Quote of the day
posted at 9:50 pm on April 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
“‘All I am trying to be is a young, cool Republican woman for other Republican women,’ McCain said in an interview with POLITICO…
McCain is mum about Palin now; a Daily Beast spokesman went so far as to warn POLITICO — repeatedly — against asking McCain about the Alaska governor.
Asked about her reluctance to talk about her father’s former running mate, McCain said: ‘I feel at this point, I don’t feel censored at all. Not discussing Palin is a personal preference.’…
McCain linked up with the Daily Beast through Nicole Wallace, a Republican strategist who served as adviser to McCain’s presidential campaign.”
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I asked Congressman Hall why he thought McCain was such a wimp about not blasting Obama for Rev Wright, Ayers, etc., and he said McCain didn’t think he needed to- HE thought he was going to win easily; That the American people would never elect such an untested radical leftist! It looks like his daughter lives in the same fantasy world.
anniekc on April 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM
That’s because you look like an idiot compared to Gov. Palin.
Troy Rasmussen on April 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM
If you have to tell people you are cool, you aren’t cool.
Disturb the Universe on April 12, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Besides, don’t “large” people sweat alot?
Wyznowski on April 12, 2009 at 11:41 AM
The fact that she interned at SNL just about explains all. She wants to be a socialite but can’t be because of her father.
If she goes full-blown party girl, it will embarrass her parents, so she’s trying a middle-road approach – like him.
She’s doing the same thing as Frum and Brooks; attempting to commandeer the GOP because of a perceived opening. She won’t talk to the right because she knows – from watching her father – that if she can get the MSM to bestow an “expert” title below her name during TV appearances, she becomes a one-woman lobbying force. She’ll represent the Young Republicans, whether they want her to or not.
budfox on April 12, 2009 at 11:48 AM
How about running a HA poll on whether or not HA should run anymore L’il McCain or Kathleen Parker items?
thegreatbeast on April 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM
You now, the fat jokes are pretty ridiculous. Why does she have to be skinny?
This is sexism, folks.
AnninCA on April 12, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Thank you! These attacks on her appearance are juvenile.
vermillionsky on April 12, 2009 at 1:03 PM
Ms McCain is currently promoting herself as a spokesperson for Republicans at the same time Sarah is retreating from the spotlight, concentrating on running her state.
At this rate, with help from blogs like HA and others she will be nearly as prominent as SP by 2012 primaries. If her book is widely promoted and she continues her public push her opinions will be considered.
In that respect she shares the stage with Sarah, deserved or not.
FireBlogger on April 12, 2009 at 1:25 PM
I have written this before and will do so agin because if Republicans are going to regain Congress and the White House, they have to be smart and not engage in the blame game as if that solves anything.
Republicans have been put in the political wilderness, and it is important to use this period to reinvigorate the GOP. Playing the blame game particularly now does not help because in 2008, the polls indicated that John McCain clearly had the best chance of any Republican to win, indeed may have been the one Republican who had a chance, but there were “headwinds” that precluded any Republican from being elected President — (i)a financial meltdown that created economic anxieties that have historically favored the Democrats and did in 2008; (ii) the Bush Administration’s financial bailout that muddied the waters of what was a Reaganesque economic message delivered by McCain and Palin on the campaign trail; (iii) the unpopularity of Bush, which is unfair but which is the result of unceasing attack by the Left and Bush not using the bully pulpit to defend his Administration; (iv) money and more money, some of it illegal, that Obama had and used for what was false campaign advertising (how do you overcome a 7 to 1 money advantage that Obama had?); and (v) media bias that was absurdly in the tank for Obama and that operated effectively day-in, day-out as a propaganda machine for Democrats.
The “tailwinds” that should work for us of strong military and national security, strong values and strong economy based on freedom and opportunity did not blow for us in 2008 because of the unusual economic situation that arose. Before the financial meltdown, McCain was ahead in the polls; after the meltdown, the economic anxieties, the money and the media bias trumped all, including McCain trouncing Obama in the Saddleback Forum and outpointing Obama on the merits in the debates moderated by mainstream media hacks.
The media bias is not going away. The money advantage that Obama had is probably not going away. The unpopularity of Bush will fade, but the media will try to cover for Obama and the Democrats. So it is important, if we are to be successful, not to engage in internecine intra-party fights, but to identify what we stand for and stand on it from day one against Obama and the Democrats.
I believe that the Republican future is a conservative message; that is why in an earlier post in this thread, I referenced Ronald Reagan’s 1964 speech that is as relevant today as ever. But I also belive that McCain bashing is very misguided. McCain still knows foreign policy, military matters and national security better than anyone else in Washington D.C..
Phil Byler on April 12, 2009 at 1:32 PM
In that respect she shares the stage with Sarah, deserved or not.
FireBlogger
Shares the stage?
I guess I know what you mean in that baby McCain is getting face time, but even a cursory comparison of Governor Palin’s accomplishments to baby McCain’s shows no comparison at all. The baby doesn’t deserve a spot on the same stage with the accomplished adult woman.
SKYFOX on April 12, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Allah -
Since it is starting to appear that you’re not likely to get the better-paying gigs at the Daily Kos or Huffington Post you’ve been trying for, I sincerely hope that you realize your fantasy of landing Meghan McCain. Then you can become a big contributor to the DNC when she changes party affiliations.
bw222 on April 12, 2009 at 2:14 PM
What are Meghan McCain’s qualifications? She toured the country as part of the campaign with her parents.
That puts her in the same boat as eight-year old Piper Palin (except Piper is far more capable of carrying on a meaningful conversation with adults).
bw222 on April 12, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Most of us don’t really give a rat’s butt about her weight; it gets brought up because she’s made a point of being defensive about it and revealing it as an Achille’s Heel.
It’s just any easy way of expressing hostility toward her in a way that actually seems to penetrate that thick head of hers. It’s better than nothing.
No, it would be the same if she were a guy saying the stupid things she does.
Kensington on April 12, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Listen, sweety, real adults don’t need to be “cool”. Ergo, we don’t need you to be cool.
We need you to grow up or shut up.
Mommynator on April 12, 2009 at 2:47 PM
She is going to be big I tell ya
Jamson64 on April 12, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Huge! Bigger than life!
And, of course, phat!
Kensington on April 12, 2009 at 3:09 PM
You know, maxi pads have more than one use…stuff one in this ignorant fatty’s piehole…the one thats on tv all the time lately.
BillaryMcBush on April 12, 2009 at 3:15 PM
The only qualification Megan “Twikie” McCain has to be a young conservative is that her parents didn’t have an abortion….yes i said it.
BillaryMcBush on April 12, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Well gosh, Jetboy, since you put it like that. I bad mouthed McCain every chance I got, and I happily say that I didn’t vote for him. And look, he lost! I guess that means I have more power than Meghan McCain! Maybe I should be flitting around the media shooting off my mouth, purporting to represent the GOP. It wasn’t lack of conservative support that sunk that worthless old hack. He had too many liabilities as a candidate. You blew the nomination on a bum that never had a chance. Stop trying to place blame, and own it.
austinnelly on April 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM
I did not nominate MCCain and he would have been better than Obama though definitely not by much. In the same situation unless convinced otherwise I would have to vote for him again.
Again how is the M and M girl Meg McCain a Republican??
Jamson64 on April 12, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Poster Girl for what all IS WRONG WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Palin is all about what is RIGHT with the Republican Party, and RINO’s don’t wanna talk about it.
JayTee on April 12, 2009 at 6:01 PM
RINO-Republican in name only, well, Republican is just a name to begin with. I want a true conservative GOP, but at the end of the day, we need all republicans on board. This drama is not worth the damage it can have on national unity, which really should be the goal.
mike_NC9 on April 12, 2009 at 6:56 PM
You just don’t get it. Thanks for Obama. Hope you, and the rest on your side on this point, are enjoying him as much as I am *sigh*
In any event, Happy Easter to you. Now that Lent is over, I can come back full and defend my points. Don’t forget, I AM on your political side. And we’re ALL going to have to do, as I’ve said previously, a little give and take, and gain some cohesion as a party.
Or we’ll be sitting off to the side for a long time while the liberal Left continue to destroy this nation from the inside out.
I don’t want to let that happen.
JetBoy on April 12, 2009 at 8:34 PM
She’s the one trumpeting how she’s a “young, cool Republican woman”, i.e. “aren’t I hot?”
At that point she’s fair game.
Very true.
Way too much time is spent on this vacuous person who no one would care about if her last name wasn’t “McCain”.
Dreadnought on April 12, 2009 at 8:40 PM
OMG!!! HIDE THE TWINKIES!!!! THE HIPPO, I MEAN RINO IS COMING!!!
BillaryMcBush on April 12, 2009 at 10:12 PM
I don’t think Ms McCain is conservative, Republican or Christian……but I also don’t think she is fat….
CCRWM on April 12, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Well said. We are of like mind. I was about to say there are not enough of us around but then I realize the majority of the people on this site don’t get into the blame game, the focus on the issues and have a good time.
Ms McCain though really is doing us no good by bashing her own people. She is being used and doesn’t get it. tsk tsk.
Daemonocracy on April 13, 2009 at 5:40 AM
The Good Ship Democrat Lite II is getting ready to launch for a 2012 run.
By the same people who brought you the Good Ship Democrat Lite I in 2008, with John McCain at the helm.
Maybe this is a radical idea, but – how about we run an actual conservative next time?
The ‘Go for the center by running a moderate’ schtick didn’t work.
Or did McCain just really suck at trying it?
manofaiki on April 13, 2009 at 7:26 AM
if we are to be successful, not to engage in internecine intra-party fights, but to identify what we stand for and stand on it from day one against Obama and the Democrats.
I couldn’t agree more. The Republicans should take this time to reformulate their agenda, refashion their tactics. However, the internecine intra-party wars cannot be avoid if we are going to make any changes.
Chekote on April 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Can we please stop accusing Megan of being “used”? This is utter nonsense. She is saying what she thinks. If the GOP is the party of freedom than she should be allowed to say whatever she wants without Laura Ingraham – who made a total fool of herself – attacking her weight.
Chekote on April 13, 2009 at 10:54 AM
“All I’m trying to do is turn the Republican Party into another Democratic Party”.
Go away, Meighan. I’m sure there’s a gay liberal Democratic politician out there whose campaign needs your help.
quikstrike98 on April 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Word. I think Meghan’s a hottie, quite honestly. And so what? I’m currently seeing a woman who’s a liberal Democrat–but at least she knows which party she belongs in, and isn’t running around trying to make the Republican party fit her ideology…
quikstrike98 on April 13, 2009 at 12:03 PM
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