Yesterday, while reading the McCain's campaign's deep, philosophic defense of the Britney Spears and Paris Hilton ad, this line struck me as strange:
"What we decided to do is find the top three international celebrities in the world, and I would say from our estimations Britney and Paris came in second and third," Davis said. "So from our perspective we have in this ad the three biggest celebrities in the world."
So, the McCain campaign was sitting around, trying to rank the top three celebrities in the world? That sounds like a dignified, important piece of work for a presidential campaign. But I have to wonder-how did they arrive at this determination?
Today, after looking at my email, I think I have the answer: spam. Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Barack Obama do actually appear to be the three people who show up the most often in spam emails. For example, here are the subject lines of the following spam emails in just the last twenty-four hours:
Britney and Paris Lesbian video
For: chris. Britney and Paris Lesbian video
Paris and Britney nude.
Paris Hilton Free Video.
Britney caught nude again. Watch.
Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are lovers. Video proof.
Britney and Paris having fun together. Watch.
While, in the last twenty-four hours, I didn't receive any spam email about Obama being a secret Muslim, or wanting to destroy the United States, and hating whitey, or not wearing a flag pin, it does happen on a fairly regular basis. Obama probably ranks third, behind Paris Hilton and Britney Spears on this front.
So, there you have it. If you are looking at spam email that engages in lying, slanderous attacks, then Obama probably is one of the three top "celebrities" in the world. However, all that really means is that the attacks on Obama are about as false and stupid as the emails people receive about supposed videos of Paris and Britney making out while nude.
(Also, let me say that looking through my spam folder was a frightening experience.)
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