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Great Moments in Awkward White Guy History

By Jill on 2.6.2008

Mitt Romney talks to black people:

Yes, he does do a brief rendition of “Who Let the Dogs Out” and remarks on a baby’s “bling-bling.”

via Hoyden About Town.

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12 Responses

  1. 1
    ouyangdan 2.6.2008 at 9:39 pm |

    oy w/ the poodles already!

    does anyone else ever get embarrassed for ppl who don’t know enough to be embarrassed for themselves?

    just me then?

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    ThickRedGlasses 2.6.2008 at 10:41 pm |

    Oh, Mitt, you crazy bastard. Honestly, when things like this happen, I begin to think it’s less racist for the candidate not to talk to Black people at all.

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    Doug 2.7.2008 at 9:42 am |

    The thing about it is, Romney doesn’t act or appear that awkward in the clip — which kind of makes it worse: He thinks he’s totally killing with the “bling-bling”/”who let the dogs out” shtick.

    If he’d betrayed even a hint of realization that he didn’t know what the hell he was doing there, I might’ve mustered a shred of respect for him for the first time in the entire campaign. Instead, he comes across as completely sincere in his belief that chanting eight-year-old pop songs is the direct route to African-American voters’ hearts. The man is so clueless he makes Mr. Bean look like a smooth operator.

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    Lauredhel 2.7.2008 at 10:03 am |

    And it’s not purely the age of the song: He puts his arm around a black teenage girl, on MLK Day, and chants “Who let the dogs out?”

    How could he seriously not know what is wrong with that?

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    meggygurl 2.7.2008 at 11:19 am |

    If I were that girl, I would have only one option… and that would be punching him in the face. Which it may be worth getting thrown in jail for assaulting a public asshole. Don’t bark near me, jerk!

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    Jonathan 2.7.2008 at 1:12 pm |

    Gosh that’s embarrassing. He’s like Steve Carell in The Office, only he’s real, and running for president.

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    louise 2.7.2008 at 1:33 pm |

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/07/romney.campaign/index.html

    BREAKING NEWS: Romney is supending his campaign!!

  8. 8
    tinfoil hattie 2.7.2008 at 3:17 pm |

    How about great moments in White Racist Guy history? Because if you’re so fucking unaware that you can’t see why your first instinct around people of color should NOT be to start in with the stereotypes, then you’re a fucking racist.

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    Jill 2.7.2008 at 3:32 pm | *

    Gosh that’s embarrassing. He’s like Steve Carell in The Office, only he’s real, and running for president.

    Hahaha… that is perfect.

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    BeaTricks 2.8.2008 at 12:42 am |

    Yes! He’s Michael Scott.

    I bet he has “Mambo No. 5″ as a ring tone, too. Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t start with a “Wassssssuuuuuuupppp!”

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    Kt 2.10.2008 at 8:58 am |

    Um…Wow. I couldn’t even watch the entire thing. It hurt too much. It was one of those things where you’re so embarrassed for someone that it hurts. I’m embarrassed for him and embarrassed for those poor people who had to deal with his embarrassing ass. Oh, God.

    I’ll be over here, cringing.

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    Roxie 2.10.2008 at 10:14 am |

    Wow, he said
    “She’s prepared, she should be a boyscout!”

    We’ve got that for girls, already. They’re called GIRL SCOUTS.

    Way to go Romrom.

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