Away (Game) Down South in Dixie

[ClydeR]

The former Massachusetts governor got clobbered in previous contests in South Carolina, Tennessee and Oklahoma, and acknowledged that he faces an uphill climb in Alabama and Mississippi next week.

“I realize it’s a bit of an away game,” Romney said in a Birmingham, Ala., radio interview hours before his campaign announced that it spent more money than it raised in February — $11.5 million coming in, $12 million going out to beat back his opponents.

His chief rival, Rick Santorum, basked in the South’s friendly crowds — and trotted out an endorsement he hoped would resonate in the football-crazed region.

More... (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/gop-hopefuls-campaigning-dixie-romney-home-field-advantage-article-1.1035677)


No. No, sir, you hare mistaken! And sadly so. To call us an "away game" just shows that Romney doesn't think of the South as part of the United States. It was what they call a Freudian slip.

[Parkbandit]

No. No, sir, you hare mistaken! And sadly so. To call us an "away game" just shows that Romney doesn't think of the South as part of the United States. It was what they call a Freudian slip.

You don't know much about sports, do you Sport...

[ClydeR]

You don't know much about sports, do you Sport...

I like sport, cinema and doo-wop.

[ClydeR]

Campaigning in Pascagoula, Miss., Romney said he is turning into an "unofficial Southerner."

"I'm learning to say `y'all' and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me," he said jokingly.

More... (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/03/08/romney_is_facing_skepticism_in_republican_south/)

I don't know when I've ever been so insulted. :(

And there's this http://twitter.com/foxoutdoors/status/177900172385337344

[ClydeR]

At an event in Mississippi today, he greeted the crowd at the Farmer's Market in Jackson by saying "Morning, y'all" and proclaiming he had "a biscuit and some cheesy grits" for breakfast.

More... (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2012/03/mitt-romney-grits-mississippi-alabama-primaries/1)


Who would be dumb enough to be taken in by Romney's flimsy and condescending Southern act?

[4a6c1]

I like sport, cinema and doo-wop.

loool

[Ceyrin]

Who would be dumb enough to be taken in by Romney's flimsy and condescending Southern act?

Have you ever been to the south?

[ClydeR]

I've hardly ever been out of it.

[Parkbandit]

I've hardly ever been out of it.

I'm sure Ceyrin means South United States of America.

[Gelston]

My cousin came and visited from Ohio once. She was making fun of how we say yall. Within a week she was saying it, without realizing it.

[Ceyrin]

I'm sure Ceyrin means South United States of America.

Actually, I meant South America. I hear Peru is nice this time of year.

[ClydeR]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73886.html



This may be the most unintentionally honest article I've ever read. A few out-of-context snippets for your reading pleasure..


...dropping the letter “g” at the end of some words.


“Please give us a big hug, that’s the girls,” Romney said. He added, “I’ve been getting hugs from the Southern girls…from 12, to well, a lot more than 12.”


...admitted to the crowd at the Whistle Stop restaurant he didn’t have a clue how to use a rifle. The former Massachusetts governor said he was looking forward to hunting with a supporter present so he “can actually show me which end of the rifle to point.”


...allowed that during dinner last night in neighboring Mississippi with Gov. Phil Bryant, he “had catfish for the second time.”


...implored Alabamans to “vote multiple times” in the state’s primary.

[ClydeR]

This seven second video tells you all you need to know about Romney's pandering in the South.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5hq-yOvVgY

[ClydeR]

Romney couldn't get out of here quick enough. Gingrich and Santorum are holding rallies in the South tonight. It's the tradition to hold a local rally after the voting. But Romney got on a plane and flew to a hotel in New York City. How oh how will he make it without his new favorite foods of fried catfish and cheesy grits, which I'm sure that hotel in New York doesn't even serve?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/alabama-mississippi-primaries-no-romney-speech-likely/2012/03/13/gIQA86O79R_blog.html

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He even looks a little like John Kerry...

[ClydeR]

Metaphors!



When will politicians learn that "electability" is not a compelling reason to vote for a presidential candidate? Hillary Clinton's campaign ran aground on the shallow shoals of "electability," and now Romney's yacht has done the same. Turns out that when you write "Surrender, Dorothy" across the sky, Dorothy actually doesn't surrender. In fact, it makes her even more determined to resist.

In his victory speech, Santorum cemented his David versus Goliath narrative, proclaiming, "In spite of all the money that's been spent—all the money—and all the support of the establishment, you stood with the grandson of a coal miner who is always gonna fight for you." Santorum's passion, like his conservatism, is authentic. Perhaps that's why he has been able to overcome Romney's massive advantages in cash and establishment endorsements.

More... (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/13/romney-s-dixie-debacle-in-mississippi-and-alabama-primaries.html)

[ClydeR]

I've collected a few tweets to wrap up the Southern primaries, with my own summary of each tweet.

https://twitter.com/#!/HenryBarbour/status/179781753328779264
Haley Barbour's nephew says something is wrong with turnout. It's possibly the most important observation of the night.

https://twitter.com/#!/politicalwire/status/179767632617148417
Romney says he never expected to win.

https://twitter.com/#!/BuzzFeedBen/status/179756881726816256
Video of Romney saying he expects to win.

https://twitter.com/#!/AlecMacGillis/status/179758701501100034
If southern candidate Gingrich can't win in the South, then...

http://twitter.com/#!/foxnewsradio/status/179901252052852738
Romney was third in both southern primaries.

https://twitter.com/#!/daveweigel/status/179786362659151873
It's just like 2008.

https://twitter.com/#!/evanmc_s/status/179784293990662144
It's all about momentum.

https://twitter.com/#!/chucktodd/status/179884049345679360
Or is it math?

https://twitter.com/#!/BorowitzReport/status/179769108869550080
And finally, a little humor.

[ClydeR]

He even looks a little like John Kerry...

In this video, Romney says a Chinese tourist wearing cowboy boots thought he was Kerry. Romney says he could tell by looking that, despite the cowboy boots, the Chinese person wasn't a Texan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig4A42utNok

[ClydeR]

Speaking of Romney and Kerry, take a look at this flyer distributed by the Romney for governor campaign at "Pride Weekend" in Massachusetts in 2002.

http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo166/rmi08a/RomneyGayFlyer.png

Not to worry. Romney has completely -- I mean totally completely -- reversed his position on that issue.

Also, I think it was a different Kerry.

[Parkbandit]

Speaking of Romney and Kerry, take a look at this flyer distributed by the Romney for governor campaign at "Pride Weekend" in Massachusetts in 2002.

http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo166/rmi08a/RomneyGayFlyer.png

Not to worry. Romney has completely -- I mean totally completely -- reversed his position on that issue.

Also, I think it was a different Kerry.

Lucky for us, you saved your flyer!

[Keller]

Lucky for us, you saved your flyer!

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