Funny or die? The Paris Hilton for President video on funnyordie.com makes us want to both chuckle and find a creative way to off ourselves, so it’s win / win.
The back story is that Presidential hopeful John McCain released a campaign ad that likened his opponent, Barack Obama, to celebrities like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, claiming that his status as an international pop figure with an entourage of adoring fans makes him unfit to be President.
“Like most worldwide celebrities, this status has fueled a certain arrogance,” a McCain memo stated of Barack’s superstardom and his image of eliteness. The ad in itself poses the question regarding Obama, “He’s the biggest celebrity in the world, but is he ready to lead?”
While Obama quickly – and yes, rather arrogantly as is his way - brushed off the video and turned the negative message back on Old Man McCain, news of the ad filtered to Paris Hilton herself. In a rather a rather mischievous use of her ample spare time, the starlet decided to retaliate with a video of her own, sponsored by FunnyOrDie.com.
“I’m Paris Hilton and I’m a celebrity too,” the ponytailed pointless princess said in her on-camera introduction, adding, “Only I’m not from the olden days and I’m not promising change like that other guy. I’m just hot.”
Check out this video below:
Goodbye, Farewell, Britney Forever
In this, the last post by AliceB before she hangs up her blogging shoes (yes, there is such a thing!), we’re loathe to get political - but we will. Obama, McCain, young, old, arrogant, geezerly, we’re not sure whom we’d choose. But it’s going to be interesting to see an ad war that slings more poo than Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards in their divorce battle.
As for Paris for President, well we’re in no danger of seeing that anytime soon. As long as the general public doesn’t forget about global warming and poverty in favor of all tiny dogs wearing cute sweaters, we should be pretty safe.
And that’s it, readers. I’m AliceB and I approve this final blog post.
I’ll see you in the Comments section, b****es.