Bent Corner

I’ll admit that I thought it was funny that the McCain campaign made a TV commercial that tied Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to Barack Obama.  I thought it was funny to compare the chanting crowds that Barack Obama attracts to the people that flock to Paris Hilton or Britney Spears.

Not that I am aware of anyone chanting their names.

You would think that someone from the McCain campaign would first look to see if either Britney Spears or Paris Hilton had any connections to either the McCain campaign or the Republican party. It turns out that Kathy and Rick Hilton, mother and father of Paris Hilton, have donated $4,600 to the McCain campaign.

Oops! One of the first rules in Republican politics is do not piss off the rich white people. John McCain is an idiot.

Kathy Hilton to McCain: This is Where My Money Goes?! [E! Online]

Evidently the McCain campaign is running an ad that compares Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. I think this is below the belt. The McCain campaign  is way out of line comparing Obama to these two celebrities.

Neither Britney Spears or Paris Hilton voted with Republicans giving retro immunity to the telecoms for their part in illegal warrantless eavesdropping.  Neither Britney Spears or Paris Hilton stated that a woman’s mental health shouldn’t be a factor when considering exceptions to the ban on late-term abortions.  I also don’t think neither Britney Spears or Paris Hilton chose a hateful racist to be their spiritual adviser.

Not that I even know whether or not these two ladies have spiritual advisers.  I’m guessing they don’t.

Hopefully the McCain campaign comes to their senses and pulls the ad before it does any lasting damage to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.

Three days into her 45 day sentence, Paris Hilton was released from jail and ordered to remain in her home and wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet. The reason given was due to a mysterious and unspecified medical condition.

I bet it was an acute case of richititus.

I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody in the Los Angeles Sheriff department has a brand new boat or something else equally expensive.

The beauty of an unspecified medical condition is that because of federal HIPAA laws, they cannot say the reason she is supposedly too sick for jail. It’s an excuse that nobody can question.

Congressman Charles Rangel wants to bring back the draft:

Congressman Charles B. Rangel has long advocated returning to the draft, but his efforts drew little attention during the 12 years that House Democrats were in the minority. Starting in January, however, he will chair the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. Yesterday he said “you bet your life” he will renew his drive for a draft.

“I will be introducing that bill as soon as we start the new session,” Rangel said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” He portrayed the draft, suspended since 1973, as a means of spreading military obligations more equitably and prompting political leaders to think twice before starting wars.

Spreading military obligations more equitably is code for making rich kids serve in the military. Oddly enough, not that many rich kids enlist to serve in the military. In fact, it’s not just rich kids that choose not to join the military. Kids that can go to college tend to go to college.

Does anyone really think it’s only kids that cannot go to college or find a decent job also happen to be the most patriotic of their generation? That they somehow love America more then other kids? I don’t think so.

Some believe that the fact the military is supposedly an all volunteer force has caused too many Americans to feel detached when it comes to sending our military into harm’s way. War sucks, but they all volunteered, right? Too many people actually think like that. It stops people from asking questions when our leaders rattle their sabers. When they want to invade another country.

Maybe more people would be reluctant to wage wars of choice if they actually had loved ones in the military. A son, a daughter, a niece, a nephew, or a grandchild. At least I would like to think so.

If Elvis Presley can be drafted into the Army and sent overseas to drive a truck, so can Paris Hilton.

Amid Uproar Over War, Rangel Renews Call for Draft [Washington Post]