You've gotta' love Mittens tying himself up in knots this Thursday when asked about his previous comments regarding President Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright, which was about to be dusted off again for a new round of attacks by one of these Super PACs -- or it was until someone leaked the story to The New York Times.

Romney On Wright: ‘I’m Not Familiar Precisely With Exactly What I Said, But I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was’:

Speaking at a campaign event in Jacksonville, Florida, Mitt Romney said even though he doesn’t remember invoking Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Sean Hannity’s show back in February, he stands by his comments. “I’m not familiar precisely with exactly what I said, but I stand by what I said whatever it was,” Romney said. Earlier today Mitt Romney said he “repudiate[s]” a plan to attack President Obama by hyping his connection to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in an interview with the conservative news site Townhall. Romney said he would like to focus on the economy instead

Romney also accused the Obama administration of "character assassination" for the recent attacks ads on his time at Bain Capital. Character assassination is something the Romney campaign should know a thing or two about since that's what they've done to every one of their opponents with negative advertising since this presidential campaign season began.

Mitt Romney Says Bain Attacks Are Part of Obama’s ‘Character Assassination’:

Mitt Romney said today that he is “disappointed” in President Obama’s campaign for being “focused on character assassination,” saying that he considers the president’s attacks on his career at Bain to be an attempt to make him seem to be “not a good person or not a good guy.” “I have been disappointed with the president’s campaign to date which is focused on character assassination,” said Romney. “I just think that we’re wiser to talk about the issues of the day, what we do to get America working again, talk about our respective records.” Read on...

Transcript of Romney's remarks below the fold.