Romney/Ryan favorite weapon: Projection

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Look at this little clip from the O'Brien-Romney debate:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections-politics/choice-2012/transcript-29/
The Choice 2012

ROB GRAY: It’s tough to say what he believes. I’m not sure exactly what he believes on social issues, even though I was closely involved in the campaign. Mitt Romney was certainly comfortable being a liberal on social issues in 2002, if it was going to help him win, and that’s clearly what it would take in Massachusetts to win.

NARRATOR: AS Election day loomed, Romney went one on one with his opponent, Shannon O’Brien, in a televised debate.

CHARLEY MANNING: And it was close. Shannon was up, with about a week to go. And then they had the last debate, and it was over at Suffolk Law.

NARRATOR: O’Brien attacked, directly questioning Romney’s pro-choice position.

SHANNONN O’BRIEN (D-MA), Candidate for Governor: Ted Kennedy said it best, “Mitt Romney isn’t pro-choice, he’s not anti-choice, he’s multiple choice.”

I was very blunt in saying to him that I didn’t think he was telling the truth about his position on choice. He’d been pro-choice when he ran against Ted Kennedy. He’d been pro-choice, when he ran against me. In the middle, while he was at the Olympics, he didn’t want a label.

MITT ROMNEY: I will preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose. And your effort to continue to try to create fear and deception here is unbecoming. It’s an issue that’s important. I’ve established my view very clearly.

SHANNON O’BRIEN: He basically attacked me and said I was, quote, “unbecoming” for having questioned his veracity, that I was questioning his integrity.

MITT ROMNEY: I will preserve and protect a woman’s right to choose and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard.

NARRATOR: Romney’s performance was decisive. The voters were convinced.

CHARLEY MANNING: And he won that debate, and he got tremendous momentum.

CAMPAIGN SPEAKER: The next governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney!