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"Dewey defeats Truman" and "Romey tells his story" - both collector's items

We realize mistakes happen. We make them all the time. But, we didn't make this one.

In presidential politics, perhaps the most classic error was when a prominent Chicago newspaper in 1948 announced that “Dewey defeats Truman.” You’ve seen the photo of Truman holding the newspaper.

What we didn’t realize was the Mike Romey, president of Citizens National Bank, is the 2012 Republican candidate for president. Read on:

In this morning’s The Lima News, the newspaper omitted the “n” in Romney. Thus, Romney became “Romey.”

We’re not clear what happened next, but apparently a clever and quick-thinking Citizens National Bank employee or someone else in town saw the error and took matters into his/her own hands by creating a one-of-a-kind front page, shown above.

Maybe Amy Romey or one of her coffee shop friends masterminded this. The truth will come out eventually.

Whatever the case, Icon viewers are looking at a rare front page copy of The Lima News, which includes a photo of Romney – ooops – Romey addressed the GOP convention.

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