McCain's Celebrity Ad: Frivolous, A Waste Of Money, A Waste Of Time
I've been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCain celebrity ad. I actually have three responses.
I've been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCain celebrity ad. I actually have three responses.
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics
Obama has proven in the past that he has the ability to get his head out of the clouds and down onto the ground where elections are actually decided - but we need him there fast, before Team Bush/McCain's savvy and his own diffidence cause another surrender - and another Democratic defeat.
Disgrasian | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics
In watching "Celeb" about 25 times over, the thought never once struck us that Obama was being defamed with the insinuation that he likes to dabble in "young white women." What made us even go there?
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics
I have a confession to make. I actually watch the network news. Maybe I should enter into a twelve-step program or something. But I don't watch the ...
The Hill | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
The John McCain campaign may want to rethink its strategy of attacking Barack Obama by comparing him Paris Hilton, her family has kicked a lot of mone...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
The new McCain ad featuring Paris Hilton and Britney Spears has roiled the 2008 campaign. In an unexpected twist, it turns out that Paris' father is o...
Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
Poor Paris has come up a bunch of times on the campaign trail. Perhaps the most famed reference was when Obama brought her up when railing against President Bush's pardon of Scooter Libby.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics
Ms. Hilton said she was also "offended" by the implication that she and Ms. Spears favor a tax on electricity: "We have both been very clear on that issue."
Adele Stan | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics
The point that the McCain folks are clearly trying to make is that Obama is just like female celebrities, who are, of course, slutty, stupid or mentally disturbed.
Michael Shaw | Posted 08.08.2008 | Media
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
The polls are going back and forth, but the political pros ---- and the betting odds -- are convinced that Obama is going to win. McCain is getting...
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
The surest sign yet that this presidential campaign -- not even in August -- has already gone on way too long: Britney Spears is the nexis of a politi...
Joseph Romm | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
There's a fine line between smart and clever, and a similar border between clever and stupid, and John McCain's campaign ads keep on standing on all the wrong sides.
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment
Our culture is obsessed with celebrity and when famous women are in crisis, our interest is only heightened. But don't you think we've had enough?
New York Observer | Matt Haber | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media
As you may have already read, Miley Cyrus is totally embarrassed by the semi-topless (back view) photos printed of her in this month's Vanity Fair. In...
Joyce McFadden | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Two women are commanding television, newspapers and magazines with questions of whether their tears were real, or appropriate, or effective in holding their fan base.
236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
According to the Boston Globe, Paris Hilton is scheduled to visit Harvard University in February to make a special announcement, but despite being soo...
Reuters | Michelle Nichols | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
U.S. hotel heiress Paris Hilton's potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans on Wednesday to do...
Bonnie Fuller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
When Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah's couch and told the world he was in love with Katie Holmes, he set a new standard for celebrity behavior. How else to explain the rash of Tom Topping celebrity behavior in 2007?
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Paris Hilton was on "Ellen" today, and Ellen asked her about the rumors circulating a few weeks ago that Paris was embarking on a "Global Elephant Cam...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea and Katherine Thomson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
You may have noticed in your AP feed earlier today a strange story about Paris Hilton saving drunk elephants in India. Paris, the story led us to bel...
First Read | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
One older man at the Dakota City, Iowa event, the last stop on Clinton's "Middle Class Express" bus tour, had a bit of beauty advice for Clinton. Ern...
Kathy Hilton | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics