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Gingrich: I'm more Southern than Romney
CBS News ^ | March 10, 2012 | Sarah Huisenga

Posted on 03/10/2012 10:47:35 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

...."I have had grits before," he told a crowd at a Mobile cafe on Saturday morning, making a not-so-subtle knock on former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's joking admission to an audience that he was starting to like the favorite Southern food.

....The former House Speaker contended that was evidence of a larger problem facing his rival: "I figure if you don't understand grits, there's a pretty high likelihood that you don't understand the rest of the South, either."

...."We have momentum, but we haven't won," he told a crowd at his second cafe stop of the day - Mama Lou's in Robertsdale. "We still have to go out and finish the sale, we have to make sure, particularly in a county like this that has such a huge Republican vote, we need to make sure that everybody understands the opportunity."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cheesygrits; getoutnewt; gingrich2012; gopprimary; grits; kenyanbornmuzzie; mittromney; newtgetout; newtgingrich; newtsplittingthevote; ricksantorum; truegrit
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Newt Gingrich, stumping in south Alabama, presses attack on White House......"Addressing a packed crowd of breakfast patrons at the Captain's Table restaurant on the Mobile Causeway, Gingrich blamed the White House for failed energy policies and high gas prices.

At Mama Lou's restaurant in Robertsdale, Gingrich rapped Obama as a big-government liberal.

"I want to pit unemployment and food stamps against jobs and paychecks," he told an audience of about 200 from the restaurant's front porch."......


1 posted on 03/10/2012 10:47:45 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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UNLIKE Rick and Mitt, Newt Gingrich didn't sit on his laurels complaining about the liberal political landscape of his state. Newt CHANGED the political landscape in GA (as he did in Washington), brought Democrats into the party, rallied people to get involved in politics -- all by pushing conservatism.

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"ATLANTA — It wasn't so long ago that the Republican Party in Georgia was just an afterthought, and Democrats were in firm control of all the levers of state government. Back then, Newt Gingrich and other die-hard GOP stalwarts ventured across the state with the far-fetched message that Republicans could reverse the tide.

Now with commanding majorities in the Statehouse and control of all statewide offices, Gingrich is hoping his vision for how the GOP could overcome decades of Democratic dominance in Georgia will pay dividends. He sorely needs a victory when his home state votes Tuesday, along with a big chunk of its 76 delegates, to prove his stumbling presidential bid has staying power.

Many Republican figures in Georgia still credit him with championing conservative policies, outlining a framework for what a GOP majority in the state could accomplish and broadcasting talking points to a generation of up-and-coming conservative leaders. He's also applauded for lobbying conservative Democrats, like then-Rep. Nathan Deal, to switch parties.

"Everyone else was trying to lose as slowly as possible, and to die with dignity at the Alamo. He was talking confidently that the Republican majority in Georgia, in the South and nationally was right around the corner," said Ralph Reed, a veteran Georgia GOP operative who founded the national Faith and Freedom Coalition. "On the one hand it was crazy, but on the other it was just the most exciting thing you've ever heard.".....................In Ga., Gingrich helped build conservative base

2 posted on 03/10/2012 10:50:12 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; Lazlo in PA; cripplecreek; writer33; AmericanInTokyo; ...

ah, how nice.

hopefully he doesn’t tucker himself out from all the campaigning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlW23ul5uv8

The only thing missing from this video is the lullaby theme.


3 posted on 03/10/2012 10:50:49 AM PST by parksstp (I pick RIck! (If he's good enough for Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh, he's good enough for me))
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To: parksstp

I saw that video a few days back and was wondering how long it would take to appear here. LOL


4 posted on 03/10/2012 10:54:40 AM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Sean Hannity endorses Newt Gingrich !!!
5 posted on 03/10/2012 10:55:02 AM PST by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This ****s getting ridiculous

How can you win Oh or Pa if you havent had scrapple? a panini or perogies?
None of them has ever had city mock chicken

How do you win Ky or Tn if you never ate burgoo?
How you gonna win Tx if you never had an armadillo egg?

Am I watching an election or the food network?


6 posted on 03/10/2012 10:56:26 AM PST by mylife
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To: parksstp
Just a good ole boy...


7 posted on 03/10/2012 10:57:23 AM PST by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: mylife

Romney can eat any damned thing he wants and say “y’all” twenty times a day.

His sh@t isn’t going to play in the south. Period.


8 posted on 03/10/2012 11:05:49 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

No, it isn’t. The political version of Ted Bundy is recognized for what he is. We will NOT be getting in the car with him.


9 posted on 03/10/2012 11:08:16 AM PST by Psalm 144 ("I think we ought to listen to Alinsky." - Governor G. Romney, father of Bishop Willard M. Romney.)
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To: humblegunner

Dear God I hope you’re right.


10 posted on 03/10/2012 11:08:42 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (I can haz Romney's defeat?)
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To: humblegunner

Who cares if you’re a southerner or northerner.

They both need to quit this garbage of regionalism.

You’re trying to be president of the UNITED states...


11 posted on 03/10/2012 11:12:30 AM PST by Downinthedixie (ABO)
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To: parksstp

That’s nothing like playing kissy face with Babs Boxer and Hilly among a ton of other stuff:

“Senator Santorum in His Own Words”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELbCuLEe7Sw

LoL.


12 posted on 03/10/2012 11:14:21 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: humblegunner

Romney can kiss my grits.


13 posted on 03/10/2012 11:17:38 AM PST by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Gingrich: I'm more Southern than Romney

Why doesn't Newt leave the divisional politics to Obama.

Besides, Newt sounds like where he came from: Pennsylvania

14 posted on 03/10/2012 11:18:41 AM PST by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
UNLIKE Rick and Mitt, Newt Gingrich didn't sit on his laurels complaining about the liberal political landscape of his state. Newt CHANGED the political landscape in GA (as he did in Washington), brought Democrats into the party, rallied people to get involved in politics -- all by pushing conservatism.

Because Georgia was such a liberal state to begin with?

And because now it's solidly Republican, unlike all those other Southern states where Newt didn't work his magic?

15 posted on 03/10/2012 11:19:49 AM PST by x
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Newt CHANGED the political landscape in GA

What in the world does that mean? By all accounts, Newt actually had to move right from his Rockefeller Republican roots when he ran for his House seat in GA. It was held by a Conservative Rat. By his own admission, he was a Rockefeller guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJQsLFhuyOY

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/01/25/gingrich-rockefeller-republica/

You Newt people are just hell bent on slamming Rick whan there isn't even any logic too it. Do you people really think this is helping your cause? Can you cite to me where Rick "Sat on his laurels" complaining like you are claiming here? Very cheap shot.

16 posted on 03/10/2012 11:23:08 AM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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When was the last time he actually lived in Georgia?

I wish they would report the candidates accurately and say we have 3 running from “Virginia” or “Maryland” and one running from Massachusetts.


17 posted on 03/10/2012 11:27:19 AM PST by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Last time we elected a candidate because he was a Southerner, we got Jimmah Carter.

I’m tired of identity politics. Just give me a conservative.


18 posted on 03/10/2012 11:33:38 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
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Mark Steyn used to be my favorite EIB Guest Host ... he's refreshing, with a keen Shakespearean wit ...

Then came the 2012 Florida Primary, with Newt Gingrich leading in Florida ...

I (living in Florida) listened to Marjk Steyn day-after-day ... while he performed a hatchet-job on Newt Gingrich ...



So ... it's radio ... and everyone has a right to their expressed opinion ...

Of course ...



But Mark Steyn's "grevious" crime was lambasting Newt Gingrich, while leaving Mitt Romney virtually untouched ...

And all of this happened from behind Rush's (self-proclaimed) Golden EIB microphone of "GOP political primary neutrality" ...

It was disgusting to listen to ... day after day ...



I'm just calling Mark Steyn to account for this ... that's all ...

I could try to get in as an EIB caller ... but that's almost impossible ...

And besides, I'm beginning to suspect that Rush Limbaugh has his own cadre of "seminar callers" ...

who faithfully support Rush's "party line" for the day ...



Again (again, LOL) ...

Rush Limbaugh, Mark Steyn and Shawn Hannity have every right to say what they want ...

But (when appropriate) they should stop the "pious nonsense" of claiming "conservative" political neutrality ...



Did anyone hear Rush's defense of Mitt Romney's "southern grits" verbal gaffe(s) yesterday (Friday, 2012-03-09) ?

It was amazing ...

Rush has formerly "dive-bombed" Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry (et al) when they've tried to put on a "racial" or "regional" accent for a speech ...

Mitt Romney tried it ... failed MISERABLY ...

and yet Rush Limbaugh defended Romney to the hilt ...

Somtheing I haven't heard Rush Limbaugh do since ...

well, since he was (daily) defending Little Ricky Santorum's campaign gaffes ...



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19 posted on 03/10/2012 11:44:14 AM PST by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin in 2012 !)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

I Like tasty food! (not untasty food)
Go AL!
Go MS!

Go Newt!


20 posted on 03/10/2012 11:44:44 AM PST by Leep (Dueling tag lines=don't worry,you'll be a vegetable guy soon<>It's gonna be a Newt day!)
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