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Paris Hilton strips down to reveal 'hot' energy plan
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-07 10:27

NEW YORK - Millionaire socialite Paris Hilton has jumped into the US election campaign, calling Republican candidate John McCain a "wrinkly white-haired guy" and offering her own energy policy.


Paris Hilton is seen in a video response to Republican candidate John McCain's television advertisement. [Agencies]

The blonde Hilton, dressed in a leopard print swim suit and gold pumps, jokingly declared her own candidacy in a video posted on the website Funny or Die, saying: "I want America to know that I'm, like, totally ready to lead."

She was responding to a television ad by McCain, 71, that used her image to attack Democratic rival Barack Obama.

The 27-year-old socialite said McCain's use of her in the ad, which sought to undermine Obama by likening his popularity to her celebrity, had effectively put her in the race for the top US office.

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Pretending to take time off from reading a travel magazine as she leaned back on a lounge chair, Hilton insinuated herself into the hot issue between Obama and McCain -- how to solve the US energy crisis.

"We can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars," Hilton simpered, drawing on suggestions from both candidates.

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