Riding high from his Michigan victory and the continued defeats of rival Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney is on a tear through Florida, and he's trying to connect with the young people. Unfortunately, Romney's pop culture references are stuck as far back in time as his well-preserved face. He buddied up with African-American teens and tried to sling lingo that he thought they would like. In fact, he uttered the immortal line, "Who Let the Dogs Out? Oooh ... ooh ... oooh." Dig it:

"Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men was in fact a big hit with the young people--in the '90s. When the words come out of an old white guy's mouth without a trace of irony years later, it doesn't sound right. The only thing worse than one's parents trying to be cool is a presidential candidate trying to be cool.

Bostonist knows Romney can do funny, or at least lightheartedness. He managed to make the audience giggle a few times during his Leno appearance. But if he really wanted to do the retro irony up right, he should have prepared a version of Tone Loc's "Wild Thing."

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