ROMNESIA. Video, images and definitions -- dictionarists and lexicographers, give it your best shot

[Coyotl]

http://jqjacobs.com/romnesia.html

You don't need to be a dictionarist, etymologist, glossarian, or linguist to participate.

[littlemissmartypants]

1. ...

No Romnesia Here, only Romnausea.

[silverweb]

4. Good one!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I think we may have a whole new meme here.

On edit: And Obamacare has a cure for Romnausea, too!

[Coyotl]

2. OBAMA Romnesia video:

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Currently at 304 views (on edit Sat. evening, 321,365 views).

[Coyotl]

37. Romnesia! —By Mother Jones

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Romnesia!
—By Mother Jones = Fri Oct. 19, 2012 = http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/10/romnesia-0

On Friday, President Barack Obama launched a new attack on his opponent, charging that the Republican presidential case suffers from "Romnesia." From an Obama campaign press release:

Romnesia [Rom-nee-zhuh] Noun—a condition affecting Mitt Romney, who has shifted his positions from “severely conservative” to “severely kidding”—conveniently forgetting the conservative promises he’s made over the past six years that he’s been running for president.

At a grassroots event today in Virginia, President Obama reminded voters that with just weeks before the election, Romney has come down with a case of “Romnesia” because he is now forgetting what his own positions are on issues important to women and their families—like refusing to say whether or not he’d sign a bill that helps women fight back when they don't get equal pay for equal work, supporting legislation that would let your employer deny women coverage for contraceptive care, and saying that he’d be “delighted” to sign a law outlawing a woman’s right to choose in all cases.

Romnesia—several months ago our David Corn deployed the same term in an article headlined, "A Case of Romnesia":

Mitt Romney has a history problem.

It's not only that past events and stances—say, his implementation of an Obamacare-like reform in Massachusetts, or his 1994 call for "full equality" for gay and lesbians—undermine his current efforts by calling into question his political integrity. Romney often distorts—or is detached from—significant realities of his personal past.

Corn, who described several instances of Romnesia in that piece, may not have been the first to coin the term, but he was an early adopter.

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[silverweb]

3. Brilliant!

[font color="purple" font size=5 face="Comic Sans"]GObama! [/font]

[tarheelsunc]

5. New campaign logo

[silverweb]

7. Awesome!

[Coyotl]

8. ROFLMAO

Alternate spellings exist too!

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[Democratopia]

6. It's a Fox transmitted disease like Ryanobia and affects upto 47% of the population

Romnesia is a positional disorder that causes sufferers to lean dangerously to the right and then to the center and back again many times, causing vertigo.

Symptoms include a shrinkage or complete loss of principles, underdeveloped empathy and a pathological inability to speak the truth.

Ryanobia can transmitted by those suffering from Romnesia and involves cognitive dissonance, where reality and stated beliefs have no connection.

Ryanobia can also involve the inability to achieve successful elections and symptoms may include an over-developed sense of self-love, resulting in exhibitionist behavior, such as posing in gyms or soup kitchens.

Treatment includes removing flip flops, waiting for elections to pass and laying down in a dark room for the next four years.

[ashling]

11. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

15. Good one!

[outsideworld]

27. SCREAMING LMAOO

[Coyotl]

9. Romnesia Similes. Who has a funny Romnesia simile

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Simile; A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as.

Romnesia is like a Rolls Royce without a GPS unit -- it keeps parking in a different garage.

[Coyotl]

10. Romnesia Metaphors

met·a·phor/ˈmetəˌfôr/
Noun; A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, esp. something abstract.

O.K., thinking up a Romnesia metaphor may not be easy. Anyone?

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This might help:
Cyberspace is a Parallel World, A Metaphor Analysis
http://jqjacobs.net/anthro/metaphor.html

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[Calypso0956]

14. Loving it!!

[Cha]

21. These People Do Not have Romnesia!

http://theobamadiary.com/2012/10/19/romnesia/#comments

[Whovian]

12. K&R'd!

[Coyotl]

13. The Bush Years, all but forgotten

[ProudProgressiveNow]

16. Great thread! K&R

[Coyotl]

17. Biden: 'Romnesia' is a communicable disease

Biden: 'Romnesia' is a communicable disease
By Carrie Dann, NBC News - http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/19/14562945-biden-romnesia-is-a-communicable-disease


FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Joining a chorus of Democratic mockery with puns aimed at GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Vice President Joe Biden warned a Floridian crowd late Friday that "Romnesia" is a communicable disease that also appears to have been contracted by the Republican's running mate.

"The president has a new term for this sort of ability to change your mind so quickly: He calls it 'Romnesia,'" Biden said, echoing the president's new line from a Virginia appearance earlier today. "Boy, I tell you what, I hope y'all don't get Romnesia. It's a bad disease. It's a bad disease and it is contagious."

The crowd guffawed as Biden mock-explained how the illness has spread to Rep. Paul Ryan as well. .............

[a kennedy]

18. ROMNESIA??? OBAMACARE will cure it....

This IS line of this election. Romnesia?? Obamacare will cure it.

[outsourcing.romney]

19. Romnesia

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http://www.facebook.com/outsourcing.romney

[Cha]

20. Tweets found on the obama diary..

ForUS50

@FORUS50 If you are confused about geopolitical matters and consider Russia our enemy you are suffering from #Romnesia and should see a doctor.

The Washington Post

✔@washingtonpost Obama: When you have "Romnesia," you can't seem to remember the policies on your website wapo.st/S2cqSl

utaustinliberal

@utaustinliberal If you claimed to be pro-choice when running for Gov. of MA, yet now deny it, you have #Romnesia

utaustinliberal

@utaustinliberal If you supported a personhood amendment yet now deny it, you have #Romnesia

utaustinliberal

@utaustinliberal If you take credit for saving the 2002 Olympics yet conveniently forget the taxpayer bail out, you have #Romnesia

utaustinliberal

@utaustinliberal If you held down a classmate and brutally used a pair of scissors to cut his hair yet conveniently forget about it, you have #Romnesia

http://theobamadiary.com/2012/10/19/romnesia/#comments

[Coyotl]

28. Obama’s ‘Romnesia’ Joke is a Surprise Hit = more than 18,000 tweets per hour

Obama’s ‘Romnesia’ Joke is a Surprise Hit on Twitter
http://mashable.com/2012/10/19/romnesia-obama/


It’s hardly the most gut-bustingly funny routine a candidate ever came up with. But President Obama’s claim that his opponent suffers from “Romnesia” appears to be going viral Friday.

The odd term — a portmanteau of “Romney ” and “amnesia” — was at the top of Twitter’s trending topics in the U.S. for several hours after Obama used it in a stump speech in Virginia — an unusual feat for a political topic.

At its peak at 1pm EST, Romnesia was mentioned in more than 18,000 tweets per hour.

Stealing a page from the Jeff Foxworthy playbook, Obama made several jokes along the lines of “you might have Romnesia if …”

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@KatrinaNation Romnesia: a severe form of amnesia that strikes dishonest politicians. #Romney #GOP #Amnesia #Romnesia

This could be the reason my 18 year old registered Republican daughter votes Dem this year – amazing! #Romnesia

[Cha]

35. It's a polite way of calling out Romney's LIES. Thank you, Coyotl!

At its peak at 1pm EST, Romnesia was mentioned in more than 18,000 tweets per hour.

There was an OP on here yesterday complaining Big Bird, Romnesia, etc weren't working..it's getting facts out about mittLies in a most unique way..letting the Voters HELP with it! Will Pres Obama accuse mitt of having Romnesia at the debate in Boca Raton?!

Gotta Love Twitter and the Social Media!

[Cha]

22. Romnesia and TAX RETURNS

ForUS50

@FORUS50 If you are running for Pres & cannot remember where you hid your tax returns you have advanced #Romnesia. Withdraw & seek medical care



Thanks for the thread, Coyotil! May it have a long and healthy life Exposing Romnesiacs!

[Coyotl]

23. Sticking with the Tweety theme = United States trends

[Coyotl]

24. Here comes the Fun Times morning paper

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[Coyotl]

25. Sam Stein = huffingtonpost

'Romnesia': Obama Coins Mitt Romney 'Condition'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/romnesia_n_1987800.html

[yardwork]

29. This is brilliant. Obama and Biden need to keep it up.

[Coyotl]

30. David Corn, back in June, 2012 "A Case of Romnesia"

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Thanks DavidL = http://www.democraticunderground.com/101645238
"Since this word will now be in every dictionary from this day forth, let's give credit to the guy who wrote so well about it back in June."

David Corn, back in June, 2012 "A Case of Romnesia"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101645238

Much much more good reading at:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/mitt-romney-history-problem

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[begin_within]

31. Note:

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. Better than my last effort....

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[Coyotl]

39. One for the kids

[amborin]

33. K&R

[Coyotl]

34. Dr. Obama

[Cha]

36. I'm bookmarking this thread..

it's too full of facts on romnesia to be forgotten.

[Coyotl]

38. Romnesia toons

Hopefully more to follow on edits.

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Mitt Romney Squirms from 'Romnesia' Sting
http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2012/10/mitt-romney-squirms-from-romnesia-sting.html

Oh, Romnesia stings. It got under Mitt Romney's skin. .... a new term for Mitt Romney's condition of abandoning his own policy positions at the speed of light: Romnesia.

..... Apparently, the sting was a little too much for Mr. Entitled:

"The Obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign," Romney said at an oceanside rally here with his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan. "This is a big country with big opportunities and big challenges. And they keep talking about smaller and smaller things."

He thinks the president is being "petty." Here's a news flash, Mitt. If what the President said didn't have a way of cutting to the bottom of the problem with your incredible dancing candidacy, you would never have spared a thought on it. The fact of the matter is, this campaign is about big things. Here are just a few big things the President pointed out in describing your Romnesia:

You are openly lying ..............

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[Coyotl]

40. Google search for "romnesia" returns "About 3,050,000 results"

On May 1, 2012, ROMNESIA... 927 Google Hits.

Romnesia = Posted on April 4, 2011 = http://blog.hcfama.org/2011/04/04/romnesia/

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the legislature’s enactment of chapter 58, the Massachusetts health reform law. Five years ago, we wrote that supporters should thank Speaker DiMasi, Senate President Travaglini, but also give Governor Romney his due: ....

======== This recent result also caught my attention ===========
‘Romnesia’ and the weasel factor
By Greg Sargent

There’s a lot of chatter about the new word ..... ... There’s no need to choose between “extremist” and “flip flopper.” Romney is simply a weasel.

This Romney-is-a-weasel message seems heavily geared towards women. It’s all about telling them Romney can’t be trusted on the issues that matter to them, that he’ll say whatever he has to say about them to advance his own ambitions. He’s weaseling out of his previously held extreme positions, but he’ll still be beholden to the folks who expected him to hold those positions in the first place, and in any case, there’s no way of knowing what he really believes.

Romney’s performance on women’s issues has been particularly ripe for this treatment. There’s the ongoing inability of Romney’s campaign to decide whether he would have signed the Lily Ledbetter Act — even though he claims he supports equal pay in principle. There’s his declaration during the primary that he would have been “delighted” to sign a federal ban on all abortions — even though he’s now running ads designed to soften his abortion stance.

Indeed, that last example is now the subject of a new Obama campaign spot:

[Coyotl]

41. Milk Of Romnesia: Conscience Free Forgetfulnessia

Thanks and kudos to Ichingcarpenter = REC here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021592432

WARNING: Contains mittnessium bullshitixide 47% by volume

[Coyotl]

42. GOOGLE has about 5,040,000 results for romnesia this morning = Holy B.S.

First result is:

Biden accuses Romney, Ryan of "Romnesia" in St. Augustine

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. —

Vice President Joe Biden pulled no punches at a campaign stop in St. Augustine on Saturday, accusing his opponents of contracting 'Romnesia,' a new term the Obama campaign has coined to describe what they believe are flip-flops by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.

"I think he's a very sincere gentleman. I honestly believe he's very sincere. I think he represents the president perfectly," said one voter, Rand.

Biden knocked Romney on his plans to repeal Obamacare and prevent women from having access to contraceptives. He told the crowd not to listen to the GOP when they say that America is in a downward spiral.

"America is coming back, and we're not going back. We're moving forward. How could they [Romney and Ryan] have such a profound misunderstanding of the American people?"

..... http://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/biden-accuses-romney-ryan-romnesia-st-augustine/nSjtk/

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Romnesia: Changing Opinions Yesterday For Tomorrow

[Coyotl]

43. The Urban Dictionary now has "Romnesia" listed = Word of the Day Oct. 20

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Romnesia&defid=6795632

October 20, 2012 Urban Word of the Day
(1) To flip-flop.
(2) To black out.

Romnesia 470 up, 35 down
The act of forgetting a statement or belief that you had previously expressed the opposite point of view with regards to.

Romnesia 436 up, 57 down
The ability of the very wealthy to forget the context in which they made their money.

Romnesia 46 up, 11 down
A mental disorder that allows you to saying absolutely anything to win an election. Even if you do not actually believe it, or have said said the opposite in the past.

Romnesia 77 up, 26 down
a. The ability to pull a lie from the deep recesses of one's own ass in order to completely contradict your earlier recorded statements.
b. Coming off as an arrogant prick whenever your audience does not consist of the super-wealthy.

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[MatthewStLouis]

44. K&R! n/t

[Coyotl]

45. And now we have a Romnesia graph LOL

When will this mania desist