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Paris Hilton drove her sharpened stiletto heels into John McCain Tuesday, releasing a mock political ad that cast the Republican hopeful "as the oldest celebrity in the world."

"Hey, America, I am Paris Hilton and I am a celebrity, too," says Hilton, dressed in an over-the-top, skimpy leopard-print swimsuit. "Only I am not from the olden days and I am not promising change like that other guy. I am just hot."

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Originally posted by TCD:
I tried to embed the video but I don't think it worked. Can anyone see it?

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The John McCain campaign may want to rethink its strategy of attacking Barack Obama by comparing him Paris Hilton, her family has kicked a lot of money to his campaign.

Paris's parents have donated a combined $6,900 to the McCain campaign. The celebutaunt's father Rick gave McCain $4,600 in March, and her mother Kathleen spent her own $2,300 in April.

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Originally posted by Robespierre:
OMG, what a slut!

I mean Obama.

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Huh? This commentary, if you want to call it that, makes absolutely no sense, from any perspective. And personally, I believe you were directing that towards Paris, and knew it would not float here, so you put the silly "I mean Obama" onto the end of it.

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Good for Paris, to shoot back, and I bet her grandfather had something to do with it, as apparently, he was right furious about McCain using Paris in his attack ads against Obama, and phoned McCain to voice his displeasure.

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Originally posted by remind:
Huh? This commentary, if you want to call it that, makes absolutely no sense, from any perspective. And personally, I believe you were directing that towards Paris, and knew it would not float here, so you put the silly "I mean Obama" onto the end of it...

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Don't force me to send M.Spector after you, Remind!

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Originally posted by remind:
Good for Paris, to shoot back, and I bet her grandfather had something to do with it, as apparently, he was right furious about McCain using Paris in his attack ads against Obama, and phoned McCain to voice his displeasure.

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It's nice to have a lot of connections sometimes...

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Originally posted by Stargazer:
Guys, don't be so naive. Paris is not a bright girl. Someone scripted that video for her (although I like it as well). Her parents, as usual with her antics, must be pissed.

Source: The Huffington Post

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I don't know why you would believe she's not bright. She's been phenomenally successful at launching a career from nothing. Her act brings her money and power... notice her fame has been sustained, whereas others like her didn't know how to handle it. I suspect she knows exactly what she's doing.

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As for the ad... That's a very clever response from whoever organized it.

[ 06 August 2008: Message edited by: 500_Apples ]

[ 06 August 2008: Message edited by: 500_Apples ]

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Originally posted by Robespierre:
OMG, what a slut!

I mean Obama.

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What does Obama have to do with this?

As for calling Obama's character into question, ... you must be pretty pleased with yourself to hand out these off-the-cuff condemnations.

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She's been phenomenally successful at launching a career from nothing. Her act brings her money and power...

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Powerful career? Please! Kevin Bacon has a powerful career. Reese Witherspoon has a powerful career.

Paris Hilton is a paid spokesperson for whoever has the money.

Edited to add, she didn't make anything out of nothing. She was given a lot of money simply for being a Hilton. Yep, that's a real work ethic.

[ 07 August 2008: Message edited by: Stargazer ]

Paris Hilton is the perfect celebrity. She is famous for being famous. She distils American celebrity culture down to its purest form: an image with no original. She is as parodic a celebrity as she is a perfect one.