill. That was correct. It said that you called the, the--Ron Paul's, Ron Paul, Paul Ryan's plan to, to provide, to Medicare reform, a, a, a right wing social engineering plan. It said that, that as part of an investigation, an ethics investigation, that you had to reimburse some $300,000. Those things were all true.
That's got to be a record for Romney: it only took him 44 words to reverse position. First, he'd never seen his Super PAC's ads. Then, after just a few seconds, he not only had seen at least one of them, but he recalled it vividly—and defended its accuracy.
The more you see Mitt Romney, the more it seems as though he is constitutionally incapable of doing anything but dissemble. It's like he's been hardwired to lie, and he doesn't try to hide it.
There was a time that I thought Mitt Romney would be a strong nominee for Republicans, but even though he might be their best chance, things like this make me realize what a weak candidate he really is. As an isolated incident, it's no big deal, but his constant pattern of double-talk undermines his credibility, and assuming he gets the GOP's nomination, President Obama is going to crush him.