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Obama for America

"Mitt Romney Versus Reality: Global Edition" +
  2:00 web video from April 26, 2012.

[Music] Romney (clip from debate): This president decided he was going to try and negotiate for Israel by saying let's go back to the '67 borders.

Obama (clip from AIPAC speech): Israelis and Palestinians will negotiate a border that is different than the one that existed on June 4th 1967.

Romney: This president spends a lot of time apologizing for America.

Obama (Inaugural Address): We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense.

Romney (on "The Situation Room"): Russia, this is without question our number one geopolitical foe...

Biden (on "Face the Nation"): He acts like he thinks the Cold War's still on, Russia is still our major adversary.  I don't know where he's been."

Romney (on FOX News): We don't negotiate with terrorists and the president was suggesting that Israel should negotiate with terrorists.

Obama (WH TV, meeting with Netanyahu): Hamas has been and is an organization that has resorted to terror...  It is not a partner for a significant, realistic peace process.

Romney: He has not cracked down on China.  They continue to run roughshod over us.

Obama: Since I took office, we've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration.

Romney (clip from debate): This president should have placed, put in place crippling sanctions against Iran.  He did not.

Obama (WH news conference): What we've been able to do over the last three years is mobilize unprecedented crippling sanctions on Iran.  Iran is feeling the bite of these sanctions in a substantial way.

Romney (clip from NH via CSPAN): This president takes his inspiration from the capitals of Europe...

Obama (addressing soldiers): Let us never forget the source of American leadership.  Our commitment to the values that are written into our founding documents, and a unique willingness among nations to pay a great price for the progress of human freedom and dignity.  This is who we are.  It's what we do.  As Americans.

Notes: The fact that the dates are not shown somewhat undercuts the effectiveness.  A comment from PostSurgeOperative noted, "Btw: in order to show the real contrast between Mitt Romney and the reality of Pres. Obama's record, please post the date on each clip, so the viewer sees that all of these recent statements from Mitt Romney were made well after the statements made by Pres. Obama."