The thought of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt spending time in a war zone is pretty appealing to most people. But the possibility of them somehow getting a little bit of good publicity is utterly sickening. The disgusting duo are pimping out their new friendship with (presumed) republican presidential candidate John McCain’s daughter Meghan, and are trying to use their new connections to finagle a trip to Iraq.

… Senator John McCain — or at least his daughter — has certainly struck up a friendship with a Hollywood celebrity — who’s none other than Heidi Montag. The Hills star, who has voiced her support for the Republican presidential hopeful, has been in close contact with Sen. McCain’s daughter, Meghan.

“She’s very sweet,” Heidi tells Extra. “We have a lot in common.” That includes their support of the troops. Meghan is trying to engineer a trip to Iraq for Heidi and fiancé Spencer Pratt. “Her dad definitely has some pull with the military,” Spencer says. “I think she’s going to put that together for us.”

Heidi is determined to entertain the troops overseas as her late stepbrother Eric O’Hara served in the 82nd Airborne Division. He wasn’t killed during duty, but passed in a freak accident back home in Colorado. “My brother was an airborne ranger in Afghanistan and Iraq,” she says. “It’s very important to me and important to Spencer to support the troops and go over there.”

[From OK! Magazine]

Oh please. Don’t make this sound like anything more than what it really is: more fodder for your pathetic “celebrity.” I’ve never seen any couple set up more obvious, cheesy, and trite photo ops in my life. Heidi and Spencer on a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park! Heidi and Spencer catching a fly ball at the baseball game! Heidi and Spencer running through a field of fucking daisies!

Look I appreciate supporting the troops, but that’s clearly not what this is. And it’s just crass for Heidi to use her deceased stepbrother to make it sound like something deeper than what it is. You want your pictures on the pages of OK! And you’re desperate to be taken seriously; but the harder the two of you try, the worse you look. Just give up, make your sex tape, get into some minor-league legal trouble and fade into oblivion with the rest of the Q-list celebs.

Here’s Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt having lunch on Robertson Boulevard in L.A. on Friday. Don’t you pose like that when you eat? It looks ever so natural. Images thanks to PR Photos.

A few months ago Heidi Montag loudly proclaimed that she was a proud republican and voting for John McCain. Oh, and a really, really big Christian. Now this all came as a surprise for a few reasons. First, the thought that Heidi Montag even understood that there are two political parties in this country – and could name them – was nothing short of heart-stopping. Then she actually remembered the name of the presumptive nominee. It made you really question just how stupid she was. Instead of being bumble bee dumb, it turns out she’s only like… Jessica Simpson dumb. Which is definitely at least two notches against being as dumb as a bug. I have no idea where I’m going with this.

Anyway, John McCain thanked Heidi for her support, and publicly professed his love of The Hills. I can totally see McCain lounging around on a Sunday night watching reruns on MTV3 while drinking some kind of fruity beverage that comes in a can. Now it seems that Heidi, 22, (or more likely Spencer) is trying to work the political angle in some way. She was spotted having lunch with McCain’s 24-year-old blogger daughter Meghan yesterday.

Heidi Montag had a lunch date with John McCain’s daughter Meghan.

The two were photographed outside the Ivy on the Shore restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., on Tuesday. Montag, 21, and Meghan, 23, even shared a hug before departing.

They definitely had stuff to talk about.

In April, Usmagazine.com broke the news of Montag (who just registered to vote) endorsing John McCain as president.

“I’m a Republican, and McCain has a lot of experience,” she told Us.

John McCain returned the favor, telling Time: “I’m honored to have Heidi’s support, and I want to assure her that I never miss an episode of The Hills.”

[From Us Weekly]

Does anybody else find this as absolutely horrifying as I do? What could possibly be the reason for this? I bet you anything Heidi is angling for some sort of cabinet position. I mean really, what in the world could possibly be going on here? Is Meghan McCain really so hard up for friends that she’ll take any tramp off the street to lunch? I’m really horrified at the thought that the McCain campaign might try to use Heidi to lock in some sort of idiot youth vote. Not that young people who vote are idiots, or that young republicans are necessarily idiots… but anyone who’d place any value on one of the twelve thoughts in Heidi Montag’s head is definitely an idiot.

I am so scared at what kind of political commercials I’m going to be seeing in the next few months. Something tells me it’ll involve Heidi, Spencer, some type of photogenic picnic with several types of freshly cut melons, and an elephant. Oh and John McCain just happens to saunter by. Hilarity ensues.

Here’s Heidi Montag at the re-launch of PinkIsTheNewBlog.com at S Bar in Hollywood on June 11th; Photographer: Rachel Worth. Image thanks to WENN.; and Meghan McCain at the White House Correspondents Dinner in D.C. on April 28th.