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McCain to Romney critics: 'Lighten up!'
The Hill ^
| March 9, 2012
| Josh Fatzick
Posted on 03/11/2012 9:45:37 AM PDT by bkopto
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Friday defended GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney from critics who mocked him for calling himself an "unofficial Southerner" at a campaign stop the previous day.
"Now theyre attacking Romney for joking about learning to say yall? According to the left, no one can have a sense of humor - lighten up!"
In Mississippi, Romney told the crowd that his bodyguard, a Mississippi native, was turning him into an "unofficial Southerner." "I'm learning to say 'y'all' and I like grits, and strange things are happening to me!" the former Massachusetts governor added.
Critics were quick to jump on Romney's comments as just a poor attempt to connect to Southern voters, something observers have said he has struggled to do so far in his campaign.
MSNBC morning show host Joe Scarborough, who was born in Georgia, suggested Friday morning that Romney's Southern impression wasn't fooling any true Southerner.
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To: JSDude1
Romney ISNT a Southern nor will he be one, ever. Even those who have been adopted as southerners at least like the culture when they live down there, and aclimate to the area.
When my job moved from northern Illinois to Charlotte, NC, one of the reasons I declined to move with it was because I didn't think that this CT born and raised Yankee would be able to truly assimilate to the southern mode. I am a Yankee; I didn't want to become a damn Yankee.
That said, even though I am not a southerner, and don't believe I could or even want to become one in my soul, I respect the essence of southern culture. There's a lot of things that the south got right that the north has gotten very wrong. I also regret that the states as a whole did not recognize the right to secession. A mechanism should have been formalized in the Constitution, a great document, but not a perfect one.
Mitt Romney has assimilated the worst of Yankee ways all too well.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:04:21 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(May Mitt Romney be the Paul Tsongas of 2012.)
To: napscoordinator
McCain and Soros prove that “only the good die young”
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:09:48 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: bkopto
Bishop Willard is about as "southern" as THIS guy was a hunter:
"Whar kin ah git me a huntin' lisence?"
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:15:32 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
To: bkopto
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:16:31 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(‘closed eye’ mentality is the reason for our current reality)
To: bkopto
McCain to Romney critics: 'Lighten up!'He wants everyone to be Republican-lite....
Ummm, yeah - like, NO
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:18:54 AM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
To: bkopto
Romney reminds me of Hillary campaigning in 2008, passing herself off as black in front of black audiences and Jewish in front of Jewish audiences. I’d respect a candidate more for just being authentic rather than trying to con people into believing he/she was “one of us”.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:19:20 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: RdhseRat
Like Newt said...
Why would you want to nominate the person that lost to the person who lost to Obama.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:26:03 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: bkopto
You idiot McCain! You didn’t just get out of the way for Romney 4 years ago and you want our guys to surrender to him - just retire... you are so drunk with power you won’t let go of your seat for fresh blood in congress.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:27:00 AM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(I'd rather light a candle than curse the flatulence.)
To: Old Sarge
Gonna tell y'all a story 'bout a man named Mitt
A (cough) poor mountaineer, barely kept his mansions lit
And then one day he was shootin' at some food
When up through the polls came a gurgling Newt...
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:27:08 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: bkopto
I truly loathe maclame. Had he been elected, I’d be as unhappy as I am with the current resident of the WH.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:32:51 AM PDT
by
mombonn
(God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
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To: bkopto
A “Southerner” who is the author of socialized medicine in Taxachussetts?
Sho ‘nuff!
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:36:15 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
To: bkopto
To: bkopto
Says the man who did just that, and LOST!
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:47:52 AM PDT
by
gidget7
("When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property." Thomas Jefferson)
To: napscoordinator
Ugh! That jerk just does not ever go away.
To: bkopto
I found Romney’s remarks closer to offensive than funny, and they surely don’t help convince me that he has any “core convictions” if he isn’t even sure who he is and where he’s from!
To: bkopto
“Lighten up!” - more racism.
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:17:30 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
Comment #38 Removed by Moderator
To: bkopto
Severe Romney critic here to McLame,
Get Bent old fool.
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:27:13 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
To: bkopto
Did McCain also say: "You have nothing to fear from a Romney presidency."?
The reptilian bastage is every bit the communist that Obama is.
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:27:45 AM PDT
by
meadsjn
(Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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