I don't get it? Why this is such an affront?

I was wondering the same thing as @1. Romney is a yankee, of course he's the outsider. Southerners wouldn't be offended by an acknowledgement of that fact. Speaking as a yankee living in the deep south, they actually appreciate it when you acknowledge that culturally, you are different from them.

Frankly the south is another country and those people really are "those people". I could actually agree with Mittens Romney on this one.

I agree. I've spent a lot of time there, and it's still very much an "away game" for me, too.

Shit, I grew up there and it's an away game for me.

I don't think either Constant understands what "away game" means (surprise!). He was born in Michigan, was governor of Massachusetts. It's not exactly home ground for him.

You've got to really be search for crumbs to find an affront here.

He just gave them permission not to vote for him. This could actually be genius: as Allen Tullos puts it, the "sez-you" mentality of a lot of Deep South voters (Tullos refers specifically to Alabamians, but it also applies to Mississippians) means that it's fairly easy to manipulate them as an electorate; it comes down to reverse psychology. I don't think Romney's smart enough to employ that tactic, though.

Also: hey, @3, fuck you.

@3: Moron.

"away game"

That's pretty funny. Although I'd never want to see Mitt as president, I actually appreciate his increasing candor.

"I'm running for office, for Pete's sake, I can't have illegals."

"You know, I’m not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am.”