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

[ObamAtomic]

Sweet, McBelieve approve the message,mommy declared stupidity.

[levelshot]

she could go for his daughter.

[SCG]

I like her, her son I have a problem with.

[haleywins]

It was stupid, as were the people who created it.

[helonias]

When will she discuss Johnny's adultery?

[anfractuous]

He hasn't told her yet.

[Leroy]

The ad is stupid ,or the fuss over the ad is stupid?

Toss up what she meant. I'd like to think that it's the ad itself that's stupid.

[SCVADem]

Him running for President is stupid.

[KYJurisDoctor]

It is OBVIOUS that John McCain needs a NEW set of advisers!

[HadEnoughCrap]

He just needs his mommy...

[punkingale]

He got a new set of advisors a couple of weeks ago. This is their handiwork.

[firewmn]

Funny, he looks OLDER when he is next to his really old mom..

[nmjangirl]

So true!!! I think they look the same age and she is 96!!! (Not meaning she looks young, he looks old!)

[LeftLeanWing]

Let's admit it , she does look really good for 96 years old.

He doesn't

[DustyRebel]

the crypt keeper and his mother.

[JackND]

Keep it coming, Johnny.

The Upper Midwest can't wait to see what comes next!

In fact, it's quite possible that except for that little part of Idaho, the entire part of the USA that borders Canada might be blue state...in­cluding Alaska!

[shela88]

Is that the first Mrs mcCain? The one he divorced for Cindy?

[DanniD]

You know it's bad, when even your own mother disagrees with you!

[NoblesseOblige]

Also, she recently said on cable (regarding "the base"), "...Well, I think they will have to hold their noses and vote for him."

[AnnieinOR]

Ouch!!! She's probably a closet O supporter.

[kassandrasduplex]

Roberta McCain stretches back to the days when lynchings were still popular in Arizona, doesn't she? She is a walking breathing artifact of the "good ol' days" of Dixiecrats and Jim Crow.

[PuppaX]

What a couple of winners.

[Dave01]

Winners? Or WHINERS?

[olivia]

Does anyone else get the feeling the Republicans were all set with their attacks against Hill and caught completely off guard with material against O?

Still, with the 3 pages of attacks Hill wrote for them, one might expect better ammunition from the McCain camp.