Obama: Mitt Has ‘Romnesia’

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM

Obama: Mitt Has ‘Romnesia’

DAVID TAINTOR 12:13 PM EDT, FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2012

President Obama said at a campaign event in Virginia on Friday that Mitt Romney has been "backtracking" and "sidestepping" so much, the condition needs a name. Obama dubbed it "Romnesia."

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[MountainMazza]

1. Gotta love it!!!

You might have romnesia if - lol!!!!

[Coyotl]

25. Google it now. I found this already

Last edited Fri Oct 19, 2012, 05:02 PM - Edit history (1)

[Coyotl]

26. Another image

Last edited Fri Oct 19, 2012, 05:01 PM - Edit history (1)

The complete Romnesia image catalog is forming here:

ROMNESIA. Video, images and definitions -- dictionarists and lexicographers, give it your best shot
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251156968

[mnhtnbb]

30. That is HILARIOUS. Posted to fb.

[Coyotl]

57. Another image ready for virality

Complete with a web page: http://jqjacobs.com/romnesia.html

[JimDandy]

44. Fired up!!!!

'Pre-existing conditions like this are covered under Obamacare'.

[MAD Dave]

49. OMG - That is a super ultra mega burn!

Romnesia couldn't happen to a better guy.

[Inuca]

2. related tweet

@markknoller

Sounds like Pres Obama borrowing cadence from Jeff Foxworthy "you might be a redneck" to cite examples of why Romney might have "Romnesia."

[Divine Discontent]

56. yeah, can hear foxworthy gripin' already! whatever...

Get it here --->
http://www.zazzle.com/the_many_faces_of_mitt_romney_bumper_sticker-128324685092319180?rf=238107662556833486

[gordianot]

3. A new word is born! n/t

[navarth]

4. That is AWESOME

Keep the brilliance coming, Mr. President...looked mighty good on Stewart!

[katmondoo]

5. Can't get better than this

I am still smiling

[Frustratedlady]

6. You might have Romnesia, but Obamacare can cure it! What a great line!

That is his best speech in a long time. Romnesia is perfect and will carry him thru another week.

[CountAllVotes]

39. Mitt can avoid taxes in Romnesia!

*Hint*

Move there asap Milk of magnesia! !!!

[flamingdem]

7. This is great! A word encompasses a pile of Rmoney BS nt

[riverwalker]

8. #Romnesia spread it far and wide, bluebirds!

#Romnesia is what Republicans are going to be experiencing en masse at the 2016 Republican Convention when Mitt isn't mentioned once.

You might have #Romnesia if you forgot to do the math for your tax plan: http://romneytaxplan.com/

POTUS is on fire this morning! "#Romnesia is a curable disease. And good news: Obamacare covers pre-existing conditions"#Obama2012



#Romnesia [rom-nee-zhuh] – a condition affecting Mitt Romney, who has shifted positions from “severely conservative” to “severely kidding.”

Edited to add: It's already Trending!!! lololol

[ProfessionalLeftist]

9. @Obama2012 just tweeted...

“If you say you’re for equal pay for equal work but you refuse to say whether you’d sign a bill that protects it, you might have #Romnesia.”

I think they'll get a lot of mileage out of this.

Another one:

“If you say women should have access to contraceptive care but you support laws that would let employers deny it, you’ve got #Romnesia.”

[Inuca]

10. ROmnesia is already trending in twitter :-) n/t

[TrogL]

20. #Romnesia is currently trending second in the US

[Cha]

36. What's first, Trog? Thanks! nm

[eridani]

55. Yep--some examples

‏@TheDailyEdge
If you're dying in medical poverty clutching a worthless Medicare voucher and you can't remember why you voted for Mitt, that's #Romnesia

‏@TheLastWord
Do you suffer from forgetfulness on your positions and side-stepping? If yes, you may suffer from #Romnesia. http://on.msnbc.com/S9dvtA #lastword

‏@TheNewDeal
Attacking Obama Over Libya but Forget That Your Party & VP Pick Voted to Cut $400M from Embassy Safety http://bit.ly/PXQ8iK Rt #Romnesia #p2

‏@MichaelSkolnik
You say the government doesn't create jobs, but then say you have a plan to create 12 million jobs 2 mins later #Romnesia

‏@LOLGOP
#Romnesia is what Republicans are going to be experiencing en masse at the 2016 Republican Convention when Mitt isn't even invited.

‏@TheNewDeal
Romney Didn't Just Say 'Let Detroit Go Bankrupt', He Wrote an Article Called "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19romney.html?_r=0 … Rt #Romnesia #p2

TruthTeam2012 ‏@TruthTeam2012
Fortunately, there’s a cure for #Romnesia: "Obamacare covers preexisting conditions.” http://OFA.BO/SZ2wFs

LOLGOP ‏@LOLGOP
If you still think the Iraq War is such a good idea that you hire everyone who planned it, you've got some terminal #Romnesia.

‏@candacetx
MT @MlTTR0MNEY #Romnesia "I'm not familiar precisely w/exactly what I said-but I stand by what I said, whatever it was"

…

@P0TUS
Centers for Disease Control orders @FoxNews quarantined to control outbreak of #Romnesi

[hamsterjill]

11. Romnesia, huh?

I love it!!! Way to go, Mr. President.

[Stargleamer]

12. I'm not sure if I like this. . .

on the one hand it does harken back to how inconsistent Romney has been, it does serve to showcase his different positions of late with what he was saying at the Republican Primary debates, but on the other hand it allows Republicans to freely use their "Obamanation" ("abomination&quot line - which I've heard at work (Obama is an "Obamanation&quot . I always HATED that. Not that Republicans don't show any qualms about using that line anyhow, but still.

Having said that, I hope that on November 6th this country does turn into an "Obama-Nation"!.

[marions ghost]

14. wordplay is fair

...long as it's not too ugly...

At least Romnesia has some truth behind it.

Obamanation thankfully has two meanings.

Obama Nation on Nov 6

[MatthewStLouis]

15. The difference is "Romnesia" has meaning. Rmoney is a liar, plain and simple.

Using "Obamanation" says more about the speaker than it does the President; it just tells you they don't like him.

[Cha]

37. It's brilliant! The gops turned ACA into Obamacare and Pres Obama

embraced it. Will mitt embrace Romnesia?

[Zambero]

54. I wish he would have come up with it sooner

Republicans had no qualms about coining the mocking term "Obamacare" (now adopted by its proponents and effectively neutralized). Their candidate deserves at least as much name-based recognition for what he's been saying and rehashing day in and day out for years.

[proverbialwisdom]

65. That accurate riff might've been inspired by this offensive BS described in a NJ Ledger editorial.

http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2012/10/biden_has_dementia_a_fox_news.html

Editorial: Biden has dementia? A Fox News analyst's post-debate insult

By Star-Ledger Editorial Board
on October 16, 2012 at 2:32 PM, updated October 16, 2012 at 5:27 PM

Pundits on the right are still trying to deflate Vice President Joe Biden after the success of his debate performance last week. Fox News has always aggressively promoted its point of view while hiding behind the Orwellian slogan of “Fair and Balanced.” After Biden’s star turn in the only debate between the vice presidential candidates, the Fox spin cycle gyrated out of control in its attempt to conjure a negative out of Biden’s accomplishment.

The latest: On Monday a Fox News analyst suggested Biden’s energetic challenge to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) – in which Biden by turns smiled, laughed, interrupted and mocked – suggests dementia.

Huh? Here’s psychiatrist Keith Ablow, quoted by Think Progress:

“I did not evaluate Joe Biden, but if someone said to me, we want you to do what’s really required to know what happened there, you have to put dementia on the differential diagnosis. You have to say, bizarre laughter, interrupting. If this were your dad or your grandfather, wouldn’t you say if you brought him to me, Keith, you’ve got to tell me, is he suffering with dementia? Because he can’t seem to listen, he’s laughing inappropriately.”

Jon Stewart nailed the inanity of Ablow’s remarks: “Yes,” Stewart said, “that rare form of dementia where you remember too much.”

More.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. They need to PUT MITT IN HIS CORNER

They still haven't closed the deal on MITT'S REACTIONARY VIEW

OF THE WORLD AND AGENDA.

Mitt is getting away with lies to cover his record and his stated goals

[louis-t]

16. Funny stuff!

[jermbers]

17. I'd heard of this term before today,

albeit in a different context.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/24/mitt-romney-self-creation-myth

We could call it Romnesia: the ability of the very rich to forget the context in which they made their money. To forget their education, inheritance, family networks, contacts and introductions. To forget the workers whose labour enriched them. To forget the infrastructure and security, the educated workforce, the contracts, subsidies and bailouts the government provided.

[Kalidurga]

18. Best #hashtag ever

I was on Twitter and made a dozen or more jokes at Romney's expense. @SteelySunshine

[Indi Guy]

19. The Nerve of Obama! ...The 'Mitt'igated Gall!!

[SamKnause]

21. Romnesia

LOVE IT !!!!

[all american girl]

22. I was there and everyone LOVED IT!!!!!!!!

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. So perfect!

I'd like to see Obama use it in the next debate.

[skeewee08]

24. This is the best yet, first Romney-hood now this....

I wonder who writes President O punchlines......

[SoapBox]

27. Hilarious...

[mnhtnbb]

28. That is hilarious. I hope Secret Service is on their toes next debate.

I suspect Romney will not be able to hold himself back from taking
a swing at POTUS.

The narcissist will not be able to handle the humiliation.

He has ZERO foreign policy experience and he is going to be
ridiculed at the next debate.

[hedgehog]

29. I forsee him challenging Obama to arm wrestle!

[mnhtnbb]

33. Maybe a reversion to choosing swords or pistols at dawn?

[DippyDem]

31. BREAKING: Centers for Disease Control orders @FoxNews quarantined to control outbreak of #Romnesia

[mnhtnbb]

34. OMG. Spewing my water at the screen.

[Cha]

32. It's Been Begging for a Name! My mittLies won't

do for a President!

Thank you Prez and whomever came up with it in the war room..or was that you!?

Romnesia is catchy and reminds people mitt can't remember shit and/or just a damn LIAR.

mitt's all snotty and mean at the Dinner last night and PBO doesn't get mad..he gets Even.

[treesplease]

35. Romnesia

Good one

[olddad56]

40. sounds like the name of a fantasy land I think I visited once, but I can't remember for sure.

[Generic Other]

38. Love it

+1000

[SammyBrown]

41. Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza

Romnesia indeed

http://www.thenation.com/article/170644/mitt-romneys-bailout-bonanza

[Mc Mike]

63. Thanks for the good Palast-Nation link, SB. nt.

[George II]

43. I'm sure the boneheads on the right will turn this around, calling it "disrespectful" - screw them!!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

58. Excellent!

[jamesatemple]

61. MadDash, that is PERFECT!

Especially for a full-of-BS throwback to the 1950's. Thanks for the trouble.

[Shuhered]

46. Pre-Existing Condition

Mr. Romney has plans that he could not possibly have he thought out carefully. I maintain that he has all along been doing this for Ann, not him. He is a high functioning Asberger Syndrome patient, excitingly high functioning. But he has demonstrated disrespect during the debates, so he could never have my vote. Also, he is not kind to gay men and women and I am gay, so I will respectfully ask all people (who do not watch Fox News ) to vote for my man, Barack Obama.

[FreeBC]

47. I don't find it to be witty nor clever

How about "Liar"?

That's one I could get behind.

[QUALITYCONTRoll]

48. TRoll dictionary..

Romnesia |ˈrom,nesīa|
verb ( -stepped, -stepping) [ trans. ]
avoid (someone or something) by stepping sideways : as he walked he sidestepped the many cracks in the brain.
• figurative avoid dealing with or discussing (something problematic or disagreeable) : he neatly sidestepped the questions about values.
• [ intrans. ] Never climb or descend by lifting a skinTAG while etching a sketch.

[Peaceful Protester]

50. If you have Romnesia...

[center]

[/center]

[Joey Liberal]

51. Thank you, Mr. President!

Romnesia! LOLOL

[Peaceful Protester]

52. The good news is...

...Obamacare covers pre-existing conditions, like Romnesia.

[bardahl]

53. Congenital and Contagious?

Is Romnesia a temporary condition or is it permanent and incurable? Judging from the Romneyoid Klan, I have faith that the condition is congenital, ie, genetic mutants created in the spitting image of Mitt's Mormonic God. And given that 47% of Willard's most rabid fans seem to also exhibit symptoms of Romnesia, I fear that the incurable mutation might be contagious so I shalt no longer be attending any of his rallies... at least not without a rabies shot.

[Jester Messiah]

59. Boom! Headshot!! [nt]

[KANTANA]

60. At last, this disease has a name!!!

You may have ROMNESIA if:
1) You refuse to release your tax returns but ask people you're vetting for V.P to submit
10 years of tax returns.

2) You call 47% of your fellow citizens moochers and free loaders who pay not taxes, yet hide
your money in tax heavens in Caymans and Bermuda so as to avoid paying taxes.

3) You protest in favor of the Vietnam war as a youth, then run to France to hide so as to
avoid being drafted to go fight in the same war.

4) You tell your rich friends behind closed doors that you do not care about 47% of the country
but say on national tv that you care about 100% of the country.

5) You tell your rich friend behind closed doors that if there was a political crises anywhere,
you will take full advantage of it for political gain, but pretend when a crises erupts in Libya
that your comments are in the national interest, even though you had no details of the crisis

6) Your major business experience and career was about tearing up American companies,
shipping the jobs overseas, stealing the pensions of the workers. Also as governor of
Massachusetts you were 47th in job creation among the states, yet you fly around the
country, calling yourself a job creator!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

62. Great speech.

Especially the line "I have good news for Mr Romney. Obama care covers pre-existing conditions. "

[Indi Guy]

64. Ha! - Biden believes that Romnesia is contagious & Ryan got infected...

[font size="4"]Biden: 'Romnesia' is a communicable disease[/font]

"The president has a new term for this sort of ability to change your mind so quickly: He calls it 'Romnesia,'" Biden said, echoing the president's new line from a Virginia appearance earlier today. "Boy, I tell you what, I hope y'all don't get Romnesia. It's a bad disease. It's a bad disease and it is contagious."...

..."All of sudden Paul Ryan the budget hawk- the guy that introduced a whole budget that already passed ... the House of Representatives," Biden explained. "All of sudden he doesn't remember it. He doesn't remember it. He doesn't remember what it does to the vital programs that mean so much to working people."

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/19/14562945-biden-romnesia-is-a-communicable-disease?lite