I'll admit it, I watch Fox News' Fox & Friends in the morning. But like others (and by others I mean mostly fellow hipsters) I only tune in because it's hilarious entertainment, more side show than news show. Case in point, while watching Gretchen, Steve and Brian this morning, right after their weekly Hooters cross-promotion which includes a waitress (skin-tight shorts and all) named Sara Hoots serving wings to the anchors, I had the displeasure of hearing what The Young Cons consider music.

And at first I laughed as I normally do, until I got really embarrassed. Because emcees Stitlz and Serious C were so bad at rapping, moving, and dressing that The Young Cons quickly became unwatchable. Between their cringe-worthy ad libs and off-beat movements they seemed like a pair of drunk Baby Boomers trying to plow through some hip-hop together at the local karaoke bar.

Except these are students from Dartmouth, an Ivy League university that should be the academic home to some of the brightest minds in America instead of these two immature nerds. But I guess a private university with a $34,000 a year tuition rate like Dartmouth doesn't offer music appreciation courses, or a class in African-American culture or even poetry writing.

Granted, The Young Cons say they're not really pursuing a career in hip-hop and claim to be on a "devout mission to spread the love and logic surrounding true conservatism." And supposedly through awful lyrics about Jesus and Ronald Reagan these two will clear up the tainted perception of conservatives everywhere.

Yet The Yong Cons have a website with lyrics, a Fox News appearance, a Twitter account, a Myspace and Facebook. So call me cynical but I think they may actually enjoy fame. What's worse is that by picking up their mics both Stiltz and Serious C are actually reinforcing many of the same stereotypes they are on a quest to erase. Say for example, the stereotype that the Republican Party is the party of white America or that Conservatives are culturally insensitive or that some Neo-Cons (see Micheal Steele) think embracing hip-hop is the key to gaining the minority vote. Messages that only play to the ever-shrinking base of the Republican Party and do little to educate others outside the party on their viewpoints.

My suggestion to The Young Cons, to stop rapping publicly until they find the time to become at least listenable and to quit taking fashion cues from The Office's Andy Bernard before they catch an ass kicking from a real emcee.

posted by: Harold Johns III

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I’ll admit it, I watch Fox News’ Fox & Friends in the morning. But like others (and by others I mean mostly fellow hipsters) I only tune in because it’s hilarious entertainment, more side show than news show. Case in point, while watching Gretchen, Steve and Brian this morning, right after their weekly Hooters cross-promotion which includes a waitress (skin-tight shorts and all) named Sara Hoots serving wings to the anchors, I had the displeasure of hearing what The Young Cons consider music.

And at first I laughed as I normally do, until I got really embarrassed. Because emcees Stitlz and Serious C were so bad at rapping, moving, and dressing that The Young Cons quickly became unwatchable. Between their cringe-worthy ad libs and off-beat movements they seemed like a pair of drunk Baby Boomers trying to plow through some hip-hop together at the local karaoke bar.

Except these are students from Dartmouth, an Ivy League university that should be the academic home to some of the brightest minds in America instead of these two immature nerds. But I guess a private university with a $34,000 a year tuition rate like Dartmouth doesn’t offer music appreciation courses, or a class in African-American culture or even poetry writing.

Granted, The Young Cons say they’re not really pursuing a career in hip-hop and claim to be on a “devout mission to spread the love and logic surrounding true conservatism.” And supposedly through awful lyrics about Jesus and Ronald Reagan these two will clear up the tainted perception of conservatives everywhere.

Yet The Yong Cons have a website with lyrics, a Fox News appearance, a Twitter account, a Myspace and Facebook. So call me cynical but I think they may actually enjoy fame. What’s worse is that by picking up their mics both Stiltz and Serious C are actually reinforcing many of the same stereotypes they are on a quest to erase. Say for example, the stereotype that the Republican Party is the party of white America or that Conservatives are culturally insensitive or that some Neo-Cons (see Micheal Steele) think embracing hip-hop is the key to gaining the minority vote. Messages that only play to the ever-shrinking base of the Republican Party and do little to educate others outside the party on their viewpoints.

My suggestion to The Young Cons, to stop rapping publicly until they find the time to become at least listenable and to quit taking fashion cues from The Office’s Andy Bernard before they catch an ass kicking from a real emcee.

posted by: Harold Johns III

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