Republicans, it seems, have all the fun.

Today, Sen. John McCain’s Iowa campaign “honored” Sen. Barack Obama with a “Star of Fame” to commemorate his status as a celebrity.  And tonight, their phone-calling volunteers will have to explain to voters why the dulcet tones of Barbra Streisand might be audible in the background of their calls.

The McCain campaign’s party invitation press release is below.

DES MOINES, IA — In honor of Barack Obama’s star-studded Hollywood fundraiser with Barbra Streisand tonight, the McCain-Palin campaign honored Obama with a celebrity “Star of Fame.” Additionally, in the spirit of the fundraiser, tonight the Iowa Victory Office phone banks will play Barbra Streisand songs.

“While Barack Obama is posing for pictures with Hollywood’s elite, some of whom are contributing $28,500 — a price substantially unaffordable to the average Iowan — Iowa families are worrying about how what’s happening on Wall Street will affect their lives on Main Street,” said Gentry Collins, the McCain Midwest Regional Campaign Manager. “We don’t know whether Barack Obama will use this opportunity to disparage ‘bitter’ Iowans who ‘cling to guns or religion,’ as he did at one of his most recent California fundraisers, but we know that Iowa families are worrying about the current financial crisis and how to heat their homes this winter. Tonight’s fundraiser is further proof that Barack Obama is out of touch and can’t relate to the needs of Iowa voters. He’s wrong on the economy, his health care plan needs work and he lacks the experience and judgment we need in a president; however, we do think he makes one heck of a cel ebrity and deserves his own star in Hollywood. We hope this star reminds Senator Obama of the serious challenges hard-working Iowa families face every day.”