Quote of the day
posted at 9:30 pm on April 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
“There are those who think we can win the White House and Congress back by being ‘more’ conservative. Worse, there are those who think we can win by changing nothing at all about what our party has become. They just want to wait for the other side to be perceived as worse than us. I think we’re seeing a war brewing in the Republican party, but it is not between us and Democrats. It is not between us and liberals. It is between the future and the past. I believe most people are ready to move on to that future…
I am concerned about the environment. I love to wear black. I think government is best when it stays out of people’s lives and business as much as possible. I love punk rock. I believe in a strong national defense. I have a tattoo. I believe government should always be efficient and accountable. I have lots of gay friends. And yes, I am a Republican.”
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Well, that explains a lot.
Kini on April 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM
We need to stop feeding the beast. The more we comment on these ridiculous Meghan McCain posts the more the idiot Allah will put them up. STOP RESPONDING AND LET THIS SHIT DIE!
echosyst on April 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM
When you set yourself up as a commentator on politics, especially if you have a famkous name, you have to roll with the punches. I don’t think either of the Bush daughters would be treated with kid gloves.
ddrintn on April 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Oh, you didn’t know that Fallout Boy is punk rock? /sarc
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:18 PM
Much the same could be said about John McCain. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
She’s simply to young and void of life experience to be leading an already wounded party into any kind of success.
katy on April 18, 2009 at 10:19 PM
GetALife: Self proclaimed independent who constantly agitates and wished for the constant failure of the Republican Party.
Riiiight.
therightwinger on April 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
WTF do Sasha and Malia have to do with this? Leave that crap for the Freepers.
SnarkVader on April 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
This is the problem with 99% of America’s politicians.
They slither around pretending to stand for something when they say nothing at all.
She’s just practicing her slither.
Saltysam on April 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Uh, AP just claimed that so many on the right hate MegMac… It’s a claim that could only come from the DHS…
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
You don’t know my relatives.
From aged 10 upwards I actively engaged in political discussions (and arguments) with my group of precocious friends and worked on political campaigns. I learned to not label people just because I disagreed with their politics.
This gal thinks she’s special because she likes black clothes and punk rock. Are you seriously saying that a 24 year old who has been exposed to politics her entire life shouldn’t be well past that stage?
Y-not on April 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Could you please direct us to YOUR website which gets several million hits a month. Wait… SPC right? Never mind you are magnitudes of order above having to prove your intelligence…
Bradky on April 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM
See, that’s the disconnect. I don’t see “idealism” in her. In fact, the push in the Republican party is away from ideals. Now, if what your saying is that a 20 something is “ideal” in the same way as a Red head is “feisty”, in other words a convenient cultural assumption (almost like a mental colloquialism), then yes I’d agree with you, she’s idealistic. But if I were to push her harder and ask her, what is your ideal behind the tattoo and the punk rock? Why is it that you feel as though those are manifestations of what you see wrong with the GOP? And what sustains your belief that having gay friends is the appropriate response in order to “cast off” the image you dislike? In other words I wouldn’t call her ideal, I’d call her politically practical in her vision of the Republican party, while overlaying her beliefs upon that image. That’s not uncommon, mind you, I do the same. But that’s the point. I refuse to approach her worldview as something “fresh” or “different”, and certainly not “correct” and “ideal”.
Weight of Glory on April 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM
WTF do any of these “sweet girls” have to do with it?
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Yep, if she doesn’t want to get smacked aroud then she shouldn’t have stepped into the ring. Politics are a Bloodsport and if you can’t take a punch you’re bound to be beat about the head and neck.
thomasaur on April 18, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Ghoul aid on April 18, 2009 at 9:49 PM
AP, what does it take to get banned around here?
libelous, check
defamatory, check x 2
abusive, check x 1000
harassing, check
threatening, check
profane, check!
pornographic, okay, maybe not
offensive, check x 1000
false, could be
misleading, check
8 out of 10 terms of use violated in one post!
KS Rex on April 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM
I’m sincerely sorry that your parents never gave you the idea to think of yourself as special and unique. Must have been a lonely journey. And I don’t buy the 10 year old William F Buckley prodigy either. Good that you were engaged, doesn’t mean your arguments were at some higher level than what a ten year old would make.
Bradky on April 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM
I am okay with her not being a social conservative but I would like her to do something to convince me that she is at least a fiscal conservative. And if she really wanted the party to expand then she would discuss ways that the the factions could come together. On a viral email I got this week was a list of things people would like to say, she reminds me of one of them. “I like you, you remind me of me when I was young and stupid”.
Cindy Munford on April 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM
Further, although all of the “women” that I mentioned are quite different in many ways, the point is still the same. We encourage them to be frivolous and bratty (yes, this includes the first kids)… What should we expect of them?
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:23 PM
I can deal with that. We only have to vote as Republicans, we still retain the right to choose the best suited for the job.
This girl can say she is Republican but I look for conservative values first. I really don’t see her heart embracing conservative values – in fact, I dislike black immensely.
ericdijon on April 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Terrific.
Allahpundit on April 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM
..that its becoming downright embrassing to even watch anymore.
MB4 on April 18,2009 at 9:37PM.
MB4: A helpful hint MB,I jest:),think marching!
“EYES RIGHT”!:)
canopfor on April 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Yeah, I agree with you. There’s nothing idealistic about making blanket assumptions about people based on their taste in clothes, music, friends, etc.
She’s throwing a temper tantrum, rebelling against the moneyed, establishment political hangers on that she met through her parents’ circle of friends and supporters. Pretty effin immature for a 24 year old.
Y-not on April 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Many people were idealistic in college after reading Ayn Rand… then they grew up and realized life was a bit more complicated than the solutions Rand offered. The nature of being 20 something means there is a certain amount of experimentation in thought and beleifs as they find their true principles.
Bradky on April 18, 2009 at 10:25 PM
She’s so silly, it’s silly.
Meghan, do you support “Drill here, Drill NOW” or continued support on the billionaire oil sheiks of the Middle East while Brazil drills off it’s coast and reaps hundreds of millions of dollars in profits and complete independence from the Middle East? Remember now baby, you’re concerned.
Marcus on April 18, 2009 at 10:26 PM
Could you say SPC again? It’s kind of cute, like the idiot in the office who keeps telling the same joke even though no one laughs.
Rocks on April 18, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Admit it, it’s true!
Um, but not the idiot part… ;)
FloatingRock on April 18, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Thanks for the psychoanalysis, but you failed to address my point. What is so defensible about a 24 year old with the advantages she has had (in terms of exposure to politics) to make such shallow observations about Republicans? Or do you think that her observations are accurate?
Y-not on April 18, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Well, I’m sold.
JellyToast on April 18, 2009 at 10:28 PM
It’s funny to watch all these commenters talk about these statements as “naive” or “inexperienced”.
These statements are “advised” and “calculated”.
“Sweet”? What a bunch of horse manure.
Saltysam on April 18, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Just what I was thinking. Or kind of like the Seinfeld episode where George wanted to be given a nickname by his coworkers. “I’m T-bone!”
carbon_footprint on April 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM
In other words, Bradky, her view of the direction the Republican party should take is not inherently more “inclusive” because of the assumption that there is a disconnect between punk rock and Pro Life; and Ms. McCain’s ability to “synthesize” that disconnect isn’t “proof” enough for me to join her worldview, nor does it suggest that it would redound to electoral victories. I’m sorry, others might be impressed, but the whole “rage against the machine” just for the sake of it, has always been lost on me, whether it manifests itself on MTV or in the GOP.
Weight of Glory on April 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Agreed.
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM
This has to be one of the most inane speeches I have ever read. She didn’t say anything. I mean give me a break…
And then WTF does this mean!?
She’s a freaking twit. And AP must be going through male menopause if he thinks she’s worth reading about other than to make fun of.
Deanna on April 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Who would the bigger idiot be…the one who puts them up? Or the one who comments, by saying “The more we comment on these ridiculous Meghan McCain posts…”
Sheesh.
JetBoy on April 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM
What, exactly, am I supposed to hate here?
lorien1973 on April 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Yep, he may be beta, passive-aggressive and prone to fads, but he is definitely one smart individual.
carbon_footprint on April 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM
i read her speech and its so vague.
blatantblue on April 18, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Allah, your infatuation with the retarded fat girl has crossed the line into creepy.
single stack on April 18, 2009 at 10:32 PM
i actually wrote a response im gonna mail it in to her i think
blatantblue on April 18, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I don’t get the Meghan McCain hatred.
I’m a fiscal conservative. Everything she mentions in this quote is not. I prefer less government intervention and more personal responsibility. Meghan seems to be taking this position.
If we focused more on the economy rather than social wars (both promulgated by the left and right), I think we’d be better off, and more people would be conservative.
C’est la vie.
lansing quaker on April 18, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Uh oh. First you steal KP and now you are working on Meg.
Poor Allah.
carbon_footprint on April 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Per Allah himself, he has been drinking and eating Mexican food. You know how that messes with you; and I’m sure MM is looking REALLLLL good to him right about now.
deidre on April 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Yep, that’s why her father won the 08 election… oh, wait…
Cr4sh Dummy on April 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Nothing except that she prays for world peace.
Cindy Munford on April 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Did anyone see Larry Sabato on Fox today talking about the trends that led to Obama being elected? Just curious on anyone’s take on the factors he pointed out including, minorities, young vote trending away from social conservatives etc.
msmveritas on April 18, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Everyone who doesn’t believe in athroponegic global warming doom hates the environment and just goes around polluting for the hell out it!
therightwinger on April 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Almost 150 comments in an hour.
Bottom line…young [25] Meghan can say anything she wants. But, if such is ascribed to the Right, or used as an example of the “new” Right, then we have every Right to call her on it.
coldwarrior on April 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Stealin’ thunder.
blatantblue on April 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
If mediocre, yet sweet MegMac posts are going to be posted continuously, in the future, HA should start posting the opinions of the following:
KanYe West
Hillary Duff
Ashton Kutcher
Britney Spears
Beyonce
and more
We could even post Levi and Bristol twitters…
It would rival the gossip of HuffPo…
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:35 PM
When is she going to show a lot of courage and dump on Sarah Palin? (Seeing as how that takes a lot of courage and all.) I guess she’s holding back for the book and tour.
ddrintn on April 18, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Yeah. Pretty much.
lorien1973 on April 18, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Sarah Palin, I’m sure, is “concerned” about the environment, government is best when stays out of people’s lives, believes in a strong national defense, and government should be efficient and accountable.
But this week, for two full days of co-hosting with Joy Behar, I’m sure when Palin is mentioned little Meghan is going to wriggle her little nose like she smells onions burning. She’s a douche.
Marcus on April 18, 2009 at 10:36 PM
“sweet kid who means well” Patronizing? Especially for one like Meghan who is trying so hard to be a grown up.
jeanie on April 18, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Now see, that supports my point. If one were to sit down and read Ayn Rand, then he/she would literally be idealistic, because there are a lot of real ideals in that work. There would be real idealism about the make up of Man. What is Justice. What is Good. But again, I don’t see an overarching “ideal” at work behind her propositions. Nor do I see many loosely joined “ideals” behind her views (disclaimer: I only know of her views from what AP posts for our consumption). Rather, I see slap shot after slap shot of as many seemingly “inconsistent” worldviews as a way to somehow communicate, “look at me. I’m not like those other Republicans”
Weight of Glory on April 18, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Like a lot of young people their life awareness that they construct is like a blackboard the has at the top has a little experience, their parents influence, school experiences and the beginnings life experience.
At the bottom is common sense, hard knocks, understanding versus conception and earned character and confidence through achievement.
In between the word at the top and the bottom of the blackboard are the words…
And then, a miracle happened.
Speakup on April 18, 2009 at 10:37 PM
It means that now we know what AP’s been doing in his spare time…
FloatingRock on April 18, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Dear Ms. McCain,
The two best professors I had in college were lesbians. Unbelievably smart, intelligent music professors and I am honored to have studied under both of them and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to other students. I never once saw them as gay but as self-made, hard-working human beings.
One of the most honorable men in the country is a black man; a man worthy of being looked up to by all men and women, young and old. And I did just that growing up in my house, listening to Rush Limbaugh and reading the Bible. That man is none other than Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
I too believe that government needs to be smaller, more efficient, less bloated and held to a much higher degree of accountability. I also believe government is best when it is only an existential necessary evil and stays the hell out of peoples’ lives for the most part.
And I am an intellectual conservative. I am not a brainless Republican sell-out like you and your father.
Sincerely,
Jockolantern
Jockolantern on April 18, 2009 at 10:38 PM
She may be sweet to some, but terribly naive.
Core values does not mean bringing your sexual orientation to the table as an value to be considered. It doesn’t matter what your sexual preference is. That’s between you and your partner.
Limited Govmint, less taxes, less regulation, that’s your core values. What you do in your bedroom is your own safe word.
Kini on April 18, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I don’t “hate” her, but I found her comments insulting. She seemed to be saying that Republicans cannot handle dealing with people who dress a certain way, listen to certain music, or associate with certain people. It’s such a ridiculous assertion — one that I might expect of a pre-teen, not of an adult woman. If she really thinks that she’s somehow special because she wears black and likes punk rock, it means she really has not taken the time to meet many Republicans. Perhaps she should do so before dispensing advice to us.
Y-not on April 18, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I think if the GOP wants to reach the early 20ish voters, they need to promote more of a libertarian leaning platform. There are some youths that are socially conservative on issues such as abortion, but they are also much more hands off when it comes to personal issues such as the so called “gay rights.”
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Dude! How could you leave out Lindsey Lohan or Miley Cyrus?
carbon_footprint on April 18, 2009 at 10:39 PM
@blatantblue
“Meghan, we are both young. Hell, we’re both good looking. I look forward to your future in politics and what it shall bring to you.”
I lol’d
p0s3r on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
From the article: Simply embracing technology isn’t going to fix our problem either. Republicans using Twitter and Facebook isn’t going to miraculously make people think we’re cool again. Breaking free from obsolete positions and providing real solutions that don’t divide our nation further will.
The real problem is that those obsolete positions are based on principles. Give up principles and Republicans become Democrats.
OneEyedJack on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Honestly, I believe she actually respects Sarah Palin. I get this idea from following her blog during the campaign. If she’s dumped on Palin, I haven’t read it yet.
carbon_footprint on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
And she actually seems to imply that most people in the GOP don’t have gay friends… Hmmm…
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Seriously, Allah every other time you post something from a celebrity it’s to snarc it. MM is known for nothing except her dad’s name. She’s a celebrity, where’s the snarc?
Rocks on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
It’s just not coooooool to be a conservative Republican right now. I imagine it was way uncool in 1977 as well. Things change.
ddrintn on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Yes she seems sweet but she is a kid and she needs to grow up for quite a few years before she thinks she knows about Politics. She has guts though but I wish she would realize what a fool she looks to a lot of People. Yes, she is a RINO Republican. She is very pretty and carries herself on the outside very well. The inside is more important and she is far from having that. A very confused young lady that feels she has to dictate what a Conservative is, when in fact she is far from that label.
sheebe on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
For someone who claims to be a Republican, she sure seems to spend a lot of time telling everyone that Democrats are better.
With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?
JohnJ on April 18, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Define rino
lorien1973 on April 18, 2009 at 10:41 PM
She’s only trying to dispel the myths and stereotypes…and some truths…about the GOP.
Sure, sometimes she goes off the deep end. But for the most part, Meghan is right on.
The GOP is in serious disarray. Again, we ALL need to give a little on some issues if we’re ever going to retake Washington. She’s only trying to help.
The first thing that needs to stop entirely is the “RINO” label.
JetBoy on April 18, 2009 at 10:42 PM
LOL good I was hoping someone would
blatantblue on April 18, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Yeah, shouldn’t have left out Lohan… Miley Cyrus, would be great, but I’m sure the lack of scandal in her life wouldn’t be so great for some. We might actually feel sorry for her…
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Neither libertarianism nor conservatism can win so long as most Americans reject those values.
JohnJ on April 18, 2009 at 10:43 PM
How come it is always the conservatives that need to change and never the liberals? Doesn’t anyone find issue with that?
deidre on April 18, 2009 at 10:44 PM
I agree. Can we just call them liberals?
Rocks on April 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
But, for better or for worse, she’s not attacking Republicans — but attacking the Republican Stereotype that is both promulgated by the media and — unfortunately — widely accepted as Gospel.
The point of us “younger conservatives” is to fight fire with fire. Would I love for the MSM to all go under? Yes. Will they? No. So what do you do?
Toss the social war PR out the window (tattoos, punk rock, and gays, as Meghan defines it, apparently *eyeroll*), and focus on the economic realities that bind us. If you even knew the amount of so called “Democrats” and “Independents” that are fed up with taxes and spending, but just don’t want to throw “choice” and their “gay friends” under the bus. So they pull the Dem lever.
Neutralize the Democrats at their own game. Use the media. Stop fighting the social wars. That’s all I read from Meghan McCain. I’m a tithing, active, Catholic. I’m also gay. I’ll never leave the Catholic church, nor will I ever attempt to be “married” in one. But my Catholic life and my communion with God does not affect my credit, does not affect my interest rates, does not affect my salary, and does not affect the parking tickets that constantly appear on my car here in Chicago.
My Catholic life and my civic life are separate. It’s not about hating “Republicans” or selling out your personal values. It’s about changing the public relations to focus on things that — yes — Americans will overwhelmingly be Conservative about, if only the party plank weren’t tied to these social battles that the parties, in actuality, are almost identical on.
So I can’t fault Meghan. Nor do I take offense at what she says. She’s attacking the media perception of “Republicans” which — like it or lump it — is accepted in toto by a sizeable portion of the population.
lansing quaker on April 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
For all intensive purposes you are correct. DC “republicans” don’t count…
phreshone on April 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
The RINOs I know are the people that are apathetic about the “social” issues, yet would hush up their son being gay…
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Boggles my mind too. Some things aren’t so simple to see.
Trolls need to eat. Trolls ask for food. Commenters feed the trolls. Trolls live a healthy annoying existence. Trolls survive on this axiom: to eat is to incite. I am now more and more amused at how trolls have profiled specific commenters – it is becoming predictable.
For AP’s selections of controversial nature: WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU HAVE HIM DO? Ed sloshes out plenty of Rah-Rah for one perspective – do we need clones? (BTW: do you really think that certain trolls are single individuals?)
Anyway, if the web traffic goes down to a level that the Boss tells AP and Ed the site needs a tip jar then the site loses all credibility. Credibility is the message we all have this site has room for all walks of life that can hack out a message on their keyboard. (Except for TOU vilators.)
ericdijon on April 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
A person who has no principles and are basically a Liberal. Or I could say that RINO’S are big fat creatures with thick skin. what ever sounds the best.
sheebe on April 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Her premise is from a world without want, and she’s lived in that world all her life. Other than the social experiences of being a poor little (take that with a grain of salt) kid, she really has no idea how fly over country people live their lives. That 40 thousand foot view of America may be progressive in her eyes, but it’s hardly the views of the Average American Dick n Jane
Kini on April 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Good question. Apparently there are those who think a one-party system would be just what the doctor ordered (including a big chunk of the so-called conservative “intelligentsia”).
ddrintn on April 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
I agree with you on the youth vote, they are also notoriously unreliable when it comes to actually voting. The minority vote, namely hispanics went with Obama and then became concerned he wouldn’t follow through. I know McCain went ballistic when they came back asking for support on immigration. I personally think Obama is going to string them along promising lots and delivering little to keep the vote in the Dem category. Socially I think they trend more towards conservatives, so clearly the immigration piece is the key there.
msmveritas on April 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
But according to the polls they don’t reject the values, just the candidates that claim to represent them.
Rocks on April 18, 2009 at 10:46 PM
It puts the lotion on it’s skin
Or else it gets the hose again….
Kasper Hauser on April 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
I still think you’re giving her far too much credit, but perhaps I am misinterpreting her intent. To me, her remarks seemed directed at Republicans. In any event, I’m not sure people who are so shallow as to pre-judge people based on their taste in clothes and music are going to suddenly start listening to conservative ideology because they find out John McCain’s daughter has a tattoo.
Y-not on April 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Dear Meg,
You are hot but the gop does not need to change one thing.
Love,
getalife
getalife on April 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Like father like daughter? McAmnesty is the reason I left the Republican party after a 44 year run. Have another donut sweetie!
GFW on April 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
It would be nice if either McCain would outline their philosophy. We know that she’s pro-war, has a tattoo and gay friends. Now the next step is to actually say something useful.
V15J on April 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
If you want to attract the youth vote, don’t use MegMac. She’s a deterrent – just like her father was not attractive to many a conservative. The “independent” youths that I know would never be swayed by MegMac… Ron Paul, maybe (yeah… ewww he’s so old…)
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Behold the face of the real enemy.
conservnut on April 18, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Yep, I caught that Jamie Foxx thing at Newsbusters. It’s okay to slam Miley though; she is a country bumpkin and a Christian. Had a Pat Robertson called on Lohan to stop being a whore and clean up her act, we would heart it 24/7 on the MSM.
carbon_footprint on April 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM
sheebe on April 18, 2009 at 10:40 PM
You are too kind. She’s looking for attention and AP regularly obliges her. Site traffic you know?
jeanie on April 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM
hearthear itcarbon_footprint on April 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
I’m trying to articulate how I feel, and I tried to write a post on it but I’m having difficulty.
I think Meghan is creating this idea that conservatism is so out of touch with America.
That a “new, progressive” Republican is needed to save the day.
Its so hard to say how I feel, but here’s a try.
Meghan says she is for strong defense, and an efficient and accountable government. We stand for these things. But what else makes her a “progressive” Republican? She doesn’t say anything specific.
She likes the environment. So do we! We are all for less pollution and more efficiency. We just don’t want it done at the barrel of a government gun.
But what else makes her a progressive? Is she for border security? anti gun? pro choice? anti voucher?
I mean the fact is, most conservative issues are things people can agree with us on! IDK f*ck it i cant explain it.
she thinks shes so different than we are, but I dont think she is.
blatantblue on April 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
lansing quaker, I would say that the number of those maligned “social conservatives” who vote on only one or two of their pet social issues is small indeed. Meghan McCain and David Frum and others wish to have us think that whenevr the Republicans lose, it is because the party is catering to those socons. That just isn’t the case.
ddrintn on April 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Yeah, didn’t even hear a lot about it on HA… Just the MegMac posts
Upstater85 on April 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
…and never the liberals?
deidre on April 18,2009 at 10:44PM.
deidre:
The Liberal Party is the Party of Snakes! At every election
their the party of some one else till their back in power!
Hope and Change! Their the Party of Shape-Shifters!!:)
canopfor on April 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
She has a tatoo, though.
Saltysam on April 18, 2009 at 10:51 PM
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