"And last week, Romney released a commercial with footage in which Obama stated, “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.” As it happens, Obama was describing how the McCain campaign assessed McCain’s situation during the 2008 general election, and the clip was from back then. The Romney TV spot dispensed with all that pesky context. When this flagrant misdirection was pointed out, the Romney campaign’s reaction was unapologetic pride. “We’re not going to take our foot off the gas pedal,” crowed a senior aide, Eric Fehrnstrom."

— Presidential Politics as Craven Crudités - NYTimes.com