I’m at work, so I haven’t listened yet, but why put all the blame on Asher Roth? Michael Steele deserves at least SOME of the discredit.
That one kid (the one who’s playing chess while liberals play checkers) reminds me of Tucker Carlson. And “merchant” doesn’t rhyme with “restaurant.” And “Superman that socialism,” and… oh, God, so many other things.
That video could evoke seizures in those with epilepsy (and I’m not kidding about that tidbit)… for the rest of us, it will evoke vomiting.
wow, dbag-looking white guys that can’t rap. That’s SURE to bring a fresh new group of Gen-Yers to the Republican Party! Does FAIL Blog know about this yet?
Ughhh — I had the queasy suspicion I recognized one of the room they were in, and indeed, upon further investigation, I find out they’re undergrads at my alma mater. That’s the room where I took a comparative politics class. Sigh.
i shall be using this video to illustrate the meaning of the word “execrable”. i could not get through this, nearly threw up my dinner. it’s just so BAD. the repubs who made this are fools.
I mean, “Three things taught me conservative love… Jesus, Ronald Reagan plus Atlas Shrugged”? Truly fabulous. I hate everything.
Oh. My. God. “Three things taught me conservative love– Jesus Christ, Ronald Reagan, plus Atlas Shrugged”. The stupid, the lack of critical thinking, it burns.
I listened to this for 30 seconds and did not understand a word they said. Although I did hear restaurant pronounced like restrent.
“Three things taught me conservative love– Jesus Christ, Ronald Reagan, plus Atlas Shrugged”. That has GOT to be satire. Please?
I’m tempted to try putting together a response called “Young Hegelians” (for those that don’t know, this was the group with which Karl Marx began his philosophical thinking back in the 1830s and 1840s, before he went on to develop his economic and political theories). “Hegelian” has a great rhythm to it for rapping! I think if it’s for real, it must surely be a monumental case of shooting themselves in the foot? I can’t see anyone taking that seriously unless they’re already deeply intoxicated by the neocon koolaid, right?
Chris says: “Three things taught me conservative love– Jesus Christ, Ronald Reagan, plus Atlas Shrugged”. That has GOT to be satire. Please?” I’m gonna say/hope:Yes. There is no way. No way in hell someone could think Jesus would be down with Atlas Strugged. No way, no dan way. Uh ah.Not possible. No way, no way indeed. Absolutely not. Seriously. This video almost made me loose it b/c I kept wnting to refute what they were saying and some of the fallacies/inacuracies/false dichotimies/straigh up lies were insae. One of the main points of AynRand was the belief we are not our brother’s keeper. As a matter of fact, fck our brother, we oe them nothing. Bussinesspeople owe those who make them rich nothing. Yet he invokes Jesus? Nope, reuse to believ it.Refuse to. Hower, seeing how Youth for Western Civilzaion is very real and serious, I can’t be sure.
I laughed and laughed. I’m no rap fan – only like a small sub-genre, but even I could tell that was an appalling example. So many wrongs, but just now, on a business trip, the idea that business people are conservative by definition really struck me. I’d just like to stick my hand up as left wing raving looney and co-owner of a a business based in banking and finance. But ohhhh, just so many targets. I’d almost prefer if it was genuine, reinforces my belief in the inevitable self destruction of the far right.
Also of note is the white, christian, male? baby picture that’s flashed during the “I support life” line. I mean, I’m not surprised they chose a white baby, but I am impressed that they chose one wearing a Santa hat. I guess it makes sense though. Abortion IS only bad when we’re talking about white Christian males.
Did anyone tell these guys that Ayn Rand was an atheist who had little patience with fetal-rights activism?
I frowned a bit when I heard the bit about 28% capital gains tax (dumb suit kiddies don’t read the news, I guess, or else they’re too innumerate to retain the correct number which is twenty percent, or else they’re straight-up lying) but when they got to “Great like the Gatsby” Christ on a cracker, I just hadda laugh out loud!
See, when I saw “Young Cons” I thought con artists. Although I suppose if you look at it in a certain light… Dear god, they took a bad rap, distorted their voices so it sounded even worse, and then added a video with almost no visual interest. They’re gonna go far in life, I can tell.
GallingGalla @ #9, you made me spray my keyboard with tea. I vote for it’s real – I believe one is required to be this self-deluded to make this monstrosity. It ignores reality in exactly the way that conservatives revel in, which cannot be mimicked by a rational mind, even bent on satire – hence our continued failure to anticipate their next Great Leap between an action (fist bump) and hysterical claim (terrorist sign). (Oh! Oh! I’m calling it: they’re going to sound the black-man-is-gang-member alarm! Wait…what? Terrorist?! How the f#$% did they get that….?) Only one who is able to simultaneously uphold two completely opposite ideas of truth perfectly simultaneously (New Testament and Ayn Rand) will be able to understand the coherent message within this song. This person will be the True Con, and will be able to decipher the code embedded within, find the Objectivist Sceptre of Double-Think, and lead us all into the New Republic of Brotherly Love (entirely plutonic, of course).
The flashes of white screen gave me a headache. The rest of it was just boring. And yeah I agree with everyone else who sees the hilarious disconnect between Jesus and Ayn Rand in the same sentence. These guys are dumb.
behold…. the lyrics! 🙂 — Yo this ones for all the young conservatives. I rep the Northeast and I’m still a young con, Let your voice release, you don’t have to be obamatrons. I debate any poser who don’t shoot straight, Government spending needs to deflate, Your ideas are lightweight, Ya careers in checkmate I frustrate. I increase the pulse rate I hate when, government dictatin, makin, statements, bout how to be a merchant, How to run a restaurant, how to lay the pavement Bailout a business, but can’t protect an infant Deficiencies are blatant, young con treatment I stand one man, outnumbered at my college Thank you Miss Cali for reminding us of marriage Can’t support abortion, and call yourself a Christian I support life, you’re a puzzled politician Terrorists were imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Now they’re in our neighborhoods, planning out doomsday No such thing as utopia, no government can control ya, baby ya, Reap the benefits hard work, self reliant Listen to Stiltz, my dude’s a lyrical giant Yo Stiltz… make it two time… please” Stiltz: “I’m 6’9 head and shoulder above the rest Liberals playin checkers, I’m playin chess My conservative view is drill baby drill You can say you hate me but I’m praying for you still My dislike for thee most def is not hyperbole Taxes are the subject and I will spit them verbally I’m just livin life a conservative philosophy Sorry Hilary not a right wing conspiracy We need more women with intellectual integrity I’m talkin Megyn Kelly not Nancy Pelosi My main motto is you best work hard It’s not the hand you were given, but how you lay down your cards I don’t speak lies but I spit the facts 28% the new capital gains tax Porkulus bill lacks a few stats The more money we spend, the more mine is worth Jack The Bible says we’re a people under God, Usin radar for radical Jihad AIG was hooked up by Chris Dodd A classy gift ain’t an Ipod The standards of my crew ain’t republicans dude I’m reppin Jesus Christ and conservative views Study history and true conservative moves Every single time they refuse to lose I’m starting to see a modern day Jimmy Carter When really nothin but a Reagan era starter” Serious C: “Yo, We americans son Hit ya with some knowledge The movement has begun Everyone can succeed Because our soldiers bleed, for us I said it in the verse, now I’ll say it in the chorus” Stiltz: “We young conservatives son Hard work is our motto The movement has begun EVERYONE can succeed cause our soldiers bleed, daily My views are rock solid, no chance you can break me” Serious C: “Phase me, make me, into something that ain’t me Serious c… can’t nobody shake me great like the Gatsby, poppin posers like acne Don’t matter if your gay, straight, Christian or Muslim There’s one thing we all hate, called socialism. It’s loathsome, and America ain’t the outcome, Raise taxes on the people, And you’re gonna feel symptoms, problems I gotta message for a young con: superman that socialism, waterboard that terrorism” Stiltz: “I fulfill the role that’s inherently mine Teaching politics through my rap and my rhyme I’m signing off this track with a question in mind How will this country get its precious change in time? Three things taught me conservative love: Jesus, Ronald Reagan, plus Atlas Shrugged Saving our nation from inflation devastation On my hands and my knees praying for salvation” Serious C: “Yo, We americans son Hit ya with some knowledge The movement has begun Everyone can succeed Because our soldiers bleed, for us I said it in the verse, now I’ll say it in the chorus” Stiltz: “We young conservatives son Hard work is our motto The movement has begun EVERYONE can succeed cause our soldiers bleed, daily My views are rock solid, no chance you can break me”
Did anyone tell these guys that Ayn Rand was an atheist who had little patience with fetal-rights activism? Yes. From their blog: http://www.theyoungcons.com/ Stirring up much debate is the verse in the Young Con Anthem: “Three thing taught me conservative love, Jesus, Ronald Reagan plus Atlas Shrugged” This comment is similar to other responses we’ve received from the video. Yes, we know that Ayn Rand was an atheist, however, she preached the power of the individual and personal responsibility just as Jesus and Martin Luther King Jr. …I understand why you believe Jesus’ values to be liberal.. “he was weak on defense (turn the other cheek), big on social programs (give to the poor), harsh on the wealthy (nearly impossible for the rich man to enter heaven), soft on punishment (he who is without sin, cast the first stone), and pro-taxes (render unto Caesar what is his)” 1 However, Jesus does not ask government to make these commitments. Rather, he requests each individual… to choose out of their free will, from their heart, and because they want to… give up the possessions which they have and “follow Him.” The message we receive from Jesus is that people should “give up” their possessions. He did not urge the government to make this commitment. Supply Side Jesus approves of this message. The ceiling cats, however, are merely confused. As are the Great Old Ones, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Moses -and- his Burning Bush, baby Jesus, pre-teen Jesus, Jesus H. Christ (third listed in the phone book), Joseph the Carpenter from Brooklyn Heights, nine out of ten dentists, and, well, just a bunch of other people. p.s. am I the only one who now automatically thinks “Slytherin” every time she sees “Dartmouth?” For several reasons?
Terrorists were imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Now they’re in our neighborhoods, planning out doomsday That’s another interesting fact of which I was unaware.
Superman that socialism? Seriously? I don’t think Jesus would be down with supermaning. Ahem. Then again, I doubt he’d be down with waterboarding, either.
No, really, what /does/ “superman that socialism” mean? Are we talking Nietzsche or Clark Kent? Or is it a substitute for ‘Lord’ or ‘Oh boy’ as in, “Superman, that socialism!” (Oh Suuuuperman… Excuse me, it’s late.) But seriously, verb or unconventional marker of exasperation? For these two cons, I’d like to pass on the words of the wisest 5 year old I’ve ever met: OH my GOD! SHUT your MOUTHS!
Thanks belledame222, I shall have to visit their site and continue my ranting there, so as not to derail this thread.