The Hilton Hotel Empire Strikes Back

Looks like those feisty Hilton women aren’t just taking up space: They’re actually taking on John McCain’s use of daughter Paris’s image in a controversial campaign ad, “Celeb,” that attacks Barack Obama.

First, erstwhile nip-slipping mother Cathy Hilton called the ad “a complete waste”:

It is a complete waste of the money John McCain’s contributors have donated to his campaign. It is a complete waste of the country’s time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs. And it is a completely frivolous way to choose the next President of the United States.

Then, Hilton family patriarch and hotel chain co-chair William Barron Hilton personally called McCain headquarters, breathing fire. As Australia’s The Age reported,

Donor records show William Hilton has given $US18,400 to the McCain campaign, and $US35,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee in the past two years. Paris’ father, Rick Hilton, has also given $6900 to the McCain campaign.

(Talk about not serving your base: As might be expected with super-rich white people, the Hiltons are Republican Party stalwarts.)

But most of all, on FunnyOrDie.com (thanks TMZ!), Paris herself got into the act, with a campaign ad parody in which she repeatedly refers to McCain as “white-haired guy.” It’s actually kinda funny. Plus, her energy policy isn’t half bad.