Meghan McCain: “I am a progressive Republican”
posted at 3:30 pm on March 24, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Full transcript here. Yeah, granted, she’s the RINO to end all RINOs, but come on: She’s totally charming. How can my atheist heart not soar at back-handed digs like this?
I was raised a Christian, but I was raised open-minded Christian — one to accept people, love people, not pass judgment.
You keep talking like that, missy, and you’re going to elbow KP aside as my designated left-wing crush. Skip ahead to 1:50 for her take on Rush’s “I want him to fail” comment or to 4:30 for her position on abortion and gay marriage. Am I mistaken or does she blank on what King means when he asks her about “choice”? Exit admonition: I told the Twitterites a little while ago that I have utmost confidence in HA’s readers taking the high road and not resorting to fat jokes in the comments. Don’t let me down!
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…and doesn’t understand why Adam Lambert is rejecting her romantic advances.
ScottMcC on March 24, 2009 at 6:20 PM
“Progressive Republican”…isn’t that sort of like “promiscuous virgin”?
ddrintn on March 24, 2009 at 6:20 PM
I’m still completely lost as to why she keeps appearing on national television. What purpose does she have?!
xander569 on March 24, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Good ol’ Barkolounger has vanished again, like a roach when ya flip on the light. What a puss.
OhioCoastie on March 24, 2009 at 6:24 PM
To try to make conservative Republicans look “fringe”.
ddrintn on March 24, 2009 at 6:24 PM
She’s a F A T idiot.
There are no progressive republicans. There are left leaning independents, socialist liberals, conservatives, republicans, and liars…I mean RINOs.
Tell fatass to take her dad and go give sock puppet a big wet kiss on his brown eye. I’m losing trust for republican fatasses like Megan. I think her and a bunch of her RINO buddies helped get sock puppet elected JUST to get the Republicans to move left enough to make RINOs look better instead of the wormy jackasses they are.
Spiritk9 on March 24, 2009 at 6:29 PM
She is not a con.
getalife on March 24, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Sounds vaguely judgemental.
littleguy on March 24, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Forget waterboarding, we should add audio tapes of MegMac to our army field manual’s list of approved ‘enhanced interrogation’ tactics for enemy combatants.
Those terrorists would be, like, so totally singing like, you know, canaries.
pain train on March 24, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Why must the media make my generation look even stupider than they themselves do?
I mean I’m hardly a rocket scientist in general but I am an honestly conservative young person, which is more than one can say about this girl.
Calling her a tool is giving her too much credit. She is a utensil. She needs to find some self respect.
Grayson on March 24, 2009 at 6:56 PM
When was the last time the daughter of the election loser was so vitally important in the eyes of the media that they needed to give them 24/7 coverage?
Hell, the only Republicans kids they acknowledge are the liberal ones or the ones who get in trouble.
Sit down and let the grownups talk Sweetie.
hawkdriver on March 24, 2009 at 6:59 PM
She gives Allahpundit something to write about everyday.
anniekc on March 24, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Hey Meghan, you’re not invited to the party.
- The Cat
MirCat on March 24, 2009 at 7:08 PM
My prediction…Ms McCain will remain progressive and all hope and changey (Cause that’s what all the trust fund kids are doing these days) right up to the point that the Obama administration decides nationalise her mothers beer distributorship and confiscates her trust fund.
This just shows that being wealthy really does enable the truly stupid to say the most idiotic things. I am rely beginning to believe that Megan McCain is just another celebutard with a big mouth. Perhaps she should take a page out of her Father and brothers books and sign up for the Navy or Marines. At least then she might actually learn something about values, principles, common sense, and self sacrifice, instead of going on TV and calling herself a “Progressive Republican” when she obviously has no idea what she is talking about.
Dreadnought223 on March 24, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Okay, I’m going to go out on a limb here and state the obvious- who gives a crap what Meghan McCain thinks?! Seriously. What the hell is a progressive republican anyway? Oh right- her father!
alwaysright43 on March 24, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Oh, please, please just go away!
Nobody gives a shizzit anymore.
sandlin71 on March 24, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Shut Up!
STFU!
Branch Rickey on March 24, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Meghan is cow
Onager on March 24, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Just what we need, another “republican” pretending to be conservative, or like, whateverrrrr.
Wyznowski on March 24, 2009 at 7:31 PM
I may exercise restraint on any fat jokes, but it’s open season on that stupid hat. Who does she think she is, Carrie Broadside?
Kid from Brooklyn on March 24, 2009 at 7:32 PM
The media is trying to establish Ms. McCain’s credibility so when her inevitable endorsement of Obama comes in 2012 it’ll have some resonance. Of course she isn’t particularly bright, experienced or creative so good luck with that.
Sorax on March 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Progressive Republican? Come on. Doesn’t that make you snicker just a little?
tom on March 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Sure…if by “snicker”, you mean “vomit a little in my mouth”.
Kid from Brooklyn on March 24, 2009 at 7:36 PM
WTF…just like daddy I guess
brtex on March 24, 2009 at 7:46 PM
You’re a spoiled rich girl, and you’ve gone too far
You should know what you say don’t matter anyway
You can rely on the old man’s fame
You can rely on the old mom’s money
Your just a witch girl and you won’t end up getting that far
‘Cause you should know what you say don’t matter anyway
Say money but it will only get you so far,
Get you so far
And don’t you know, don’t you know
That it’s wrong to use that way what is given you
So far gone, you’d be on your own
You can’t get by on your own ’cause you’re not strong
And you’ll never be strong
‘Cause
You’re a spoiled rich girl, but you still won’t get that far
‘Cause you should know what you say don’t matter anyway
You can rely on the old man’s fame
You can rely on the old mom’s money
Your just a witch girl and you won’t get that far
‘Cause you should know what you say don’t matter anyway
Say money but it will only get you so far,
Get you so far
High and dry, out of the rain
It’s so easy to hurt others when you can’t feel pain
And don’t you know that it’s only your ass that will grow
‘Cause there’s nothing you give, so just some more go eat
For the hell of it all
MB4 on March 24, 2009 at 7:47 PM
and her 15 minutes of fame still haven’t run out?
Great Sage on March 24, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Any time the MSM starts putting a supposed “Republican” up front, you need to really be worried. How can you identify yourself as a Republican and say you voted for John Kerry?
TXMomof3 on March 24, 2009 at 7:50 PM
can she progressively disappear?
MestizoMaverick on March 24, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Or, in his case, get a video camera and charge admission.
/rimshot
TheUnrepentantGeek on March 24, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Can somebody give her a box of Donettes and shut her UP?!
Her and her father need to figure out that they are like luke warm water and we spit them out!
americaslaststand on March 24, 2009 at 8:16 PM
When a progeny doesn’t have any guiding principles, they just “progress” from one inane MSM show to the next removing all doubt as to their seriousness…
Gohawgs on March 24, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Ms. McCain is a lovely young lady, yet she is a political dolt, much like her father. She can take her progressiveness and Republican registration and march them on over to the leftist party where she truly belongs.
Jockolantern on March 24, 2009 at 8:35 PM
If only she was not so stupid, and a RINO…
BTW, you have to look really hard to see the teleprompter. They are large monitors near the back of the room, instead of glass reflectors on stands near the podium.
I guess the TOTUS discussions are making the camera crews try to stage the cameras so the teleprompters are missing from most angles in the Waste-Of-Primetime TOTUS news conference.
Right_of_Attila on March 24, 2009 at 8:37 PM
You better tie a board to your ass so you don’t get sucked in.
csdeven on March 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM
and a FAT progressive RINO at that.
mathewsjw on March 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM
You know what they say, don’t you? Don’t be so open-minded that your brain falls out. Too late for Ms. McCain I guess.
Hey Meghan, there’s already a party for progressives like you. It’s called the democrat party. You should look into it.
xblade on March 24, 2009 at 9:20 PM
I have to admit that she looks very attractive in the headline picture.
Then the picture starts moving, and it all falls apart for her.
How does it feel, Meghan, to be a tool of the left to discredit those you claim to support? And do you know that you know you have no value to them but as such a tool?
Of course, it’s TERRIBLY flattering to have all these TV people clamoring for you to appear. Perhaps enough to ignore their motives, if all you’re really thinking about is yourself.
Merovign on March 24, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Get use to it, folks:
Mr. Meghan McCain
Mr. and Mrs. Allahpundit and Meghan McCain
Mr. Allahpundit McCain
He’s written out each one a 100x in his trapper keeper to see what they look like.
Blake on March 24, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Um, why is there a dead crow stuck to the side of her head?
varnson on March 24, 2009 at 10:06 PM
I like her more and more, purely out of style
Baphomet on March 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Ha! She’s wearing a bitch tag! lol
Elektra on March 24, 2009 at 11:01 PM
Meghan better figure out another dialogue that isn’t congratulationg herself on her views (whatever they are), kissing up to Obama or whining about Republicans over 30. .
This twit should burn out soon because there are only so many Larry King softballs you can get thrown and still be an interesting guest on TV shows or write interesting columns.
The Jihndahl’s wife thing reminds me of a sorority girl trying to build a clique by telling everyone else who is cool and who is not…Bleech!
Conan on March 24, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Yeah she’s a Progressive Republican, so were the last two Republican Presidents. If she dryhumped a cross you could call her a “compassionate conservative”.
LevStrauss on March 24, 2009 at 11:57 PM
“Progressive Republican?”…
.
What does that even mean? Progressive is a hip term for socialist. She’s a socialist republican? And see gets friendly coverage than Palin ever got. WTF is going on here.
JeffVader on March 25, 2009 at 4:17 AM
Progressive Republican? Open-minded Christian?
Talk about wiggle room.
Is she also a semi-carnivorous vegetarian?
Trying to be all things to all people makes you nothing to yourself. Clearly learned little from her daddy’s last campaign. Oh, that’s right. It was Sarah’s fault.
SKYFOX on March 25, 2009 at 5:24 AM
MB4 on March 24, 2009 at 7:47 PM
+100
AH_C on March 25, 2009 at 7:07 AM
FIFY
bluelightbrigade on March 25, 2009 at 8:07 AM
I can’t really comment on her politics because her ass is so incredibly fat and cottage cheese like.
Her fat ass just gets in the way of her brillant/orginal insights on current events.
I forgot to mention that I think her ass is rather shall we say large and unshapely much like a old bean bag chair.
If this media star thing doesn’t work out for her she can always work at a strip club for for fat ass girls.
kangjie on March 25, 2009 at 9:40 AM
One thing to be open minded, another to allow the money changers full access to the Temple.
unclesmrgol on March 25, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Meghan McCain talks tough?
“All right, we’ll do it the compassionate way or, like, the whiffle bat comes out. I mean it.”
unclesmrgol on March 25, 2009 at 10:24 AM
OK I believe you, now prove it
Start with Hitler and work your way up to Coulter
entagor on March 25, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Kathleen Parker wrote about Meghain McCain and loves her. Can we quit calling her a Republican now?
Hitler killed millions of Jews, which means they probably printed his manifestos in Barack Obama’s church bulletins. While Coulter, a best-selling author, said Jews would be smarter if they voted Republican.
chunderroad on March 25, 2009 at 10:35 AM
shes fat
Donut on March 25, 2009 at 10:37 AM
This fat cow’s 15 minutes of fame are long over. Someone get the dairy truck, tie her fat arse to it and trot her out to pasture.
Really in what alternative reality does she think any republican gives a shit what she thinks?
I am sure she sees herself as the new Arriana Hefferton but really please stop featuring this moron.
BillaryMcBush on March 25, 2009 at 10:46 AM
I can only say that if Meghan McCain were espousing Conservative values that the media would be depicting her as a dimwit due to her “valley girl” accent.
Oh, and Meghan, anyone knows that being “open minded” also means that you don’t hold core values.
The reason that she is getting ANY airtime right now is basically because she is willing to support President Obama ala “We have to support our President”; but as anyone knows, you don’t have to support the President if he is doing something wrong, do we? Or were the last 8 years of the Democrats bashing Bush for wanting to win in Iraq (and we now we have) basically another instance of “Do as I say, not as I do” mentality?
I checked out Laura Ingraham’s response to the furor about the so-called “Plus size” joke she told on her radio show, and you can as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kItL5v1ahlA
And it was more or less half joke and half saying that Hollywood would exclude Meghan McCain for not being a stick-thin model type. But obviously, the Demonizing machine of the the media will try to destroy Ingraham for pointing out the obvious. Again, were M. McCain a conservative, we would probably have one of the stars of SNL poking fun of her while dressed in a fat suit sucking down gravy from a ladle to the amusement of Keith Olbermann.
Personally, I think that Meghan McCain is an attractive woman, but she seems to be a Republican only because it gets her on TV, not because she believes in anything in particular, or would not be willing to discuss departing from any of her beliefs should they strike her as not “groovy enough” to impress her friends on Twitter.
darkmetal on March 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM
I was thinking the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. I respect and admire John McCain, but he’s not exactly conservative on most issues that count. His daughter is just putting in words what her dad could not.
4shoes on March 25, 2009 at 11:33 AM
By TV standards she might seem fat to some, but in reality she’s just right. And if you don’t know what a Progressive Republican is, take another look at Mount Rushmore sometime.
And stop being afraid of her.
BaconCakeBaker on March 25, 2009 at 12:06 PM
How do George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt have anything to do with Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and John McCain?
George Washington fought the war for American independence and defined executive power. Thomas Jefferson advocated for government by the people. Abraham Lincoln championed equality and the permanent union of the states. Teddy Roosevelt brought the US into the 20th c. as a global power.
Anyone advocating for expanded Congressional authority? Punitive cap and trade energy taxes? Higher taxation and centralized government? Isolationist foreign policy? Trade wars? Open borders? It looks like you’re another idiot like Fatty McCain here. Her father had a fat mouth, and she has taken his act on the road.
The Republican party needs someone to speak passionately about what it stands for. It needs leaders who demonstrate this and show how it works.
chunderroad on March 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Maybe if somebody rings the dinner bell, Meghan McCain will trot back to the McMansion.
chunderroad on March 25, 2009 at 12:21 PM
She’s a big Government, high taxes, big spending, no morals “Republican”.
Any guesses whether she’s anti-war, pro-environment and CO2 caps, pro-union as well? Does she even hold one traditional conservative position? Just one would be a shock at this point.
Defining down stupid, way down.
gekkobear on March 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM
And that is exactly what we’re afraid of. The last thing we need is more ditzy progressives, male or female.
Lawrence on March 25, 2009 at 12:37 PM
agree w/what others have said as far as her being a media whore. i (like many of you i imagine) gave her dad my hard earned $$$ during his campaign and now with her new found love for the view and larry king, i feel like she’s spitting in my face. next time i get a friends of john email or whatev other pac mccain decides to start, i’m just hitting delete. i’m not funding meghan mccain’s douchebag media tour.
anna on March 25, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Meghan McCain: “I am Carter Conservative”
Ps.Who is Laura Ingraham, Alex?
No, Like, I’m Serious, M’k!?
Who Is she? I’ve like, never heard of her?
OMG! Russell Brand is freaking hilarious though! TOTALLY RAD!
Teddy on March 25, 2009 at 1:05 PM
In my neck of the woods, that’s called “gallina”.
ProudPalinFan on March 25, 2009 at 1:07 PM
hahahaa nice one
alexraye on March 25, 2009 at 1:32 PM
I’m 24. Meghan McCain, you do NOT represent my generation.
Don’t flatter yourself.
Ingenue on March 25, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Ugh! There is nothing endearing about Meghan McCain. The Republican Party does not need this dumb RINO speaking for it. It ever there was a chip off the old block, she’s it. Run along twinkle toes.
You are either a practicing Catholic or you are not. Even Christ permits judging. As follows:
Matthew 7
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
The passage is not teaching “NOT to judge” just “HOW to judge”.
If Ms. McCain wants to invite a pedophile to babysit “her” future children, so be it.
sinsing on March 25, 2009 at 1:38 PM
A progressive Republican is a Socialist sabotaging the party for what’s Left. To the extent that Bush was a progressive, he harmed us.
Preempt Meghan to return to her party of origin, the Democrat Party. She’s just a blood sucking parasite.
Her dad still falls short as a GOP voting with the uniparty of “bi-partisans” as often as not. His political survival at this point rests in defining his final days in the Senate as either a true patriot in Congress or a Socialist saboteur.
I’m with Mark Levin, that the GOP belongs to conservatives who established it, stand on the Republican Party Platform, low taxes and localized government, and keep it alive.
Although I am a social conservative by life style, I am also a fiscal conservative FIRST when not given a choice. When the GOP swept into the Majority with Bush, they wasted their political capital over-reaching the Constitutional bounds of government trying UNSUCCESSFULLY (even with the super majority) to pass social conservative agenda as legislation. THEY DUCKED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO BE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE. This next go belongs to the fiscal conservatives, concerting all political energies to secure our economic survival based upon the Constitution as point of reference, not subsequent matters of misinterpretation for precedence. Allocate tax dollars strictly upon conservative basis to stabilize our nation, prevent further erosion, AND RETRACT SOCIALIST LEGISLATION FROM THE BOOKS.
maverick muse on March 25, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Hey Meghan, the big tent is not big enough for you….. GET OUT!
Maxx on March 25, 2009 at 2:08 PM
“Twist not Scripture lest ye be the Devil.” If she spent more time reading her Bible rather than telling others what she thinks Christianity is about, then she’d understand the errors of her theology.
Send_Me on March 25, 2009 at 3:02 PM
hate the sin, love the sinner.
Speaking out against what is wrong isn’t passing judgement on the person doing the wrong thing.
We are all sinners who fall short of the glory, so many people forget that.
Pcoop on March 25, 2009 at 3:21 PM
I tend to be Libertarian in this. You do whatever you want with your life. The only people you have to answer to really is yourself and God.
Just don’t step on my toes in the process or else we really have problems.
Pcoop on March 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM
No, you are annoying.
Since by your own admission you registered as a Republican as a gift to your father, do us all a favor and go register as the Democrat you know you really are.
All you are doing is trying to further muddy the waters of the conservative movement when it is trying to pull itself together.
PS. Your 15 minutes was up 4 months ago.
RobertInLexington on March 25, 2009 at 3:50 PM
chunderroad on March 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM
I gave you a clue, a really easy one, and you totally blew it. So who’s the idiot?
BaconCakeBaker on March 25, 2009 at 4:44 PM
“I am a progressive Republican……..who will never win an election when I run against a Liberal Democrat, since I’ll only half-heartedly do the sort of things the Democrat will do with enthusiasm and ‘elan.”
There Meghan, fixed it for you.
manofaiki on March 25, 2009 at 4:50 PM
People shouldn’t forget though that:
“The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong. You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the Lord abhors.” Psalm 5:5-6
Yep. “Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else, for each one should carry his own load.” Galatians 6:1-5
Send_Me on March 25, 2009 at 4:55 PM
Not even MSNC could cover up the fact she is a dimwit’
I can’t wait to read her book ‘Ass fat and the Republican party’
I’m sure her fat ass will be all over the airwaves, please get this girls fat ass off hot air.
Fat ass girls please back up off me.
kangjie on March 25, 2009 at 7:14 PM
“I’m a Barbie girl in a Barbie world ….”
bw222 on March 25, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Meghan would be a far better spokesperson for Haagen Daz than the GOP.
bw222 on March 25, 2009 at 8:31 PM
as you have the hots for this joke. please do tell me what makes Meg a Republican?
Jamson64 on March 25, 2009 at 9:04 PM
You are. She stated Teddy Roosevelt.
Teddy ran on as Bull Moose, while Chubs McCain is the size of a bull moose.
Blake on March 25, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Meghan McCain, like her Daddy is irrelevant.
Not Conservative and part of the problem here.
RINO!
old trooper2 on March 25, 2009 at 11:09 PM
We don’t need someone who says they are progressive. We need conservatives. None of the Mccains are conservatives however I voted for John since I knew we would be where we are with Obama.
Meghan, if you read blogs like this, just hush up and let the folks who know what they are talking about and who are real conservatives run things.
tx2654 on March 26, 2009 at 1:23 AM
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