Ob'omneycare! The Ultimate Mitt Romney 'Obamacare'-vs.-'Romneycare' Double-Talk Train Wreck (VIDEO)

What's more enjoyable than watching Mitt Romney attempt to bend, twist and wiggle his way through a contradictory political position? Not much.

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and 2008 Republican presidential candidate, as he prepares for what will likely be another presidential run in 2012 is that of distinguishing "Obamacare" -- the health care reform recently signed into law by President Obama and the bête noire of Republicans everywhere (which Romney must by necessity oppose with all the Tea Party-ish zeal he can muster) -- from "Romneycare." After all, the latter health care reform signed into law by Romney as Massachusetts governor in 2006 (which he must by necessity defend, since it's his primary legacy as governor) is strikingly similar to Obama's plan.

The headlines have been popping up with increasing frequency since Obama signed health care reform into law last week: "Mitt Romney's Health-Care Dilemma", "Romney leads charge against Obama health plan, although it looks a lot like his own in Mass.", "Pre-existing condition vexes Mitt Romney". Perhaps Matt Yglesias sums it up best: "Mitt Romney was for health care before he was against it. And in 2012, he's headed for a double-talking disaster that would make John Kerry cringe."

We now present to you that double-talking disaster in tightly edited video form, the ultimate Mitt Romney Obamacare-vs.-Romneycare Highlight Reel: "Ob'omneycare!"

WATCH:

Video produced by HuffPost's Ben Craw.

Comments

[TomDegan]

04:41 AM on 04/01/2010

It's so ironic. If the Republicans had been smart enough to nominate Mitt Romney in '08, he'd probably be sleeping inn the executive mansion at this very moment. But they're not smart. The party of Lincoln has been hijacked by an army of half-wits. That is the reason why that party is in the process of imploding - and I am having so much fun watching that implosion. I really am!

NOTE TO THE GOP:

Health Care is hear to stay. Get over it.

www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan

[ekwati]

08:32 AM on 03/31/2010

After insisting that mandates are bad, Romney goes: "I like mandates..."
"... the ones you come up with..." quips Mr. Thompson.

It is truly hilarious to see someone deliberately trying to run away from his accomplishments; from something GOOD (maybe not perfect, but good) he did just so he can appease the fringe, which is increasingly becoming the CORE of the right.

When I was a kid, I used to hear it brandied about that politics is dirty. Some 40+ years later, I'm only just now beginning to truly understand what that meant. Somebody needs to clue these people in to the fact that times really are changing, and that almost everything stated in the public arena is out there in the clouds to be called up at any time.

Anyway, should make for very interesting Republican primaries.

[MKSinSA]

06:04 AM on 03/31/2010

You know you're a dead man walking when Fred Thompson makes you squirm. The Gee Oh Pee's got no one at the moment.

[JustLeftOfRight]

01:48 AM on 03/31/2010

Hilarious! When Mitt runs in 2012 someone should pay to air a shorter version in commercials.

[jgaines7]

10:02 PM on 03/30/2010

Painted himself into a corner, it seems.

[sb250guy]

09:12 PM on 03/30/2010

This guy will say ANYTHING.

I'm from Massachusetts. I didn't vote for him. But I apologize on behalf of my state for electing him to the office of governor and, therefore, giving him a national stage to play on. I'm sorry.

[genjac3213]

08:52 PM on 03/30/2010

"Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me"

Everytime I see his face, Mitt Romney cues those words to my head. He is not just a flip-flopper, he is all over the place, whatever is the flavor of month, he will be for it...until he is against it.

[stevier]

06:57 PM on 03/30/2010

The new face for the term "flip flop"

[searles7]

04:14 PM on 03/30/2010

He's going to waste a lot of somebody's money running for POTUS.

[fearnuthiiin]

02:14 PM on 03/30/2010

Who is he trying to appease?

[whcjr46]

09:41 AM on 03/30/2010

Romney's healthcare plan as governor of Massachusetts is very similiar to Pres Obama's plan, yet Mitt is going all out to bash the plan. What a hypocrite! Mitt you can't wiggle his way out of this one, this will become a political liability for him as he tries to distant himself from his original position. One more thing, Mitt's hair looks awful "greasy", I wonder if he uses Crisco.

[Kamino2010]

08:52 AM on 03/30/2010

Seriously, I wouldn't mind if Mitt Romney was President. Anyone who would run to the left of Ted Kennedy in an attempt to secure his Senate seat is fine by me. I can't believe the GOP actually thinks he's one of them. Laughable.

[sheikwil4]

09:07 AM on 03/30/2010

Does he really think he will become President, ha, he has a better chance of the Tea Party going on FOX FAUX NEWS and telling them that they both have been wrong about their treatment of President Obama. If the right w i n g picked Sarah Palin over him with old man McCain, says what they think of him.

[pdom694]

08:44 AM on 03/30/2010

What a Moe-Rom. Of course, anyone who wears magic underwear isn't quite right with reality.

[WhatACountry]

08:42 AM on 03/30/2010

Does this make Romney a socialist? He put a mandate on healthcare, and if you don't get coverage, you are taxed. And the tax increases each year you go without.

As for the size of the bill...1 state - 70 pages. 50 states - 2,000 pages. Do the math.

[Dukedraven]

08:24 AM on 03/30/2010

Romney's whole argument that it's okay if it socialized medicine on the state level is plain dumb. Admit it, Romney, Obamacare is the same as Romneycare.