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"Morning, y'all." Romney seeks acceptance in South
Reuters ^ | JACKSON, Mississippi | Fri Mar 9, 2012 3:18pm EST | Steve Holland

Posted on 03/09/2012 1:50:02 PM PST by Red Steel

(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is laying it on as thick as a syrupy Southern drawl as he tries to court the South, a region that has been unkind to him in the past and may soon turn its back on him again.

"Morning, y'all," Romney told a campaign rally on Friday in Jackson, Mississippi. "I got started this morning right with a biscuit and some cheesy grits," he joked.

The former Massachusetts governor is admittedly the underdog in Mississippi and Alabama, two stalwarts of the Old South where Republicans vote in primaries on Tuesday to decide which candidate they think should challenge Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.

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"I realize it's a bit of an away game," Romney told Birmingham radio state WAPI on Thursday, referring to his chances in the South.

His troubles in the South reflect lingering suspicions about the depth of his conservative views. As a former governor of a heavily Democratic state he is seen as more of a moderate.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: mittens
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Myth changing his lingo.
1 posted on 03/09/2012 1:50:04 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

If we didn’t believe him when he tried to fake being a conservative, why on earth would be believe him when he tries to fake being a southerner.

That dog don’t hunt!


2 posted on 03/09/2012 1:52:14 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Red Steel
No different than Kerry, Clinton (both of them), or the “notdownforthestruggle” Obama......

It is hypocrisy plain unvarnished. That said, I am not for Romney, regardless.

3 posted on 03/09/2012 1:55:20 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: Red Steel

He is trying to endear himself to southerners just like John Kerry tried when he went into a gun store and said, “can I get me a gun” or something like that. Shows insincerety for sure. People should just be themselves.


4 posted on 03/09/2012 1:56:36 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: DannyTN

There are few things in this life that annoy me more than someone (especially a politician) doing a fake southern accent.

About the only thing more annoying than that is someone trying to fake a Texas accent..........


5 posted on 03/09/2012 1:57:48 PM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Red Steel

Romney will never get my vote in a primary or general election. I’m through with all this crap - the Republican elite can go to hell. I hate the liberals and their Marxist agenda but the bunch running the republican party is not any better. Need a new Conservative Movement. Don’t know if the Teaparty is that vehicle either.


6 posted on 03/09/2012 1:59:06 PM PST by Jukeman (God help us for we are deep in trouble.)
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To: Red Steel

Dumbass.

If he was addressing a group, it would be “Morning, all y’all”.

Dumbass.


7 posted on 03/09/2012 1:59:35 PM PST by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind)
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To: basil

“fake a Texas accent”

Makes me want to dip snuff and run rabbits.


8 posted on 03/09/2012 2:01:28 PM PST by Jukeman (God help us for we are deep in trouble.)
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To: DannyTN

That kind of stuff does not go over too well down here.


9 posted on 03/09/2012 2:08:28 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Red Steel

That’s it, speak like Hildabeast and follow her lead.....y’all


10 posted on 03/09/2012 2:08:36 PM PST by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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Romney is steering clear of a Monday candidates' forum in Birmingham that both Santorum and Gingrich plan to attend. "Romney just needs to stand aside and let Santorum and Gingrich beat each other up," said Merle Black, a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta.

Yep, time to late Gingrich back in a bit to keep the balancing act on track.

11 posted on 03/09/2012 2:09:47 PM PST by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.)
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You can forget my support Mitt. Nothing you can say or do will change that.

I might be forced to vote for you, but I will gag as I do it.

Whatever happens Obozo MUST GO. Mitt is not much better, but not an open Commie.


12 posted on 03/09/2012 2:10:33 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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He learned the word “grits”, too.

Sort of like Kerry in the bait shop buying his huntin’ license.

It is so offensive to have an outsider come in and try aping the lingo to show they fit in.


13 posted on 03/09/2012 2:15:36 PM PST by DBrow
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LOL!


14 posted on 03/09/2012 2:16:28 PM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: Red Steel
Here is one time Romney should be cut some slack. And I'm no Romney fan.

He's not trying to be a South'ner. He was attempting to be "quaint". He was trying to be humorous. I took no offense.

It's his past liberal policies that I find offputting.

15 posted on 03/09/2012 2:16:39 PM PST by nonsporting
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To: Gaffer

Hat tip to a fellow veteran freeper...


16 posted on 03/09/2012 2:21:11 PM PST by Fred (http://whenmittromneycametotown.com)
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To: Red Steel

If anyone wants to see the most absolutely ghastly attempt at a Southern accent, check out the obscure film “Her Secret” (1933), in which a British actress, Sari Maritza, portrays a Georgia gal. It’s jaw-dropping. Her bizarrely surreal ‘slow drawl’ makes her come across as someone brain-damaged.


17 posted on 03/09/2012 2:22:00 PM PST by greene66
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To: Red Steel
As if we Yankees don't have enough heaped on us by our Southron brethren, now we have Mitt trying to fit in.

"Wicked pissah, y'all" just won't fly in Dixie.

18 posted on 03/09/2012 2:22:57 PM PST by Ol' Sox
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To: Red Steel

I can imagine the crowd yelling back,

“Good morning, Yan-kee!”


19 posted on 03/09/2012 2:24:57 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: Red Steel
Oh good Gawd, as others have said, it's shades of Lurch in 2004 in Ohio: "Can I get me a hunting license?"

I swear, if (GOD forbid) it's Mittens vs. Zero in November, I'll hold my nose and vote for Mittens (after vomiting first) since he's not a blatant Marxist, but geez can't we do better in this once great nation?

20 posted on 03/09/2012 2:26:06 PM PST by Marathoner (Obama has his own 9-9-9-plan: $9.99 a gallon at the pump.)
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