The battle for the Republican party: Meghan McCain blasts Ann Coulter
By John Amato Tuesday Mar 10, 2009 6:00am
Meghan McCain has been a busy girl lately. I read her piece about having problems dating because all the Republican guys want her to be their Cindy was interesting.
Somewhere in between college and the election, I started allowing politics to dictate the kind of men I date. And the worst part is, it’s not just Obama supporters who turn me off—it’s often my father’s.
One extreme fan of my mother’s recently told me I could be “his Cindy.” And then asked me if I ever wore pearls because they probably would look as good on me as they do on my mother.
Hey, what about dating a good liberal guy who couldn't care less about your politics? Anyway, here's what she has to say about Ann Coulter:
Coulter could be the poster woman for the most extreme side of the Republican Party. And in some ways I could be the poster woman for the opposite. I consider myself a progressive Republican, but here is what I don’t get about Coulter: Is she for real or not? Are some of her statements just gimmicks to gain publicity for her books or does she actually believe the things she says? Does she really believe all Jewish people should be “perfected” and become Christians? And what was she thinking when she said Hillary Clinton was more conservative than my father during the last election? If you truly have the GOP’s best interests at heart, how can you possibly justify telling an audience of millions that a Democrat would be a better leader than the Republican presidential candidate? (I asked Ann for comment on this column, including many of the above questions, but she did not answer my request.)
I am not suggesting that extreme conservatism wasn’t once popular, nor am I suggesting I should in any way be any kind of voice for the party. I have been a Republican for less than a year. Still, even after losing the election, I find myself more drawn to GOP ideals and wanting to fight for the party’s resurgence. And if figureheads like Ann Coulter are turning me off, then they are definitely turning off other members of my generation as well. She does appeal to the most extreme members of the Republican Party—but they are dying off, becoming less and less relevant to the party structure as a whole. I think most people my age are like me in that we all don’t believe in every single ideal of each party specifically.
It's very interesting watching the GOP try to regroup as a party. There is a real disconnect between the Limbaugh National Committee and other republicans who feel these freak shows do not speak for them. Meagan puts Coulter into that same boat while Michael Steele has been a real embarrassment for the RNC as a whole. But many of them can only blame themselves for what the GOP has become. There are no moderates in their party and if "you" don't conform to the Coulter/Limbaugh/Dobson party them "you" are left in the dust. Good times, good times.
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I'm afraid there isn't going to be enough popcorn. Let's order an extra supply just in case.
gosh...these people are just munching away on each other.
It really is a laugh riot!!
If we adjust our humor, they are giving us the best comedy out there. Jon and Colbert are funny, but this is real life and it's entertaining as hell.
When I think of Bill Maher dating Ann Coulter.
Wha???:
http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrities/peopl...
Almost verbatim what I wrote on the ThinkProgress thread last night about Limbaugh and Newtie going head to head.
Good times, to be sure.
THIS is the best Bush legacy to date.
why the fuck should we care what this disconnected little rich girl has
to say about anything? ANYONE who isn't a psycho knows Coulter is
bad, real bad. Ms. McCain lives on another planet.
Who gives a fuck what this woman thinks about ANYTYHING?
to see someone as a conservative or a Republican realizing what kind of batshit-crazy Ann has become.
It's not news to us, but at least we got one more in our corner.
RE: The guy that wanted her to be "his Cindy". I've always known that Republicans can be a little nutty and creepy, but that just sent my creep-o-meter to a new level.
so he must be after her money, her drugs, or her
Bud Lite.
Yup, I agree. It's creepy, evidently he wants a Stepford Wife.
I also kinda resent the jerk she encountered's stereotype of women who wear pearls. Just because Cindy wears pearls and falls nicely into line it doesn't mean everyone else does.
Any other pearl-wearing, liberal hellcats in here? Show of hands? ;)
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"...I consider myself a progressive Republican..."
What is this creature, the progressive Republican? Where does it live? What does it eat? Is it like Bigfoot, a complete myth?
"Progressive" Republicans? They don't exist.
Don't bother looking me up either, Ms. McCain; I don't date Nazis.
New head of the gop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qG5V2iBvFs
Leadership...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgkA4QXNv_o
all the men on her side of the aisle are either boner-less from freebasing oxicontin, or they're too busy "lodging in log cabins" to pay her any notice.
Won't go into details, but I imagine from my brief experience, Meghan would have some uh, "interesting" tales to tell if she really decided to kiss and tell...
This is the kind of pointless bullshit a men's magazine centerfold would say.
like that...all fluff no substance.
you know I've had my share"
Great song from Led Zep. More bad times for the last 8 years.
Meghan is trying to do what all other Republicans are doing, trying to be relevant. The ship that was the republican party is sinking and all they can do is yell, I didn't poke the hole in the hull.
She is saying that Ann is so totally not cool and such as. She is saying that the men who want a date with her are so totally freakish and such as.
No offense against pearls, but does this clueless brat really want to look like the pearl-wearing gila monster herself, Barbara Bush?
Nothing says "fuddy" and "aging" like a string of tiny white spheres around the neck. They're practically standard issue for uptight, prissy, robotic, judgmental GOP women.
On a related note: I saw Elizabeth Hasselbeck on Leno last night. Talk about clueless. It was painful to behold.
I have never been able to understand why Elizabeth became relevant in politics. When she appeared on the campaign trail to introduce Palin, I never understood why. Would someone be swayed by her appearance? She isn't exactly a political mental genius.
an attractive blonde to parrot their talking points...doesn't matter if she's dumber than a box of stupid...she LOOKS good...that's all that matters to them.
Maybe....
Honestly I can't see getting off on a botox bottle blonde, but everyone has their own idea of hot.
She appeals to Republican men. They want pretty and vacuous, and she's both, also girls that dress pretty (like Barbie).
(However, to me, when she opens her mouth she becomes UGLY. I'm more into bluegal-- intelligence is an aphordisiac.)
when you pry them from my cold, dead neck.
Please don't bash such a lovely and actually very natural thing!
I agree that she's a dimwit and a Republican shill, but leave pearls out of it!
If we leave the pearls out of it, what shall we grasp?
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Love handles?
Neck electrodes?
I wear pearls! I'm 27, and I happen to love vintage fashion... So I have a small collection of vintage glass pearls... Geez! *recoils in embarrassment* And just because I love 50's fashion, does not mean I want the social conventions of the 50's to make a comeback... Ack... :S
It's OK Anna. Pearls are lovely. It's just when they become a (self-righteous, fake purity) image like Barabra the phoney-hag-bitch Bush.
You can get creative with pearls and make them hip, even kinky. They don't have to be "debutante" pearls. They go with the dominatrix-thing too.
I can see the point, Barbara's pearls are more about being the society ho that she is, or wishes to be...
I do love me some subverted pearls too...one of my prized creations so far (I make jewelry) is a pearl choker with a skull pendant. And I have some similar other treasures from other jewelry makers too that Barbara would not be caught dead in...
Bakelite in that 50's collection...
have every right to wish to remain in their position, to which they were born by whatever quirk of Karma or Astrology. The other side of that is: Of those to whom much is given, much is expected.
I don't mind what she says, and it would be a boon to all concerned if the radical right wing simply died off.
Talk about some whiny commenters. Look, nobody likes republicans but I personally welcome this kind of statement from someone who considers themself a member of that party. Haven't you ever heard of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"? Well, Coulter et alia are my enemies, and I commend any republicans willing to point out the extremism and publicity-hungry BS from the evil talking head authors and personalities in the GOP camp.
Maybe you should give her a break instead of shouting her down as if she were Coulter herself. Although I will say that if that's how she really feels, she should probably be a Democrat, and if those are the guys she's dating, she should probably date me.
She's never gonna leave the darkside Luke!
She's been there too long and is...tainted.
It could be letting all the snark escape.
but Meghan McCain is not going to be that swooned by your concern trolling if you don't have a bank account to match...
Nice try though. She may let you squeeze one of her fun bags for the effort, so hang in there...
and i applaud your efforts...
Well, what can you expect? There are those on the left who often treat the entire Republican movement as something toxic that should be wiped out for the sake of the country as whole. They may be turned off by the extremists in the GOP, but it's not like the democrats are trying to reach out to them either.
I think there's a difference between the "bipartisanship" which the GOP has only shown means "bend over and grab your ankles" and a genuine attempt at grass roots level to bridge the divide and put an end to the rabid divisions fostered by extremists on both sides.
but this post is kind of ridiculous. A "good liberal guy" would care about his girlfriend's politics. Megan can get in line with the millions of other people who A.) have a tough time on the dating scene, and B.) can't stand Ann Coulter.
Meghan, the only decent man you will find has rejected all political parties. The problem is that they won't have much to do with you until you also reject all political parties.
Certainly, the thought of some bow-tie wearing young Republican lusting over Meghan as a potential 'Cindy' says a lot, but is this anything but the woes of a privileged rich girl realizing her end of the gene pool ain't all that grand?
And she has to ASK if Coulter is serious? Does it matter?
To me, it sounds as if Megs doesn't really have a political identity yet.
thinking the same thing. It appears that she's still trying to determine who she is and what she thinks. At least she doesn't like Coulter, that counts for huge extra points. She will probably marry the guy with the bowtie and the fetishes, but have torrid affairs with dirty hippies.
Remember all the things he said about her dad?
she's finding her way
it doesn't mean she'll find our way to our side, but exposing herself like this is refreshing no matter what you think of her views
Meghan is a cute chubby, I'd date her.
Thinkin fer ya.
can see the $$$$ through their one eye.
(Nothing personal, DJ, I assure you.)
Or some of that beer fortune.
Just what the "be my Cindy" is all about.
Maybe Meghan can find a loving guy who starts a glorious affair with her while he is married with children and then marry Ms. Moneybags when the first wife is horribly injured in an accident. For good measure, perhaps Mr. Moneybags-in-Waiting can go through some awful time (think financial scion who's name is repeatedly [and righteously] dragged through the mud for his overwhelming greed) and the original Mrs. Moneybags-in-Waiting can stick by him, to be cast aside for the lovely Meghan.
SHOW. ME. THE. MONEY.
How about Eric Cantor? He looks like he could use some "attention..."
his little Miss Buffalo Chip.
One never knows what the future holds, though. :-)
Hope.
Too funny!!
That first morning snort is wearing off.
She would break his sorry ass.
The money isn't a factor. I don't care about that. 42-36-42 are the numbers I am concerned about. :)
I'm the blog's resident chubby chaser! LOL!
cause you'll wear yourself out trying to chase lil Cindy, Jr. around the tire swing.
You got some compitition buddy!!!
Chubby women are SEXY!!
and take a number.
The #1 chubby chaser just walked in!
Ummm, I consider myself a "good liberal guy", but nothing turns me off more than stupid, selfish, or inconsiderate (or perhaps oblivious?). I would definitely care about her politics.
just sayin...
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I'm sure I wouldn't have any trouble in the short term...
I'm sure a beer heiress could keep me in alcohol.
I'd rather drink PBR...
Is Meghan trying to parlay this into a Paris Hilton-esque career?
Should we refer to her as a "media personality" like Elisabeth Hasselbach?
The definition of pablum.
I knew early last year (actually after the 2006 election) that the presedency would be ours, that was obvious. My main concern was that the republiCons showed no indication of changing, indeed I knew that if something did not happen to change the party we would just repeat the last 8 years the next time they conned their way into public office.
What I did not foresee was the total implosion into stupidity and irrelevancy these fools are doing to themselves.
If they are ever able to pull themselves togeather then they will once again become a problem for the country, if they continue as they are then like the Whig party they replaced so very long ago, they will soon be only a memory.
"they will soon be only a memory"
she's just a useless bag of protoplasm coasting on her name.
Tie a ball-gag in her yawp, and ride her cowboy style...
The notion that she's a critic of Coulter is just too funny for words.
just no...
just because some shit you said was stupid when you were her age...
let's focus on the sense there, and identify and invite that part
of course, palin and her dad are saints
her father sold his soul and embraced the far right of his party
of course people like coulter have power
embarrass Americans to have this type of public displays of their political families?
Probably no more than seeing Prince Harry in a Nazi costume.
you are saying that the US is basically on par with England then? How comforting. I'd be embarrassed if Canadian politicians, their families, and the media all behaved like this.
I was thinking though that she'd get more attention from the US media if she maybe flashed her crotch getting in her limo like Brittney Spears, Pairus Hilton, or Lindsay LowHang.
Or Steven Tyler?
Is that big blonde "model" woman...
Yeah...she was like...crazy...and made your aforementioned distractions look like serious news.
RIP whatsyerface.
Whoever you were...you will be missed.
if your whole real estate industry is based on stolen propety and the industry falls apart, what do you have? bitching about natives?
we're not Australia and we're not you, just stfu with the condescending attitude
The comments section on Amato's next post about Richard Shelby does not worky worky. In fact it is not even there.
when that happens.
funny, innit?
[It's his browser-Sitemonitor]
but the Shelby thread is go!
EVERYONE'S parents/caregivers influence their relationships.
I think daughters will pick some aspect of their fathers to look for in their mate, since it feels familiar. A father is very important in a young girls life. Girls that generally have strong supportive father figures in their lives, develop better relationships with men. Meaning that they usually select better mates. If you have been conditioned to be a victim,chances are you will grow up to belief you are a victim. If you're an adult and realize daddy was an influence in you making some poor decisions, use some of your $$$$ for therapy !!!
\Sell the pearls if you have to.
Start therapy and join a support group immediately so that you can learn to value yourself.
You're young and pretty--it's not too late.
We where all victims of political emotional abuse by your dad during the campaign ….
Verbal Assaults: "include berating, belittling, criticizing, humiliating, name-calling, screaming, threatening, excessive blaming, shaming, using sarcasm in a cutting way, or expressing disgust toward the person and lying."
So glad he did not get elected, because he would have continued to abuse the rest of the country as President.
P.S.Dan I will not be ignored....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg-GuDhhFqE&fe...
"And then asked me if I ever wore pearls because they probably would look as good on me as they do on my mother."
He asked her if she wanted a "pearl necklace," and he wasn't talking about jewlery.
i like my generation. i think the world will be a better place when i'm 40 and my generation really starts filling up parliaments and congresses.
I'm going to say something good about Meghan: She's got more of a head on her shoulders than I assumed. Still eons closer to being Paris Hilton rather than Eleanor Roosevelt, but hey, it's a start!
1) Republicans can currently only define themselves by what they're NOT, rather than by what they ARE.
"We're not the religious right. We're not Rush. We're not Coulter."
You know what I think they are? Democrats. She says, "I'm a progressive Republican." What the hell does that mean?
2) Politics is much more about TEAMS than about POLICIES or BELIEFS. If you don't believe in what your party stands for, join a party you believe in, don't try to deny everything that it does stand for.
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