# Paris responds to McCain **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980 "2008-08-06T01:37:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/1 "2008-08-06T01:37:43Z")
[“John McCain is the oldest celebrity in the world.”](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d) It’s a surprisingly witty little parody. Not only that but Paris actually sounds intelligent when talking about energy policy. Bravo. Who knew the girl had it in her. This can’t be good for McCain. When you get pwned by Paris Hilton, that’s got to smart. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/2 "2008-08-06T01:43:01Z")
I like it! Good for her. This is one of the first times she didn’t annoy me. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/3 "2008-08-06T01:45:18Z")
Wow, I never thought I would ever have anything good to say about Paris Hilton, but she did a nice job of punking McCain right back. I guess being a professional rich bitch does hone those quick comeback skills. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/4 "2008-08-06T01:52:58Z")
Well ill be damned, Paris Hilton made me laugh WITH her not AT her for a change. When the crypt keeper showed up i about lost it. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/5 "2008-08-06T02:27:23Z")
I love when she referred to McCain as “that wrinkly, white-haired old man.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/6 "2008-08-06T02:37:10Z")
[Here.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26044888/) > [@](#): > > In a clip on comedic Web site [FunnyorDie.com](http://FunnyorDie.com), Paris’ response begins with a photo of John McCain shown among pictures of the “Golden Girls” and the Crypt Keeper from “Tales from the Crypt.” > > Like McCain’s own ad, an announcer narrates the beginning of the clip. While McCain’s clip called Obama “the biggest celebrity in the world,” Paris’ version refers to McCain as “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.” ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/7 "2008-08-06T02:37:12Z")
Thank you for sharing that. I hope it makes the rounds rapidly. I can’t believe Paris did something that I found funny. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/8 "2008-08-06T02:47:52Z")
My respect for that woman has just risen from zero to . . . well, something more than zero. _“I’ll see you at the debates, bitches.”_ ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/9 "2008-08-06T03:14:30Z")
Color me impressed on this one, too. Actually pretty funny! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/10 "2008-08-06T03:21:35Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Bravo. Who knew the girl had it in her. [/QUOTE] Why not? She’s had everything else in her. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/11 "2008-08-06T03:22:22Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] I love when she referred to McCain as “that wrinkly, white-haired old man.” [/QUOTE] That appears to be rather tacky to me. You guys believe her to be a goofy rich and stupid until you agree with her on something? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/12 "2008-08-06T03:25:13Z")
That was golden. …But I would _love_ to see the outtakes of her trying to get the energy policy lines right. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/13 "2008-08-06T03:30:26Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] You guys believe her to be a goofy rich and stupid until you agree with her on something? 🙂 [/QUOTE] I’m under no illusions she came up with all that on her own. I still think she’s goofy, rich, and stupid. None of those preclude the ability to be funny if you have a good writer. That said, if Obama had used her without her permission in an ad, and she ran something similar punking him, it probably would’ve been just as funny (probably, because he’s notoriously hard to make fun of, while you can hang a hat on ‘old’ for McCain). But he didn’t, so she didn’t. Does this remind anyone else of the minor kerfuffle when a girl from stock footage used in a Hillary ad announced she was an Obama supporter? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/14 "2008-08-06T03:31:48Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/15 "2008-08-06T03:34:07Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] That appears to be rather tacky to me. You guys believe her to be a goofy rich and stupid until you agree with her on something? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Of course it’s tacky, a lot of good humor is. She gets crap here and ok, everywhere for being goofy rich - but stupid? I dunno, a rich girl with no appreciable actual talen that’s made millions just being herself and getting famous for it? Stupid people can’t do that - there has to be something in that head. People may not like how she applies her (I can’t believe I’m going to say this) intelligence, but you’d be fooled to deny it. I love it. I’m e-mailing that link to all my republican friends. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/16 "2008-08-06T03:40:21Z")
Whatever way you slice it that’s funny. Nice job all round, from the person who thought of it so quickly, to the person who wrote it(maybe the same person) and Paris for agreeing to do it and then doing it well. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/17 "2008-08-06T03:56:00Z")
[QUOTE=panache45] My respect for that woman has just risen from zero to . . . well, something more than zero. [/QUOTE] I know what you mean! I just saw this myself at Yahoo and came here to see if there was a thread about it yet. I can’t believe I’m actually applauding something Paris Hilton did. And the Yahoo story even ran a [decent picture](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080806/ap_en_ce/mccain_paris_hilton) of her with the story, eyes wide open! McCain’s people are idiots. You don’t mess with someone who has, for some unknown reason, millions of fans. Now if only Britney would speak up. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/18 "2008-08-06T04:08:57Z")
Someone had fun coming up with the headline: “Paris Hilton issues tart rebuttal to McCain ad” ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/19 "2008-08-06T04:09:19Z")
Hilarious! Good for Paris (and her writers). I also liked the smackdown Paris’s mother (a McCain donor!) gave McCain, but the Paris ad was much funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980/20 "2008-08-06T04:21:38Z")
Good for Paris. That was hilarious. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paris-responds-to-mccain/458980.md?page=2)