Justin Long plays Mitt Romney in new 'Office' parody [Video]

Actor Justin Long -- you know him from TV's "Ed" and such films as "Going the Distance" (wait, maybe you don't know him) -- portrays Mitt Romney in a new parody video making the rounds on the Web. The video is the work of MoveOn.org, the liberal advocacy group, so you know that it's not going to be a loving tribute to the Republican presidential contender.

The video pokes fun at Romney's now-infamous comments earlier this month about how he likes "being able to fire people who provide services to me." (Watch video below.)

Romney was talking about improving consumers' choices among private health insurers, but as politics goes, his words were quickly compressed by his critics to Romney "liking to fire people."

Romney has also been under assault by Democrats -- and Newt Gingrich -- over his work in the private sector for Bain Capital, a private equity firm that became a buyout specialist. They say Romney destroyed jobs while at Bain, by downsizing; Romney argues that he created more than 100,000 jobs while he was with the company.

Romney has already been roasted by the folks at "Saturday Night Live" for his "fire people" remarks, and now Long stars in what is intended to be a parody of NBC's"The Office,"with the actor playing Romney as a Michael Scott-type character.

If Romney successfully secures the GOP presidential nomination, this kind of thing isn't likely to go away. And it didn't help that, at Thursday night's CNN debate in Florida, Romney again used the "f-word," saying he would fire anyone in his company who came to him proposing to build a base on the moon.

Yes, that was indeed the context. It's been a long month. Anyway, here's the video: