nydailynews.com - 8/7/2008
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Paris Hilton's new attack ad fires back at 'world's oldest celebrity' - McCain By DAVID SALTONSTALL DAILY NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Wednesday, August 6th 2008, 9:40 AM Paris Hilton drove her sharpened stiletto heels into John McCain Tuesday, releasing a mock political ad that cast the Republican hopeful "as the oldest celebrity in the world." "Hey, America, I am Paris Hilton and I am a ...
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Paris Hilton and Offshore Drilling
The American Scene —
... It was awesome. Referring to McCain as “white-haired dude” instead of using his name, saying he’s old enough to remember when “beer came in buckets”, putting up a picture of Yoda while she’s talking – why can’t McCain get her writers? ...
Paris Hilton and Offshore Drilling
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] It was awesome. Referring to McCain as white-haired dude instead of using his name, saying he s old enough to remember when beer came in buckets , putting up a picture of Yoda while she s talking why can t McCain get her writers? Note how she was careful to take one glancing shot at Obama, even though she was responding to a McCain ad. This was very well thought through. The scariest part of the whole thing is that her energy plan kind of made sense. It was certainly more coherent than anything put forward by either major campaign. ...
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The Paris Energy Plan? —
Sound Politics
When I said Paris Hilton is speaking more clearly on energy policy than the major Presidential candidates I clearly wasn't alone. Jim Manzi says as much at the Corner on National Review Online. As does Lance Dickie at the Seattle...
Why Paris Matters —
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"The scariest part of the whole thing," Jim Manzi writes of Paris Hilton's campaign video , "is that her energy plan kind of made sense . It was certainly more coherent than anything put forward by either major campaign." Meanwhile, James Poulos says what we're all thinking: Paris Hilton is clearly more articulate about energy than George W.
Bush: she's a professional and a quick study. While ...
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A few days ago, in response to a post by Jim Manzi, multi-blog super-commenter Freddie wrote:
This is my constant frustration. Conservatives constantly make overtures towards fiscal responsiblity, they constantly claim to want to cut taxes— but they have no specific cuts in spending in mind. And do you know why? Because the conservative rank and file has come to defend Medicare, ...
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