It’s Science: John McCain’s Disdain For Obama’s Celebrity Is Directly Proportional To Daughter Meghan’s Rising Celeb Status

John McCain’s latest campaign effort revolves around the idea that Barack Obama is too much of a celebrity to run the country or something and his latest as geared towards Spanish-speaking Latinos is no different. Here’s the translation:

With the economy as bad as it is, gas prices going up, home foreclosures, and jobs being lost, we need to be careful about who we pick as our next President.

No doubt, Barack Obama is a popular figure, a celebrity who says the right thing. But will he do the right thing?

So here’s the question you need to ask yourself, in these tough economic times, are you ready for a president who voted for higher income taxes on working families making $42,000 a year?

Our money is that this campaign ad will say, “No.” More after the jump:

Are you ready for Barak Obama, for his tax plans that will hurt senior citizens.

Are you ready for the higher taxes on income, savings and the sale of your home that Barak Obama promises?

It’s not that you’re not ready. Barak Obama is not ready yet. Because when it comes to the economy, experience matters, and he just doesn’t have it.

He says he’ll give you change, but that’s what he’ll leave you with.

Zing! What’s funny about this campaign, other than the fact that it’s vaguely amusing to think of Barack Obama as some kind of socialite teetering about with an enema-sized dog in a Louis Vuitton, is that McCain’s older daughter, Meghan, is increasingly becoming a celebrity in her own right. She’s been a very vocal and visible part of McCain’s presidential campaign, thanks to her blog “McCain Blogette,” which is inspired, in part, by a similar iconic feat of political journalism:

“We were basically loosely inspired by Hunter S. Thompson’s ‘Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail,’ but for more of this generation. get to the hotel and there’s just crap absolutely everywhere.”

Quite. Let’s here more from her!:

Gonzo at its finest. [Ed. note: Full disclosure: We went to school with Meghan and, actually, think she's pretty great. But that doesn't mean we can't wonder why her dad's people are using a hypocritical campaign tactic in light of her own growing celebrity status. Or make fun of that blog entry.]

She’s also been seen dining with political powerhouse Heidi Montag, who has publicly voiced her support of McCain. Then there was that campaign ad featuring Paris Hilton and Britney Spears did in order to compare them to Obama - in effect, using celebrity in an attempt to catch people’s attention and hopefully garner votes. Add this to the fact that McCain, with his various appearances on “Saturday Night Live,” is something of a celebrity himself and you’ve got to ask why he’d use such a potentially self-defeating — and silly — point to attack his opponent. Why not call Obama a “booger head with poopoo breath” and get it over with.

McCain to Hispanics: “Are you ready for Obama?” [Orlando Sun Sentinel]
Meghan McCain Is John McCain’s Daughter [Right Celebrity]