tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3212526761976491233..comments2024-03-28T06:12:24.003-05:00Comments on Althouse: Paris Hilton does a pro-McCain ad!Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3890648837578689392008-08-21T17:12:00.000-05:002008-08-21T17:12:00.000-05:00Spammy spam spam. Spam. Spam. Spaaaaam!Spammy spam spam. Spam. Spam. Spaaaaam!blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8873871792860964552008-08-06T22:03:00.000-05:002008-08-06T22:03:00.000-05:00But both McCain and Obama support limited offshore...But both McCain and Obama support limited offshore drilling, so her plan is both of their plans. See http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080805/cm_usatoday/ourviewonenergypolicyobamajoinsmccaininoffshoredrillingreversalSBMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606639463198078609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9025372400315002512008-08-06T19:53:00.000-05:002008-08-06T19:53:00.000-05:00It was more persuasive with audio only. That "swi...It was more persuasive with audio only. That "swim"suit isn't "hot" and her smirk does her message little credit. Mostly, she reaffirmed my original impression that Obama can't stand up to environmental radicals and the John McCain isn't really a maverick so much as just not very bright. <BR/><BR/>Now if Jethro Gibbs were running. . .ASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14591247136037620408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27041885033234132432008-08-06T19:08:00.000-05:002008-08-06T19:08:00.000-05:00Oh, God, I actually wrote "the add"."Ad", dummy!Oh, God, I actually wrote "the add".<BR/><BR/>"Ad", dummy!blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87848500530131743772008-08-06T19:07:00.000-05:002008-08-06T19:07:00.000-05:00Trevor,I think what you're missing, perhaps, is th...Trevor,<BR/><BR/>I think what you're missing, perhaps, is that there's no sting in McCain being old. <BR/><BR/>He's not denying it. He's suggesting it shouldn't be considered a liability, down to where I believe he's released his medical records. (Something Obama hasn't done, I think.)<BR/><BR/>So if the add says "Hey, McCain is old" but also, "Hey, Obama is inexperienced/flipfloppy/ambiguous" I think McCain is going to come out ahead.<BR/><BR/>Be interesting to see some actual market research on it, though.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81092854571716685402008-08-06T18:56:00.000-05:002008-08-06T18:56:00.000-05:00Q: Can Obama laugh at himself?A: Of course not. Th...Q: Can Obama laugh at himself?<BR/><BR/>A: Of course not. That would be racist.<BR/><BR/>Follow-up Q: What if it's his black side laughing at his white side?blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22667305395313816532008-08-06T17:09:00.000-05:002008-08-06T17:09:00.000-05:00This ad and people's reaction to it strongly resem...This ad and people's reaction to it strongly resemble Obama:<BR/><BR/>people see and hear in it what they want to see and hear.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Personally, I was kind of hoping she'd swing her leg over and do a little Sharon Stone for the camera...veni vidi vicihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720172060048711733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73283747996380599212008-08-06T16:47:00.000-05:002008-08-06T16:47:00.000-05:00I heard the audio a few times on the radio before ...I heard the audio a few times on the radio before watching the clip.<BR/><BR/>The audio is great; in video it's lame.<BR/><BR/>I guess it's because she doesn't look empty-headed - the empty-headed part is a badly done act in the video - and also she isn't hot, so you wonder what all the fuss is about as well.<BR/><BR/>Radio is a thousand times better than TV, for related reasons.<BR/><BR/>On radio it's just what it's exactly supposed to be - empty-headed ditz takes on the joke, furthers it along, everybody wins.<BR/><BR/>I don't think she cares about either McCain or Obama, in audio or video version.<BR/><BR/>Why does blogspot keep asking me for my ID each time now, is an unrelated question.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3172743853783970832008-08-06T16:26:00.000-05:002008-08-06T16:26:00.000-05:00Trevor Jackson said...But a dessicated corpse that...<I>Trevor Jackson said...But a dessicated corpse that delights in suffering? Yeah, I'm not seeing it.</I><BR/><BR/>But are you seeing it as a sign of bigotry?<BR/><BR/>Isn't it a demonization of older people? <BR/><BR/>Hillary vs. Obama was in part dueling isms, racism versus sexism. And we all know which of those two isms is more terrifying and morally outrageous.<BR/><BR/>Ann's recent blogginheads was with a woman who wrote about the genocidal plague ravaging the landscape which she calls "singlism".<BR/><BR/>But what about "ageism" or even "lookism"? Why isn't there any moral outrage about that? Or maybe the oldsters are quietly smoldering and waiting to blaze with rage for McCain on election day.<BR/><BR/>I'm guessing a culture that sees the biological process as the using up of youthful energy and matter and not the acquisition of information and wisdom is a culture that is not going to be particularly offended by "ageism". Or even "lookism".<BR/><BR/>In fact the average American probably would define "ageism" as the horrible condition of growing old and "lookism" as the disease of being ugly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25279664507161701942008-08-06T15:42:00.000-05:002008-08-06T15:42:00.000-05:00Turnout will be key, indeed, Roger. I'm all for le...Turnout will be key, indeed, Roger. <BR/><BR/>I'm all for letting multiple interpretations stand, but I just don't see how you spin the Crypt-Keeper as a pro-McCain image. There's lots of old people he could have been compared to. Hackneyed pics like Wilford Brimley or Matlock could have been just the same ambiguous tone as "wrinkly, old guy" can be read.<BR/><BR/>But a dessicated corpse that delights in suffering? Yeah, I'm not seeing it.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088461995698326658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66648687197449296472008-08-06T15:30:00.000-05:002008-08-06T15:30:00.000-05:00The quotes Trevor found really hit a generation ga...The quotes Trevor found really hit a generation gap: Perhaps people in the world of pop culture (certainly excludes me) see the add as blowback; older people (definitely includes me) saw it as mostly pro-McCain. I am guessing voter turn out is much higher among the latter group.Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31037895424676303572008-08-06T15:09:00.000-05:002008-08-06T15:09:00.000-05:00I just saw a video of Paris blowing Barack Obama! ...I just saw a video of Paris blowing Barack Obama! She wasn't blowing McCain. He was getting fisted by his daughter, Meg. Disgusting!Little Caylee Found!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04067285133565329021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31735735494511102402008-08-06T14:44:00.000-05:002008-08-06T14:44:00.000-05:00http://londonamerican01.blogspot.com/2008/08/paris...http://londonamerican01.blogspot.com/2008/08/paris-i-want-america-to-know-that-im.html<BR/><BR/><BR/>paris hilton gives fresh oxygen to an emerging meme. you go girl!Paul Shetlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09441814737948281448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91164912323415869582008-08-06T14:33:00.000-05:002008-08-06T14:33:00.000-05:00JibJab<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adc3MSS5Ydc&eurl=http://mikeely.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow"> JibJab</A>bearbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770545814913465196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61085527975551243272008-08-06T14:15:00.000-05:002008-08-06T14:15:00.000-05:00Pro-McCain?Better to ask the director of the video...Pro-McCain?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/06/how-paris-hiltons-mccain-response-came-about/" REL="nofollow">Better to ask the director of the video.</A><BR/><BR/>“McCain made one huge mistake. He drifted into the world of pop culture. And that’s Paris’ world. She owns that world,” he said. “So now he gets the blowback.”<BR/><BR/>“We’re praying that Obama does an ad with Screech from ‘Saved by the Bell,’ ” he said. Then he twisted a knife. “Or maybe McCain’s next ad about the trillions we’ve spent on the Iraq war while our economy falls apart will have Janet Jackson or Paula Abdul in it.”TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088461995698326658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83152984637639738492008-08-06T12:58:00.000-05:002008-08-06T12:58:00.000-05:00As I said in a comment I wrote elsewhere, Paris is...As I said in a comment I wrote elsewhere, Paris isn't dumb.<BR/><BR/>How many attractive young women want to make millions of dollars by wearing designer dresses, walking around in high heeled shoes and generally looking and feeling hot, while not sleeping with anyone they don't want to?<BR/><BR/>Lots.<BR/><BR/>How many attractive young women have actually pulled this off, without being supermodels?<BR/><BR/>Her.<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed the humor of Paris' ad.<BR/><BR/>To me, part of the message is that McCain is making fun of me, and I'm big enough to laugh about it. And as she said, the ad really elevates her to the status of Presidential candidate. <BR/><BR/>I have to agree that the impact's definitely pro-McCain. It's them together, enjoying a chuckle at the expense of Obama, and who can argue against that?<BR/><BR/>DDavid H Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418599775284469152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8974971207178884422008-08-06T12:39:00.000-05:002008-08-06T12:39:00.000-05:00Has anyone else picked up on the subliminal racism...<I>Has anyone else picked up on the subliminal racism of the "best tan" comment? I mean, Obama is seriously tanned and he's from Hawaii. It's code, I tell you, code!</I><BR/><BR/>How can you not notice the picture of KFC Colonel Sanders? If that isn't a clear appeal to White racism then I'm not Bob Herbert.<BR/><BR/>And whats with the little brown dog Paris is holding at the end of the video? I think that is a subliminal message that Obama is nothing more than a little dog, unfit to lead on his own.<BR/><BR/>And she said WHITE haired dude. Wasn't that really a dog whistle to White folks, as in White SKINNED dude?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84112947365816043242008-08-06T12:38:00.000-05:002008-08-06T12:38:00.000-05:00If McCain picked Paris Hilton as his VP, and Obama...If McCain picked Paris Hilton as his VP, and Obama picked Bayh, who then would be the 'old fashioned' candidate, hmmm?<BR/><BR/>Can't you just see the ads? "France may have Carla Bruni, but America will always have Paris!" "Just a heartbeat away from The Button," with a closeup of her fingernail on a big red fakey button...<BR/><BR/>She'd make the Lewinsky scandal look positively quaint!Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12327563444009264980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28947811902739583542008-08-06T12:20:00.000-05:002008-08-06T12:20:00.000-05:00Have you looked at McCain's plan called The Lexing...Have you looked at McCain's plan called The Lexington Project.<BR/><BR/>http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/17671aa4-2fe8-4008-859f-0ef1468e96f4.htm<BR/><BR/>Looks like maybe Hilton is borrowing McCain's plan.anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013248190364357743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26526161059312454952008-08-06T12:01:00.000-05:002008-08-06T12:01:00.000-05:00The lady isn't dumb.The lady isn't dumb.Ben (The Tiger in Exile)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15343544805893081216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18139397544052979442008-08-06T11:58:00.000-05:002008-08-06T11:58:00.000-05:00Interesting to me is the realization that she is n...Interesting to me is the realization that she is not the rich heiress bimbo that we have known, esp. with her TV show. She apparently makes much more a year than she is inheriting by promoting this blond bimbo image. Under that there appears to be a fairly shrewd business woman, who would probably make her grandfather proud.Bruce Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10815293023158025662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55737090632314270742008-08-06T11:44:00.000-05:002008-08-06T11:44:00.000-05:00Nonsense!Performance art.No.Nonsensical performanc...<I>Nonsense!<BR/><BR/>Performance art.</I><BR/><BR/>No.<BR/><BR/>Nonsensical performance art = the McCain campaign.Mortimer Breznyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964027337144379262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1918530085614973502008-08-06T11:41:00.000-05:002008-08-06T11:41:00.000-05:00On the most salient issues -- energy, the war, and...<EM>On the most salient issues -- energy, the war, and so on -- she lines up with him,</EM><BR/><BR/>On the most salient issues she talks about.<BR/><BR/>It's what Ann doesn't often talk about here that tend to be clear reasons why she would want to vote Democratic more than Republican, why she has in the past. <BR/><BR/>And what she doesn't talk about here tends, I think, to be deeper parts of her. The blog is like the revealed part of the Althouse iceberg. <BR/><BR/>I think that makes it part of the fun.Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57003748636303163342008-08-06T11:36:00.000-05:002008-08-06T11:36:00.000-05:00Revenant said... Can Obama laugh at himself?Of cou...<I>Revenant said... <BR/>Can Obama laugh at himself?<BR/><BR/>Of course not. That would be racist.</I><BR/><BR/>My word, that's a delicious spin on the Duty of the One Messiah never to laugh at himself..For to laugh at The One, Even By The One Himself....only drags America back to the days of lynching, Bull Connor, and when black women either had to get married or keep their legs closed..Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37248054705835981202008-08-06T11:35:00.000-05:002008-08-06T11:35:00.000-05:00Here's another thing for McCain to say at a speech...Here's another thing for McCain to say at a speech in response:<BR/><BR/>"After I watched Paris Hilton's response to my Celebrity Ad, which I thought was pretty funny, I considered asking her to be my Vice President. Unfortunately, when I spoke with my wife about it, she told me that if I did that, I'd be sleeping on the couch during my entire time in office."Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790677413950555081noreply@blogger.com