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This fan-made ‘Betomaniac’ ad is an abomination: We watched it. Now you have to, too
October 22, 2018
The Austin, Texas-based vaudeville theater group Esther's Follies must viscerally hate Senate candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, and want him to lose. That is the only logical explanation for an abomination of a political ad released last Friday featuring the group singing (badly), ostensibly in support of Beto's campaign.
The fan ad, titled "Betomaniac!" was published on a YouTube channel called Originator Studios. The video description dubs Esther's Follies "the SNL of Austin" and claims the pro-O'Rourke sketch performed in the video was "wildly popular" on stage. Doubtful.
What you are about to watch is the most cringeworthy, creepy, and off-key music video ever produced for or against a political candidate in American history.
This would be just as uncomfortably cheesy and horrible for literally any other candidate of any other party and I will never forgive @ChrisCPandolfo for showing me this.
— Nate Madden (@NateMaddenCRTV) October 22, 2018
There is no way the people who filmed this thought they could help Beto O'Rourke beat Ted Cruz with this ad. Or if they did, Betomania is a serious mental condition, and if you find yourself afflicted, seek medical attention immediately.
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