When Barack spoke back on June 20th, he said the campaign would get nasty.
With the recent Britney Spears/Paris Hilton ad, I don’t think he could have imagined how low McCain could go.
But here’s what Barack said on June 20th:
“They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. They are going to say, “You know what? He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name…Did I mention he’s black?
“Miss Hilton was neither asked, nor did she give permission, for the use of her likeness in the ad, and has no further comment,” her rep said in a statement to People.
In the campaign ad from the Republican presidential hopeful, images of Britneypears, Hilton and Democratic challenger Barack Obama appear on the screen as a voiceover says, “He’s the biggest celebrity in the world. But is he ready to lead?”
“Why would we want to get Britney Spears involved in presidential politics?”
Good question.
Representative from 42West Public Relations Firm via MSNBC
In an ad released by the McCain campaign, images of Spears, Hilton and Obama appear on the screen as a voiceover says, “He’s the biggest celebrity in the world. But is he ready to lead?”
“On a day when major news organizations across the country are taking Sen. McCain to task for a steady stream of false, negative attacks, his campaign has launched yet another,” says Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor. “Or, as some might say, ‘Oops! He did it again.’”
Counter’s McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt: “It’s beyond dispute that [Obama] has become the biggest celebrity in the world. But do the American people really want to elect the biggest celebrity in the world?”
What did Paris Hilton have to say about this matter?
