# You just might be a Romney! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711 "2012-03-14T01:32:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/21 "2012-03-15T23:53:34Z")
If your grandfather doesn’t care which of his current wives is your grandmother, you just might be a Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/22 "2012-03-16T19:05:02Z")
If you were born in a particular state and your dad was a beloved longtime governor there and you STILL only carried the goddamn state in the GOP primary by 4%, you just might be a Romney. If you’ve moved to the right on every significant public policy issue since 1994, you just might be a Romney. If the most enthusiastic response you can get from the Republican rank and file is, “Eh, OK, I guess maybe he could beat Obama,” you just might be a Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/23 "2012-03-16T19:16:16Z")
> [@PotLuck](#): > > Thank you for sharing. (Why does that sentence seem snarky even when it’s sincere?) Well you could have said “Cool story, bro.” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/24 "2012-03-16T23:08:46Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > If you like to fire people, and for some reason think that would make an _excellent_ sound bite during your presidential campaign, you might be a Romney. Or a Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/25 "2012-03-22T00:24:33Z")
If you wear wingtips with your mom-jeans, you just might be a Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/26 "2012-03-22T01:32:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > If you wear wingtips with your mom-jeans, you just might be a Romney. And if your mom jeans are pressed and have creases, you definitely are. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/27 "2012-03-22T01:41:29Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > And if your mom jeans are pressed and have creases, you definitely are. And you walk around with your fist jammed all the way into the front pocket. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/28 "2012-03-22T02:39:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > And you walk around with your fist jammed all the way into the front pocket. And walk like you’ve never worn jeans before. If you look like you’re uncomfortable in your own skin unless you’re wearing a $2,000 suit, you might be a Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/29 "2012-03-22T03:45:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Stewart: If you have a working 52" plasma TV sitting on top of another working 52" plasma TV, you just might be a Romney! To riff off the original: If you have a working 52" plasma TV in your kitchen, but you don’t know it because you’ve never been in your kitchen, you just might be a Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/30 "2012-03-22T03:50:43Z")
If John McCain reminded you to count how many houses you own before announcing your candidacy, then you might be a Romney. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/31 "2012-03-22T03:51:06Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > If you sing along to the Barenaked Ladies “If I Had $1,000,000,” but change the final line to “I’ll be poor,” you might be a Romney. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > To riff off the original: If you have a working 52" plasma TV in your kitchen, but you don’t know it because you’ve never been in your kitchen, you just might be a Romney. This whole thread is gold, but these two particularly made me laugh out loud, for real. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/32 "2012-03-29T01:13:41Z")
If ‘weight lifting’ means the capacity of your garage’s car elevator, you just might be a Romney. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/33 "2012-03-29T01:16:21Z")
If your idea of a funny story is [your dad closing a car factory](http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120328/POLITICS01/203280456/Romney-jokes-about-dad-s-decision-close-Detroit-auto-plant?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE), you just might be a Romney! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711/34 "2012-03-29T01:41:38Z")
That article has the Obama campaign responding. Is it time? I thought a campaign never wanted to engage the opposition until the nomination was official. [/hijack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-might-be-a-romney/615711.md?page=1)