Mock the Vote

Well, here's something I thought I'd go to my grave never saying: Paris Hilton's kind of likeable at the moment.

Actually, what makes this soon-to-be-everywhere video funny isn't Paris herself, it's the fact that John McCain was both dumb and hopelessly out-of-touch enough to throw the door wide open for it. His absurd attack ad comparing Barack Obama to the likes of Britney Spears and, yes, Paris Hilton not only made him seem every bit the desperate, befuddled old man he really is, it unwittingly gave Hilton (who never met a promotional opportunity she didn't love) all the excuse she needed to restart the clock on her 15 minutes -- in surprisingly clever fashion, no less.

Good job, John.

Fucking jackass.

(Update: Okay, what's even dumber than McCain's original ad? The fact that the McCain camp is actually responding to the points Paris raises in her video parody. Read it here. Really, congrats guys -- you just got owned by Paris Hilton.)