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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

The origins of the phrase "Multiple Choice Mitt"...

"Multiple Choice Mitt" seems to be the nickname of choice for Mitt Romney in the lefty blogosphere lately. Does anyone know how/when this happened? I'm assuming it's a reference to Romney's rapidly "evolving" views on abortion and gay rights.

I'm curious because back in October 2003 I did a cartoon called Multiple Choice Mitt, the original of which was purchased by the ACLU of Massachusetts and given as a gift to Massachusetts Speaker of the House Salvatore F. DiMasi. The cartoon was actually about the death penalty and not other issues, but it's just a weird coincidence, so I'm wondering where I got the term. Is it just the fun alliteration? I tried googling it and I couldn't find any pre-2007 examples, but there have to be some out there as I believe I was referring to something in particular (yes, I'm losing my memory at the age of 26).

Update: I looked back at my notes from 2003 and discovered that I was referencing the same thing the lefty bloggers are--a famous debate between Ted Kennedy and Mitt Romney in 1994, when Romney claimed that he was strongly pro-choice and Kennedy countered that he was really "multiple choice". Mystery solved!

posted by Mikhaela at 10:14 PM   

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