Is it safe to say this is the best acting performance we've yet seen from Paris Hilton? Maybe the most shocking thing about the Hilton video is how neatly it fits into this year's campaign narrative.

If both candidates and their supporters were not concerned with the positive and negative aspects of celebrity, they would be ignoring this. Instead, it's well-cushioned between the general election's biggest viral videos, Obama's "Yes We Can" Will.i.am. video and McCain's "Celeb" ad, both of which use Hollywood to push a political message.
In fact, the entertainment website TMZ had the first campaign response to the ad, coming from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds, who said:

"Sounds like Paris is taking the 'All of the Above' energy approach that John McCain has advocated -- both alternatives and drilling. Perhaps the reality is that Paris has a more substantive energy plan than Barack Obama."

Meanwhile, Obama spokesman Bill Burton issued a one-word response, "Whatever," that some conservatives say reinforces McCain's own attack against Obama's character.

Also, for all the liberal bloggers praising Hilton this morning, a reminder that she has previously made racist comments and diatribes against the working poor.

Sadly, McCain could learn something from Hilton as well, as she clearly reads a teleprompter better than the presumptive Republican nominee. Watch the video again and notice Hilton's eyes moving back and forth as she reads the script for her "hybrid" energy proposal:

Barack wants to focus on new technologies to cut foreign oil dependency and McCain wants offshore drilling. Well, why don't we do a hybrid of both candidate's ideas? We can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight, while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars. That way, the offshore drilling carries us until the new technologies kick in, which will then create new jobs and energy independence. Energy crisis solved.

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That's definitely not a headline I'd ever imagine writing. Berlin may love Obama, but Paris hates McCain. As in Paris Hilton, who just released a "response" ad to John McCain's "Celeb" ad, which uses Hilton's image to mock Obama. It's sort of like the Hilton/Nicole Ritchie feud, but with campaign finance restrictions.

Anyway, the video starts out with Hilton talking about McCain's age:

"He's the oldest celebrity in the world. Like, super old. Old enough to remember when dancing was a sin and beer was served in a bucket."

After that, Hilton sets out to shock us all by proving she can read a couple of lines about a proposed energy reform compromise. And perhaps more importantly, the Obama campaign is probably relieved to know she doesn't offer her endorsement.