Paris Hilton’s mother, Kathy Hilton, is angry over John McCain’s Celeb Ad.

“It is a complete waste of the country’s time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs,” Kathy Hilton said. “And it is a completely frivolous way to choose the next president of the United States.”

John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, said last week that his campaign ad mocking Democrat Barack Obama with images of Paris Hilton and singer Britney Spears was part of an attempt to inject humor into the presidential race.

The ad plays on Barack Obama’s popularity by dismissing him as a mere celebrity, like Hilton and Spears. John McCain on Friday denied that his campaign had taken a negative turn, saying, “We think it’s got a lot of humor in it, we’re having fun and enjoying it.”

The John McCain Celeb Ad in question:

The Barack Obama campaign has said the ad is proof that John McCain would rather launch negative attacks than debate important issues.

Kathy Hilton, however called the ad “a complete waste of the money John McCain’s contributors have donated to his campaign.” She and her husband donated a total of $4,600 to McCain’s campaign earlier this year.

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Update: Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad

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Eric Cantor, House Chief Deputy Minority Whip, has been asked to provide “personal documents” to John McCain steps up his search for a running mate.

John McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said the campaign would have “no comment on anything related to the vice presidential issue.”

Virginia Rep Eric Cantor, 45, has been a forceful critic of Democrat Barack Obama’s resistance to lifting the federal ban on oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Eric Cantor not only provides youth to the ticket but also provide John McCain with an important asset in Virginia, a state that last backed a Democrat for president in 1964 but which both parties are now targeting as a battleground.

If John McCain wins, Eric Cantor would become the first Jewish vice president.

Among others believed to be getting close looks from McCain: Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Ohio Rep. Rob Portman for McCain.

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