# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/61 "2012-10-21T21:00:55Z")
I’m not a Romney fan either, but he hasn’t had to resort to twitterable memes. He’s sticking to the issues, hammering on the economy and that approach is resonating with voters. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/62 "2012-10-21T21:36:12Z")
Sure, he’s sticking to the issues. He’s just not sticking to the same side on any issue. ---
**Author:** ![Fat\_Chance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/63 "2012-10-22T03:10:01Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I’m not a Romney fan either, but he hasn’t had to resort to twitterable memes. He’s sticking to the issues, hammering on the economy and that approach is resonating with voters. Like basing your convention on bs “we built it?” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/64 "2012-10-22T04:59:23Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Doesn’t seem to be the language of a winning campaign. Neither did “Swiftboat Veterans for Truth.” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/65 "2012-10-23T02:56:22Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > It’s been awfully effective in making you Romney fans hilariously sulky. Thinking we’re “hilariously sulky” is yet another fantasy. Continue in it or not, we don’t care. Really. Because that won’t determine the election. > [@dropzone](#): > > Nah, “Obamnesia” comes across as a pathetic reply by a schoolboy. You can’t just flip it like that and be taken seriously as a coiner of pithy phrases. You have to be originalish, and “Romnesia” came first. And “Romnesia” is a brilliant tactic from a president with a superb record. “Romnesia” isn’t even original to this campaign. Google it. ---
**Author:** ![Dumbguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/66 "2012-10-23T06:28:43Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I’m not a Romney fan either, but he hasn’t had to resort to twitterable memes. Not for lack of [trying](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/22/1148461/-Romney-Campaign-Buys-Today-s-Top-Twitter-Hashtag-Hilarity-Ensues). ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/67 "2012-10-23T06:38:50Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I’m not a Romney fan either, but he hasn’t had to resort to twitterable memes. The one time Democrats actually get some good soundbites and of course folks complain about using them. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/68 "2012-10-23T14:56:33Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Is it mud-slinging when it’s true? > > I don’t like nailing people for simply changing their minds, but it really is hard to figure out just what Romney wants to do. He wants to be president, very badly. Its pretty obvious to me but I’m really perceptive, its almost like an x-men power.. > [@drewtwo99](#): > > To me there’s a difference between saying, “Romney has changed positions many times” and saying he has “Romnesia”. > > If Biden had said something like this, I wouldn’t have batted an eye. I just hold Obama to a higher standard I guess. Its a humorous way of saying he is a liar without actually calling him a liar. I mean we are seriously starting to run out of non-offensive synonyms for liar. > [@adaher](#): > > You think Mormons will support Romney just because he’s Mormon? Especially the journalist class? Not every black man supports Obama either but almost every black institution supports Obama. Frankly, it doesn’t bother me at all that Romney isn’t getting 100% solidarity from mormons, it might actually bother me a bit if he did. > [@j666](#): > > How would we know? Because our FIRST MBA president did such a bang up job with the economy. > [@Dumbguy](#): > > Not for lack of [trying](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/22/1148461/-Romney-Campaign-Buys-Today-s-Top-Twitter-Hashtag-Hilarity-Ensues). Can you believe someone on the Romney side is complaining that Obama’s campaign is getting gimmicky? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/69 "2012-10-23T15:18:01Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > He wants to be president, very badly. And if Romney becomes president, that’s how he’ll manage the country. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/70 "2012-10-23T16:12:59Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > And if Romney becomes president, that’s how he’ll manage the country. He wants to be President in the worst way. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285/71 "2012-10-23T16:50:49Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > He wants to be president, very badly. Its pretty obvious to me but I’m really perceptive, its almost like an x-men power.\ [Actually, he reminds me of this guy](http://www.google.ca/imgres?num=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&channel=np&biw=866&bih=487&tbm=isch&tbnid=TKXa_aYAE_4ipM:&imgrefurl=http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/iznogoud-rockets-to-stardom/&docid=_Yv3rNmjcu2gaM&imgurl=http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMG_0001.jpg&w=519&h=710&ei=-MmGUJbFEdCH0QG26IDYCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=311&vpy=98&dur=0&hovh=263&hovw=192&tx=108&ty=117&sig=111522755375803307293&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=133&tbnw=97&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:72) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romnesia/638285.md?page=3)