McCain: It's Bad Enough He's Black—What if He Were Blond?

The latest ad from John McCain (or, as my dad calls him, "Maclaine," and I don't think he's trying to be funny):



Ask yourself this: Why use images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton to illustrate international superstardom? Why not Brad Pitt? Why not George Clooney? Why not Will Smith? Or, if you're looking for someone with high unfavorable ratings ... Tom Cruise?

Some believe that McCain juxtaposed images of blonde women with Barack Obama to raise the threat of miscegenation—sexuality between races—in a subliminal racist scare tactic. My own analysis is that the McCain campaign wanted to evoke emptiness, stupidity, media manipulation. Hence: blonde women. Because we're, like, so vapid.