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Mitt Romney’s grits and catfish act goes too far for Southern critics
Boston Herald ^ | March 13, 2012 | Hillary Chabot

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.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 2012election; backstabberromney; bigdig4u; deathpanels4u; romney; romneycare4u; romneyfees4u; romneylies4u; romneytheliar; saboteurromney
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To: Darren McCarty

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.


101 posted on 03/13/2012 10:55:26 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (God is watching America. He is judging America. He does not like what He is seeing.)
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To: Zakeet

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.


102 posted on 03/13/2012 11:10:00 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Zakeet

Mitt Romney’s dog don’t hunt.


103 posted on 03/13/2012 2:27:37 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Paparazzi mob senior citizen mistaking her for Lindsay Lohan (True Story))
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To: MissMagnolia

LOL, that’s great. Southern girls rock.


104 posted on 03/13/2012 5:06:03 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (I can haz Romney's defeat?)
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To: ncpatriot

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.


105 posted on 03/13/2012 5:21:52 PM PDT by Terry Mross ( "It happened. And we let it happen. - Peter Griffin, Family Guy)
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To: Hepsabeth

There has been a LOT of growth in mtns. The natives are in minority now.


106 posted on 03/13/2012 6:07:29 PM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: Zakeet
People in the Deep South have a bit of a natural distrust for Northerners...

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.

107 posted on 03/13/2012 6:16:25 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: JoeProBono

lol...nice...chuckle

can we buy the white house...too funny


108 posted on 03/13/2012 10:24:23 PM PDT by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

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


109 posted on 03/13/2012 10:31:31 PM PDT by wardaddy (I am a social conservative. My political party left me(again). They can go to hell in a bucket.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Having been raised on my Grandfather's farm...we ate what we caught. Catfish (any kind) was always appreciated.Run a many trot lines on the Red River. Lots of great memories...except for a few snakes that seem to get in the way lol
110 posted on 03/15/2012 4:11:19 AM PDT by VF-51vnv
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To: carriage_hill

Drudge and Coulter doing all they can too


111 posted on 03/15/2012 5:04:47 AM PDT by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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To: VF-51vnv

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.


112 posted on 03/15/2012 5:04:52 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Beware the Sweater Vest)
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