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Paris Hilton, that is. Reportedly, Mrs. Hilton was not too pleased that John McCain used pictures of herself and Britney Spears in a political advertisement to bash Barack Obama. The campaign commercial attempted to compare Obama’s popularity to that of perceived dim-wits such as the two, with a voiceover weighing in that “he’s the biggest celebrity of the world – but is he ready to lead?”.

McCain’s use of Paris Hilton as an example of someone famous for, well, being famous, is especially slippy as her parents, Kathy and Rick Hilton, have donated $ 4,600 to McCain’s campaign. Talk about a bad choice of image.

Now, Paris Hilton herself has responded to the events, in a rather surprising way.

With a good bid of self-irony, she announces her own bid for President. See for yourself:

Now if that ain’t an election program: solve the energy crisis and paint the White House pink! One has to give it to her, she’s won over McCain on this one. If you want to be sarcastic, better now how to.

On second thought, it says something troubling about this years’ campaign that Paris Hilton is suddenly part of it.