It’s funny, well, not really funny, but definitely obvious that a certain site of large acquaintance that has specifically and intentionally slighted every candidate in order to advance their chosen narrative of support for Romney is now backtracking a bit to lower the blatant obviousness of their manipulations.   Gee, I wonder if it has anything to do with a muchly anticipated launch of a competitive mega-site from the Breitbart empire?   Hmmmm, not funny that.   Regardless, its too late for “D” to recover credibility.   Hey Matt, enjoy your trip to the land of irrelevance, and say hi to Nicky Haley on your way.
Speaking of illicit and manipulative narratives, did anyone else catch the pro-mittens propaganda show put forth by Mike Huckabee yesterday in his *cough* two-hour candidate jobs forum?    Odd that it would be a taped and edited show devoid from an actual live audience.    I wonder why?  And the questions, well lets just say the questions were, um, well, supremely sculpted to highlight the establishment choice.
Boy, if you ever needed to create a new touchy feely narrative for Romney the Destroyer, one only has to ask Huckabee for his how-to guide for injecting emotion into a candidate constitutionally incapable of emotion under non-scripted circumstances.   Could you make it any more obvious Mike?   Sheeesh, the father of a wounded young vet sure made for a great optical opportunity for the plastic candidate.   Odd it was,…. how those emotional questions were only dropped at the feet of Mittens.   Almost like someone was trying desperately to construct a new warmer narrative or something….. huh, funny that.   I mean it’s not like the lord of the money gaffes, Mr. Starched himself, was attached to a generally wide held public belief that he is detached, cold, aloof, stiff, and unprincipled.   Lemonade stands and wounded veterans?  Really Mike?   But, I digress….
Speaking of Romney, did anyone else catch the Friday discovery that Mittens penned an op-ed in 2009 for USA Today where he urged President Obama to institute the individual mandate?   Red State has all the details.
Had Michigan not been as close, the Democrats would have waited to spring this on us in the general election. Luckily we have it now and I hope Ohio voters are paying attention.
In July 2009, Mitt Romney wrote an op-ed in USA Today urging Barack Obama to use an individual mandate at the national level to control healthcare costs.

Health care cannot be handled the same way as the stimulus and cap-and-trade bills… There’s a better way. And the lessons we learned in Massachusetts could help Washington find it.
…Our experience also demonstrates that getting every citizen insured doesn’t have to break the bank. First, we established incentives for those who were uninsured to buy insurance. Using tax penalties, as we did, or tax credits, as others have proposed, encourages “free riders” to take responsibility for themselves rather than pass their medical costs on to others.

On the campaign trail now, Mitt Romney says the individual mandate is appropriate for Massachusetts, but not the nation. Repeatedly in debates, Romney has said he opposes a national individual mandate.
But back in 2009, as Barack Obama was formulating his healthcare vision for the country, Mitt Romney encouraged him publicly to use an individual mandate. In his op-ed, Governor Romney suggested that the federal government learn from Massachusetts how to make healthcare available for all. One of those things was “Using tax penalties, as we did, or tax credits, as others have proposed, encourages “free riders” to take responsibility for themselves rather than pass their medical costs on to others.”
Friends, if Mitt Romney is the nominee, we will be unable to fight Obama on an issue that 60% of Americans agree with us on.
Just a month after Romney penned his op-ed advocating the Individual Mandate, The Boston Globe ran a breathless report complaining about RomneyCare, headlined “Bay State health insurance premiums highest in country.”

Massachusetts has the most expensive family health insurance premiums in the country, according to a new analysis that highlights the state’s challenge in trying to rein in medical costs after passage of a landmark 2006 law that mandated coverage for nearly everyone.

Oh, but that’s right: Romney’s the “only one who can win”.
Of course, that’s what they said about John McCain and Bob Dole.
Move along, move along, nothing to see here…… 

And please get a fresh cuppa joe so you can watch the following video in its entirety.   Given the AIPAC  starts today, this is one you really don’t want to miss.