Paris Hlton responds to McCain ad

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2008-08-05 08:08pm

video at link

meh, worth a chuckle.

TithonusSyndrome · Post by **TithonusSyndrome** » 2008-08-05 08:21pm

/low whistle

I didn't see her eyes scroll from side to side once, so I guess she wasn't using a teleprompter. Huh. More than I would've expected from trampy.

RIPP_n_WIPE · Post by **RIPP_n_WIPE** » 2008-08-05 09:41pm

Well I knew the girl couldn't be totally retarded, I suppose that living in a world of decadence one can have ones mental capacity overshadowed by your money but she still has a brain and can use it.

Her eyes though, they just looked so dead...

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2008-08-05 11:46pm

She's always struck me more as spoiled than stupid.

Kodiak · Post by **Kodiak** » 2008-08-06 12:08am

Guardsman Bass wrote:She's always struck me more as spoiled than stupid.

I think that's it. Most of the time she's in public she plays the "dumb blonde" because it gets her in the news. I think her stint in prison, brief though it was, opened up her eyes a bit to the world around her.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2008-08-06 04:24am

I really doubt 20 days in prison opened her eyes up to anything. Memorizing a couple of lines to sound like you know what you are talking about ain't that difficult.

Fingolfin_Noldor · Post by **Fingolfin_Noldor** » 2008-08-06 05:00am

Any chance that McCain might have a visit from her lawyers?

Post by **Coyote** » 2008-08-06 08:42am

ArmorPierce wrote:I really doubt 20 days in prison opened her eyes up to anything. Memorizing a couple of lines to sound like you know what you are talking about ain't that difficult.

It is a skill that has eluded George W Bush, though.

Egads! Paris Hilton is more qualified that W to run the country?!

Actually, I guess that's not so surprising.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2008-08-06 09:04am

I thought it was funny and damaging to McCain in that Paris pointed out his age and infirmities in a way that Obama or any remotely identifiable surrogate to his campaign couldn't begin to get away with.

Too bad her family's not angry enough to spend $6 million on Olympic ad time for this little skit.

Post by **Broomstick** » 2008-08-06 09:11am

Do they need to?

I saw on both the TV news last night (short clip) and on the Jay Leno show -- it's getting air and internet time, no problem.

The Vortex Empire · Post by **The Vortex Empire** » 2008-08-06 11:02am

Huh. More than I would have expected out of her.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2008-08-06 11:08am

Broomstick wrote:Do they need to?

Maybe not, but it would be hilarious.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2008-08-06 12:21pm

Well Paris Hilton always struck me as a bit more intelligent than Britney Spears. Most I can see Britney Spears doing is making a media a circus, shaving her head and hitting a car with an umbrella looking like a crack fiend.

Anyway her hybrid plan is as retarded as any republican plan and wouldn't do anything unless maybe if they forced the oil companies to only be allowed to sell that oil to americans. Energy crisis solved because you made hybrids, please.

Justforfun000 · Post by **Justforfun000** » 2008-08-06 08:19pm

I thought this was quite amusing actually. I haven't enjoyed a damn thing she's done in the public eye since I ever heard of her until this. For once she actually did something relevant. McCain had no particular reason to use her as a comparison to Obama and it's a decidely negative insinuation. Looks good on the old buzzard.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2008-08-07 01:16am

ArmorPierce wrote:Well Paris Hilton always struck me as a bit more intelligent than Britney Spears. Most I can see Britney Spears doing is making a media a circus, shaving her head and hitting a car with an umbrella looking like a crack fiend.

Anyway her hybrid plan is as retarded as any republican plan and wouldn't do anything unless maybe if they forced the oil companies to only be allowed to sell that oil to americans. Energy crisis solved because you made hybrids, please.

It is not workable, but it was the perfect zing.

Lost Soal · Post by **Lost Soal** » 2008-08-08 12:53pm

Crooks and Liars has posted the truly hilarious, not to mention, rather scary.

We’re well past the point at which congressional Republicans have jumped the shark, but let’s pause to appreciate the fact that at least one leading GOP lawmaker is now looking to a fake ad by a 27-year-old heiress/reality-show star as a serious source of public policy.

The lines between celebrity and politician blurred into a haze Thursday at a Republican news conference, as one congressman began pushing Paris Hilton’s “plan” on energy.

“Let’s bring up the Paris Hilton plan,” goaded Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas. […] “Even Paris Hilton had an energy plan that she’s talking about,” said Burgess, seizing a chance to make Democrats look lackluster on the issue.

The Texas congressman tried to put Hilton in the Republican camp, claiming her words mirrored current GOP legislation known as the “No More Excuses Energy Act”. But, while that proposal does allow offshore drilling, a congressional summary shows it does not contain tax credits to encourage new automobile technology.

For crying out loud, Paris Hilton is not a policy expert. She wasn’t seriously offering an energy proposal for members of Congress to embrace as an actual solution.

For that matter, Hilton’s fake ad talked about using expanded coastal drilling to “carry us until the new technologies kick in,” which doesn’t make any sense, since even the Bush administration and McCain’s policy aides concede that we’re about a decade away from new coastal drilling having any kind of effect on the marketplace. And even then, we’re talking about pennies on the gallon. There’s nothing to actually “carry us” at all.

And yet, we actually have an elected member of Congress announcing, “Let’s bring up the Paris Hilton plan.”

It’s as if Republicans are going out of their way to appear ridiculous. On purpose.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2008-08-08 01:04pm

I hate the universe so much this week. It makes me sad and full of rage.

Eris · Post by **Eris** » 2008-08-08 01:06pm

Senator McCain, at long last, have you no shame? I am no fan of the Hiltons, but they were your supporters and you used them in a terribly humiliating manner. One simply does not use supporters in such a way. But even more than that, you are what it takes to make Paris Hilton look classy. I do not believe there is, nor can there be a stronger condemnation of your poise and refinement than that.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2008-08-08 01:38pm

imagine donating a guy 60k and then he goes off humiliating your daughter, lol. Oh well.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2008-08-08 01:42pm

We’re well past the point at which congressional Republicans have jumped the shark, but let’s pause to appreciate the fact that at least one leading GOP lawmaker is now looking to a fake ad by a 27-year-old heiress/reality-show star as a serious source of public policy.

The lines between celebrity and politician blurred into a haze Thursday at a Republican news conference, as one congressman began pushing Paris Hilton’s “plan” on energy.

“Let’s bring up the Paris Hilton plan,” goaded Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas. “Even Paris Hilton had an energy plan that she’s talking about,” said Burgess, seizing a chance to make Democrats look lackluster on the issue.

The Texas congressman tried to put Hilton in the Republican camp, claiming her words mirrored current GOP legislation known as the “No More Excuses Energy Act”. But, while that proposal does allow offshore drilling, a congressional summary shows it does not contain tax credits to encourage new automobile technology.

For crying out loud, Paris Hilton is not a policy expert. She wasn’t seriously offering an energy proposal for members of Congress to embrace as an actual solution.

For that matter, Hilton’s fake ad talked about using expanded coastal drilling to “carry us until the new technologies kick in,” which doesn’t make any sense, since even the Bush administration and McCain’s policy aides concede that we’re about a decade away from new coastal drilling having any kind of effect on the marketplace. And even then, we’re talking about pennies on the gallon. There’s nothing to actually “carry us” at all.

And yet, we actually have an elected member of Congress announcing, “Let’s bring up the Paris Hilton plan.”

We're talking about a Texas Republican here. The type who fall into one of two categories: evil-clever (like Tommy The Bug Man Delay) or rock-stupid.

It’s as if Republicans are going out of their way to appear ridiculous. On purpose.

No, it's the natural consequence of an organisation which long ago purged out from their ranks anyone with a lick of sense.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2008-08-08 02:13pm

Eris wrote:Senator McCain, at long last, have you no shame?

I would have thought McSame's repeated polishing of Shrubby's lincoln log in public answered that question a long time ago.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2008-08-08 02:18pm

Patrick Degan wrote:
It’s as if Republicans are going out of their way to appear ridiculous. On purpose.
No, it's the natural consequence of an organisation which long ago purged out from their ranks anyone with a lick of sense.

Sadly, a lot of Americans don't get it. They think that if offshore drilling is approved, gas prices will drop at the pump by next year.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2008-08-08 02:32pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Patrick Degan wrote:
It’s as if Republicans are going out of their way to appear ridiculous. On purpose.
No, it's the natural consequence of an organisation which long ago purged out from their ranks anyone with a lick of sense.
Sadly, a lot of Americans don't get it. They think that if offshore drilling is approved, gas prices will drop at the pump by next year.

Possibly because that is what they are being told, this was highlighted on the daily show a couple of days ago.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2008-08-08 02:37pm

Zac Naloen wrote:
Possibly because that is what they are being told, this was highlighted on the daily show a couple of days ago.

and i'm quite certain that the Daily Show is the only program that pointed out this claim was bullshit.

The more I watch, the more I am beginning to share Darth Wong's disdain for the american newsmedia. All they do is repeat the talking points of the candidates with no investigation whatsoever into weather or not the candidate (mostly MCcain) is lying their ass off.

I have to ask. Does the newsmedia in other countries actually, ya know, investigate shit?

FuncoWilkerbean · Post by **FuncoWilkerbean** » 2008-08-08 03:09pm

You have no idea how many times I saw that on TV...