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Summary President Barack Obama has called rival Mitt Romney's flip-flopping on policy positions Romnesia.
President Barack Obama came up with a biting new term Friday for what he called rival Mitt Romneys flip-flopping on policy positions, calling it Romnesia.Mr. Severely Conservative wants you to think he was severely kidding about everything he said over the last year, the president said at a rally attended by some 9,000 people at a university campus outside Washington.It marked a clear escalation of the tone Obama is employing to attack his rival in the tight race for the White House, with the election just 18 days away.The two men face off Monday in Florida for the last of three debates, this time focusing on foreign policy.The president said the former Massachusetts governor used to claim, for instance, he was the ideal candidate for the conservative movement known as the Tea Party.Now, suddenly, hes saying, what, who, me? the president said, drawing laughs from the crowd.I mean, hes changing up so much and backtracking and sidestepping, weve got to name this condition that hes going through. I think its called Romnesia. Thats what its called. I think thats what hes going through, Obama said.The president then rattled off what he said were a series of Romney policy reversals on issues such as womens rights, tax cuts for the wealthy and the future of the coal industry.Shortly after Obamas speech, the hashtag Romnesia began trending on Twitter.
