June 20, 2009 06:51 PM UTC

At Least They're Not Your College Republican Rap Stars

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• by: Colorado Pols

Though we could picture Colorado’s own Brad Jones in this video, it’s “At Least He’s Not Your Legislator” material as far as we can see–meaning no locals were harmed in its production. Once you start watching, note where the pause button is located (lower left) in case you need to mash it reflexively while gagging:

Daniel McCarthy of the American Conservative doesn’t find this very helpful:

Hip-hop is perilous for conservative-movement types because, especially where white rappers are involved, it’s a medium fraught with irony. Note that the successful white rappers have not been those who take themselves seriously (think Vanilla Ice) but those who have a high degree of absurdity or irony in their lyrics (think Eminem or the Beastie Boys). Here we get two Dartmouth prepsters rapping, which is ironic, but the message they’re trying to get across, although poorly conceived, is not meant to be ironic at all…

He just doesn’t get the fullness of the irony, yo.