Romnesia -- and an Adage of the Year?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/19/2012 08:16 PM, James Harbeck wrote:
>The president just used it in a speech, so that's likely to be a
>very efficient vector. I first read it today in a quote from that
>speech, and now it's popping up like mushrooms in my facebook feed.

After commenting about statements that Romney has forgotten since he
began running for president six years ago and describing this as
"Romnesia", he said "Here's the good news: Obamacare covers
pre-existing conditions."

[YouTube audio.  On-line quotations vary somewhat.]

Joel

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