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The DNC has released a new web ad called “Exxon John” to support its “Exxon-McCain” gimmick. Maybe 50 or 100 political web junkies will recognize that this ad parodies the unintentionally hilarious Sen. John Cornyn video from a couple of months ago, “Big John.” Everyone else in the world, however, will watch this and wonder, “why did the Democrats make this retarded ad?” Also: now that the price of oil has dropped like $30 per barrel in the last few weeks, can these people stop talking about Energy so much? It’s painful to watch both candidates pretend there are any short-term solutions to offer. [YouTube]

This is one of those McCain web ads, of which there are four million, that has been garnering some Internet buzz re: how funny it is. But if you haven’t seen it yet, you should maybe do that right now. It involves McCain’s teacher from high school, Ted Williams, rainbow-colored smoke and McCain being a little rat (who bombs people). [YouTube]