The GOP's identity crisis just got more interesting with the recent media splash of Meghan McCain, eldest daughter of the senator who did not become president.
Young McCain, who began blogging during her father's presidential campaign, recently made waves at The Daily Beast when she picked a fight with conservative media mavens Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham. This is enough sport to make the little dog laugh, to say nothing of the dish and the spoon.
McCain, just 24, is one smart cookie. In a matter of weeks, she has created a brand, presenting herself as a fresh face of her daddy's party and a voice for young conservatives. Strategically speaking, what better way to launch herself than to challenge the reigning diva herself, Miz Coulter?
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Yeah, Meghan McCain would be the "voice for young conservatives" but only if those young conservatives sounded like empty Valley Girls whose big decision in life is which wrist tattoo to choose as you can read in this recent interview with Larry King.
KING: OK. You blogged earlier this month that you still were figuring out what tattoo to get to commemorate your time on the campaign trail.
Have you made a decision?
MCCAIN: I think I have. I think I'm going to get...That should be enough for Kat von D of LA Ink sign on as an enthusiastic Republican. Now back to the Kathleen Parker comedy act:
KING: Where are you leaning?
MCCAIN: I think I'm going to get McCain and Old English on my wrist, just to commemorate the whole experience, because I kept wanting to but I think I finally decided on what I want.
KING: Are you a tattooer?
MCCAIN: I have one. My brothers have a lot of tattoos. I love tattoos. I do. I know, you never would have thought me, right? But I do.
KING: No. You don't look like a tattooer.
MCCAIN: I do. I love tattoos.
KING: What do your folks think of that?
MCCAIN: I've got supportive parents, you know. They -- my mom thinks it's cute, the one I have so -- I have a little star on my foot.
Among criticism now familiar to anyone who has dared contradict or question the GOP's wisdom is that Meghan McCain is a "useful idiot" to liberals who will use her to further diminish Republicans. Or that she is poking her father's party just to draw attention to herself.Gee, ya think?
Well, if McCain doesn't make it in journalism, she has a future in marketing. She has learned, perhaps from a lifetime of observing political strategy, how and when to pick a fight. Trying to provoke Coulter (who so far has gamely ignored her) was shrewd. And engaging American women in solidarity against market-imposed body images was a stroke of genius.An absolute "genius" she is.
Yes, of course, a 24-year-old political pundette doesn't find her way onto "Larry King Live" without a famous name. McCain is interesting precisely because of who she is, not because of what she has accomplished. Liberals found young Ron Reagan equally riveting for the same reason.The same reason meaning slamming conservatives. Parker also discovered that the bash conservatives shtick could be quite a career booster. And if Meghan follows in the footsteps of Ron Reagan then she should get herself an Air America radio gig and endorse Barack Obama in the next election as Ron Reagan did last Halloween Day. Such is the requisite career path as set down by Kathleen Parker as she continues to gush over Republican "savior" Meghan:
On the other hand, McCain is also a successful blogger with a following. She has established a voice and an audience. And the GOP is, allegedly, hoping to expand its tent.
...The GOP's extreme voices are a turnoff, not just to young people, but to millions of Americans who might otherwise be attracted to conservative principles. Who better to point that out than a young maverick named McCain.Yeah, just what the GOP needs. A like totally Valley Girl voice to lead them out of the wilderness and into the valley of the...Valley Girls.
And keep us all updated on that like totally wrist tattoo, Meghan.
—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.
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McCain is interesting
April 3, 2009 - 08:32 ET by motherbeltMcCain is interesting precisely because of who she is,
Exactly. She just didn't say McCain is interesting to liberals!!
In a matter of weeks, she has created a brand, presenting herself as
a fresh face of her daddy's party and a voice for young conservatives.
The only good Republican is a conservative-bashing Republican.
How many different ways can they find to say the way for Republicans to succeed is to be more like Democrats?
They'll never stop trying.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
Motherbelt...
April 3, 2009 - 10:22 ET by Georgia GirlLet's just think of it like a political game of "Survivor." We just have to outwit, outlast, outplay. I say we are much better equipped to do so! ;)
She should head the way of Ron
April 3, 2009 - 08:39 ET by guefyI think she's destined to follow Ron Reagan. He is an atheist, wanted to be a ballet dancer, and now, besides his ultra-high rated Air America show, is doing the Animal Planet Dog Shows.
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She's the new Face of the GOP?
April 3, 2009 - 08:46 ET by GalvanicIf she weren't John McCain's daughter, the Left wouldn't even be interested in her.
Who is the Face of the GOP? Not Limbaugh -- he never wanted to be, and no one bought into it. Not her old man -- he's just another hack politician who bends with the polls. Certainly not her.
Perhaps the Dems are frustrated because Bush left office before they expended all the hate-ammo. They need another target, another Face.
Ironically, at the same time, the Dems on the Hill seek Republicans to help man the bridge of the Titanic, not to have an active input into steering the ship, but merely to share the blame when the ship kisses the iceberg.
Perhaps the Dems are
April 3, 2009 - 08:59 ET by motherbeltPerhaps the Dems are frustrated because Bush left office before they
expended all the hate-ammo. They need another target, another Face.
Well they certainly aren't expending their hate-ammo on her !
They love her! They want her to be the new face of the Republican party, and so they attempt to make it true. They are trying to convince everyone that this is the way the Republican party should go....as always, less conservative.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
What's that movie that Meghan McCain reminds me of?
April 3, 2009 - 08:49 ET by NC CopOh, that's right: "Clueless".
Clueless!
April 3, 2009 - 17:08 ET by blazermaniacFURRR SHURRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will It Work Again?
April 3, 2009 - 08:56 ET by JustAlThe liberal media picked her dad as the Republican candidate and got exactly what they wanted for their trouble.
If the Republicans keep allowing the opposition to dictate what the party needs to do to succeed the results will always be predictable.
The two party system; one evil, the other stupid.
Agree
April 3, 2009 - 11:31 ET by doug1950And where is Micheal Steele while all this is going on? He could not possibly be more worthless. He and the rest of the GOP lets the opposition make stupid statements like these and never once offers a response of challenged to them. I hope someone leaves some huevos for all the so called GOP leadership to share so they can eventually go a spine.
Re Steele
April 3, 2009 - 12:03 ET by slickwillie2001On the other hand, perhaps Steele is figuring out what his job is, which is not to be a TV talking head for anyone. Judging by the roaring success that the democratics achieved in 2008, you have to look at their operation and ask how they did it. How often did we see Howard Dean on TV doing the talking head? What was he doing that so obviously paid off?
Define the opposition
April 3, 2009 - 09:02 ET by KC MulvilleSuppose Patton and his army faced Rommel and the Germans across a field. What would Patton have done if Rommel bypassed the generals, and declared that the leader of the American army was a private with his finger up his nose?
Since when do the enemies get to pick the leader of the opposition? So many non-conservatives feel free to pick the conservative "leaders" precisely because they want the least-threatening opposition they can find.
What does that tell you?
She needs to go away
April 3, 2009 - 09:26 ET by Franklins_LockeShe is a waste of everyone’s time and mine at this particular moment. So, I won't waste anymore of mine and you shouldn't either.
http://franklinslocke.blogspot.com/
Rush Limbaugh has a huge audience
April 3, 2009 - 09:28 ET by shawn228....but can he help the conservatives win in 2010 and 2012?
Rush's audience consist of RedState, Hotair and Newsbusters members.
I know no one on Newsbusters that said they voted for McCain in the primary, yet McCain still won the nomination.
Maybe the majority of the Republican party might not be huge Limbaugh fans and more moderate.
He had my vote
Good morning, shawn... I
April 3, 2009 - 09:37 ET by motherbeltGood morning, shawn...
I have maintained for some time here that the country as a whole is moving left. As it does, more people expect the government to solve their problems for them and to provide for them the things they can't or won't provide for themselves.
This is why Republicans are being pressured to be more like Democrats. But it will never work for them, because no Republican, not even John McCain, can ever out-pander a Democrat.
PS....you said the majority of the Republican party might be "more moderate." Do you think a majority of Democrats are moderate?
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
good morning motherbelt
April 3, 2009 - 09:38 ET by shawn228When I say the Republican party is now more moderate, people are automatically assuming I am saying, conservatives have to suck up to moderates, independents and the youth.
Rather than suck up, I am simply saying conservatives need to educate and convince them why the republican way is a better way, thats all.
He had my vote
I wasn't disagreeing with
April 3, 2009 - 09:53 ET by motherbeltI wasn't disagreeing with you...just repeating an observation I've made many times before.
I agree that conservatives have to show that their way is better, but what I mean is that's going to be difficult when more and more people want more and more nanny-state government.
And I think it's interesting that no one ever pressures liberal Democrats to be less liberal or "more moderate." It's as if the liberal way is "normal" and conservatives are the aberration.
Again, not implying that you are wrong; in fact I pretty much agree with you. Just making observations.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
motherbelt
April 3, 2009 - 20:08 ET by shawn228Either you were editing your post when I was replying to it or I was in a hurry to get to work this morning, but I'm sorry I did not catch this question.
"PS....you said the majority of the Republican party might be "more
moderate." Do you think a majority of Democrats are moderate? "
It is hard to say, but I know when I see the left wing nut jobs at Du and KOS, it frightens me about the party that is currently in charge of the Oval Office and Congress.
He had my vote
The education problem runs
April 3, 2009 - 10:46 ET by NL207The education problem runs even deeper than that. We ust recognize that Moderation by Republicans really means accomodation with teh Liberal, the antithesis of preserving freedom. Conservatives need to explain clearly to Republican Moderates why moderation is poor policy and why we must return as a nation to the Originialist interpretation of the Constitution if the basic God given liberties of man are not to be usurped by Government.
The foundations of Conservatism go back to Locke, Montesquieu and Edmund Burke to name a few. Its principles are the founding principles of the Republic. Its views on private property rights and free markets are the essence of liberty for the individual. When Conservatim is subverted, the cause of individual liberty are subverted and teh inalienable rights of man are violated by the state.
Shawn
April 3, 2009 - 11:02 ET by well99I think the most important thing is to find the common ground.Things like rule of law.Against higher taxes that sort of thing.Energy independence.The only time I hear someone say we need higher taxes is watching tv.All the years working or in the military I never had someone come up and say we need higher taxes.Now on tv you have someone like Buffet say he should pay more taxes.Now as smart as him,Kerry, and Teddy are suppose to be.Didnt it dawn on them not to take taxes breaks.
Hi Well.
April 3, 2009 - 20:02 ET by shawn228I would say it is the Dem strategy right now to link Limbaugh as the face of the Republican party because they know it will caus a rift.
Rush Limbaughs views are very much in sinc with NB and Hotair, however that might not be case with the overall Republican party.
I feel people like Kathleen Parker and Meghan McCAin represent alot of more of the republican party that most conservatives care to admit.
He had my vote
You're probably right
April 3, 2009 - 10:29 ET by KC MulvilleBut we have, once again, the distinction between a philosophy and a political party. A political party is a bunch of people who put up with each other for the sake of winning elections, but they don't need any committed love for one another. I think the Republican party is mostly conservative, but there are enough people who aren't (or who are only somewhat conservative) that it makes a difference.
I'm not a Bush basher, but he claimed to be conservative, and then was only conservative some of the time. That killed us. Conservativism got all of the blame for Bush, even when he wasn't the slightest bit conservative on spending, education, immigration and other things. Let's not kid anyone, social issues didn't bring Bush down, the economy did. McCain was actually ahead of the Messiah when the economy imploded. It wasn't the conservative philosophy that screwed up. Conservatism doesn't endorse working on a 1 to 300 margin, or taking bad risks.
I think conservatives need to avoid panicking. It isn't about "new" ideas, or lack thereof. We're about disciplined government, and that never goes out of style.
KC, very astute definition
April 3, 2009 - 10:54 ET by mom_roxKC: "A political party is a bunch of people who put up with each other for the sake of winning elections, but they don't need any committed love for one another."
Thanks, but I can't take credit for that
April 3, 2009 - 11:41 ET by KC MulvilleThat comes from my professor in a politics class - oh so many years ago - in college. The moment he said it, it struck me so clearly that I vividly remember him saying it.
The same professor taught that politics is haggling, and that's all it is. Politics is good old-fashioned horse trading. The politicians portray themselves as warriors for philosophical principles, but it's just haggling. Politicians never inform; they persuade. A politician never speaks disinterestedly. Note that this professor never insulted politicians. He never labeled politicians as devious jerks. Instead, haggling is the only way that free people can come to agreement, and so he thought that it was noble.
I agree, and I've kept that viewpoint to this day. Politics is how we forge agreeements in society, and that's a good thing.
Shawn, McCain only
April 3, 2009 - 10:31 ET by fitzfongShawn,
McCain only secured the nomination by exploiting early open primaries to build momentum. "Independents" and Democrats were able to poison the process in New Hampshire and South Carolina by crossing over. Then, after some shady last minute deals, including Charlie Crist's endorsement in Florida and that Huckabee caucus scam in West Virginia, McCain's campaign became like a snowball running downhill...his nomination became inevitable. By the time the primaries reached the important, delegate-heavy states, the nomination was already decided. He had the luxury of better candidates politely making way for him so that he could buy time to move to the right and make himself less unacceptable (as opposed to more acceptable) to the base. McCain was a garbage candidate whose only virtue was that he wasn't as bad as Obama.
Republicans are tired of the "big tent" cliche. While the likes of Kathleen Parker, David Frum and Christine Todd-Whitman may act as if they're relevant, they're not. If sending Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and their ilk to Washington constitutes Republican "victory", I'd sooner accept defeat and let the Party flush the toxic assets out in ideological bankruptcy. As a native Californian, I've already suffered the extreme consequences of electing a RINO as Governor simply because he had an (R) after his name. When Schwarzenegger faced the slightest resistance from the socialist legislature and the union mob, he raised the white flag and sided with them. I'm no longer interested in Republicans winning for the sake of the Party. If it takes a few savage beatings in national elections to get the Party to stand up for something, I'll gladly accept that. It certainly beats the alternative..."winning" elections yet having the same socialist policies rammed down our throats because "our" guys stand for nothing. Eventually, the Party has to learn that it is a clear alternative to the Democrats...not some marginally different Democrat-lite. The Republicans must better articulate conservative principles to advance...not adopt lame policy principles because they believe they've lost the debate.
As for McLame's little non-entity, she's this year's equivalent of Kato Kaelin...a mild curiousity, famous for being famous, who will suck up all the publicity while she can get it because she lacks the talent and the intelligence to sustain public interest. Like Kato, she might get a radio show that will be hyped ad nauseum only to go off the air due to lack of audience. Kathleen Parker is so desperate to appear relevant that she will pop up with one of these pathetic columns every couple of weeks. If she's lucky, she'll get hired to fill in as a token "conservative" on PBS, but she's of such limited credibility (as judged especially by this column) that her 15 minutes are almost up.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Fitz
April 3, 2009 - 11:15 ET by well99Maybe the parties should change to Liberal and Conservative parties and forget Dem/Rep.As far as the polls that should be strickly those folks that belong to that party to vote.
"Rush's audience consist of
April 3, 2009 - 13:37 ET by ckc1227"Rush's audience consist of RedState, Hotair and Newsbusters members."
Yeah....I think it consists of a little more than that.
"Maybe the majority of the Republican party might not be huge Limbaugh fans and more moderate."
Or maybe Republicans and McCain would have done even worse had it not been for Limbaugh.
Rush audience
April 3, 2009 - 19:53 ET by shawn228I guess I should have been more clear. I should have said Rush's audience consist of people very similiar to conservative sites.
"Or maybe Republicans and McCain would have done even worse had it not been for Limbaugh."
Don't know the answer to that question, but when the GOP lose by around 200 electoral votes, it probably could not have been that much worse.
He had my vote
lost in translation
April 3, 2009 - 09:36 ET by mom_roxNeed some help here. What is Meghan saying?
Even the CNN transcriber couldn't figure it out and wrote entisizes (ph). Seriously, was she using the word, antithesizes (which would not make sense in this context) or another word?
Meghan doesn't even know
April 3, 2009 - 09:41 ET by motherbeltI didn't watch the video before, so I missed that.
Meghan doesn't even know what she's saying, so don't feel bad.
She wants someone to be the antithesis of the Republican Party?
Hey, Meghan.....I do not think it means what you think it means! -Inigo Montoya
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
I think this is exactly why
April 3, 2009 - 09:52 ET by SeashellI think this is exactly why Larry King and others have her on their shows. She looks and sounds so foolish at times which they hope will reflect on the republican party. Guilt by association.
hey, mb - love the movie
April 3, 2009 - 10:13 ET by mom_roxIn other words, Meghan would lose in a "Battle of Wits"?
My all-time favorite!! I
April 3, 2009 - 10:29 ET by motherbeltMy all-time favorite!!
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
MomRox...epitomize
April 3, 2009 - 11:19 ET by Georgia GirlThis is just a guess, but I think Meghan may have meant to say "epitomizes" because that would make sense, in the context of her sentence.
Poor Meghan. Very embarrassing. Stop talking, Meghan!
grow up
April 3, 2009 - 09:41 ET by SapphireMeghan McCain should try to grow up; and so should Rush Limbaugh's trite little cousin. Wouldn't hurt Kathleen Parker either.
Meghan McCain's a lunkhead.
April 3, 2009 - 21:36 ET by CKA in Red State USAI'd ask if what Parker published was simply a belated April Fool's joke. But I know it isn't.
But it was a joke and non-sensical.
She and the clueless Ms. McCain seem to share one commonality: They've no idea of that which they write or speak. They also both also lack the experience needed to even speak about what they do.
And, just guessing here, the clueless McCain lass is about as much a voice for Republicans and conservatives -- yes, there is a difference betweeen Republicans and conservatives -- as Parker is still a conservative pundit.
Since we all know that Parker jettisoned any pretense last summer of being a "conservative" pundit, along with Peggy Noonan, that means Ms. McCain is just another volunteer tool for the liberal/leftist advocacy/adversary media.
Thing is, she's too dumb and full of herself to understand that.
I just watched the video. I
April 3, 2009 - 09:52 ET by winston smithI just watched the video. I fell ill in just the first few seconds. Watching her, she immediately reminded me Madonna. She will be the "Madonna" of the GOP. Rush, Levin, Coulter & Co. have absolutely nothing to worry about. The msm is grooming another "progressive" Republican that they can always go to for an alternative view when the unvarnished truth becomes too troubling for them to bear. Liberal apologist, abortion apologist, gay marriage apologist.....does the msm ever bother to look for and interview Democrats who don't support the Democrat Party platform? I'm sure there are at least a few sons and daughters of Blue Dogs out there that could provide an alternative view of Obama and the congressional liberals relentless attempt to erect a totalitarian state. Why do we never see them celebrated and fawned over by the msm?
"...The GOP's extreme
April 3, 2009 - 10:40 ET by ckc1227"...The GOP's extreme voices are a turnoff, not just to young people, but to millions of Americans who might otherwise be attracted to conservative principles. "
Ahhh, yes, but the extreme voices on the left are simply the cat's meow. Funny how those extreme voices are only a turnoff for the right. When it's on the left, presidential candidates are motivated to attend their little conventions....or sit in their churches.
The conspiracy theorist in me says...
April 3, 2009 - 10:43 ET by kufir77...that John McCain is a secret Democrat operative, set on destroying the Republican party and keeping Obama in power.
Not sure that's such a conspiracy theory...
April 3, 2009 - 21:39 ET by CKA in Red State USAGiven his impossible-to-hide screwup campaign last year, and his mostly thunderous silence while Comrade Obama and his thugs proceed to prosecute their coup.
The Cult of Celebrity
April 3, 2009 - 10:56 ET by allanfWhat is it about this this "cult of celebrity" that entrances young people, journalists and bon-vivants? Meghan McCain is no more interesting than a five year old whining about missing a TV program.
allanf...Yep...Meghan McCain is the...
April 3, 2009 - 15:59 ET by PrairieSkyParis Hilton of politics.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Bingo.
April 3, 2009 - 21:41 ET by CKA in Red State USASpot-on observation.
And McCain appears already to be every bit as embarrassing as PH.
Must make John and his wife extremely proud.
So, I guess my name for her, Paris McCain,
April 4, 2009 - 12:27 ET by thebutlerdiditthat I picked a few months back is a good one, huh? Funny thing is, she talks about how extreme, caustic, and loud she finds people like Coulter and Rush. O.k., but she loves offensive comedian Russell Brand? She blogs that he is great, her favorite, yet she doesn't seem to mind all the horrible things he has done, dressed up like OBL right after 9/11, called all Repubs retarded, and even was in the mob the other day during G-20. Then she tried to say she is being made fun of for being fat. Someone makes a cartoon with Rush as Jabba the Hutt, and she puts it on her blog as the funniest thing ever? This girl wouldn't know hypocrisy if it slapped her in the face. Parker, she's just an older version of Paris Mac. And about as relevent.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
Kathleen Parker needs therapy...
April 3, 2009 - 13:40 ET by PrairieSky"McCain, just 24, is one smart cookie. In a matter of weeks, she has created a brand, presenting herself as a fresh face of her daddy's party and a voice for young conservatives."
Ms. Parker is clearly delusional if she sincerely feels that Meghan McCain is in any way a serious "voice" for Republicans and/or conservatives, young or old. Meghan McCain is nothing more than an opportunistic, airhead dingbat swinging on her daddy's coattails, who has way overstayed her welcome (or usefulness) on the political stage.
I've said this before about Miss McCain...I hope she has enjoyed her 15 minutes of fame, because her time is up.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
Parker's not delusional. She knows exactly what she's doing...
April 3, 2009 - 21:46 ET by CKA in Red State USA. . .with her nonsensical commentary.
She's riding the vapors of when she was a half-a** conservative pundit.
Along with Peggy Noonan, she's the resident turncoat among the punditocracy to which the liberal/leftist pundits and advocacy/advesary media can point and suggest Parker represents disaffected conservatives and, perhaps, Republicans.
Parker's behavior fits hand in glove with the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of Obama and the liberals/leftists.
our two party system essentially consists of the socialist party
April 3, 2009 - 13:46 ET by R D Helm...and the slightly-less socialist party.
I thinks its time conservatives blew off the republicans and started a viable third party.
Enough is enough.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
RD...Based on what I've seen...
April 3, 2009 - 14:07 ET by PrairieSkycoming from the Republican party in the last several years, I'm beginning to think you might be right...The first time I was eligible to vote was in 1980, and I voted for Reagan. I am a lifelong conservative and a Republican, but the Republican party of today is nearly unrecognizable from the party of Ronald Reagan.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
The conservaties should've done that eight years ago.
April 3, 2009 - 21:48 ET by CKA in Red State USABut if they cannot see now that they should, then conservatism really is dead.
The Republicans no longer represent, well, I'm not sure who they represent any more.
To paraphrase Megan McCain,
April 3, 2009 - 14:16 ET by marpelTo paraphrase Megan McCain, she can kiss my fat A$$!
tramp stamps???
April 3, 2009 - 14:38 ET by jdripperThe new face of the Republican Party wears tramp stamps? Like wow, dude, and she speaks like a 13 year old after a five day glue sniffing binge.
Jack
"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains." Sir Winston Churchill
Meghan McCain
April 3, 2009 - 14:44 ET by katainkentRegistered as a Republican as a father's day gift. She's like a blind mouse in a maze and the media are pelting her with cheese.
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Obama does not perform as advertised. I'd like a refund.
Taxed Enough Already.
kata...Perfect!
April 3, 2009 - 15:57 ET by PrairieSky"She's like a blind mouse in a maze and the media are pelting her with cheese."
What a perfect description of the whole Meghan McCain situation. She is being used by the left for their own purposes, and I'm sure, with her apparent limited brain power, she is unaware of any of it. She's too busy basking in whatever lime-light she thinks is shining on her, and reveling in her imagined importance.
"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981
the reality check
April 3, 2009 - 21:48 ET by katainkentshe'll get when the media is done with her will be a harsh awakening.
I don't envy her that. Honestly she has my pity.
No pity here. If she's that dumb to not know what's coming...
April 3, 2009 - 21:52 ET by CKA in Red State USA. . .after what her parents have gone through, she deserves every sling and arrow and more that comes her way.
The twit.
How about Noonan?
April 3, 2009 - 17:55 ET by slickwillie2001I'm waiting for Peggy Noonan's thoughts on Meghan; once we hear from her I will finalize my opinion.
No need. As usual, she'll
April 3, 2009 - 18:34 ET by fitzfongNo need. As usual, she'll produce that lame affectation of hers (you know, the tortured grunt she releases in an attempt to sound thoughtful) and scold conservatives for their "tone" in addressing this vacuous attention whore. One thousandth verse, same as the first.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
Why would you wait on yet another faux conservative?
April 3, 2009 - 21:50 ET by CKA in Red State USAParker and Noonan turned their coats last year.
Now, they're the darlings of the liberal/leftist punditocracy, in that they now rail agaisnt things Republican and/or conservative.
She's talking to young people and women...
April 12, 2009 - 13:09 ET by kmorrisonIt's fun for a McCain supporter to see that edge that her father has reflected in a new and fresh way. Good for her.
Broad Side of the Barn
Purple People Vote
No. She's just an
April 14, 2009 - 13:34 ET by fitzfongNo. She's just an empty-headed child trying to promote herself among young people and women. She's the Kato Kaelin of politics...a shallow interloper who gets a sudden rush of media attention simply for being close to the scene of the crime, who then misinterprets that attention as confirmation of a unique and marketable "talent" and who will eventually overexpose herself into irrelevance because she lacks the very talent she thinks she has. You see, the young people she supposedly appeals to inevitably grow up, get jobs and raise families...at that point, her infantile musings about young "moderate" Republican Congressmen with great abs become a bit frivolous.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill