# Romnesia **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 19, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285 "2012-10-19T22:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/21 "2012-10-20T11:42:54Z")
Oh yeah, I’m just so frightened that Romnesia will move the polls. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/22 "2012-10-20T11:56:48Z")
It’s funny, catchy, and perfectly fitting. There simply has never been a presidential candidate so lacking in core beliefs before. It’s the reason that a major newspaper in _Utah_(!) just came out with an endorsement of Obama. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/23 "2012-10-20T12:00:42Z")
Yeah, but Romney got the Orlando Sentinel, which is the biggest newspaper in central Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/24 "2012-10-20T12:03:00Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yeah, but Romney got the Orlando Sentinel, which is the biggest newspaper in central Florida. Yes, that’s just as remarkable. You are working very hard at this. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/25 "2012-10-20T12:27:45Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > It’s funny, catchy, and perfectly fitting. There simply has never been a presidential candidate so lacking in core beliefs before. It’s the reason that a major newspaper in _Utah_(!) just came out with an endorsement of Obama. Also the Tampa Bay Times and the Denver Post. The Utah paper was a real surprise, as I just assumed they would march in lockstep with one of their own. Not only did the Tribune not endorse him, but they were fairly punishing in their reasoning: > [@](#): > > “In considering which candidate to endorse, the Salt Lake Tribune editorial board had hoped that Romney would exhibit the same talents for organization, pragmatic problem-solving and inspired leadership that he displayed here more than a decade ago,” the editorial board wrote, referring to the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002. > > “Instead, we have watched him morph into a friend of the far right, then tack toward the center with breathtaking aplomb.” > > \ > > “Where, we ask, is the pragmatic, inclusive Romney, the Massachusetts governor who left the state with a model healthcare plan in place, the Romney who led Utah to Olympic glory?” the editorial board asked. “That Romney skedaddled and is nowhere to be found.” ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/26 "2012-10-20T13:06:42Z")
Nice try, but the Tribune also endorsed Obama in 2008. The Orlando Sentinel endorsed Obama in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/27 "2012-10-20T13:35:33Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Nice try, but the Tribune also endorsed Obama in 2008. Against the Mormon McCain? Holy magical smokes! ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/28 "2012-10-20T13:57:58Z")
You think Mormons will support Romney just because he’s Mormon? Especially the journalist class? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/29 "2012-10-20T14:08:19Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > It’s the reason that a major newspaper in _Utah_(!) just came out with an endorsement of Obama. That’s just the break Obama needs to get to only minus 40 points in the Utah polls. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/30 "2012-10-20T14:16:00Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > That’s just the break Obama needs to get to only minus 40 points in the Utah polls. 😛 It won’t affect Utah, but it might affect folks elsewhere who wonder why Romney is unable to secure the endorsement of the major Utah paper. Every little bit of doubt sown about him has an effect in this close race. Similarly, if the NAACP endorsed Romney, it would not indicate treachery, because black people share even less of a hive mind than Mormons. It would still be newsworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/31 "2012-10-20T14:24:52Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yeah, but Romney got the Orlando Sentinel, which is the biggest newspaper in central Florida. Yeah but I fucked your mother last night. I know, that didn’t have much to do with your response. But then again, your response didn’t have much to do with the topic. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/32 "2012-10-20T14:27:56Z")
The implication was that a paper that supported Obama in 2008 has made a shocking endorsement by endorsing him again in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/33 "2012-10-20T14:53:32Z")
Romnesia. Hilarious and true. Whoever came up with that deserves credit and Obama delivered so well. You can tell it stung by the way Rmoney responded. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/34 "2012-10-20T15:20:14Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > It won’t affect Utah, but it might affect folks elsewhere who wonder why Romney is unable to secure the endorsement of the major Utah paper. Every little bit of doubt sown about him has an effect in this close race. I don’t think so. SLC proper voted for Obama over McCain as well. While Utah is a reliably red state, SLC is a bit more liberal, and it’s not shocking that this paper endorsed the same guy they did in 2008. The enthusiasm it’s getting reported with is amusing though. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/35 "2012-10-20T15:35:03Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > You can tell it stung by the way Rmoney responded. How did it respond? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/36 "2012-10-20T16:03:04Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > How did it respond? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/37 "2012-10-20T16:06:41Z")
totally fair and TRUE. go, Team Blue. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/38 "2012-10-20T16:36:54Z")
Man, **Drewtwo99** and **adaher** if you don’t like Romnesia, you are going to hate Paulzheimers. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/39 "2012-10-20T16:40:43Z")
I already do. That one stinks. “Romnesia”, however, is a beauty. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/40 "2012-10-20T17:10:47Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > That’s just the break Obama needs to get to only minus 40 points in the Utah polls. 😛 Perhaps. Since this thread and their endorsement were both about Romney’s lack of any sort of principles, I thought I would mention it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285.md?page=3)