wow... on Chuck Todd's show, Romney spokesman just said that Romney agrees

[scheming daemons]

.. That the mandate is NOT a tax.

[spanone]

1. that guy could be the creepiest man on earth

a perfect spokesperson for rmoney

[Firebrand Gary]

2. YES HE DID! Today's Date: Monday July 2, Eric Fehrnstrom agrees, its A PENALTY NOT A TAX!

The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd, no link yet.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Their ineptitude is a never-ending source of comfort to me

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. We seem to be blessed with a particularly bad and inept Republican candidate/campaign this year

Like Rachel Maddow pointed out, they ought to be doing much better at this by now but still can't get it together. Based on the OP, I see that that is continuing. I'm really starting to become a true believer!

[Voice for Peace]

19. it's no surprise, when his advisors get their talking points

from drudge and breitbart!! unbelievable

[TahitiNut]

5. Just wait until the Etch-A-Sketch gets shaken ... Fernstrom will change his tune.

[uponit7771]

6. They have to, rMoney is stuck like chuck

[StanP50]

7. Here's your link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/

StanP50

[SCVDem]

8. I keep getting confused.

Was that the Flip or the Flop?

[Mz Pip]

9. Expect a clarification

stating the opposite in 5 4 3 2 ...

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Murdoch tweeted for him to fire his staff

Now you see why. This must be driving Murdoch's prized possession Faux Snooze, absolutely insane. This may be why there was an earlier reported story of Rmoney's plans for using Sludge and Bratfart's site for their "messaging".

[spanone]

11. keeping kicked

[secondwind]

12. DID HE SAY MANDATE IS NOT A TAX, OR PENALTY IS NOT A TAX? because the mandate

is just the mandate IMHO

[PatSeg]

13. Well if they said the mandate

is a tax, that would mean they were admitting that Romney was a tax-raiser.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Yup. He's in a quandry.

[PatSeg]

16. His Etch-A-Sketch just broke

Probably from over use!

[Voice for Peace]

20. romney himself said it was a tax in Mass.. I saw the clip here on DU

some years back when defending his health care plan as Gov

(video clip was recent - Romney as Gov was some years back)

[PatSeg]

22. With Mitt

all comments have an expiration date! And he doesn't believe in video clips.

[Voice for Peace]

23. but but but he stands by what he said whatever it was

[PatSeg]

25. God bless 'im

and bless his loyalty to his previous selves!

[BumRushDaShow]

24. I posted the interview from 2006

In post #21.

[GarroHorus]

14. Well, that takes the "Obama imlemented largest tax increase in world history" crap off the table.n/t

[NewJeffCT]

17. How long until they correct themselves?

I'm guessing they'll issue a correction/clarification or something before the evening news.

[taught_me_patience]

18. The mandate is not a tax. The penalty for not buying insurance is a tax

That's probably what he meant.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. But the GOP talking points don't distinguish the two.

Their meme has been that no matter what, ACA = "tax" and I think the day of the ruling, Rmoney even spouted nonsense that the ACA would require a trillion dollars worth of "new taxes".

I.e., his problem is this -

[PatSeg]

26. I think Mitt

has learned he can just make up facts and figures as he goes, because his audience won't challenge him and many aren't even listening. They just want to vote for "anyone but Obama" and Romney will do.

Have you ever watched the people standing behind him when he's talking? They looked bored to death!

[PatSeg]

27. Thanks for posting the video

Its bizarre, he actually made sense back then. Who is that guy? Hardly the Romney we see on the campaign trail these days.