Romney defends Romney

Says Massachusetts Romney different from national Romney

Ann Arbor, MI – Mitt Romney defended himself yesterday in the face of withering criticism, saying the Mitt Romney he put in place in Massachusetts is different from the Mitt Romney who is running for President.

In the first policy speech of his budding presidential campaign, Romney gave his strongest endorsement to date of Mitt Romney, saying Mitt Romney was a “state solution to a state problem.”

“We faced a problem in Massachusetts,” Romney told a group of doctors at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center. “How does a Republican governor get elected in a traditionally liberal state? Mitt Romney did what he had to do to get elected. It worked in Massachusetts. It would not work nationally.”

Romney blasted his critics for distorting his record, arguing that the Mitt Romney who governed Massachusetts is fundamentally different from the Mitt Romney who aspires to be President.

“There are no similarities whatsoever,” said Romney. “The Mitt Romney who governed Massachusetts was a state solution to a state problem. The Mitt Romney you see today is different. We do not need a one-size-fits-all Mitt Romney.”

Romney admitted there are certain things he would change about Mitt Romney. “Do I think the Massachusetts version of Mitt Romney was perfect?” asked Romney. “No. There are certain things I would change, and certain things I would keep the same.”

“For example, I would change the way I was friendly to the gays,” said Romney. “But I wouldn’t change the fact that I won.”

The former governor reserved his harshest words for his critics on the left. “The liberal neo-monarchists who run this country refuse to believe there’s any other way to govern. They are stuck in their ways, and their ways are failing us,” said Romney. “I have never been stuck in my ways. My ways are constantly changing. It worked for Massachusetts, and it will work for the United States.”

Romney paused, then added, “Wait… I mean it won’t work for the United States. I mean, it worked for Massachusetts the way it worked in Massachusetts… as President, I will figure out another way to make it work.”