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There is an old saying that it is better to stay silent and thought the fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. I suspect that there are many on TV who would be wise to take that advice.

Take for example, Meghan McCain. I actually kind of like her, because she's shown a rare independence, refusing to simply spew the same talking points of other Republicans and some sass when dealing with the hackiest of the right wing hacks who take cheap pot shots at her. But there's no doubt that she is very young and perhaps needs a little more historical perspective before opining on national television.

It all got started during a discussion of George Bush, who McCain acknowledged was a less than perfect president. But McCain also pointed a finger at the Obama administration in Bush's defense, saying she felt that the Obama administration "has to stop completely blaming everything on its predecessor." When Maher asked McCain if she really thought this is what Obama is doing, McCain said "I do to a degree." A clearly annoyed Begala immediately shook his head and said "not to enough of a degree, I'm sorry not nearly enough." He then began to explain how President Reagan blamed Jimmy Carter for years, to which McCain responded blithely "you know I wasn't born yet so I wouldn't know." Going in for the kill, Begala fired back "I wasn't born during the French Revolution but I know about it."

McCain then reverts to the tried and true Republican tactic of playing the victim:

You clearly know everything and I'm just the blond sitting here.

Meghan, Meghan, Meghan...you can stand up to Laura Ingraham and yet you just wilt in front of Paul Begala and play victim? Is it having facts and an actual historical perspective instead of just making crap up to play to the lowest common denominator that intimidates you?

Meghan McCain co-hosted The View today and in the process, caused the explosion of wingnut heads everywhere by using a web ad put out by the Democratic Party to tell Karl Rove and Dick Cheney "You had eight years - go away."

From Meghan McCain's The View appearance today:

Here's the DNC video to which Meghan McCain is referring in the video.

Awesome, no?

Did Rebecca have a make-over?

Tbogg: "Take the case of Rebecca Hagelin who is Meghan Cox Gurdon without the anglophilia. Rebecca, whom I'm sure goes by Becky, Becs, and I Used To Be A Real Catch Back In High School, regularly uses her columns to impart mom-ish common sense in interpretive dance as underwritten by the Heritage Society...read on"

I read this post on Tbogg and when I saw her picture I remembered a post I did on Nov 18 2004. It was called: The New face of the Moral Majority! "On CNN, Rebecca Hagelin from the Heritage Foundation, talking about the "Monday Night Football" skit said: "We are suffering from a home invasion, you know it. Our culture represents the face of America and right now that face doesn't look so good to the world and to our kids!" We agree with you there Rebecca!"

The picture came off the tube so it's not sharp, but I remember how horrible she looked, hence the "face" theme. She said how the Janet Jackson nipplegate caused her children serious mental trauma. They cried and went running from the room or something to that effect. Looking at tbogg's post I wonder, Did she have a make-over? Images of the series The Swan came flooding in. She definetly had an Aunt Bee visage last year....