OK, Meghan McCain is absolutely charming!

[riverdeep]

Here she is on the Colbert Report last night (select third box):

http://www.colbertnation.com/home



And here's a snippet of her column on the Daily Beast:

On the surface, Karl Rove’s Twitter feed intrigues me. Here’s a guy who for years has been perceived as some kind of inaccessible man-behind-the-curtain figure. And now he Tweets numerous times a day. I’ve never met him in person, which only makes our Twitter relationship even weirder. And to be honest, I find Rove’s Tweets boring.

("Karl Rove, Twitter Creep")
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-20/karl-rove-twitter-creep/

[tridim]

1. She's a kinder, gentler Repuke.

Just like Poppy, except she has sex appeal.

[Bankhead_ATL]

2. yeah she has nice...... ...well you know :)

[Ian David]

21. Huge tracts of land. n/t

[riverdeep]

She's basically a social liberal, and a fiscal conservative.

Like it or not, a lot of the country is like that. McCain Sr. was once somewhat more moderate on social issues too, but he sold his soul in his run for Pres.

[rvablue]

10. Guess I'm behind the times. I didn't know anti-choicers fell into the "social liberal" category?

:shrug:

[riverdeep]

19. Yeah, tragically, there is that.

She hasn't moved all the way, and maybe she never will. But pro gay marriage isn't something that would ever come out the mouth of today's Republicans, nor would being for comprehensive sex education. Also, she's 24. Dennis Kucinich was ALSO pro-life until just a few years ago.

[rvablue]

24. Interesting factoid on Kucinich. Didn't know that. n/t

[riverdeep]

28. Even many of his fans still don't.

It just doesn't fit in with his 'most liberal guy on the hill' persona. Almost everyone has some mixture of tendencies.

[Truth2Tell]

27. Seven years ago to be specific. nt

[NeedleCast]

11. She's really nothing like her dad

[PM Martin]

31. At least her father had to suffer and work for the things he has.

[Warpy]

3. Talk about missing the POINT!

"To be honest, I find Rove’s Tweets boring. Sometimes he takes questions; other times he talks about his appearances on cable news and other shows. But he doesn’t say anything substantive."

If the poor thing is looking for substance in 140 characters or less, she's worse off than we thought.

Twitter, at its best, is people writing about news events they're witnessing. At its worst, it's a bunch of banal everyday crap interspersed with porn spam.

[riverdeep]

5. The rest of the paragraph is basically her saying he's insincere.

She even jokingly says he has a guest twitterer. Meaning, it's some sort of PR for him is her point, I gather.

[Dogmudgeon]

14. It's the Challenge of Restricted Bandwidth!

But there IS an advantage, under those conditions, to having a restricted mind.

For a writer, it's a challenge to one's craft, like when artists use only one color.

Me? No, I don't even have an account. What a waste of time; DU is bad enough! But, yeah, that Meghan McCain, yowza!

--d!

[TheMachineWins]

4. She's the same old repuke act, "I hate everything GOP but vote GOP anyway"

If she disagrees with everything GOP then why the hell is she a GOPuke?

[riverdeep]

6. All the moderates have no voice in the mainstream GOP anymore.

It's nothing but a vicious political game. I think she's trying to lay the groundwork for bringing back moderates. That can't be a bad thing. I don't mind honest disagreement, but that's not what we have anymore. It's all about political maneuvering and power grabs.

[NeedleCast]

16. I don't know that she disagrees with everything GOP

but socially, she seems moderate to leftish.

For a lot of people, its hard to break away from the groups they've sided with in the past, and the groups that have a lot of influence over them, like their parents.

I've used this example a number of times, and I know it's anectodal, but my most recent ex-girlfriend was from a very conservative family. Despite expressing mostly Democratic points of view, she called herself and often voted Republican. We talked about this a few times, and now that she's move away from being under the direct influence of her folks, she's admitted that she is more of a moderate and votes like it.

[Fleshdancer]

7. has she ever explained why she's a republican?

I don't follow her closely so maybe she spells it out on a regular basis, but what attracts her to the GOP? From where I'm sitting, the only connection I see is that her father is a republican. :shrug:

[rvablue]

12. She's an anti-choicer, for one. n/t

[OneGrassRoot]

39. I don't think she is, but I also don't think SHE knows it yet...lol

When she was on "The View," they were discussing the morning-after pill. Of course, she identified herself as pro-life (*newsflash right-wingers*: EVERYONE is pro-life; you're either pro-choice or anti-choice).

However, within 30 seconds she ended up telling the story of accompanying her friend to a clinic where she was administered the morning-after pill, and she completely supported her friend's choice and felt it was the best choice. She said it should be the WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

I've found so many right-wingers don't understand the meaning of words; they tend to blindly follow without considering what those labels even mean.

[Orsino]

37. Mommy's money.

The daughter's political orientation was determined at birth, and requires no additional explanation.

[Phentex]

41. before the election she said she had been a democrat

but became a republican as a Father's Day gift when she found out her dad was running for president.

[Phentex]

43. CORRECTION: Independent to Republican

on her blog in 2008 and the newshounds ate it up.

[NeedleCast]

8. I like what she said on Clobert last night

I really think Megan is a Democrat, although probably a moderate, and is just too used to calling herself a Republican, and being around Republicans. My most recent ex-girlfriend was like that.

[Missy Vixen]

18. Megan McCain has said several times now

she "loves" the Republican Party. Do not kid yourself: She's Republican. First, last and always. She's also trying to soften the brand for younger people who will not do the research. ("She was on Colbert, she must be cool.")

[NeedleCast]

25. I've seen what she said

First, I'll say that she's 24 years old and surrounded by Republicans so it's not terribly surprising that she hasn't developed her own political identity yet (and she many never). She says she loves the Republican party but she disagrees with it almsot across the board on social issues. She may always be and vote Republican, but if she can succceed in moving the Republican party to the left socially, she's at least good for that.

I agree that she's trying to make the brand more appealing to youth, but at the same time, I don't think she's as red as she thinks she is. Like I said, it took my ex a long time to realize that she wasn't a Republican and conservative. It's hard to abandon groups we've associated ourselves with for a long time. Megan might never do so. Still, if I have the choice between Rove conservatism, and Megan McCain's version, that's an easy choice for me to make.

[Missy Vixen]

33. Megan McCain is not really a Republican. Furthermore, she doesn't know what "her" party stands for.

>Still, if I have the choice between Rove conservatism, and Megan McCain's version, that's an easy choice for me to make.<

Megan McCain is a little girl in dress-up clothes presenting the kinder, gentler version of the NeoCons. Anyone who thinks she's anything different is buying into the PR offensive. If you listened to her comments last night about "the Republican Party is a great place for gay people," for instance, you'd realize how delusional she is.

If she thinks the Republican Party accepts her and her social liberal/economic conservative views, she's nuts. The only reason the gloves haven't come off yet is that she's not perceived as successful. When she becomes more successful, she'll be under attack nobody could withstand.

[riverdeep]

34. That's a win-win.

If she does manage in some way to dislodge the neocon tendencies, while injecting some moderation, that's good. If she gets eaten alive, we'll know that the party can't be changed. At all. It will go the way of the Whigs. Because the future of this country IS social liberalism, period. As you poll younger and younger, you get more and more socially liberal.

The only thing that is getting her attention right now is that she's the offspring of the latest Presidential candidate and that she's not typical in her views. In ten years, no one is going to care about the '08 election and if she returns to 'traditional values', it takes away her angle.

[NeedleCast]

36. That's kinda the point I'm making

Megan is, at least socially, a RINO. Do I think the Republicants accept her views on social issues? Nope. So in the long run, I hope she'll realize that she is indeed NOT a Republican and switch parties.

I right now, she wants to believe the Republican party is something that it's not. In the mean time, I support her because at least socially, she (mostly) supports liberal points of view.

[ShortnFiery]

9. Not to me. She's just spoiled and rich ... I find few redeeming qualities other than

miraculously Megan can form sentences. :thumbsdown:

However, I'm also not into any form of nepotism and look forward to the day when Christina Pelosi's documentaries will not be forced on us. :shrug:

[PM Martin]

13. She still a chickenhawk neo-con on foreign policy.

Add that Mommy and Daddy :eyes: bought her a million dollar condo and everything else she could want.
The girl does not know anything about what most people live though. She has never had to work hard to get what she wants.
Too bad her ilk are on the out.

[stopbush]

15. When will an interviewer ask her WHY she's "loves the R Party?"

She's always saying she loves the R Party, but nobody asks her why. Like, what are the reasons that make you love it?

Why is that?

[NeedleCast]

17. Colbert sort of did last night

She wants the Republican party to do something it's not going to do...become socially liberal.

From a strategic standpoint, she's smart enough to realize why the R's have gotten their asses handed to them two elections in a row. She's trying to re-brand the party to some extent, but the party isn't going to allow that to happen.

[Ian David]

20. She blocked me on Twitter :( n/t

[PM Martin]

23. Why?

[Ian David]

26. Maybe because I asked her to make Elizabeth Haselback cry? n/t

[riverdeep]

29. She got your message, she sent Jesse Ventura.

Then she blocked you so no one could connect the dots...

[Ian David]

47. I knew it. She loves me. n/t

[butterfly77]

22. She is full of shit..

she ain't fooling me...

[Johonny]

30. I'll go with this

What does she ever say that makes you want to hear from her again? I mean if her last name wasn't McCain would she get any TV time? I can't figure out how her political opinions are sooo important as they seem less informed than the average DUer. Yet for some reason the national media has decided her opinions need national exposure.

[riverdeep]

32. "I mean if her last name wasn't McCain ..."

Nope. Not going to disagree. That's the only reason. But that's the world we live in.

But if we're going to be subjected to it, at least it's not someone like the viscous Laura Ingraham, or psychotic Ann Coulter, or scrambled eggs for brains Sarah Palin. In the context of these expectations, it could be worse.

[Beaverhausen]

35. The best part of her appearance on Colbert was the comment about Palin

and that she refused to talk about her at all. Love it!

but I find her rather stupid. She doesn't realize that she is really a democrat deep down, she just thinks she's a repub cause her parents are.

She will grow up and see the light soon enough.

[mitchum]

38. I can't believe how many people here who are falling for that Trojan Bitch...

as the face of the "new kindler gentler republican party"

Fucking idiots

[riverdeep]

40. Oh, please.

This is a place that has fistfights over Obama, you don't think that if Meghan did a serious run for something we would just be hoodwinked? Most Republican women (Coulter, Matalin, Ingraham, Palin) have the warmth and humanity of a spinning bladesaw. She stands in refreshing distinction to that. That's all.

edit: no edit

[mitchum]

44. She may think that gay people are simply fabulous, but she is still a class warrior...

and oppressive economic policies are what the republican party is ALL about. Social issues are just come ons for their suckers.

[riverdeep]

48. That's one take.

I think it'd be great if we could finally put the nonsensical wedge issues aside and start having the real debate. How much wasted energy is spent on things that should obviously happen- of course a woman should be able to choose, of course there should be sex ed. Now that both sides agree, let's start talking about what matters. If our side can't make a convincing case on that, we deserve to lose.

[mitchum]

50. But they want you to also waste your energy on that debate

Their suckers are not ONLY those who vote republican

[riverdeep]

52. What I'm saying is, would you rather fight on two fronts, or one?

There's going to be a fight somewhere, I'd rather just get to the real one.

[mitchum]

53. I want the one fight...economic justice...

unfortunately, Democrats are seemingly just as susceptible as republicans to identity politics

[MzNov]

42. Yeah. Just like her little temper tantrum outside of the WH Press Corp dinner

she didn't have enough tickets for her guests and threw a nice little hissy fit, and the usual Don't You Know Who the Fuck I Am??? She's a spoiled brat who thinks she is all of a sudden the head of the Repuke Party.

yeah, she's delightful.

[riverdeep]

45. You are correct. Good to know.

She seems to have a hot head just like her dad. Interesting what she'd say to this.

Sen. John McCain’s daughter — who writes online for The Daily Beast and will soon release a book about life as a Republican — lost it after getting stopped by security when she arrived at the White House Correspondents dinner Saturday. The problem? She had only two tickets, but brought two friends.

“The security guard sent her to talk to someone to sort out the situation, but Meghan got bratty and nastily told him, ‘We’ll just stand here then,’ like an insolent child,” our source said, adding that after dealing with the guard, “She muttered to her friends, ‘Does he even know who the f--- I am?’ ”

The vocal McCain “was complaining about everything from the air-conditioning to the wait,” says our leak.

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/05/11/2009-05-11_meghan_mccain_a_real_pain_at_dc_dinner.html

FWIW, while doing a search on this, I came across that site, they hate her with the heat of a thousand white-hot suns, more than any of us possibly could, in their usual crude way.

[riverdeep]

46. BTW, I just assumed she was spoiled,

it'd be really hard not to be, if you're a Senator's daughter and have eight houses to play in. Being mean to the 'help', well that's another matter. She should apologize to the guard.

[MzNov]

51. I wonder what she's after...

life in Hollywood? finding a guy? :shrug:

:puke:

Was Coulter charming when she started out? :rofl:

[riverdeep]

56. I'll let you decide. Here's a rare childhood photo.

[MzNov]

57. Well, she's still blonde.

:rofl:

[MzNov]

49. thanks for finding that link. I had it the other day

and didn't save it. Geez, why would I :-)

I think she's a little monster myself. But that's because I hate all repukes.

[Reterr]

54. She is an obnoxious brat & she appears to be trying to become the kinder gentler face of the Repugs

I wish she would go away. She seems extremely infantile. Just not very bright.....

[MzNov]

58. I agree.

[ErinBerin84]

55. she's 24 years old

That's pretty much all I get from her. Sorry, Meghan. I hope she finds peace and happiness, but I just don't get too impressed by her, except maybe by default.