Name-calling is reaching new, creative heights in the presidential campaign, with both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney coining new terms to attack their opponent with. On Monday, Obama invented the nickname “Romney Hood,” alleging that Romney plans to tax the poor to help the rich—Robin Hood in reverse. Romney responded Tuesday by coining the term “Obamaloney” in order to accuse the president of making up his facts. It’s the latest case of mudslinging, following a Romney ad attacking Obama’s welfare-reform plan and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s unsubstantiated claim that Romney paid no taxes in past years.
