I never appreciated Paris
I’ve noticed in recent times that my husband might possibly have a thing for Paris Hilton. I know–let’s not go there.
But now I think I’ve been highly undervaluing the young woman. Take a look at her response to John McCain for using her picture (along with Britney Spears’s) in a recent ad claiming Barack Obama is just another celebrity:
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August 6th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Heh! I posted the same thing this morning.
August 6th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Oh, yeah? Did my husband send you the link, too? He’s really going too far.
August 6th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Okay, that’s kind of messing with my preconceived notions about Paris, gleaned largely from the headlines on the tabloids in the checkout line at Wegmans and the (terrible) remake of the film House of Wax.
August 6th, 2008 at 11:42 am
It was on the ‘Most Emailed’ list box on the side of my sports page.
It could have been there because he was the one emailing it to everyone.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
To respond seriously: I think Adam McKay, one of the people behind the website Funny Or Die, is the funny one; his idea, his script. Paris is a combo good sport/ good at marketing.
My not serious response: very funny, and esp. biting about today’s mix of marketing and politics. But again — not Paris’s doing.
(Or at least, not her doing according to five whole minutes of google research, LOL)
August 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Yeah, Liz, I know she doesn’t get credit for the writing–but you have to admit, the delivery is PRIMO. Plus, gotta give her props for participating–very clever.
Adrienne, can’t say I’ve ever punished myself by watching that version of House of Wax. Poor you.
Patrick, now I know what he does at work all day!
August 6th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
I can’t believe I am going to say this but my respect for Paris Hilton has gone up a notch. She dealt with this situation with humor & she sounds smart. Wow!
August 8th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
The whole thing was scripted, according to HuffPo. Not only that, but that “energy platform” was basically John McCain’s verbatim. And offshore drilling increases will do NOTHING for the price of gas for at least ten years, and not nearly as much as keeping your tires inflated.
August 8th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Let me be clear: I was under no illusion that Paris wrote her material, but I do give her credit for a funny delivery (better acting than I would have expected from her) and for participating. I think it’s a fun rejoinder to someone using her photo for his own political purposes.
And let me also be clear that I’m all for moving toward alternate fuel sources, and leaving the ocean and Alaska free from further abuse. We need our wild spaces now more than ever.
Readerdiane, that was my take on it, too–she actually sounds smart! Even if she’s just reading! A certain president doesn’t sound that smart even though he’s just reading . . .
August 9th, 2008 at 9:46 am
This is great! Plus I loved her mom’s response to the whole thing.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Hey, Robin, is it just me or is the post about writing/amateurs/you finishing your draft of the play gone? Might be my laptop…?
August 12th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Felicity - don’t tell anyone, but I broke the internet. I was hoping no one noticed.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Dammit, Patrick! Again??
Felicity, there were some upgrades to my site today and that post apparently got upgraded right out. The mysteries of science and technology . . .
August 13th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Can you just write it again? It was good.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thanks, Patrick, that’s nice of you to say. But now it’s even more impossible to duplicate, because I have no internet. I’m writing this through the miracle of my husband’s cell phone.
Like I said, the pleasures of science and technology, and of being at their mercy.
Thanks anyway.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:00 am
I really liked that post, just to let you know.
August 14th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Blessed is the phone which connects the Brande to the Internet.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I agree with Patrick. Glorified and sactified be the phone which connects the Brande to the Internet…because the world just doesn’t rock without Robin.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Patrick and Elizabeth, you crack me up.
Thank you, Felicity!