McCain Hires Palin's Kenyan 'Witch Hunter' to 'Remove Evil Spirits from U.S. Economy'

Editor's note: This is obviously satire. Sadly, the same can't be said for the video at the end of the post.

WASILLA, Alaska -- In a move sure to enhance both his reputation as a maverick reformer and his relationship with conservative voters, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain has hired Kenyan Pastor Thomas Muthee as his chief negotiator in the ongoing financial bailout negotiations in Washington.

Muthee, who is credited with Palin's rapid ascension in politics by laying his hands on her, will fly to Washington D.C. later today to begin the process of "removing the witchcraft" from the troubled U.S. economy.

"Senator McCain is a proven maverick reformer and so is Pastor Muthee," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds. "Huge government bailouts are not conservative methods. Fighting witchcraft, however, is. And no one fights witchcraft like Pastor Muthee."

Muthee, who first earned fame by chasing a woman out of his village in Kenya, has long been a close friend and ally of Governor Palin. He said he plans to do the same for the U.S. economy that he has done for Palin's political career.