During his victory speech this evening, Mitt Romney raised the eyebrows of a number of people on Twitter (including me) when he sounded like he may have been suggesting that Lyndon Johnson was a “great” president. But Romney’s campaign sends along his prepared remarks, which give weight to the view that he was intending to attribute the claim to President Obama.
Here’s what Romney actually said in his speech (emphasis mine):
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Hearing that, it sounded to me as if Romney were saying something to the effect of, “Haha, isn’t it funny that Obama would think he was great like Lincoln and LBJ and FDR?!”
But here’s how Romney’s prepared remarks read, according to the campaign (again, my emphasis):
I don’t think this is a big deal and am willing to give Romney the benefit of the doubt on this. Just figured I’d clarify the matter since it seemed to be getting some chatter.
