Roberta McCain Chimes In On Britney-Paris Ad

Sen. John McCain may be "proud" of the Paris Hilton/Britney Spears ad released this week, but his feisty 96-year-old mother apparently disagrees.

Roberta McCain was a featured guest at a McCain campaign event on Thursday afternoon at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. The Huffington Post obtained some audio of an exchange after the event where Mrs. McCain is asked about the Paris Hilton ad.

"Oh, well, I didn't see it -- I think it's kinda stupid," she says. "I'm just too old-hat for it. In fact, the other two, I didn't even know who they were. I knew who Paris Hilton was, but then there were other two young girls..." (Someone informed Mrs. McCain that there were only two women in the ad, and that the other was Britney Spears.)

Within a few moments, Roberta was back on message. An acquaintance noted the statement from Rick Davis that was "going to be in the headlines tomorrow," criticizing Obama "for injecting racism into the campaign."

"Oh, he definitely did," Roberta responded.

Audio here.

Comments

[edgemo]

Give her some peanut butter so we can make it look like she's talking....

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

Hee hee

[WFV]

Oh my, that's bad. Wow-wee.

[edgemo]

You're welcome...

[Stagehnd1]

LMAO!!!! liquid just came out of my nose...that was bad....

hehe

[rextrek]

ahh isn't that nice "Mommy like his ad"....aweee!

[robotfog]

He is showing us his 96 year old mother? That's just great. Now we can expect that he'll survive his first term (if he has one). [/sarcasm]

[GunneraGirl]

that was my first thought too: "damn, they're long-lived!"

[Azmom]

Ya, well his father died in his early 70's. He doesn't talk about that. Not to mention his Mom hasn't batttled skin cancer 3 times and wasn't held prisoner of war.

[Clevelanded]

Wow, I didn't know Eve was still around!

[JiminNC]

She looks younger than sonny boy.

[helonias]

Is that Moses's wife or mom

[isis]

I haven't seen any of the ads but am wondering if the Summer of love was before or after his first wife's car accident.

[yvonnececile]

Isis, Finally someone who seems to have reacted the way I did to the whole "first wife dumped after raising children by herself, being disfigured in an accident and putting on some weight, his having an affaire (the only one?) and his marrying his mistress 3 months later" situation. I know it happens a lot, but puhleeees with the "honorable" man. I admire his suffering for his country-and maybe it was simply a reaction to his torture, but if it had been a Democrat, we would certainly be hearing about it. Join Cunningham, Craig, Vidder and the rest as far as I'm concerned.

[poco767b]

The GOP should run Roberta as a candidate, they stand a better chance.

[KarenJW]

FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!! They have a lot in common!

[Witchitalineman]

You have a point.

[partyofone]

His mother? I would have guessed his wife.

[SCG]

What's sad is, at 96 she has more sense than her son.

[kid5rivers2]

Sad? Surely you meant to say, "glad"?

[robotfog]

women tend to be smarter than their sons.

[Vantunow]

How are these losers still in this race. I can't figure it out.

[pupbayer]

Still in the race? How about statistically tied?

[kid5rivers2]

Says who?

[KarenJW]

I suggest you look at the state to state match-ups idiot!

[rosal]

I'll use the same "scientific" method: I like O, therefore: O 98-McConfused 2
That's how your polls work

[OBAMAthePRESIDENT]

So were are to trust that because Grandma Walnuts is 96, McViagara will be able to handle a Presidency?

McViagara, stop using your poor mother -, Shitney, Paris and Moses - stand on your own merit!!

[loax]

Now McCain has to put his 96 year old mother out to defend his antics. He is a reallllllllllll leader all right. "Oh, Mommy, the other kids are picking on me!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kid5rivers2]

lol

[luvangelHussein330]

WOW...WOW...WOW!! McCain has his mom out there stumping for him....is the media going to crtique everything she says?

[MemphisBuffalo]

You are correct... she is fair game. Most of done and said something bad in her 256 years on this earth.

[Call me Sweety]

Has anyone vetted the Old lady who lives in the shoe?

[Makesense]

McCain should listen to his mum. Mama know best! Ha!