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McCain Girls: The Expanded Pants Remix

Like a bad case of the clap that just won't go away, the McCain Girls are back, with a new music video.  And dear readers, those of you who remember the McCain Girls know that I'm using the word "music" in its loosest sense here:

Now I have to admit, "McCainiac" wasn't on my list of songs that I expected the sirens of suckitude to cover.  And by "cover," I mean "butcher beyond recognition."  But this increases the likelihood that we'll hear those songs in the future.  God help us all.

It's official: McCain Girls are a hoax

If you were one of the many people who believed that the McCain Girls were too excruciatingly bad to be for real, it turns out that you were right.  The comedy team 23/6 has revealed that they were behind the videos:

“We wanted to parody the campaign-song phenomenon,” said Sarah Bernard, the president of 23/6. Because most of the so-called stars of YouTube are amateurs, the comedy site decided to take no credit for its creation.

Jon Benjamin, a contributor to 23/6 who produced the “Raining McCain” video, had watched some of the more earnest campaign songs online. Recalling one particular video, an elaborate choir production called “Hillary4U&Me,” “it just looked like somebody paid them money to do it,” he said.

So that’s what 23/6 decided to do: hire three women with acting and singing backgrounds to create a video for Mr. McCain.

Now, I know what you're thinking: "these women have singing backgrounds?"  But they also have acting backgrounds too.  So I'm assuming that they were just acting like they couldn't sing, and I commend them for a convincing performance.  And now, the punchline of this huge joke:

Many viewers called the videos cringe-inducing, but at least one person was receptive. "I think they’re wonderful," Mr. McCain said on the Fox News Channel last week. "I have watched that video several times."

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(via Andrew Sullivan)

What has been seen cannot be unseen

Consider yourself forewarned as you watch this video from the self-styled "McCain Girls."  Tonight's forecast is mostly cloudy with a 100% chance of "what the fuck?"

(via DHinMI at Daily Kos)