“Who Let The Dogs Out” is not exactly a new reference. In fact, it’s just what a clueless white guy would say in front of a bunch of black people to try and “relate”. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mittens Romney, and a supremely awkward moment on the campaign trail.
As he posed for a picture with a group of young people, the typically old-fashioned Romney was relaxed enough to quote from a popular hit single from a few years back.
“Who let the dogs out?” he called out, as he stood there beaming in his shirt and tie. “Who! Who!”
There’s actually video of this at the CBS site.
You can almost hear the gears grinding inside Mittens’ head, with his brain repeating in Homer Simpson-like fashion “Say something street, let them know you’re with it,” and then when he busts out with the Baha Men tune, the brain saying “That’s it, I’m outta here.”
Update: Noah Noah here. The video is now available on the You Tubes, and I’ve pasted it below for your viewing (dis)pleasure. Notice at the very end, where Mittens goes up to a baby and, commenting on the baby’s necklace says, “Oh, you have some bling bling there.”
Wow. I think Mittens needs to rush home and ask son Josh how he can gain more street cred. As you will see from the image below, Josh is really trying.
Word!
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Something to say?
Wait, I thought the lyrics to the song were, “Who put the dog in the car carrier and strapped it to the roof? Hoo! Hoo!”
Left by Michael Roston
January 22, 2008 at 10:51am