Rick Perry Ad Hits Mitt Romney Over 'No Apology' Book Changes

Rick Perry's campaign released an ad Sunday attacking Mitt Romney for changing a passage in his book, No Apology, that deals with the health care reform law Romney passed in Massachusetts. "I stand by what I wrote, I believe in what I did, and I believe that the people of this country can read my book and see exactly what it is," Romney said in Thursday's GOP debate. "Words have meaning."

The ad says that, in the original version of Romney's book, the former Massachusetts governor presented Romneycare as a national model, writing: "We can accomplish the same thing for everyone in the country." That line disappeared from the paperback version of the book.

Romney's edits aren't limited to health care -- he also added a stronger critique of the economic stimulus, and added in references to Glenn Beck's 9/12 movement and Joe the Plumber.

The Democratic-aligned group American Bridge also hit Romney in a video for flip-flopping by quoting his "words have meaning" line.

Perry has faced questions over his own book, Fed Up!, particularly his criticism of Social Security as unconstitutional.

However, his communications director said the book should be considered “a review and critique of 50 years of federal excesses, not in any way as a 2012 campaign blueprint or manifesto.”

WATCH: Rick Perry and Mitt Romney spar during last week's GOP debate:

 

 

Comments

[venice6]

01:49 AM on 09/30/2011

Willard Romney has a HUGE sized head !

Freakin' twice the size of Perry's!

[dtallwalk]

06:33 PM on 09/26/2011

Well this is creative
But dose he stutter like the last republican

[jazzylyn]

05:45 PM on 09/26/2011

Okay communications director back him out what other vomit do you have to clean up? Get another job cause this vomit isn't coming to an end!

[Gray Mouser]

05:21 PM on 09/26/2011

Gee, a later edition with revisions. Big deal.

[dbishop76]

05:07 PM on 09/26/2011

How sad it is that the governor of the state with highest number of insured citizens is trying to be more like the governor of the state with fewest number of insured citizens. Furthermore, how sad is it that we do not debate the best WAY to deliver health care to all, but discuss whether the poor deserve to get it all?

[camelias and sweet tea]

04:34 PM on 09/26/2011

Memo to Mittens: NEVER flip flop in writing, it is bad enough on video tape.

[Smithn]

04:31 PM on 09/26/2011

tap; tap.
chip-chip.

[patnamm]

04:23 PM on 09/26/2011

Time and time again, this mean keeps showing us that he is a complete fraud.

[patnamm]

04:21 PM on 09/26/2011

Romney has taken Flip Flop to another level, to the point of re-wrting his own book. Wow, Mitt!

[blaquemark]

04:01 PM on 09/26/2011

Embrace your words mitt. After all...thats what you *believed* to be the *right-thing* at the time.

[aodell]

03:43 PM on 09/26/2011

Funny neither one of these men had any words to say when the soldier was booed!

[BligeTheVOTE]

04:19 PM on 09/26/2011

THAT is why the brave man serving his country in Afghanistan today, and serving his country NEXT YEAR is different from any COWARD on the Orlando stage,

[aodell]

03:39 PM on 09/26/2011

I don't know why Romney keeps wanting to deny his feelings about the healthcare he passed .That was not a bad thing , although this is coming from a democrat.We are known for having a heart .I guess that doesn't fly well with the tea party!

[studioh!]

03:38 PM on 09/26/2011

just.more.words.

[Trevor Schmidt]

03:34 PM on 09/26/2011

It is ok if both Romney and Perry outline their thoughts in books, conservatives don't like to read books.

[jokerdanny]

03:27 PM on 09/26/2011

i heard sarah palin's secret service code name was joe the plumber's helper ;-)

[Sundiszno]

04:55 PM on 09/26/2011

either that or "Two Flush"