Posted on 03/13/2012 5:20:37 AM PDT by Zakeet
Mitt Romney’s transformation into a cheesy grits- and catfish-loving, ya’ll-uttering good ol’ boy in the face of tight contests in Mississippi and Alabama today is being panned by critics — skeptical Southern party officials and pundits.
“If you’re going to pander, at least pander well, and this isn’t pandering well,” said Stephen Gordon, a Republican consultant based in Birmingham, Ala. The former Bay State governor is a Yankee, Gordon said, and will always face skepticism no matter how many catfish filets he raves about.
“People in the Deep South have a bit of a natural distrust for Northerners, especially folks from the Northeast,” said Gordon, who is not affiliated with any campaign in the Republican presidential contest. “There are cultural differences, stemming all the way back to the Civil War, and they affect the way people perceive Mr. Romney.”
Romney, who praised the local delicacy known as cheesy grits during a campaign stop in Jackson, Miss., last week, told a crowd in Mobile, Ala., yesterday that he’s developing a taste for catfish, after telling a South Carolina restaurant owner that he’s “not a catfish man” earlier this year.
“I’m learning to say ‘y’all’ and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me,” Romney joked while stumping in Pascagoula, Miss., over the weekend.
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I received maybe 2 calls from Newt, a bunch from Rick and ZERO from Kerry the 2d. Amazing. I was very happy NOT to get any from the slime ball. He must put a can of 30 weight motor oil on that doo to hold it down.
If that pandering idiot had any brains, he would be ashamed of himself. What an embarrassment! I can’t stand listening to him any more than I can Obama.
Mitt Romney’s dog don’t hunt.
LOL, that’s great. Southern girls rock.
Wife made some cheese grits the other night. And I’ve never heard them called “cheesy” grits.
I’m a southerner throught and through but I was an adult before I ever ate any.
There has been a LOT of growth in mtns. The natives are in minority now.
Well, I guess that would explain why my line of barbecue lighters with the picture of General Sherman on them fell so flat in Atlanta.
lol...nice...chuckle
can we buy the white house...too funny
Crappie?
it’s White Perch south of the White River I reckon
i’m just kidding you but sometimes folks get them confused...i can sure tell them though...Crappie is more mottled...Perch shinier
some will argue this one to death
and another note is a White perch is I think really a bass
Drudge and Coulter doing all they can too
Snagging season for spoonbill catfish starts today in Missouri. Limit is two per day. Season lasts 45 days.
These are monsters in the Lake of the Ozarks.
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