On the campaign trail in Jacksonville FL, former Gov. Mitt Romney tried relating to some black kids at a MLK Day parade, by quoting “Who Let The Dogs Out,” which was a hit in 2000 and later made Rolling Stone magazine’s 20 Most Annoying Songs readers’ poll.
Come on. Is there no one on staff to slip a copy of Rhianna’s “Umbrella” onto his iPod? Or maybe some Kanye West? That way, when a video of Romney quoting “Stronger” gets around, Kanye can rant about how Mitt doesn’t care about black people, and it becomes a whole East Coast-Midwest gangsta PR festival, uniting the anti-identity politics crowd.
And if Romney could demonstrate a familiarity with the Black Kids, he could burnish his indie street cred. Even talking about the young folks would be a step in the right direction.
Comment by B Moe on 1/21 @ 8:52 pm #
He is going for the sympathy vote.
Comment by Darleen on 1/21 @ 9:00 pm #
betcha Mitt’s more an Earth, Wind and Fire guy.
Comment by psycho... on 1/21 @ 9:13 pm #
Black people don’t care about Kanye West.
Comment by Kevin on 1/21 @ 9:34 pm #
He should have brought up that Arthur Fonzerelli character the kids are so fond of these days.
Comment by Spies, Brigands, and Pirates on 1/21 @ 9:42 pm #
Yep. Maybe he could’ve also used that “Disco Duck” song that all the “hep cats” and “daddy-o”s are “swingin’ to”.
Is there anything more embarrassing than a Mormon trying to be hip? You’d think he’d have learned his lesson from the Osmond family.
Romney’s not my first choice, but he may be the best option we have left. I’d hate to see him pull a Dukakis in the tank moment.
Comment by serr8d on 1/21 @ 10:25 pm #
This isn’t the first time Mitt’s had issues with teh dogs…in 1983, he tied his pooch atop his station-wagon because it had some diarrhea.
Maybe he had that in the back seat of his mind today?
Comment by Jen on 1/21 @ 10:29 pm #
Hey! Who said Mormons aren’t hip? I can wham rap with the best of them … Seriously, Romney’s unhipness has more to do with being 60 than being Mormon. His sons are hot!
Comment by Darleen on 1/21 @ 10:35 pm #
Romney’s unhipness has more to do with being 60 than being Mormon
The young believe hipness is their invention
every generation believes so
Comment by Jen on 1/21 @ 10:41 pm #
By the way, I wasn’t Mormon when Donny and Marie had their show on tv, but I never missed it … I’m a little bit country … they were very hip in their day.
Comment by MONATTER on 1/22 @ 1:34 am #
They’re at DNA Ancestry ruining that like everything else. They are too stupid to understand they never were wanted. Ugly and stupid. Really gross and they think they’re liked……………….
Let’s take Dicks mouth and kill some people until they figure out how stupid we really are…………
Let’s tie this gene thing to the eye…………………..Yes, it’s Dick and that’s all.
Comment by thor on 1/22 @ 2:16 am #
I’m a little bit Sugar Hill Gang and a little bit Fiddy.
Comment by happyfeet on 1/22 @ 8:12 am #
I’m glad he’s not my dad. Except he’s loaded.
Comment by B Moe on 1/22 @ 8:17 am #
“… they were very hip in their day.”
It was never really hip to be square, jen. Hughie lied.
Comment by Dan Collins on 1/22 @ 10:05 am #
Who let the wogs out?
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