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.