Here is what Paris Hilton’s mum should really be upset about…

Kathy Hilton, the mother of celebrity airhead Paris Hilton, is apparently incensed by an advert that compares US Presidential candidate Barack Obama to her daughter.

The advert, which forms part of the election campaign by Obama’s rival John McCain, compares Obama to celebrities such as Miss Hilton and troubled troubadour Britney Spears. Here is the video so you can make your own mind up…

The advert has been something of an own-goal for John McCain, however, as Hilton’s mother – who with her husband has donated to the McCain campaign – described it as “a…

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