• Arrowhead Addict

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  What a joke this was. This would be like the Obama campaign comparing McCain to old guys that are dead or something. Low.

  Posted 7/31/2008 respond (flag)

• Erin

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  Britney and Paris are famous and dumb. Obama is famous. Therefore he must be dumb.

  Impeccable logic.

  Posted 7/31/2008 respond (flag)

John McCain New Ad : Britney Spears, Paris Hilton ... Sen. Barack Obama?
Celebglitz.com Latest Celebrity News, Gossip, Pictures — John McCain has released a new ad campaign in which the Republican candidate for President seems to be comparing Senator Barack Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. The 30-second spot features Britney ,Paris and Obama and then the voiceover says, Narrator: "He's the biggest celebrity in the world. "But, is he ready to lead? "With gas prices soaring, Barack Obama says no to offshore drilling. "And, says he'll raise taxes on electricity. "Higher taxes, more foreign oil, that's the real Obama." McCain campaign chief agrees that, like Spears and Hilton, Obama is "frivolous and irresponsible:" The McCain campaign just ...

Britney Spears and Paris Hilton Make Appearance in New John McCain Ad
Gallery of the Absurd — The Ghost Chipmunk dangles the taint of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in his newest anti-Obama political ad.

John McCain’s Britney Spears/Paris Hilton Ad (Video)
Bumpshack.com — John McCain uses clips of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in his latest campaign commercial ad to show that rival Presidential candidate Barack Obama is just a popular celebrity like they are and not ready to lead the country. It’s starting to heat up folks! Get ready for an intense three months from both Barack and John. Be sure to watch the video above. It is creative if nothing else. ShareThis ...

John McCain and His Floundering Ad Campaign
YesButNoButYes Stories — Who in the fuck is in charge of his messaging? Here's his latest commercial Really? You're reduced to admitting he's more popular than you are? You're actually trying to make his popularity and youth a bad thing? Are you out of your ever loving mind? Hey, let's turn the tables. Here's some cool stuff that was going on in 1936..the year John McCain was born. March 1936 - Hoover Dam is completed (yes, that's right. John McCain is as old as the motherfucking Hoover Dam) June 1936 - Gone With The Wind is published...the book....for the ...

What do Britney, Paris and Barack have in common?
USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live — Interesting campaign strategry: John McCain's got a new ad that seems to be lumping Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Barack Obama together. As the 30-second spot opens, there are glimpses of Britney and Paris and then the voiceover says, "He's...

Hilton, Spears...Obama?
Mollygood — Here we go! The latest and greatest Obama attack ad out of John McCain’s camp not only juxtaposes the Democratic nominee with wearying tarts Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, it also resorts to one of the oldest scare tactics in the book: reminding everyone that Obama wants to raise taxes (possibly to fund his wife’s Black Panther arsenal? Nobody knows!). It’s still only July, kids. ...

MCCAIN: IS BARACK A CELEB OR A LEADER?
Faded Youth Blog — Interesting campaign strategry: John McCain’s got a new ad that seems to be lumping Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Barack Obama together. As the 30-second spot opens, there are shots of Britney and ...

Huh?
Crabbie's Hollywood — Bizarre new John McCain attack ad on Obama, featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. The point, going by the way it's narrated and cut, is that Obama is little more than a vapid celebrity...he's famous but what has he done to earn that fame? Like Paris and Britney, his popularity is the result of media hysteria and mindless idolatry and not anything substantive. At least, I think that's what it's trying to say. Maybe it's actually insinuating that Obama has had sex with Paris and Britney.

OBAMA IS JUST LIKE BRITNEY & PARIS??
ZackTaylor.ca | Your #1 Source for Celebrity Gossip & Entertainment News — Here we go again... The latest Obama attack ad out of John McCain’s camp is HARSH!! They compare him to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton!! Oh the horror... Have a look... Who do you want to win?? Have your say - CLICK ...

John McCain Anti-Barack Obama Britney Spears Paris Hilton Ad (Video)
Pop Crunch — John McCain has released a controversial new ad in which the Republican candidate for President compares Senator Barack Obama to celebutantes Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. “He’s the biggest celebrity in the world, but is he ready to lead?” . The Obama campaign has responded to the ad saying: “On a day when major news organizations across the country are taking Senator McCain to task for a steady stream of false, negative attacks, his campaign has launched yet another. Or, as some might say, ‘Oops! He ...

Joseph Romm: McCain's Ad Team are Mad Men
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — Can anyone stop the madness? As depicted on the award-winning AMC show, people in the advertising industry in the 1960s are utterly despicable. So is McCain's ad team. To go by their latest ad, they are willing to say and do anything to win. Notwithstanding its mixed messages -- what do celebrity starlets have to do with offshore drilling and isn't it good that people around the world want to hear what Obama has to say? -- this ad is beyond despicable. McCain supports higher prices for coal and natural gas -- assuming ...

John McCain Compares Barack Obama to Britney and Paris in New Ad
Celebutopia — In a new ad out by John McCain’s campaign, he is comparing the stardom and the way paparazzi flock to Barack Obama, with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. McCain campaign manager Rick Davis explained in a conference call with reporters: “What we decided to do is find the top three international celebrities in the world, and I would say from our indications, Britney and Paris came in second and third. “It is not our campaign that is trying to make him into an international celebrity,” Davis added. “It’s his ...

McCain Ad Calls Obama "Biggest Celebrity In The World." ZING!
RadarOnline.com — John McCain has a new attack ad (shock!) out today against Barack Obama . "Celeb" calls Barry the "the biggest celebrity in the world" while juxtaposing video of him with pictures of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears . If you think about it, the comparison works all three are blond, vapid, attention-seeking skanks. But isn't it a tad trite for Republicans to paint Democrats as in the pocket of "Big Acting?" Even if it seems to be true ...

Paris and Britney have officially entered the political discourse
Celebslam: They're Better Than Us — Barack Obama compared to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears In his latest ad for the 2008 election, John McCain invokes the power of Paris and Britney. As the narrator calls Barack Obama “the biggest celebrity in the world,” two pictures of Paris and Britney are quickly flashed on the screen. Damn that is low. Barack, I just wanna let you know that I’m here for you (read: give me $$$$$$$$$). If John McCain wants to turn this election into a celebrity analogy attack fest, I’m your man. I’ve already started working on some new slogans (the last one’s ...

The Caucus: Obama as ‘Celebrity’ in McCain Ad
NYT > Home Page — July 30 0 comments Starry-Eyed Media Breed Green-Eyed Candidates The 2008 presidential race presents a new phenomenon in modern presidential politics — the specter of dueling media darlings. July 30 0 comments Obama Ponders the Diner Menu The Democratic candidate swings through the red-state parts of Missouri on his bus tour. July 30 18 comments McCain: No New Taxes (Redux) Senator John McCain, whose recent suggestion that an increase in the Social Security payroll tax would not be off the table infuriated some fiscal conservatives, sought to reassure people here Wednesday that he opposes tax ...

John McCain Likens Barack Obama to... Britney Spears!
The Hollywood Gossip — Presidential candidate John McCain has released a new ad comparing rival Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and questioning his readiness to lead America. Yes, we're serious. The aforementioned celebrity gossip mainstays appear briefly as a narrator describes Obama as "the biggest celebrity in the world." The narrator then asks "Is he ready to lead?" and proceeds to list off a series of vague attacks against the Illinois Senator. To us, it seems like your boilerplate Republican ad, criticizing the Democrats over taxes, foreign ...

John McCain Compares Barack Obama to Britney Spears
HollywoodGrind - Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors celebrity scandals Hollywood gossip blog — John McCain has a new ad out that compares Barack Obama to both Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. McCain’s spokesman said: "This ad obviously also addresses a unique facet in Barack Obama’s campaign that is unlike any other campaign we’ve seen in modern political history. A campaign that is focused on the development of an enormous image of celebrity status." "These images of celebrity status and the way he has conducted his campaign … owe more to the development of an ...

Don't Drag Brit Brit Into This!
Dlisted - Be Very Afraid — In boring ass political news, John McCain's stupid new ad compares Barack Obama to Brit Brit Spears and Wonky McValtrex. If you're going to use footage of Brit Brit, at least use recent video of her looking tore up and carrying a Frapp. Do it right. And if Obama is like Brit and Wonky, does that mean he doesn't wear panties and is going to give us a crotch shot soon? I'm waiting..... Thanks Rex

Britney makes cameo in John McCain Ad
Oh No They Didn't! — oh and that slore Paris Hilton shows up too but who cares about her. source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHXYsw_ZDXg&eurl;=

John McCain compares Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in new ad
Cele|bitchy — Republican presidential candidate John McCain is making fun of his Democratic opponent Barack Obama’s vast popularity by comparing him to celebrities like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. In a new television ad he show shots of the 200,000 people gathered to hear Obama speak in Berlin last week with people shouting “Obama! Obama!” over the footage. The narrator says that Obama is the biggest celebrity in the world, but asks if he’s ready to lead. The camera cuts to shots of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and says that Obama will raise taxes ...

John McCain Angers Hilton Family By Using Paris Hilton In New Ad
N/A — In an uncharacteristically creative new ad, John McCain compares Barrack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, McCain clams that his opponent is simply famous being famous like Britney and Paris and has no real substance. This is the first time since the President race started that McCain has shown that he has the cahones of a war hero, and the best part is he has completely pissed off the entire Hilton family. Apparently Rick and Kathy are campaign contributers and don’t take kindly to McCain making a fool out of their eldest. She does that just fine on her own, thank you. ...

Barack Obama Is Like Five Minutes Away from a Crotch Shot and a DUI
Evil Beet Gossip — At least that’s what John McCain wants you to think, in this new campaign commercial comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Subtle, guys. Real subtle. This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 at 1:55 pm and is filed under Barack Obama ...

…OF THE DAY: The Eyes Of A Monster Gaze Upon The Hands Of A Monster
Best Week Ever — ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER PHOTO SHOOT: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt pose for another photo shoot, this time for an actual publication, and not just "because." I'm not sure exactly what the Us Weekly article will be about, but if the pictures are any indication, it's going to win the Pulitzer. (ONTD) TO BE THIS FREE: A man dressed in women's clothing dances around in Times Square, complete with commentary by amateur videographer. If it wasn't for the short hair I would have sworn this was Amy Winehouse. ...

New McCain campaign anti-Obama ad almost as inane as it is revolting
Cajun Boy in the City — The other I received an angry email from a reader that may have been the dumbest one I've ever received, and that's saying a lot, because my inbox has at times resembled some sort of cyberspace magnet for stupidity. Part of the aforementioned email reads... ...

Heh.
Evil Beet Gossip — Sometimes life cranks out little treats that are just too good to be true. For instance, today I was at Pike Place Market and purchased a cinnamon role with chocolate sauce and a cream cheese whipped topping. At the time, I was fairly certain that was going to be the best treat I got all day. But I was wrong! As John McCain released a slew of campaign videos comparing Barack Obama to that irresponsible, crotch-flashing little trollop Paris Hilton, it turns out that Rick and Kathy Hilton donated a whopping $4600 to the McCain campaign ...

Obama: McCain’s Paris Hilton Ad So Not Hot
Celebrity Mound — Barack Obama just another Britney Spears or Paris Hilton? Not John McCain’s best shot, says the Democrat’s camp after the Republican likened him to the two celebrities in a new commercial. “On a day when major news organizations across the country are taking Sen. McCain to task for a steady stream of false, negative attacks, his campaign has launched yet another,” says Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor. “Or, as some might say, ‘Oops! He did it again.’” Counter’s McCain campaign strategist Steve ...

Is Obama's star shining too brightly?
Pretty On The Outside — Must be.  McCain's latest attack ad seems to have sprung out of a cesspool of frustration, jealousy, and desperation.  So strange that he's trying to draw a parallel between empty headed celebutants and Barack Obama?  Is it simply stupid or simply evil genius? Next to the images of a vibrant and charismatic Obama, McCain ends the video looking rather ghoulish.  Keeping with the spirit of that video, I created what could be McCain's next ad. ...

of john mccain compares obama to britney spears and paris hilton
lancerlord — Barck Obama Is Britney Spears Is Paris Hilton IF Barack Obama is a celebrity, is he Britney Spears? Is he Paris Hilton? Does he wear underwear? Does he wear underwear inside - or outside - his trousers?Click here for the video. ...

Paris Hilton’s Parents to McCain: ‘How Dare You!’
Gone Hollywood — Rick and Kathy Hilton gave the John McCain campaign $4,600 in donations this year, now McCain has taken a shot at their little princess. [see tax documents] According to the Federal Election Commission website, the Hilton’s contributed the dough last March. Initially, Rick put up all the $$$ but in April it was split between him and [...] ...

Obama=Britney?
Celebrity Gossip, Entertainment News, Celebrities, Celebrity Photos @ SheKnows.com — Who knew a vote for Barack Obama equals a vote for Britney Spears — or worse, Paris Hilton for President? Share This

who would buy paris hilton footwear?
popbytes — seriously - i can't imagine anyone out there dying to get their paws on a pair of shoes from the paris hilton footwear collection (except maybe skanks & whores) yesterday ms. hilton was down at macy's in south coast plaza launching her new shoe line which seems like a total fruitless venture for both parties involved! in other paris news she was unnecessarily featured in a new political commercial along with britney spears touting republican john mccain (ugh...i cannot deal with his style disaster wife cindy being first lady) i ...

Dueling McCain and Obama Ads Knock Out Media
The Spewker Celebrity Politics Blog — The latest development on the campaign trail is too good to be true. Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain managed to take the meaning of the term "celebrity politics" to a whole new level. ...

Barack Obama The Biggest Celebrity In The World?
Superficial Diva — Britney Spears and Paris Hilton photos were used in a John McCain election campaign. If you are going to watch the video you’ll see two photos, one with Britney and one with Paris while you’ll hear Barack Obama being called ‘the biggest celebrity in the world’. I don’t thing calling like this the possible future president of the USA will be a good thing. I mean the president of the USA must be all other things but not a celebrity. Celebrities do stupid things, they broke the law, they drive under the influence of alcohol, they cheat, ...

Michael Shaw: Reading The Celeb Video: Exploding Obama's Appeal
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — I think we are really being played if -- in analyzing "Celeb," the McCain Obama-attack video -- we go so far as unearth the racist sexual stereotypes but overlook the possible allusions to violence itself. Here's where I think this video is the most terrifying, and insidious.... At the surface level, the message is that Obama is nothing but a celebrity, an idol, a cultural phenomenon.  In fixing the viewer absolutely on that premise, however, we are prompted to see the incessant flashes in this video as exclusively attributable to Obama the paparazzi ...

New John McCain Ad Features Britney and Paris
Yeeeah! - Snarky Celebrity Gossip — Paris Hilton and Britney Spears both have blink-and-you’ll-miss-them cameos in a new John McCain ad that calls Barack Obama’s “celebrity” status into question. And how do the starlets feel about being politically aligned without their consent? MSNBC reports While Hilton is “happy to feel relevant,” Spears is said to be “unfazed” by the inclusion. “She visits gossip sites on the Internet,” says a source close to Spears. “She’s not ...

McCain Says Obama's a "Celeb," Obama Says McCain Takes the "Low Road"
Gothamist — The presidential election will be here before we know it. And we'll know it because we'll have seen a hundred million attack ads from each side! Yesterday, the campaigns of both Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama released sharp ads criticizing each other. McCain's camp compared Obama's rock star (Barackstar?) status with that of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. See it below: Obama's spokesman slammed the ad and the Democrat's team unveiled their response, the "Low Road"--an ad noting how McCain's campaign is ...

John McCain’s New Ad Compares Barack Obama to Paris & Britney
Celebrity Dirty Laundry — The new John McCain-approved, anti-Barack Obama. TV commercial puts the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in the same league as sex-tape socialite Paris Hilton and head-shaving pop star Britney Spears. And it calls Obama;the biggest celebrity in the world; and asks if that’s enough to qualify him to lead this country. OK, now this is funny, is McCain out of his mind or on the mark?  Seems like the gloves are coming off in the race to be "President".  Source

McCain Tries to Britney-fy Obama
Tuned In — July 31, 2008 8:46 McCain Tries to Britney-fy Obama I haven't been spending much time picking apart campaign ads in this election, because I know enough about what I don't know about that I don't want to pretend to be factcheck.org . But in his newest ad, John McCain has come into Tuned In's house , as the kids say, attacking Barack Obama on pop culture. Again, I'll leave the analysis of the ad's claims about energy policy to Factcheck—who says they're false —and just look at the semiotics of that opening few seconds, which, as Michael Scherer writes elsewhere at time.com, is becoming a ...

Barack Obama is a Hybrid of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, Apparently
Hecklerspray — The race for US presidency isn’t something we’re likely to cover very much on these pages - it’s too divisive even for us. Plus we’re British-based, so we’re legally not allowed an opinion. Non-partisan as hecklerspray may be though (you vote for who you actually want to vote for), we can’t help but feel something of an affinity with Barack Obama after his presidential rival John McCain compared the Democrat to both Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. That’s the ...

Is McCain's New Ad Racist? [Politics]
Gawker — The failure of imagination that is John McCain's new "Celeb" ad against Obama (at left) has yielded unintended results in the form of exaggerated reaction to it. The most salient comes from Obama himself, who, speaking in Rollo, Missouri yesterday, said this: "John McCain right now, he's spending an awful lot of time talking about me. You notice that? I haven’t seen an ad yet where he talks about what he’s gonna do...And so the only way they figure they’re going to win this election is if they make you scared of me. So what they’re saying is, ‘Well, we know we’re not very ...

Paris and Britney Confused By McCain's Suggestion That They Are Still Famous [Politics]
Gawker: defamer — A clearly flailing John McCain has just released his new Obama attack ad and boy, is it a doozy! Employing a risky "Obama is awesome...but is he too awesome?" strategy that seems designed to fail, McCain calls Obama "the biggest celebrity in the world" (because if there's one thing America hates, it's celebrities) and plays footage of Obama's massive rallies and beatific smile that could have come from an Obama b-roll itself. The only signs that something is amiss are the split-second shots of Britney and Paris spliced into the ad — inclusions that have baffled ...

Sponsored by Papa Hilton? Die Anti Obama Wahlwerbung mit Paris Hilton und Britney Spears
Promi News — Na wer hätte das gedacht?! Bis gestern war Rick Hilton, der Papa von Paris Hilton, ein großer Fan von John McCain, doch als er sah dass ausgerechnet seine älteste Tochter als Sinnbild für eine geistlose Persönlichkeit nebst Britney Spears herhalten mußte, war Schluß mit lustig! Immerhin hat er dem alten Kriegs-Veteranen 4.600 $ für seinen [...] ...

Whoopi Goldberg's Seething Hate-Rays Fail To Incinerate McCain Groupie Elisabeth Hasselbeck [A View To A Kill]
Gawker: defamer — After all of Hollywood weighed in on the new McCain "Celebrity" ad (well, Britney's publicists and Fake Paris Hilton, at least), it was only natural to turn to the ladies of The View for the last word. Unfortunately, that last word is shrieked, shouted, and stomped to death as Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Hasselbeck spar over the ad with such vitriol that View producers were no doubt tempted to drag the split-screen out of mothballs. Courtesy of the Huffington Post, enjoy this delightful screaming match as Whoopi yells "Don't go there!" at a booed, sulking Elisabeth ...

Paris Hilton's Family Spanks McCain [Celebrity Science]
Gawker — Just as we suspected, the Hilton family is pretty pissed they donated money to John McCain only to have him make their little Paris out to be some kind of trivial celebutard in an anti-Obama attack ad. Between Paris Hilton's parents and her grandpa, the family has donated close to $60,000 to McCain and a Republican party senate fund over the past few years. And yet they apparently got zero corrupting influence in return! What's the point of even being a Republican plutocrat? The Hilton patriarch has dispatched a series of angry telegrams to McCain headquarters demanding ...

The McCain Card - Blame Race In The Presidential Race
Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — The race for the White House has degenerated into a race about race . The latest racial flare-up was triggered by comments Barack Obama made during a campaign stop in Missouri. John McCain accused Obama of playing the race card when he said "he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." McCain told CNN's John King: I'm sorry to say that it is. It's legitimate. And there's no place in this campaign for that. There's no place for it and we shouldn't be doing it. McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis , likewise said: Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played ...

Friday List: Casting a Celeb-Centric Presidential Campaign Ad
Celebritology — Friday List: Casting a Celeb-Centric Presidential Campaign Ad Thanks, John McCain, for reminding we average Americans that the most important determinant of our votes in the upcoming presidential election are not the same old tired criteria of election years past: the economy, candidate track records, platforms. No, you've rightly moved the election rhetoric ...

Paris Hilton & Britney Spears featured in McCain ad because…
Derober.com — ~ Roll mouse over photo to Derobe ~ Darby Gunpowder: …I have no idea. In Derober’s tireless quest to not mix celebrities and politics, every once in a while we are force fed Gerbers earwax-prune-queef flavored celebritics. So please try and digest the ...

William Bradley: Four On The Floor: Mac TV
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — John McCain's snarky "Celeb" TV attack ad, released July 30th. So why did lovable old John McCain suddenly put out FOUR negative TV ads in less than two weeks? After the latest (and rather good) version of his positive biographical spot went wide just three weeks ago? I'll lay out the sequence of events and reasons at each juncture. Are new campaign director Steve Schmidt and company crazy like foxes? Or just crazy? Well, here's the deal. Schmidt and company may be setting themselves up for a big ...

It’s CandyTV: McCain Compares Obama to Paris & Britney in Yet Another Ad!
The Laughing Stork with Candy Kirby | Parenting, Family, Pop Culture & Gravity-Defying Baby Poop — Yet another friendly reminder to please check out my new video blog, ItsCandyTV.com, where I post my daily(ish) show AND… will soon be — yes, you guessed it — posting all of my blog entries, too. (Don’t worry, I’ll peel off the Band-Aid sloooooowwwwwllllyyyyyy.) “It’s CandyTV” hits the political trail in today’s episode, as Senator John McCain releases yet ANOTHER ad aligning Senator Barack Obama with the mindless starlets of Hollywood, such as Paris and Britney — and only “It’s ...

It's the End of the World as We Know It
Scooter McGavin's 9th Green — It has been a while since I have read Revelations but I am pretty certain one of the signs of the apocalypse happened this past week and how appropriate in these days and times it can be viewed on YouTube: Celeb Yes that is Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in a political ad. When I first saw this I thought I was watching a Daily Show produced campaigned ad but no, it is from John McCain and he approved that message. Sadly this isn’t the first time with has crossed politics as Britney ...

Barack Obama is a Celebrity Video Ad, Barack Obama Brirtney Spears, Paris Hilton, John McCain Ad
Gossip For Everyone — John McCain sinks to a new low, comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. John McCain is old enough to die before his term ends, if he's elected president. This is his attempt to relate to the young people of this country. He failed miserably and sounds jealous that he will and can never have Barack's charisma, charm and support. ...

Kathy Hilton Slams John McCain’s Ad Featuring her Daughter Paris
Celebrity Mound — Kathy Hilton has responded to Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s ad, which features shots of her daughter Paris and Britney Spears. (Watch above). “I’ve been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCain celebrity ad,” Hilton told The Huffington Post. “I actually have three responses. It is a complete waste of the money John McCain’s contributors have donated to his campaign. It is a complete waste of the country’s time and attention at the very moment when millions of people ...

Dog Days of the Presidential Campaign
Black Voices Blogs — Over the weekend, I visited the Museum of the City of New York to check out "Campaigning for President: New York and the American Election," an exhibition of political memorabilia from 1789 to the present. It was a thrill to stand at the lectern that Abraham Lincoln used when he spoke at Cooper Union in 1860. The artifacts of negative campaigning include a "Comb Nixon out of Your Hair" comb and trinkets of voters who were "talked to death" by perennial presidential candidate and noted orator William Jennings Bryan .Fast forward to today. Negative campaigning has gone viral. Indeed, ...

Idle Chatter: Newspapers on the Cheap, more
Pressed — -Newspaper companies have never been cheaper -- and still nobody wants to buy one. [NYT] -Time Warner has finished laying the bookkeeping groundwork necessary to spin off AOL's dial-up business and its content-and-advertising unit. [WSJ] -Mad Men is boosting retailers' sales of 1950s-style suits and dresses and, oddly, Frank O'Hara poetry. [Ad Age] -Paris Hilton's Republican mom said she didn't appreciate John McCain's "Celeb" ad, which compared Barack Obama to Paris and Britney. [MSN] -The San Francisco Chronicle is offering buyouts to ...

Kathy Hilton Furious With John McCain
Hollyscoop Entertainment News — Kathy Hilton is apparently furious over the recent John McCain ad that debuted last week that features none other than her daughter Paris. McCain says the ad is supposed to show that Obama is just a celebrity like Paris or Britney , and not capable of running our country. But Kathy Hilton isn't having it. She tells the Huffington Post, ''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. And it is a completely frivolous way to choose the next president of the United States.'' This may have been the deal breaker for the ...

Kathy Hilton is furious at John McCain
Cele|bitchy — 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 ...

Paris Hilton Calls McCain, Obama 'Bitches' [Things We Actually Like]
Gawker — Remember how John McCain mocked Barack Obama by comparing the Democratic presidential candidate to Paris Hilton, implying both of them were vapid celebrities and royally pissing off Hilton's McCain-bankrolling family? It turns out Paris has a sense of humor about the whole thing, and made an actually-pretty-funny video about it for Will Ferrell's Funny Or Die. It's after the jump. And it's funny because Hilton implies she has a sophisticated knowledge of an important geopolitical issue LOL! Also, protocelebrities take note: This is a example of how you take some mildly negative PR and ...

Episode 4099 (08/04/2008)
No Fact Zone — “America, I wear the pants in this relationship [checks self out] … most of the time. This is The Colbert Report!” Ad-Versity: “Tonight: I examine John McCain’s new commercial. Good news! It’s a ‘talkie’.” ...

Paris Hilton to John McCain: You’re Not Hot
Just Jared — Paris Hilton fires back at “that wrinkly white haired guy” in a spoof posted on humor Web site FunnyorDie. Last week, Republic presidential candidate John McCain likened Democratic presidental candidate Barack Obama to celebrities Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt said, “It’s beyond dispute that [Obama] has become the biggest celebrity in the world. But do the American people really want to ...

Paris Hilton is actually kind of funny
Pop Critics — Either that, or she’s got a good staff of people who penned this humorous material that she read from a poolside lounge chair. I’m guessing she didn’t write it. But whatever the case, it’s damn funny. In case you missed it, John McCain’s camp made a commercial that compares Barack Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in terms of his celebrity. It caused a bit of a ruckus. Well, Paris decided to make her own commercial and I really have to hand it to her: It’s solid, funny and she may actually have a good idea on how to solve the energy ...

Hilton Defeats McCain
Tuned In — August 7, 2008 9:08 Hilton Defeats McCain The election is over, and Paris Hilton has won. The background, in a nutshell: Last week, John McCain debuted an ad accusing Barack Obama of being "the biggest celebrity in the world," which is supposedly a criticism. The ad juxtaposed Obama's image with pictures of Britney Spears and Hilton. The Hilton family, which it turns out had donated to McCain's campaign, was rather miffed that the candidate repaid them by using their daughter as a campaign joke. Tuesday, Will Ferrell's funnyordie.com posted Paris' rebuttal, which has been embedded at every politics ...

Obama Suffers Big Mac Attack
Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — The Democratic National Convention is five days away. As convention planners get ready to throw open the doors, new polls suggest voters are not ready for the presumptive Democratic nominee. CNN's poll of polls shows Barack Obama's lead over John McCain has been cut in half. And for the first time, McCain leads Obama in a national survey. The latest Reuters/Zogby poll found McCain leads Obama 46 percent to 41 percent. Pollster John Zogby said: Since Obama returned from his overseas trip, it seems like McCain has thrown all the punches. Clearly, the blows have landed. In recent days, Obama is ...

What Kind of Movie Black President Would Obama Be? [Obama Coronation]
Gawker — Americans don't have any original ideas, they just reproduce what they've seen in the movies and go from there. With that in mind, we've surveyed the four main cinematic archetypes of the Black President and placed the favorite for a win today into a convenient box. If Obama ends up the last candidate left standing, which president in the following clip is he? Hollywood has offered takes of varying quality on the concept of an African-American commander-in-chief for years. In the above clip from our video editor Richard Blakeley, the White House occupant takes on various archetypes: Chris Rock ...

First Family Becomes First Celebrities
mediabistro.com: FishBowlLA — We took it as a joke (and a bad one, at that) when John McCain tried to compare Obama to Paris Hilton, et al. But it turns out Barack Obama's presidential win is not only historic for breaking racial barriers and exciting a whole generation of new voters. It's historic for how -- and whom -- covered it. Us Weekly treats the Obamas like the Jolie-Pitts, complete with baby photos and sartorial critiques. Could you imagine an Us Weekly cover featuring John Kerry and Teresa Heinz? Even Red ...

TV Marks Obama Anniversary with Documentaries, Aliens
Tuned In — ABC It's Election Day in America. One election day ago, Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, and TV is marking the anniversary with two earnest documentaries—and an alien invasion. I exaggerate, but only a little. ABC's V , which debuts tonight, may not be intended as an Obama allegory, but it has enough parallels with the issues, concerns and paranoid fantasies of today's politics that they were either included to pique interest, or created accidentally by the typing of a million monkeys who had never seen cable news. First the earnest documentaries. Showtime's Poliwood , directed by Barry Levinson, ...