Planned obscurity

It's becoming clear now what Romney's campaign strategy is:   planned obscurity of the truth.   Say anything, then don't give details so there is no accountability.   Change what you say without acknowledging it and act as though you've been saying it all along.   Outright lie with a straight face and an aggressive manner -- and most of the people will believe you.

So . . . now, as of last night's debate, his planned obscurity about Romney/ObamaCare has come full circle.

First, he was all for it and said it could be a model for the nation.   Then he began running for president, and it didn't sit well with the right-wing Republicans.  So then he said it was right for Massachusetts but wrong for the nation.

Now he's saying that it is a "model for the nation for states to do what Masschusetts did" [ie, state by state, devise their own plan that suits them].

See, none of it actually is contradictory.   It's right for MA.  It's not right for the nation [to have a national plan].  But it is right for the nation for each state to devise it's own plan.  So:  it is both right for the nation and not right for the nation, at the same time, depending on your definition of "it."

Man, some creative word-smithing went into that spin.   It is what he has been saying all along, but I don't think he knew that's what he was saying.  He was just dissembling.  Then someone figured out how to spin it so it became clear and -- surprise !!! -- it actually has a logic.

See what I mean by planned obscurity?   But more often, he just outright lies, no creativity involved.  Like saying his health care plan will protect pre-existing conditions -- yeah, if you already have health insurance but not if you don't, which is about 89 million Americans.

Ralph