'Huntsman girls' video goes viral

Jon Huntsman Jr.'s daughters have pushed past the two-dimensional constraints of their popular @Jon2012girls Twitter platform and officially gone viral with their spoof of a Herman Cain campaign ad.

On Oct. 19, Cain's campaign posted a 56-second video of its chief of staff, Mark Block, saying things such as, "We've run a campaign like nobody's ever seen — but then, America's never seen a candidate like Herman Cain." At the 0:40 mark, Block stares into the camera and infamously takes a long drag off a cigarette.

Late last week, Huntsman's daughters Liddy, Abby and Mary Anne each donned faux facial hair to smartly parody Block. Instead of using cigarettes as stage props, however, they blow bubbles at the end of their video.

The media appears to be embracing the Huntsman daughters' efforts. Time Magazine's website, for example, chimed in on Sunday with these observations: "Their halting speech, overemphatic colloquialisms promoting their father's policies, and even the synth-pop background music 'I Am America' parrot the original, step-by-step. Regardless, their clever sense of humor works wonders."

The Atlantic published an interview with Abby on Friday, in which she spoke about a wide swath of topics including the sisters' campaign-trail tweeting. "We all just kind of say what we think. People seem to like the honesty. But you have to be careful, we're representing my dad. We're doing this because we believe in him and his vision for the country."

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