From 'very different' to 'identical' in 24 hours

[ProSense]

From 'very different' to 'identical' in 24 hours

By Steve Benen

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In May 2011, he was against the Ryan plan to end Medicare. Six months later, he was for it. More recently, on Monday, Romney said his plan for Medicare is "very similar" to Ryan's proposal, but on Tuesday, the Romney campaign said the plans are "very different."

And 24 hours after the Romney campaign said the two policies are "very different," Romney told a reporter in Green Bay, Wisconsin the opposite again.

For those who can't watch clips online, the WBAY reporter asked, "Your senior campaign advisor said Sunday if the Ryan budget would have come to your desk you would have signed it. In a January debate you called it a proposal that was absolutely right on. So I guess, why now are you distancing yourself from at least the Medicare portion of the Ryan budget?"

Romney replied, "Actually Paul Ryan and my plan for Medicare I think is the same -- if not identical it's probably close to identical."

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INFOGRAPHIC: Everything You Need To Know About Romney’s Dishonesty On Medicare
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[Sanity Claws]

1. When you lie so much, it is hard to keep the lies straight

He has no core values or beliefs other than the belief that he is destined for greatness.

[Whisp]

2. that 700+ billion cuts to Medicare he is claiming...

are from Romney's rich friends, or perhaps even him himself. Those cuts come from the providers - As Everyone Here Should Be Well Aware of About Now (some have switched that same argument to SS for this reason)

I'm sure he's invested in the taking end of Medicare somewhere along the line.

What a blatant, shameful fucking liar.

[Freddie]

3. Romney's still at the Olympics

Winning the gold metal in synchronized flip-flops

[ananda]

4. Romney: Ryan and I are absolutely on the same page and..

.. our plan is the same unless sometimes it's not
when I get confused and forget I'm not supposed
to be moderate.

[lumpy]

5. One of Romney's biggest problems is that he just isn't very swift.

I sincerely believe that he is a person who has not continued to educate himself about anything other than how to acquire wealth and use it to feather his nest. Combine that with no desire to learn the mechanics of humanity and what do you have ? A vacuous mind perhaps and stilted intelligence.