'I think Obama is doing a really good job. Maybe it will be my turn one day but for now let's leave it to Obama,' the famed hotel heiress. -- PHOTO: REUTERSMADRID - PARIS Hilton, who was thrust into the US presidential election campaign in an ad by Republican candidate John McCain, on Tuesday gave president-elect Barack Obama's performance so far the thumbs up.
'I think Obama is doing a really good job. Maybe it will be my turn one day but for now let's leave it to Obama,' the famed hotel heiress told reporters in Madrid when asked if she planned to run for president one day.
In August Mr McCain, 72, launched an ad that dismissed his Democratic rival as nothing more than a celebrity candidate which used images of Hilton and another blonde celebrity, pop star Britney Spears.
Hilton, 27, quickly responded with rebuttal ad where she appeared lounging in a bathing suit in a pool chair talking about 'that wrinkly, white-haired guy' who used her image in his campaign ad.
'I guess it means I'm running for president. So thanks for the endorsement white-haired dude,' she added in the ad, which ended with a shot of an American flag and the name 'Paris' superimposed over it.
Hilton's mother Kathy called the ad a 'complete waste' of time and campaign money. Mrs Kathy Hilton and her husband Rick both contributed to the McCain campaign before it ran the ad featuring images of their daughter.
Hilton was in the Spanish capital to promote a new social networking Internet site.
More than three out of four Americans approve of how Mr Obama has handled his transition so far, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll published on December 2, nearly a month after his historic Nov 4 election win. -- AFP
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