I'm learning to say 'y'all' and 'I like grits!: Romney tries to sell himself as ...

Daily Mail ^ | March 9, 2012

[maggief]

It's going to be a tough sell. But that didn't deter Mitt Romney from pitching himself as an unofficial Southerner on his 'away game' in the Deep South. Taking to the podium in jeans and a buttoned-up shirt, the presidential contender told a crowd at the Port of Pascagoula on his first rally in Mississippi that he was gradually becoming one of them.

'I'm learning to say "y'all" and "I like grits". Strange things are happening to me,' he said jokingly. Romney welcomed the endorsement of Governor Phil Bryant during his 15-minute address last night in front of dozens of supporters. He did not mention his Republican opponents at all.

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I'm learning to say 'y'all' and 'I like grits!: Romney tries to sell himself as an 'unofficial Southerner' as he struggles in the South

[liberalh8ter]

Funny, he’s not struggling!

[maggief]

VIDEO:

Mitt Romney: “I Like Grits”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Xzs93ucDQ&feature=player_embedded

[liberalh8ter]

Oops! Forgot the /s tag.......

[albie]

Kiss my grits you fake POS

[Riodacat]

As we say down here: “All hat, no cattle”..

[Brad’s Gramma]

Stupid snake oil salesman...

[Irenic]

Girls raised in the South? That won't help his Ca vote... The Beach Boys-California Girls

[JaguarXKE]

"What's a Grit?"

[FrankR]

Romney would recite Foxworthy's Dictionary for Rednecks, and eat a turd, to get to be president.

I've never seen a man crawl for an office like he does. That can't be good.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

He is very, very strange. This is beyond pandering.

As governor of MA, he didn’t exhibit this eccentric behavior. Something bad is going on with him.

[COBOL2Java]

"I like grits"

Ask him what he likes on his grits, and he's liable to say "Grey Poupon".

[don-o]

Taking the pander page of John Kerry’s (who served in Viet Nam) playbook

“Ki ah git me a huntin’ license?”

[Tennessee Nana]

I live in the South and I hate grits..

I’m learning to say “Willie Mitty yer an ijit”

[svcw]

This alleged man makes me want to vomit.

[DeFault User]

Well, I suppose we should be grateful he didn’t show up drinking an RC, eating a Moon Pie and asking, “Where can I get me some boiled peanuts?”

[McGruff]

Sounds like Obama.

[Irenic]

ha! I wonder how the height of the trees are for this unofficial Southerner, Mittster? The color of the grass is probably be too green for this time of year.

[Rightly Biased]

carpetbagger

[mrmeyer]

This reminds me of when Hilary Clinton said, “”Aww don’t feel noways tired. I’ve come too faarrr from where I started frum.” —adopting a Southern drawl while speaking at a church