Reactions to Hilton Video

By Eric Pfeiffer | August 6, 2008 11:55 AM | | Comments (1)

parisandmccain.jpgIs 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.


Blogger reactions after the jump...


Right Wing News' John Hawkins turned against the McCain campaign awhile back, but says the Hilton ad reveals a more sophisticated McCain operation:

Meanwhile, the McCain campaign didn't get huffy about Paris making jokes at his expense, like the egomaniacal one would have. Instead, they stayed on message and launched a controversial, to-the-point attack on Obama that will get lots of press (Obama is responsible for higher gas prices and is less competent than Paris Hilton).

 

The Moderate Voice's Jazz Shaw adds:

Aside from thanking the "wrinkly white haired dude" for his endorsement, I must now hold my hands folded in front of me, stare at the ground and shuffle my feet back and forth uncomfortably as I admit...

... Paris Hilton may have a better energy policy than either of the candidates.

Good luck with the blog, guys. I'm off to consider slitting my wrists.

 

And The Next Right's Patrick Ruffini has a serious post on the effectiveness of web ads versus their more conventional (and less bold) television counterparts.

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  1. Inside that particular copy of Condé Nast Traveler is a strip of paper that says, "MAUI" in a large typeface.

    Posted by: JW Author Profile Page | August 6, 2008 5:50 PM

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