Quotes of the day
posted at 9:45 pm on March 14, 2009 by Allahpundit
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“I have been teased about my weight and body figure since I was in middle school, and I decided a very long time ago to embrace what God gave me and live my life positively, attempting to set an example for other girls who may suffer with body image issues. I have nothing to hide: I am a size eight and fluctuated up to a size ten during the campaign. It’s ridiculous to even have this conversation because I am not overweight in the least and have a natural body weight…
The question remains: Why, after all this time and all the progress feminists have made, is weight still such an issue? And, in Laura’s case, why in the world would a woman raise it? Today, taking shots at a woman’s weight has become one of the last frontiers in socially accepted prejudice.”
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That Ingraham clip is painful.
Repurblican on March 14, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Laura may think Meghan is fat but at least Meghan has been with Keith Olbermann.
SnarkVader on March 14, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Didn’t Meghan make a crack at Laura’s age? Geez, this is like the female version of Frum vs. Limbaugh
jimmy the notable on March 14, 2009 at 9:50 PM
She’s a chip off the old blockhead.
TexasJew on March 14, 2009 at 9:51 PM
There’s, of course, the audio of Laura berating her staff during her brief FNC stint. There’s other audio, that’s been buried of her going ballistic when a guest on her radio show had never heard of her. Maybe some enterprising person can find it. I like Laura’s show for the most part but she’s a little full of herself. This wasn’t her finest moment.
AYNBLAND on March 14, 2009 at 9:52 PM
I think Meghan is a ditz and an airhead and VERY naive, but her weight is just fine & she looks very natural and comfortable with her size. This is a non-issue.
Ris4victory on March 14, 2009 at 9:52 PM
She’s a size 8?!! Is she buying her clothes at one of those very up scale boutiques where they manipulate the sizes so people will not know it’s really a size 16 or 18? I’ve heard of these but never actually run across them.(Damn! I really would like to though)
jeanie on March 14, 2009 at 9:53 PM
I’d hit that. Many times.
wccawa on March 14, 2009 at 9:53 PM
“And I think there’s extreme on both party. And I hate extreme.”
What schools did she attend? Evidently, a 410 on the English part of her SATs didn’t hurt her. I’d hate to think what her math score was. Sheesh.
“I have friends that are the most radically conservative and radically liberal people, possibly ever …”
Uh … okay. Go back to kindergarten.
This girl is just, plain dumb.
progressoverpeace on March 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Its not prejudice….. people just dont like fat people.
No fat chicks.
Nobody wants to date them…nobody wants to slurp them….nobody wants to marry them.
No fat chicks.
Meghan….you are Paris Hilton….except you are waaaaaay fatter. You arent any smarter than Paris Hilton and you didnt get anywhere on your own.
Just put down the oreos and try eating a salad once in a while you beast.
The Wall on March 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I hope you mean “weighty”, Allah.
There is no reason to listen to Meaghan McCain at whatever weight.
I’m sure she’s a nice girl, but good God, she’s a news widget!>
Randy
williars on March 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Why doesn’t this twit go away? I will say that Laura’s comment was immature and made her sound ridiculous, but I’m beginning to think that M. McCain is on the dems payroll. I know, not an original thought.
pcpower1 on March 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Dang AP. I know you threatened to make this quote of the day in the other thread but I thought you were kidding.
Guardian on March 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I don’t see how Meghan can be called overweight. She looks okay to me.
Frivolous on March 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Guardian on March 14, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Seconded.
youngTXcon on March 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Sorry Laura, but what I like about being a conservative is that I don’t have to resort to name calling to win an arguement. You lose this one automatically!
tottoritodd on March 14, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Oh for Obama’s sake. Here we go again.
El_Terrible on March 14, 2009 at 9:56 PM
That clip is hilarious! This is why Laura is THE best radio talk show host. Megan McCain does sound like a stupid valley girl who would vote for Obama if her daddy weren’t running for president as a Republican.
Oh no, another liberal victim. And SHE is the one making this an issue.
Gabe on March 14, 2009 at 9:56 PM
But no one should ever, ever make fun of Sarah Palin’s looks, right?
SnarkVader on March 14, 2009 at 9:56 PM
She looks like Miss Piggy. I can’t believe her dad wants her out there when he is facing re-election. She’s a disaster.
suzyk on March 14, 2009 at 9:56 PM
I am anticipating that this thread will pretty much sink the Hotair “commentariat” lower than we’ve ever been. And I’m embarrassed for us. I joined because there were people who used to discuss politics very intelligently. Now….not at all.
jimmy the notable on March 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM
If lil’ McCain’s skin is too thin for the political venue, she should rethink her career.
It’s a big bad world sweets!
katy on March 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM
To deflect the damage that the idiot-in-chief is perpetrating on this nation on a daily basis, the Left is using Meghan McCain to attack an outspoken conservative, and she is a willing participant in this fraud.
Laura Ingraham is right to kick her in the ass.
TexasJew on March 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I just can’t see taking shots at other republicans does any good. Ingraham should stick to policy debates. She long lost me as a listener.
KBird on March 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM
I don’t think anyone as skinny as Ingraham should pick on someones weight. Laura can be a real b!tch about soe superficial things. “OMG did that person wear flip flops one a plane?!?!?!” I think Meghan is politically an idiot and can’t stand what she is doing. She is the Paris Hilton of politics. But if Laura wants to lower the argument to looks then Meghan will trumps her any day. Meghan is annoying but cute.
Ampersand on March 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM
yeah Ms. Queeg and most leftbats have this “well when we mock it is just keepin’ it real” thing going on….
sven10077 on March 14, 2009 at 9:58 PM
She does not look like Miss Piggy. She’s very blond and possibly a little naive, but she’s not overweight.
Frivolous on March 14, 2009 at 9:59 PM
I could care less about Meghan. However, since she likes to talk about the issues, I hope Laura challenges this imbecile to a debate on her radio show. Meghan would either be gutless, or exhibit such idiot status.
Meghan to Rachel Madcow: I’m so looking for an apartment in NYC with Mommy’s money. I’m such a liberal! Let’s talk about it with a drink of latte in Starbucks!
jencab on March 14, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Here it is, again, not Laura at her best…. http://media.putfile.com/Hear-the-real-Laura-Ingraham
AYNBLAND on March 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Does ingraham dare mention the weight of the de fatso leader of the GOP?
I think not!
benny shakar on March 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Completely Over Your Heads, Laura Is Painting MM As The “Perpetual Victim” The Classic Egomaniacal (And Immature) Liberal Mantra! Cheers To Laura
GD on March 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
I just can’t see taking shots at other republicans does any good. Ingraham should stick to policy debates. She long lost me as a listener.
KBird on March 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM
When did this nitwit Meghan McCain become a Republican?
TexasJew on March 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
I really can’t stand liberals who like to claim that they’re Republicans, or even worse, conservatives. What is with these morons?
progressoverpeace on March 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
Good lord! How old is Laura? That just made me sick. With all the women who have Eating Disorders, at least Mehgan is Healthy looking. I cannot stand McCain’s daughter. I do think she is a very naive young lady who is more than likely a Rino. Like Father like Daughter. But come on Laura! This is the third time that you have acted like a 2 year old. And this is the image you are making people think Conservatives are like? No, I don’t think so Laura.
sheebe on March 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM
The thing about Laura Ingraham is that she is hot looking.
She keeps herself looking fit…she beat the hell out of cancer…and she kept herself looking hot.
Here comes Meghan McCain, grazing on oreos and cheetos, and this lady who is way older than her and has battled cancer is waaaaay better looking than cow McCain.
Hey Meghan, yeah, you know, Laura is, like, you know, way older than you, but, you know, ya its true, even though she is, like, you know, waaaay older than you and fought cancer, she is, like, you know, waaaaaaay better looking than you…..let alone smarter you pathetic embarrassment.
Mooooooooo!!!!
The Wall on March 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM
She is only fat to people who like women with asses that look like a 10-year-old boy’s ass.
Mark1971 on March 14, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I’d rather hear about Lindsay Lohan’s latest arrest.
Percy_Peabody on March 14, 2009 at 10:02 PM
I had a hard time believing that as well. I know upscale clothing downsizes their apparel, but it can’t be that much.
INC on March 14, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Democratic senatorial candidates write whole books about that. Be proud, slimeball.
progressoverpeace on March 14, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Hey, I have another idea!
Why don’t we start making up rumors about how she went up to a size 10 because she was pregnant! And guess how she dropped 2 dress sizes?! She had an abortion!
You heard it here first, on HotAir.com!
/sarc
El_Terrible on March 14, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Here’s the problem with this argument:
Ingraham has taken a person that, for someone as intelligent as she is, should be easy to defeat simply on the basis of reasonable, political arguments, but has decided to take the low road. This not only makes Laura lower than Meghan because she resorted to those petty arguments, it makes her look like that is the only argument she has, essentially self-labeling herself as someone dumber than Meghan McCain.
jimmy the notable on March 14, 2009 at 10:02 PM
So cheap, image-based, personal attacks should be okay so long as we are attacking the opposition? Yeah, that makes sense.
jimmy the notable on March 14, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Back home we call ‘em “Fluffy”.
thomasaur on March 14, 2009 at 10:04 PM
The photo on the front page is the best I’ve ever seen of Meghan.
INC on March 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Sorry this isn’t a straight up fat joke.
It is a joke about what a 24 year old valley girl thinks is important (for example thier appearance) versus what being an informed person with a complete coherent set of ideas. Could you even speak like this on a job interview no less be a spokesperson?
I get that this is a classic Rush scenario where the word “fat” and “fail” stop the person cold in their thinking so here we go again.
Now the context has to be explain that she was using it as an example of vapid thinking by a no nothing child(which it was…listen to Meghan it isn’t even an adult argument) and we have to go back an forth whether she was just saying she is fat. I do think Inggrahm slip speaking of the cuff and picked a bad example of the inner workings of Meghan’s mind but it isn’t a straight fat comment. She is speaking in Meghan’s voice.
Conan on March 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Come on, jimmy. Laura was mocking the McCain chick’s vapid valley-girl style. I wrote a couple of the nearly unintelligible quotes from McCain above. How do you hold a reasonable debate with someone who speaks like that?
progressoverpeace on March 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM
All the best comments are in the headlines…
TheBigOldDog on March 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM
In Yiddish, it’s “zoftik”.
progressoverpeace on March 14, 2009 at 10:05 PM
You and I have very different standards…
Ampersand on March 14, 2009 at 10:06 PM
She’s cute. She looks healthy and attractive. Dislike her political views, or her dad, or whatever, but calling her fat is just dumb.
brak on March 14, 2009 at 10:07 PM
This is more important whether it was fat joke at all. Why even go there? This is a situation where you could slaughter the other person taking the high road.
Conan on March 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM
“It’s ridiculous to even have this conversation because I am not overweight in the least and have a natural body weight…”
Tell that to NIH and have them change the charts.
Today, taking shots at a woman’s weight has become one of the last frontiers in socially accepted prejudice.”
Along with men’s weight and worst of all men’s hair, but we don’t play those stupid progressive games of calling it prejudice. Suck it
inup, if you can.Dusty on March 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM
If Laura is so hot, why has she been dumped by two finances and KEITH OLBERMANN??
SnarkVader on March 14, 2009 at 10:08 PM
How is that pronounced? (phonetically)
thomasaur on March 14, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Meghan McCain: “I’m a Barbie Girl in a Barbie World.”
bw222 on March 14, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I’m no pixie myself. The tent is big enough for anyone’s ass. So if you want to criticize another Republican, do it on the ideas, mmmkay?
Sekhmet on March 14, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Laura Ingraham needs to lay off the jokes about people’s physical characteristics. It’s just “low road” and very unbecoming. I like Laura, and I think she can take on the best of them with reasoned arguments. This is one serious character flaw that Laura needs to work on.
Sorry, Meghan McCain is right on this one.
DrStock on March 14, 2009 at 10:10 PM
1. Meghan McCain is not unattractive, a little plump but not “fat” by normal standards. It shouldn´t be an issue.
2. Meghan McCain sounds like an idiot and I wish she´d go away. I´m with Laura on that.
3. I have seen vicious, really vicious attacks on Meghan McCain on liberal blogs before the election, so please spare me the lament about the commenters here.
el gordo on March 14, 2009 at 10:11 PM
But even if that’s the argument she was making, the perception has simply been adapted to “Laura calls Meghan fat!” If you don’t believe that, simply check out all the comments that say, “Yeah, I can’t believe how fat she is! She should shut up!”
If Laura doesn’t want to debate someone as stupid as Meghan with real arguments, she should just ignore her.
jimmy the notable on March 14, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Correct. I like women.
The Wall on March 14, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Snark I post at HuffPo just to see how many death threats I can get. Don’t even talk about this site or Republicans. Visit their DAILY hate Sarah Palin thread and you tell me what is there. I can tell you it is wall-to-wall VENOW AND THEY DO IT DAILY!!!!!!
Conan on March 14, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Kjeil on March 14, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Does this open the door for me to make fun of Laura’s looks? I’m thinking I could work up a good slam using Skeletor and Alan Colmes.
Ampersand on March 14, 2009 at 10:13 PM
She didn’t call her fat she is speaking in Meghan’s voice and giving an example of what a valley girl worries about instead of what is important.
Conan on March 14, 2009 at 10:13 PM
When did this nitwit Meghan McCain become a Republican?
TexasJew on March 14, 2009 at 10:00 PM
So cheap, image-based, personal attacks should be okay so long as we are attacking the opposition? Yeah, that makes sense.
jimmy the notable on March 14, 2009 at 10:03 PM
So you’re admitting that Meghan McCain is lying about being a Republican. She deserves whatever comes her way after her gratuitious attack on Ann Coulter. Plus, she seems as dumb as a box of rocks, but then again, look who her father is..
TexasJew on March 14, 2009 at 10:13 PM
My wife will love that one…
Ampersand on March 14, 2009 at 10:15 PM
MEMO TO MICHEAL STEELE:This is going to come up in your next interview. Prepare Now and DO NOT BLOW IT!!
Dire Straits on March 14, 2009 at 10:15 PM
If you listen to the valley girl imitation she is attacking her intellect not her weight. The weight is an example of off the subject thinking about superficial BS.
Conan on March 14, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Meg is hot, Laura and Ann are not.
getalife on March 14, 2009 at 10:17 PM
But they do anyway, or “she’s a moron”. It’s the lefty tactic, and it hurts when it’s used against you, huh?
That said, Meghan McCain looks fine to me.
And that’s supposed to be to Meghan’s advantage? Jeeez.
ddrintn on March 14, 2009 at 10:17 PM
If someone asks him about this in an interview he should just say; next question.
thomasaur on March 14, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Dr Stock did you even listen to the recording of her comment on MM – I can tell you did not
Jamson64 on March 14, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Liberals luv fat chicks because they cant get hot chicks like Ann coulter. Plus liberals are gay.
discuss
The Wall on March 14, 2009 at 10:18 PM
We Have a winner!!!
Dire Straits on March 14, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Meg is a manly woman. She’s a liberal, too.
PBoilermaker on March 14, 2009 at 10:18 PM
I listen to Laura almost every day, she’s a pretty rigid person. My favorite is when tells some long story about being late to the studio for the show (daily), then chastises a guest who isn’t Johnny on the spot. That said, Ms. McCain cannot keep putting herself out there, make massive generalizations about about Republicans and unsubstantiated remarks about Ms. Coulter (anti-semitic) and expect to get away with it. Playing the victim card is just another step towards admitting your a liberal. Who would have thought that I would encourage Laura to follow Ann’s lead and ignore young Meghan?
Cindy Munford on March 14, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Yeech. I like Laura Ingraham, and am much closer to her politically than to Meghan McCain, but LI comes off as a petty, sneering fool in that clip – crude and unkind, the worst caricature of a conservative. I don’t listen to her show regularly, but that strikes me as a terrible moment for her – not just the “plus-size” comment, but the whole routine is pathetic, and beneath the dignity of someone who likes to pose as a champion of values. If that’s legitimate, then no one has any standing to reject Frum’s attack on Rush, or all the demeaning attacks on Palin, Bush, whomever. It’s just low – not as foul as Kathy Griffin or Randi Rhodes, but it’s the same thing.
CK MacLeod on March 14, 2009 at 10:19 PM
and how do you know she did not dump them?
Jamson64 on March 14, 2009 at 10:19 PM
You DO realize that you can only call him “your wife” until the california judges rule that all those marriages that were performed pre-prop 8 are invalid.
You do realize that, right?
The Wall on March 14, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Okay. I confess. I’ve been making “fat jokes” about my wife — who is now 8+ months pregnant. We both laugh at the awkwardness of it. I’ve even learned to mimic “the walk”.
Fortunately, my wife takes it all in the spirit that it was meant — good natured soul that she is. Fat, skinny, short, tall, young, old, it doesn’t really matter — somehow, there is an element of hilarity in the undignified humiliation that we call “the human condition”. What do you think, collie?
My collie says:
CyberCipher on March 14, 2009 at 10:20 PM
If you go after Laura’s looks you have to directly insult her looks and she can EXPLAIN that her comments were directed at Meghan’s vapid thinking. Thus the person going after Laura’s looks would be in trouble and if you are talking about anonymous posters they have been taking far worse personal shots even HERE! So those people are not an issue.
Conan on March 14, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Says the dumpy little jealous troll.
Guardian on March 14, 2009 at 10:20 PM
I agree.. He should have said that in last interview!!
Dire Straits on March 14, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Fixed it.
RobertInLexington on March 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM
What’s up with all the gay jokes? Someone protests too much…
Ampersand on March 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM
What is this, 8th grade? “That’s sooooooo gay!”
ddrintn on March 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Am I the only one that would hit that? Because, WTF is wrong with you guys? Did the rules change overnight?
wccawa on March 14, 2009 at 10:22 PM
i still think shes pretty hot
even with her weight
blatantblue on March 14, 2009 at 10:23 PM
So not only is the troll incapable of rational thought but the troll is visually impaired.
Jamson64 on March 14, 2009 at 10:23 PM
You can have those two skinny, negative ones that need to eat something.
I will drink Bud with Meg.
getalife on March 14, 2009 at 10:23 PM
ive usually dated around with the more slender, gentler types
but id totally hit that too
blatantblue on March 14, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Meghan has only been a Republican since last June. She started writing for The Daily Beast in January so I suppose we’re going to have to endure more future columns. Here’s her archive page. So far it looks as if she does Republican/conservative bashing and writes about herself.
I suggest she might find her niche a little quicker if she spent some time emulating the humanitarian work her mom has done rather than trying to dabble at the edge of politics.
INC on March 14, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Pronounce it: zahf-tik, with the accent on the first syllable, a short ‘i’ in the second, and the k is sort of soft, almost like a ‘g’.
progressoverpeace on March 14, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Exactly. It is strange that people here still don’t understand. Anyway, Laura is a very conservative and devout Catholic and wouldn’t be making fun of someone gratuitously without a point, and her point is that Megan is a shallow valley girl “I like have the most totally radical friends ever” that thinks weight is an issue and then presumes to talk politics. She criticizes conservatives to be lauded in the liberal press and wants to be taken seriously.
Also, it is ironic that Megan is the one making this an issue, and then whining that SHE is the victim, but I guess she like totally doesn’t get it.
Gabe on March 14, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I get the feeling “Meg” doesn’t drink Bud nor hang with low- lifes. You are out of luck.
Jamson64 on March 14, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Saturday nite…I aint taking the wife out tonight as we went out last nite….so saturday night rules are:
Anything goes. HA HA HA!!
The Wall on March 14, 2009 at 10:25 PM
They spend too much time locked in the bath room washing their hands and combing their hair with pictures of Janeane Garofalo.
RobertInLexington on March 14, 2009 at 10:25 PM
I agree, but with so many Kos Kiddies around it might be time to employ a little “crude and unkind”. It’s worked for them. Give them a little of their own treatment.
ddrintn on March 14, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Is this a BFD moment?
docdave on March 14, 2009 at 10:26 PM
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