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The latest political parody — Sh*t Politicians Say — just hit YouTube, keeping the unstoppable Sh*t [Insert Stereotype] Say meme alive for yet another day.

Go ahead and bemoan the meme all you want; you’re still going to watch the clip. And you should because it has multiple purposes. Other than trying to induce laughs, the video serves as an advertisement disguised as a meme for Americans Elect. Let’s call it a meme-vertisement for the the group’s online political campaign.

Americans Elect dubs itself the “first nonpartisan nomination,” which means it wants to provide Americans a third candidate — not just a Democrat or Republican — to vote for during the 2012 presidential race.

Sh*t Politicians Say landed just hours before Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate and stars actor Joe Leon. In true political fashion, his character rattles off common jargon heard from people running for office.

Do these ring a bell? Moral fiber, family values, trust me, three-point plan, earmarks, tough question, children are our future, Washington outsider, jobs, my opponent — all sound familiar.

SEE ALSO: MTV’s ‘Power of 12′ Campaign Creates Fantasy Political Election Game

Taking jabs at politicians is nothing new. For example, this presidential election season alone has spawned funny memes poking fun at Rick Santorum’s sweater vests and Rick Perry’s controversial “Strong” commercial.

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Bonus: Political Gaffes Caught on Tape

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Speaking of Rick Perry, remember his “Oops” memory lapse during a debate in November? That moment and these nine other gaffes have been etched into our mind’s eye for better or worse.

Rick Perry: "Oops"

2012 presidential candidate Rick Perry drew a massive blank Wednesday night during CNBC’s “Your Money, Your Vote” GOP debate. On stage in Michigan, Perry attempted to rattle off three federal government agencies he would eliminate, but failed to remember number three: “Commerce, education and the … uh, um, what’s the third one there. Let’s see … ” The mental block lasted about 40 more seconds before Perry uttered, “Oops.”

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Whether you love or despise 17-year-old international pop star Justin Bieber, you have his mom to thank (or blame) for thrusting him into the spotlight five years ago this month.

On Jan. 19, 2007, Pattie Mallett uploaded a video of her son performing Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” in Stratford, Ontario to Bieber’s YouTube channel — kidrauhl.

Rap star Usher signed Bieber to a record label the following year in 2008. Since then, Bieber has taken the social media world by storm, attracting millions of followers across many networks. Bieber has 16.7 million Twitter followers and 39.4 million Facebook “Likes” and he’s just warming up.

Google Chrome recently chronicled Bieber’s impressive reach and presence on Google and YouTube in an ad below. The YouTube-star-turned-mega-celebrity most recently made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show where he endorsed a gadget for robotic toys company TOSY.

SEE ALSO: YouTube in 2011 — How Its Busy Year Affects You

For a quick glimpse at Bieber’s high-profile YouTube ride, check out the fun tidbits below thanks to Danish social media agency Crisp Social, that created the infographic for Mashable. Bieber Fever, anyone?

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Deleting your social media account may be the most difficult breakup you’ll ever have. Networks try various techniques to get you to stay, and they often leave you wondering if it’s you and not them. Let’s take a look at some of these clever little tricks that make it hard to delete your social profiles.

1. Twitter: "You don't know what you're missing."

If you choose to ignore your Twitter account, you'll receive an email within a few weeks saying, "We've missed you!" More than that, Twitter lists everything you're missing out on, from the latest news to plain happiness.

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The fifth installment in the annual “United State of Pop” mashup series from Jordan Roseman — a laptop-based DJ better known as DJ Earworm — just popped up on YouTube.

The mashup, “World Go Boom,” combines 25 of the year’s most-successful pop songs from artists such as Adele, Britney Spears, Foster the People, Lady Gaga, LMFAO, Maroon 5, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna.

Roseman used music software Ableton Live to arrange the tracks into one seamless montage. “2011 gave us songs of regret and anger, pride and perseverance, and lots of fire. When someone’s taken everything from you, what do you do? WORLD GO BOOM.” Roseman wrote in a blog post describing the mashup.

SEE ALSO: Mashable’s Cover Song Face-Off Competition

The four other “United State of Pop” mashups from 2007 to 2010 have attracted more than 68 million views on YouTube, with the 2009 one, “Blame It on the Pop, going the most viral with 40 million hits.

Listen to “World Go Boom” and DJ Earworm’s mashups from previous years below. Which one is your favorite?

2011: "World Go Boom"

DJ Earworm: "I’ve made some changes in the song selection process this year. In efforts to better reflect the year, I have a system that draws from the weekly charts from throughout 2011 that ensures that all the late-breaking hits (such as 'We Found Love' and 'Sexy and I Know It') are included in the 2011 mix."

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Thumbnail art created by Brian Benson

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Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite.

Gavin DeGraw is no stranger to having other people sing his songs. Remember “I Don’t Want to Be,” the karaoke favorite that has been covered in bars and on reality TV singing competitions across the world since 2003?

Well, now his biggest hit since then, “Not Over You,” is facing the similar fate of becoming a sing-along classic.

With dozens upon dozens of covers of the song on YouTube, we decided to round up 10 awesome ones for you. Listen to them and then vote for your favorite in our poll.

Brandyn Burnette

Mashup of "Not Over You" and "It Will Rain"

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To listen to more covers used in past YouTube Cover Song Face-Offs, click here.

**The winner of this poll will be selected Dec. 23 at 9 a.m. ET.

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Dec. 4 Face-Off Winner: Christina Grimmie

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YouTube star Christina Grimmie won Mashable’s recent most recent face-off with her cover of “It Will Rain” by Bruno Mars. Grimmie’s YouTube videos have been viewed more than 237 million times. She is finding success offline, too. Most recently, Grimmie snagged the American Music Awards trophy for Female New Media, which honors the woman who is most effectively using digital and social media to propel their careers and connect with fans. She also performed with Taio Cruz after winning an online competition to share the stage with him.

Here’s a collection of covers and an original song (video seven) from Grimmie.

"It Will Rain" Cover

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If we’ve learned anything about viral advertising in 2011, it’s this — you can’t touch The Force. Also, people will always love crazy stunts and action-packed destruction — especially if there are Angry Birds thrown into the mix.

Pop culture references, especially when Internet-related, also seemed to do really well this year. From the Royal Wedding to LMFAO, using someone or something that has a strong following always helps in acheiving viral reach. And if that doesn’t work, consider a male stripper or a monkey with an AK-47.

We also learned that people like to be tricked. The more realistic your stunt is, the better. There are a couple videos that made the list this year that make you question whether the ad was staged or real, which always leads to sharing.

If nothing else, there are a few touching videos that will leave you affected. From cute children talking about their relationship to the more serious topic of cancer, this list just goes to show that emotive videos can still cut through all the noise on the web.

Special thanks to our friends at Unruly for compiling this list.

Note: The list below does not include music videos, user-generated content or movie trailers. Unruly’s Viral Video Chart tracks 18 million shares a day through third-party APIs.

1. "The Force: Volkswagen Commercial" (Volkswagen)

Shares: 4,713,179

This Super Bowl ad for the 2012 Passat features a "pint-sized Darth Vader" who discovers the Force in his driveway. It's incredibly cute and humorous, and was obviously well-executed because it holds the highest number of shares this year.

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Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite.

Bruno Mars is ending 2011 on a high note, snagging six Grammy nominations and having the lead track, “It Will Rain,” on the latest Twilight movie soundtrack.

Along with that success, Mars has roped in fans from all over the world. Some of them are showing their admiration on YouTube by creating covers of “It Will Rain.” Listen to their renditions below and then vote for your favorite in our poll.

Roomie

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To listen to more covers used in past YouTube Cover Song Face-Offs, click here.

**The winner of this poll will be selected Dec. 9 at 9 a.m. ET.

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Nov. 20 Face-Off Winner: LEELOO

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In Mashable‘s last face-off, Brazilian singer LEELOO pulled in the most votes with her emotional video and haunting vocals for Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away.”

Here’s a collection of covers from LEELOO.

"The One That Got Away" Cover by LEELOO

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Each week, Mashable picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite.

The music video for “Without You” featuring French DJ David Guetta and Usher has racked up more than 27 million views on YouTube since its Oct. 14 release.

The video shows fans partying in several different countries. Other fans across the globe, who couldn’t be in the video, took a less rowdy approach and recorded covers of the song. Below, you’ll find 10 versions, including a cappella, acoustic and electronic renditions. Vote for your favorite in the poll.

Frankie Presley

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To listen to more covers used in past YouTube Cover Song Face-Offs, click here.

**The winner of this poll will be selected Nov. 18 at 9 a.m. ET.

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Oct. 30 Face-Off Winners: Jonathan Michael Comis and Tinashe

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Two covers in the “We Found Love” Cover Song Face-Off battled it out up until the voting deadline, so we decided to feature both in this week’s write-up.

Jonathan Michael Comis and Tinashe secured more than 12,000 of the 15,000 votes. Comis covered the song because he related to it. “I look at this world as a hopeless place for love,” said Comis, who was inspired by Tyler Ward to start putting music on YouTube. “Today, most relationships don’t make it to marriage, and if they do half of them end in divorce. I was lucky enough to find love in a hopeless place.”

Tinashe thought Rihanna’s song was beautiful and had a simple message. “I wanted to make a version that was a bit more haunting,” said Tinashe, who wants to one day duet with Beyonce.

Here’s a collection of original songs and covers from Comis and Tinashe.

"We Found Love" by Jonathan Michael Comis

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Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks.

You had me at: “Do you need a reliable, sexy vehicle to get you to the renaissance fair?” This home-made, surprisingly slick car ad comes from Clark Olson Media, a media company with a clear sense of humor. Clark Olson Media submitted the video as part of a video car review contest for Kelly Blue Book, a car retailer.

We’re not entirely sure if this video actually makes us want to buy a 2000 Corolla, but it certainly makes us want to give Olson a high-five. At this point, he might not need it. The video, released in mid-June, has picked up more than 200,000 views. Maybe it’s the rocking funk music, or the way he keeps saying Corrroooollaaaa, or the way that … no, it’s definitely the way he says “Corolla.”

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At the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, Katy Perry’s “Firework” battles Adele, the Beastie Boys, Bruno Mars and Tyler, The Creator for the coveted Moonman trophy in the Video of the Year category.

In honor of the song’s nomination, we’re pitting a myriad of covers — which have attracted more than 7.5 million pageviews on YouTube — against each other. Vote for your favorite rendition in the poll below.

Peter Hollens

AHMIR

Kina Grannis

Eli Lieb

Rochelle Diamante

Lawson

Passion & Victor Kim

Colton Jacobson

Liptease

Avery

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Last Week’s Face-Off Winner

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In our inaugural YouTube Cover Song Face-Off last week, people from 80 countries cast nearly 2,500 votes for the 10 covers of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” The winner: Angie Johnson and Sidewinder’s “military” cover, which garnered 55% of the votes.

What popular song should we pick next week for the YouTube Cover Song Face-Off?

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