John McCain sure didn’t think through his latest campaign ad very well. In it, he pokes fun at Barack Obama by claiming he’s the world’s biggest celebrity after Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. The McCain camp says it’s supposed to be funny, but it really isn’t. I’m not saying it’s not funny in the sense of “this is very serious stuff; you shouldn’t joke.” It’s just flat-out dumb and not very creative. It isn’t funny. And it’s clear they’re trying to paint Obama as some sort of frivolous dilettante with that ridiculous comparison.
What they really forgot to consider was that the Hilton family donated to McCain’s campaign. And now Kathy Hilton is pretty damn pissed.
If John McCain thought it was tough battling Barack Obama, let's see how he likes having an angry mom to contend with as well! Paris Hilton's mom, Kathy, is furious with McCain for picking on her little girl in a TV ad aired last week. McCain says the spot painting his rival as 'just another celeb' like Paris or Britney, was meant to be funny -- but Momma Hilton doesn't see the joke.
"It is a complete waste of the country's time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs," Kathy said on the Huffington Post Web site. "And it is a completely frivolous way to choose the next president of the United States." And McCain shouldn't be expecting another check from the Hiltons in the post either.
Kathy and her husband donated $4,600 to his campaign this year, but she said the ad was "a complete waste of the money John McCain's contributors have donated to his campaign," according to the New York Times.
[From OK!]
Obviously McCain isn’t the first person to publicly make fun of Paris. But it is pretty damn tacky to take nearly $5,000 from someone and then turn around and make fun of their daughter. It was a stupid ad that the McCain camp clearly thought was clever, but at best was absolutely banal. At worst it was insulting. They should have spent that $4,600 on an ad agency that actually has a little bit of creativity.
Header image of Kathy and Paris Hilton at the "Can Can" Perfume Photocall at Selfridges in London on May 15, 2008. Images thanks to PR Photos.
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