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Newt Gingrich's team is using Facebook's new "Timeline" feature against Republican front-runner Mitt Romney, creating a version for Romney that chronicles the candidate's past gaffes and alleged flip-flops.

"The Romney Record Timeline features 'highlights' such as Mitt Romney’s 2009 op-ed in USA Today in which he recommends an individual mandate for health insurance on the national level, endorsing radical leftist Rocky Anderson, breaking his promise not to raise taxes as Governor, and rejecting the Contract with America," said Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond in a release Wednesday. "It also features recent out of touch 'hits' from Romney such as his comment that he 'does not care about the poor' and his classic $10,000 attempted bet with [Texas] Governor [Rick] Perry."

The first entry on the page is the now infamous picture ! of Romney with associates at Bain Capital in a shower of dollar bills. As users scroll closer to today's date, the Facebook page displays videos of past Romney statements â€" including instances in which the former governor expresses support for an individual healthcare mandate, abortion rights and gay rights.

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