Where is Congressman Joe Wilson when, for once, he could be useful being boorish?
Mitt Romney can’t help himself, can he? Last week, he was repeatedly mocked for his ham-handed attempts to connect with Southerners by telling them he’s one of them, because he likes grits. This week, apparently, it’s catfish. On Monday, he told a small crowd at an Alabama diner, “I had catfish for the second time. It was delicious, just like the first time.”
There are a couple problems with this (and, admittedly, there are bigger problems in the world, but still). First, voters and reporters are inclined to view such comments, when they come from Romney, as obvious, shameless pandering. Second, there’s evidence that it was obvious, shameless pandering: it was just a couple of months ago, after all, that Romney, in South Carolina, which is inclined more toward barbecue, said that he prefers pulled pork and pulled chicken, and that he’s not “a catfish man, or not a fish man so much.”
h/t The New Yorker
Mitt Romney can’t help himself, can he? Last week, he was repeatedly mocked for his ham-handed attempts to connect with Southerners by telling them he’s one of them, because he likes grits. This week, apparently, it’s catfish. On Monday, he told a small crowd at an Alabama diner, “I had catfish for the second time. It was delicious, just like the first time.”
There are a couple problems with this (and, admittedly, there are bigger problems in the world, but still). First, voters and reporters are inclined to view such comments, when they come from Romney, as obvious, shameless pandering. Second, there’s evidence that it was obvious, shameless pandering: it was just a couple of months ago, after all, that Romney, in South Carolina, which is inclined more toward barbecue, said that he prefers pulled pork and pulled chicken, and that he’s not “a catfish man, or not a fish man so much.”
h/t The New Yorker
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