{"id":1226,"date":"2008-08-06T08:55:45","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T12:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2008-08-06T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T13:33:20","slug":"the-hilton-hotel-empire-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=1226","title":{"rendered":"The Hilton Hotel Empire Strikes Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u201cDebate<\/a><\/p>\n

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,”<\/a> that attacks Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

First, erstwhile nip-slipping mother Cathy Hilton<\/a> called the ad “a complete waste”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\u201cI<\/a>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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then, Hilton family patriarch and hotel chain co-chair William Barron Hilton personally called McCain headquarters, breathing fire. As Australia’s The Age<\/em> reported<\/a>,<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

But most of all, on FunnyOrDie.com<\/em> (thanks TMZ<\/em>!),<\/a> Paris herself got into the act, with a campaign ad parody<\/a> in which she repeatedly refers to McCain as “white-haired guy.” It’s actually kinda funny. Plus, her energy policy isn’t half bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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