I tried to start my MacBook Pro over and It's not letting me install mountain lion so I am stuck on the old OS X LION screen

I can't get past the installation screen of OS X LION. I have wiped the laptop clean and it won't let me install the new OS X mountain lion that I have already purchased

Reinstall Lion as Barney has suggested, then download Mountain Lion. If you want a clean install, stop the Mountain Lion installation and then make a bootable drive. You can then erase the disk and make a clean install. Lion Diskmaker will build the bootable drive for you.
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