Comments about ‘Doug Robinson: 'Our' Romney puts Utah in the Majors’

Dear Utah,

You have an awesome state and great people, excellent universities, outdoor life, etc. Stop trying so hard to be accepted by the outside world. Just be yourself.

Very funny, and very true on so many levels. The funny thing is that Utah skiing is known around the world. As I travel, I never have to explain where Utah is to outdoors people. On a recent trip out, I took a work mate from Norway who was dying to go biking in Utah's back country... he knew all about it.

So Utah, just get over it. As parents say all the time to their own kids, stop tying to fit in and be part of the cool kids crowd. As we learn in life, those who matter will appreciate you for who you are, not who you aren't.

There are a lot of cool things about Utah. You don't need Mit to be cool.

What a wonderful heartfelt column of pure premature congratulatory backslapping.

I'll be voting for President Barack Obama, who has and IS doing a great job working on dismal failures of Mitt's party.

It is amazing how people fawn over Mitt, the out-of-touch millionaire who still uses everyone else's money.

Pathetic, isn't it, how Utah wants to be liked?

This is beyond tacky. Why on earth would the editors allow this?

Fine line between wanting the recognition from the world and then getting it and all new residents wanting to live here..and then wanting to change things to suit their needs.

kiaoraguy -- there's lots of us who've been here for generations, who'd like to change things to suit our needs (not just newcombers).

Ask Olympics volunteers out in the venues, about Rmoney.
In our case, after being promised a big thank you, we saw The King quickly stride down the hall and ignore us, go into the room where fancy food had been delivered, and then leave. I guess seeing his profile was our "thanks"?

No thanks, Mitt.

I am voting for our President, who is working hard for all.

Great Article. Thanks!

And yes, there's that gray area of trying to have it both ways.

Living IN the World, but not OF the World.

Meanwhile --
I've traveled all over the world.
People know Utah for it's Skiing and Arches/CanyonLands, not necessarily Mormons and Mormonism.

When we lived in Seattle, people knew were Moab and Zion National Park was and went there every year.
And no one gave a rip about trendy clothing stores in the malls, or the newest chain resturants. Big Whoop.

[They did complain about all the trashy, tacky billboards littered along the highways, spoiling the beauty they came to enjoy.]

BTW - Our Family went to Bryce Canyon last spring.
We were the only caucasians speaking English if Who visits means anything.

Stop suffering from the inferiority complex and trying to be something we are not.

People know Utah for what it IS, not for what a bunch of wanna-be's want it to be.

"Reasonable Person

Layton, UT"

As a volunteer in the Olympics, I think we came away with an appreciation of the things we were given and the service we provided. I have a lovely ski outfit that will go down to grandchildren, watches, cd's hats, gloves. I don't know what you are talking about. Romney cut out the big lavish dinners. How do you think he turned the Olympics from red to a success? Your guy has had 199 fund raisers with the elete hollywood millionaires. Sure he know what it's like to deal with the poor/downtrodden! Every day it proves he doesn't.

I'm not much of one to join into what Kurt Vonnegutt called "granfalloons." But if Romney and Young, with their marginal occupancy of the space we call Utah qualify as "ours," then it appears that Robinson's criteria for membership in the Utah granfalloon are less about geographical boundaries than cultural ones. Three decades, over half of my life, in this state and I guess I'm still not one of Us. Maybe I should buy a Deer Valley condo.

Embarrassed Utahn. Native Utahn? I doubt. Tons of Utah, nut transplants.

Most of the posters on here completely missed the point of the column. Gotta be able to laugh at ourselves and not take life so serIously, even if you are not part of the "group". As for me, 34 years of being here and non-LDS and this column is "true". I'm just saying.

Mitt Romney won't win his home state of Massachusetts, and it doesn't look like he'll win Michigan either. Losing two home states is downright embarrassing if you want to be taken seriously as the Leader of the Free World. He needs another home state if he doesn't want to look silly. That means there's nothing left to do but to claim Utah as his REAL home state.

Doug Robinson: I imagine you were just trying to be cute or something, and I can tolerate that; or maybe you had some pressing deadline, and just suddenly and involuntarily coughed this stuff out; but please be aware that your strange and puerile article is not representative of me, nor a single other person I know, despite that nearly all of us are convinced of Romney's superior qualifications in this race. Try to write a little more responsibly next time.

Wasn't Steve Young born in Salt Lake City?