Laura Ingraham mocks Meghan McCain as being ‘plus-sized.’
Laura Ingraham mocks Meghan McCain as being ‘plus-sized.’
Last night, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) daughter, Meghan McCain, appeared on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show, where she continued to criticize Ann Coulter. On her radio show today, Laura Ingraham responded to McCain’s critique of far right conservatives, saying that she is “just another Valley Girl gone awry.” In a mocking faux-Valley Girl voice, Ingraham made fun of McCain’s body, joking that she didn’t get a “role in the Real World” because “they don’t like plus-sized models”:
MCCAIN (on MSNBC): And I think there’s an extreme on both parties and I hate extreme. I don’t understand. I have friends that are the most radically conservative and radically liberal people possibly ever and we all get along. We can find a middle ground.
INGRAHAM (mocking): Ok, I was really hoping that I was going to get that role in the Real World, but then I realized that, well, they don’t like plus-sized models. They only like the women who look a certain way. And on this 50th anniversary of Barbie, I really have something to say.
Listen here:
In the past, McCain has said that she is “proud” of her body. Last summer, she told Glamour, “I got to a point where I was like, I just don’t care. You think I’m fat? Fine. I don’t care how much you weigh.”
Transcript:
INGRAHAM (mocking): Ok, Meghan. Do you think that anyone would be talking to you if you weren’t kind of cute and you weren’t the daughter of John McCain? Or do you just think that they would just think that you were just another Valley Girl gone awry?MADDOW: You picked a fight with somebody who’s definitely going to fight back.
MCCAIN: Yeah. Well, if it was, you know, if it was too hot in the kitchen, I’d get out. I know what I’m doing and I know that I’m creating, she probably will respond, she already has, but I’m sure she’ll respond harder, but this dialogue should take place. It should. I think that you know, often times and I think it’s relevant because I am a Republican. I still consider myself a Republican and that’s why it’s relevant because I’m someone within the party.
INGRAHAM (mocking): How long before she totally totally abandons the Daily Beast and makes it official at the Huffington Post?
MCCAIN: And I think there’s an extreme on both parties and I hate extreme. I don’t understand. I have friends that are the most radically conservative and radically liberal people possibly ever and we all get along. We can find a middle ground.
INGRAHAM (mocking): Ok, I was really hoping that I was going to get that role in the Real World, but then I realized that, well, they don’t like plus-sized models. They only like the women who look a certain way. And on this 50th anniversary of Barbie, I really have something to say.
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Sounds like someone’s not too keen on having another blonde rightwing gal horning in on the spotlight.
…really getting filled up on the popcorn these days though…
March 12th, 2009 at 6:05 pmIt’s really heartening to see that the inherent viciousness of the right wing is getting some exposure.
And that they’re turning it on their own now.
They really are mean-spirited, as a general rule.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:06 pmI listened to McCain on Maddow last night and I think McCain is a bright girl. A republican for sure, but still maybe someone who can keep the GOP from becoming the party of Ingraham and Limbaugh. But I will say to Ingraham: Some girls just shouldn’t wear tight pants, and Ingraham should not throw stones.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:07 pmLaura Ingraham mocks Meghan McCain as being ‘plus-sized.’
– - What does it say about Keith Olbermann that he used to date this jerkette? Ingraham, that is.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:11 pmMethinks someone doth protest that she isn’t the #1 female conservative pundit out there.
You know, the last person I would want to be attacking right now is McCain’s daughter, Laura, hon. Stick to your guns and fire at liberals. You don’t want to get Johnny Mac angry.
He might Twitter you to death.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:13 pmMeltdown! Meltdown!
And, gosh-darn-it, I ran out of popcorn!
ha ha
March 12th, 2009 at 6:13 pmBut Keith doesn’t now and that may be part of what drives the demons of hate.
Hell hath no fury like a skank scorned.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:14 pmAll Ingraham does is prove Megan Mccain’s point on Rachel Maddow’s show. This is the reason why the GOP is struggling, they’re TOO EXTREME! If you don’t agree with them 100% and 100% of the time then you aren’t a “true” conservative. You end up getting mocked and insulted like this. If the GOP continues to engage in this behavior the Democrats will be in power for years to come. The GOP is its own worst enemy.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm“Our economic lives are in a shamble, Megan: We don’t really care about your dating life.”
I have to agree with LaLa on that one. As a matter of fact, my life is in such shambles that I don’t really care about LaLa’s obvious personality disorder or her single-digit IQ, either.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pmi suppose being “plus sized” is better than being a skeletor looking beyotch.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:16 pmhttp://piorun.ds.pg.gda.pl/~eternia/obrazy/skeletor.jpg
I saw McCain on Rachel’s show last night and I saw a much smarter woman than Laura InBredHam will ever be!
March 12th, 2009 at 6:18 pmWell, Laura is another compassionate conservative. One of those family values types. What else could we expect from her?
March 12th, 2009 at 6:21 pmI liked much of what I saw of McCain during the campaign, other than her understandable support of her dad and some of her professed conservatism (also completely understandable). I also thought she was pretty hot, although unsuitably young for some of us. Ahem.
But the neocons are circling the wagons tighter and tigher and tighter. Pretty soon they’ll be able to throw their “big tent” over a birdbath.
Birdbath? Hey, Daryll!
March 12th, 2009 at 6:22 pmMeghan McCain is an actual human being, and not a media-savvy Frankenstein’s monster of crafted-for-ratings rants. Coulter and Ingraham are businesswomen involved in a very ugly business. They need to sell books–they need to sell ads, and they do so by saying and writing outrageous things. Meghan McCain is a conservative with actual thoughtd and feelings, hence the disconnect between her and the other personalities.
Good on you, McCain. Now keep your Dad from being such a crank.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:24 pmPC has to be fun for the Republicans. A commontater can say plus size without being called on using the f word. Did she giggle in the john with her other ‘girls’?
March 12th, 2009 at 6:25 pmGummitch, don’t mention the B word until Daryl declares his candidacy.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:26 pmHow does Laura Ingram always manage to maintain that hasn’t washed her hair in 3 days look?
March 12th, 2009 at 6:27 pmThe same way one avoids a hangover for a week. Stay drunk for 8 days.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:28 pmDespicable.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:28 pmLaLa makes RushBo seem classy by comparison.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:30 pmIs this really the best target Ingraham can pick? Is that the way hate radio works? Insanity gets the “Obama is a commie” concession, Oxy Limprod has the racism franchise, Beck has an exclusive on apocalyptic nutbars and poor Laura gets stuck working a lonely street corner calling other blond Republicans fat? Sad.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:32 pmI have to take exception to that, telestai2. Lala is barely a Sith in training and if there is anything with less class than the Fatman we need an asteroid strike right now.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:33 pmSrsly, is that all you’ve got, dipshit?
Oh the haggard and bitter irony…
March 12th, 2009 at 6:33 pmI guess that only skinny women listen to Ingram, she’d never alienate the plus size listeners, would she?
March 12th, 2009 at 6:37 pmAlGore — FLAGGED for head-spinning, spittle-flecked insanity.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:37 pmAlGore Says:
She’s trying to save your party. Show some respect… or not because it is fun to watch.
I’m enough within the range to admit that she’s cute. I don’t think she looks too much like her dad.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:38 pmDoes anyone really care what LI thinks? This is NEWS? I thought TP had bigger fish to fry. When do we start covering wrestling?
March 12th, 2009 at 6:38 pmOld saying: Meat is for Man, Bone is for the Dog.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:39 pmSo we can add “overweight people” to the list of those not really welcome in the GOOP. But they’ll gladly take your cash and your votes, Fatties!
PEACE
March 12th, 2009 at 6:40 pmThis just gets better and better. Watching the repugs eat their own has been good fun. Even when Democrats were down, they didn’t try killing each other. The party of hate has turned all their hate on each other. Its fun to sit on the sidelines and watch.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:40 pmYeah, we can always trust our trolls to demonstrate what a real nasty attack looks like.
Not sure they can really give any lessons to Laura, Rush or any of the other wingnut blowhards, though.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:40 pmCall me clueless but I don’t know if the pic is Meghan or Laura. I have kids older than Meghan. And the youngest makes more sense.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:43 pmspencers mom, did you not watch the GOP convention?
Oh, my mistake. You meant overweight women are not welcome in the GOP. That makes more sense.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:43 pmFirst, Megan McCain is NOT overweight. She looked fantastic. I don’t know where Ingram is going with that one.
Second, they’re upset because Megan was reasonable, polite, courteous and uniquely honest.
Something the far right obviously has issues with.
I’ll take the decent, honest style of republican like Megan McCain, over the rest of them any day.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:43 pmI think it’s time Ingraham looked for another job. How do we go about helping her off the air and into something more suitable for her personality and intelligence? (A career in food-services comes to mind, though it’ll have to be in the kitchen because she clearly doesn’t have the people-skills to work with customers.)
So. Complain to her handlers? Email the advertisers? What? She’s a breath of foul air. Surely we have the right to clear her out.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:46 pmangels81 Says: Watching the repugs eat their own has been good fun.
The best part is they are sparing the rest of us the really bad taste.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:46 pmThis story is important on many levels, the least of which is the implosion of the right wing.
Or more accurately now, the explosion, as the far right wing nuts like Ingraham collide with the more reasonable and decent people on the right, like Meghan McCain.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:46 pmMeghan McCain is a vapid, uninformed valley girl. But unlike that skinny, deranged coke-hound Ingraham, at least Ms. McCain is honest about what she thinks and doesn’t always just toe the party line.
And to be honest I wouldn’t touch “Skeletor” Ingraham with Mann Coulter’s junk. On the other hand, Meghan McCain is clearly very pretty and comfortable in her own skin.
I wouldn’t kick her out of bed…
March 12th, 2009 at 6:46 pmRats, roaches, and RepubliCons!
March 12th, 2009 at 6:46 pmCheck out Laura Ingraham’s free podcast excerpts (available via iTunes) sometime. She is really a piece of work. She’ll seem perfectly reasonable for a few days, then her hormonal/mental imbalance will kick in and she’ll go waaaay off the rails into Crazytown. The best rant I heard from her was one involving liberals allegedly being in conspiracy to make everyone buy and drive “clown cars” — she seems to think all hydbrid cars in the future are going to resemble Smart Cars or Mini Coopers. Naturally, she believes this is an “anti-family” conspiracy in that all large vehicles able to accommodate large families will be “abolished.” Ingraham, Coulter, Limbaugh, et al. could keep a team of psychiatrists busy 24/7.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:47 pmWow. Talk about an ugly psyche — this woman rules. I wonder who abused her as a child?
Of all the remarkably vile and poisonous personalities the re-Thugs have working for them – Ingraham is right at the top of the pile. She’s SO vile and poisonous that I think she could be considered a successor to Rush the day his bad habits catch up with him. Not many could fill his shoes successfully, but I bet this b**** could.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:48 pm*
Update: Ingraham attacked McCain in an appearance on Fox and Friends earlier this week as well, saying “Our economic lives are in a shamble, Megan: We don’t really care about your dating life.”
well, she does have a point there…
but otherwise she sounds like a jealous whiner… “what about me?!”
March 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pmHate & prejudice & more hate, what difference does it make: Coulter, Hannity, Beck, Lardbaugh, Billo, Ingraham, they are all bottom feeders trolling for the same like-minded, small, hateful people. That is their base & existence. None of these peole have ever built or created anything. They only attack those of us who have. It is time for a new America & national politic.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:50 pmFat jokes? Is she in middle school?
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
March 12th, 2009 at 6:51 pmConservatives need to decide if they want to put all their hopes in the Republican Party, or just go off and join the Conservative Party. Liberals dissatisfied with the Democratic Party not being liberal enough may have to do the same thing and join the Liberal Party. Personally, I think it would be a good thing to have four parties represented in Congress, as long as one party doesn’t completely control the House or the Senate. Then, they would have to work together to get legislation passed.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:53 pmWayne, could I make a little request that the fourth party be the Progressive Party rather than the Liberal?
March 12th, 2009 at 6:54 pmroscoe Says:
Hate & prejudice & more hate, what difference does it make: Coulter, Hannity, Beck, Lardbaugh, Billo, Ingraham, they are all bottom feeders trolling for the same like-minded, small, hateful people. That is their base & existence. None of these peole have ever built or created anything. They only attack those of us who have. It is time for a new America & national politic.
Absolute best post of the day.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:54 pmI see TrollAlGore got expunged.
Only problem is, now my acknowledgment of his nasty attacking abilities makes no sense.
Ah, well. Small price to pay.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:55 pmI disagree to a point there. She’s uninformed on economics, to be sure. But shes YOUNG. Lots of young people are uninformed on lots of issues. Its part of being young. Sure there are the smarter ones out there, but most kids her age are lucky they can carry on a coherent conversation much less live on television, so I’d have to say she handled herself pretty well last night.
Considering who her father is, she strikes me as being pretty bold, and has a fairly independent mind. That she didn’t know about economics did not surprise me. What did surprise me was her forthcoming manner of acknowledging that fact. I found her honesty downright refreshing, and I am hoping that this sort of appeal starts to take hold of the republican party, because if it does, it will marginalize the far right and exclude them from mainstream discussions again.
Give Meghan a break. She went on one of the most liberal shows out there, and she did it without bringing with her the arrogance, nastiness or dishonesty we usually are greeted with from the right.
She did fine.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:55 pmOur economic lives are in a shamble, Megan: We don’t really care about your dating life.”
What’s the matter, Laura? Is your portfolio not looking so good? My guess is that you didn’t care to make this point until (a) you were affected and (b) a democrat took office.
I think it’s an insult to working men and women Ingraham to use “Our” as if she’s part of the everyday suffering, when she still has a million-dollar paycheck for blabbing mean-spirited garbage in a microphone. That doesn’t make our country run, yet she’s shielded from the real economic pain. Go figure.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:57 pmHoodathunk Says:
Wayne, could I make a little request that the fourth party be the Progressive Party rather than the Liberal?
Sure. But could someone explain the difference to me? I haven’t quite figured out how liberals and progressives are different. :)
March 12th, 2009 at 6:58 pmIt’s good the far-right gasbags like Ingraham and Limbaugh are showing their true colors — colors that have a yellow mean streak a mile wide running thru them. The more these thuggish people open their mouths, the more independents and moderates leave them in droves — and that’s not a bad thing.
Just saying . . .
March 12th, 2009 at 7:03 pmMissy Ingraham is just jealous of Rush’s celebrity. She is trying to get some press….and it is working. I say we just ignore her and she will be the silly woman she has always been.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:04 pmI say we don’t ignore any of them. We keep shinning the light on their hate and old ideas and keep pointing out how out of touch they are with the vast majority of this country.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:06 pmIngraham is exhibiting a middle-school mentality.
She may have just alienated another 30 to 40 percent of the remaining Republican base.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:06 pmGee what’s that guy Ingram throwing stones at Meghan,how sad. As for Man Coulter what’s with that dude. “
March 12th, 2009 at 7:08 pmIngraham attacked McCain in an appearance on Fox and Friends earlier this week as well, saying “Our economic lives are in a shamble, Megan: We don’t really care about your dating life.”
Bill O’Rielly does!
March 12th, 2009 at 7:10 pmWayne, aside from the obvious semantics with their political implications, progressives lean towards progress which might entail some conservative actions in the implementation.
Liberals are bound by the terminology.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:12 pmIngraham is a nasty, hate-filled, vile skeleton, and Meghan McCain is a brave, lovely young woman who has the guts to engage in conversation with Ms. Maddow, a leading light of the Liberal Left. Meghan has class and brains and is comfortable in her own skin. Ingraham can only wish she had those qualities.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:17 pmThanks, Hoodathunk. That’s a start. But does that mean the Blue Dog Democrats (the conservative, pro-business ones) would be the “progressives”? Because I’d rather be liberal if that’s the case. Commerce is simply not regulated enough in this country, and corporations have way too much control over our lives. (It isn’t the government saying your credit rating isn’t good enough for a loan, it’s private corporations doing that.)
March 12th, 2009 at 7:17 pmShe is kind of chubby, and I believe we still havw something called freedom of speech in this country. I do happen to like valley girls however.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:19 pmMeghan McCain looks better this Laura Ingraham.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:19 pmThere is definitely a paradox. Progressives are generally liberal but not all Liberals are progressive.
Not like Republicans who tend to resemble elephant dung.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:20 pmWayne, we both know Blue Dog Democrats are just Republicans who want to go out in public. They are bought and paid for and showing their true colors.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:22 pmAnyone who wants a hint of progressive, check out fightingbob.com. It ain’t perfect but it might give you ideas.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:24 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
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No one cares.
There is a freeway out there somewhere waiting for you to play on.
Oh hi Matt you must be one of those toughtful caring peace loving nice liberals I hear about. LOL
March 12th, 2009 at 7:28 pmA simple man Says:
Well thanks for identifying yourself. I figure the ’simple’ part is indicative?
March 12th, 2009 at 7:29 pmA simple man Says:
“I do happen to like valley girls however.”
Simple men and valley girls don’t compute.
…oh, wait, maybe you like the pictures of them…
March 12th, 2009 at 7:36 pmINGRAHAM “And on this 50th anniversary of Barbie, I really have something to say.”
Do you like Barbie dolls too, simple man?
March 12th, 2009 at 7:38 pmWow. Ingraham has resorted to this. How can anyone, who wants to find out the truth, believe that she’s credible after attacking the weight of the daughter of the nominee of the party she’s trying to defend.
Please Rush, Please defend Ingraham.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:52 pmlaura ingraham
has dandruff flakes the size
of sesame seeds but
do you hear meghan mccain
criticizing her about it?
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NO.
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March 12th, 2009 at 7:52 pmIngraham attacked McCain in an appearance on Fox and Friends earlier this week as well, saying “Our economic lives are in a shamble, Megan: We don’t really care about your dating life.”
March 12th, 2009 at 7:53 pmIf only Ingraham knew how little we care about any aspect of her life.
Laura Ingraham, plumbing the depths of GOP shallowness with great skill.
-GSD
March 12th, 2009 at 7:54 pmDr. Hussein Matt Says:
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No, I’m not “toughtful”….not “toughtful” in the slightest.
If the best you can do is pick out a simple spelling error, I must be doing something right :)
Nevar Says:
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Do you like Barbie dolls too, simple man?
Well, I’m the male equivalent of barbie.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:58 pmGSD Says: Laura Ingraham, plumbing the depths of GOP shallowness with great skill.
How deep does cat pee get on a flat rock?
March 12th, 2009 at 7:58 pmA simple man Says: Do you like Barbie dolls too, simple man?
Well, I’m the male equivalent of barbie.
Simple is as simple does. (Apologies to Forest).
March 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pmDoes that mean that simple man is 12 inches tall, can’t bend at the knees or elbows, has no johnson and is entirely made of plastic?
If so then he’s not a simple man, he’s a fake, unic tiny made up man.
His posts make so much more sense now.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:07 pmI felt a chill as I listened….
the sound pouring out at me was the sound of a tainted, vile creature, sort of like a debased soul with a real desire to wound and hurt. Uhhhhhhgggg the furious warped monster inside this Laura Ingraham….this shows who her real audience is…only the most purile would be attracted to this. Wow
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March 12th, 2009 at 8:08 pmEven if I’m pretty far to the left on most every issue, I’m very happy to hear what Meghan McCain has been saying. When politicians and political voices on both sides of the aisle are reasonable, thoughtful and genuinely willing to work with people they disagree with, then everybody wins. One party rule is destructive, regardless of the party, but we need people like Megan McCain on the right both to keep the Democrats honest (we may be glad they’re in power, but does *anyone* like Harry Reid right now?) and to contribute ideas without resorting to ideological rigidity. If the Republicans had come up with constructive proposals for the stimulus bill instead of engaging in knee-jerk demagoguery, I have no doubt that the bill would have been stronger for it.
Also, it’s a good indication of the state of gender relations in the GOP that nobody within the party would dream of criticizing their current figurehead, Rush Limbaugh, for being clearly and grossly obese, but because Meghan McCain doesn’t look like Barbie (or for that matter Sarah Palin or Ann Coulter, both of whom have curiously been labeled “pertty” by their party), she’s mocked for being “plus-sized”. That’s ridiculous. I hate to take Ingraham’s bait, but I have to say that I think Meghan McCain is very attractive. Not just that I merely don’t agree with Ingraham’s mocking assessment, but I’m saying that I really do think she’s extremely cute. And she seems to be pretty bright, too. And did I hear something about her being an arts major? I think I may have developed my first crush on a Republican.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:13 pmIs that your defense of Ingraham Archie? Is that it? Name one person on this blog that has a national radio show and has access to the likes of Fox news to promote whatever ill conceived thought that pops into their heads?
Just let me get this straight. You are defending Ingraham? right?
March 12th, 2009 at 8:13 pmArchie always was a simple man.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:15 pmArchie B Says:
Laura Ingraham mocks Meghan McCain as being ‘plus-sized.’ »
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You loons mock Meghan McCain every chance you get and nobody else is allowed to say anything? Hypocrites, much?
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nice try arch but meghan
still isn’t going out with you.
L
March 12th, 2009 at 8:20 pmTrolls, willing to work for a nickle.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:21 pmOf course, the work they do is worth less than that so capitalism is still alive.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:22 pmLaura I gives Nazis a bad name. The word unprofessional comes to mind when her name comes up. How can anyone who is strident as she is last in radio? Seems like that little dance she supposedly had with Mr. C didn’t add humility to her mix. What a jackass.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:33 pmWow what mean-spirited comments. Laura Ingram is a bone-headed twit! Meghan McCain is the first person from the right that actually had something useful to say. Everybody can’t be anorexic like Ingram and Coulter – catty byatches!
March 12th, 2009 at 8:34 pmYou loons mock Meghan McCain every chance you get and nobody else is allowed to say anything? Hypocrites, much?
What ever happened to the repubs 11th commandment?
Or are you fine with one republican insulting another on the air? How does that unite your party?
March 12th, 2009 at 8:55 pmC’mon Meghan, trash-talk Ingraham’s fake boobs. They’re now fair game.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:58 pmArchie B Says:
Just let me get this straight. You are defending Ingraham? right?
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No, I’m proving tp hypocrisy.
No, you’re lying again. And again.
March 12th, 2009 at 8:58 pmArchie B Says:
Meghan McCain: ‘I Just Don’t Understand’ The Economy, But I Think A Second Stimulus ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’
Mocking her last week praising her this week……
She was mocked for saying something stupid, which you should be familiar with. She was praised for saying something intelligent. That’s judging something for their behavior, not their weight. That’s why it’s so easy to make judgments about you, because you keep reinforcing the initial impression of astonishing stupidity and pathetic lack of awareness.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:03 pmTo all females out there – does this remind you of high school? Unbelievable that a person in her position would criticize some one’s weight. I guess this is all the Republican’s have left in their vision for America.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:20 pmThis comment makes perfect sense if you look at it from a right-wing perspective.
It’s like Colbert said about President Bush: “He believes the same thing on Wednesday that he believed on monday, regardless of what happened on Tuesday.”
Same principle at work here. Ol’ Arch figures that if we criticize someone for something they’ve said or done, then we have to criticize them for everything else they ever say or do the rest of their lives. Doesn’t matter if they say something sensible or wise; if we criticized them once, then we can’t ever praise them for anything, ever. Otherwise, to a wingnut, that’s “hypocrisy”.
Yeah, I know. It makes no sense to thinking people. But it seems to make perfect sense to them.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:39 pmAh, Ralph, you drove poor Archie into the woodwork and you didn’t even use big words.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:47 pmralph, you nailed it! Add to that, the criticizing of one of their own if they say anything against the GOP. That doesn’t register with them.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pmWAYNEBRO Says:
TheDailyBanter.com Says:
Meghan McCain is a vapid, uninformed valley girl.
I disagree to a point there. She’s uninformed on economics, to be sure. But shes YOUNG…
Give Meghan a break. She went on one of the most liberal shows out there, and she did it without bringing with her the arrogance, nastiness or dishonesty we usually are greeted with from the right.
She did fine.
Well, I’m 26 and have a degree in economics. I have made a life study of our nations system of government and laws. No body cares what I have to say, even though my opinion is informed and nuanced. So being young is no excuse for anything. If your going to go on TV to discuss politics, you should have at least a passing familiarity with the issues at hand.
She only did well because Maddow, not being a bully, was easy on her. I give her a great deal of credit for speaking honestly, having an independent mind, and sharing her life with the public. But that is no excuse for ignorance. Especially given her privileged background, she has no excuse not to understand such things. She has chosen not to inform herself.
On the other hand, her body is not a choice. It is what it is (and I personally think its quite nice). Her weight has nothing to do with her opinion. Ingraham calling her plus-sized is a total non sequiter in response to a political opinion.
March 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pmDumming down Says:
To all females out there – does this remind you of high school? Unbelievable that a person in her position would criticize some one’s weight.
I think this poster nailed it. When all someone can offer is “you’re fat” in response, you own them.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:13 pmA simple man Says:
Well, I’m the male equivalent of barbie.
What? Missing certain anatomical parts below the waist?
March 12th, 2009 at 10:23 pmAnn Coulter does it again. Sarcasm and throwing around comments about someones physical appearance. The last refuge of someone who has nothing of importance to say, so she hits upon something with no relevance.
And she is the last one to talk. She looks like a burnt, animated stick. Author Beth Saulnier had a quote that fits Coulter. “she is the bastard child of Lizzie Borden and Lady Macbeth.”
As for Meghan McCain, if she can remain for long a Republican, then she is surely her fathers daughter. Right now she is newly minted and has not had time to get her ideals, if she has any, dirty. At 24 she has not been hurt enough, disgusted enough or tarnished enough to be jaded.
Wait awhile. It’s like watching one of those horror movies where the heroine is going down to the cellar. And the audience is yelling, hey dummy don’t open that door.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:34 pmJust another example of the Faux NoNooz Blond Bimbo Brigade ™ in action.
Anyone who listens (and believes) to these wackos, indeed represent the LIQ of this world.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:40 pmDRxJ Says:
A simple man Says:
Well, I’m the male equivalent of barbie.
What? Missing certain anatomical parts below the waist?
March 12th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Smooth around the bend…
March 12th, 2009 at 10:50 pmIt suddenly occurred to me: Laura is the anti-Oprah.
White, skinny, nasty, disloyal, snarky, aloof, and ultimately stupid.
It’s the face of the modern Republican party. When John McCain ditched his first wife to marry Cindy, Ronald and Nancy Reagan froze McCain out, found a home for Carol in Southern California and a job with the Edwin Meeses. The Reagans felt that personal decency was part and parcel of their belief system.
Not so the attack dogs of the Gingrich Era and beyond.
there’s a lot of people out there who don’t knoe from fascist, imperialist, or Neo-Hooverite.
But they know nasty.
Keep up the goooood work, Laura.
March 12th, 2009 at 11:10 pmHoodathunk Says:
I have to take exception to that, telestai2. Lala is barely a Sith in training and if there is anything with less class than the Fatman we need an asteroid strike right now.
I abase myself. You’re right. Is she even in training?
March 12th, 2009 at 11:48 pmDoes this represent the best that this political outfit has to offer to America and the world, a senseless assault on a person’s physique? How shameful!
March 12th, 2009 at 11:52 pmThat said, what is most intriguing, is that this is the political entity that claims to be founded upon and guided by Christian principles – possessed of truth and moral fortitude, virtue and goodness. Hmmmm!!!! You know, it was the ‘religious right’ of His day – the people who thought they alone were right and everyone else was wrong – that Jesus looked straight in the eye and denounced their hypocrisy.
Cok? Archie…
March 13th, 2009 at 12:02 amI used to like Laura. But, I really don’t like it when someone assigns a name or a comment about how someone looks. This is so childish and so judgmental it just makes me cringe. Laura you are blowing it here, you just probably lost half of your audience and supporters. You are proving that you should not be where you are. Character and temperance, little missy is what you are missing. I hope that you have enough brains to retract your comments. If you don’t it will be your demise.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:08 amArchie B Says:
“He believes the same thing on Wednesday that he believed on monday, regardless of what happened on Tuesday.”
That’s called integrity. Something you far left loons know nothing about. Proof is abound.
No, you moron. It’s called stupidity. Inability to learn. Whatever happened on Tuesday you just ignore because it doesn’t fit your preconceptions.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:36 amWow, this has the most comments of today. Meghan McCain already said she does not care if she is fat. Why so many progressive thinking people here want to change that. Telling an over-weight person that he or she is a chunky tuna is not mean. It is constructive criticism. Take it! Or take another pint of Haagan-dazs, your choice!
March 13th, 2009 at 1:18 amI have plenty of constructive criticism that I think you need to consider
March 13th, 2009 at 1:33 amWell that’s not quite correct.
If you listened to her you’ll note she said she’s “tried” to understand economics but just doesn’t “get it”.
Lots of people share that view on economics. And they’re not necessarily idiots. Some people get it, some people get other things. So it was a fair and honest answer to Rachel, and not one that she should necessarily be penalized for.
Additionally, she wasn’t on the show to talk about economics. She was plugging her blog, and other things including discussing her bout with Ann Coulter. That was one of many questions asked her by Rachel and it just happened to be towards the end of the interview and that’s where they ended it.
As I pointed out in my comment there are young people like yourself perhaps who are more knowledgeable in various areas and such, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t get to be on TV or talk. In fact, if more people were just as honest as her and admit they don’t know a given topic well then people would be better informed to gauge the merit of that persons opinion.
I’ll take honesty over most traits any day, including intelligence or training. Honesty is what we are lacking in this country, and something that we all decry people for in here for not possessing. So when we see it like we saw it with Meghan McCain, we shouldn’t disparage it.
We should encourage it. Especially on the right.
March 13th, 2009 at 1:36 amI am a bit late in coming to this thread, but the distinction really should be made between pudgy Republican women, who are ridiculed, and fat Republican men, who get top slots. Really, after looking at Rush, Bill Bennett, Newt, Dennis Hastert, Dickhead Cheney, etc., one might think GOP stands for Gang of Porkers (or Potbellies).
ralph the wonder llama Says:
spencers mom Says:
So we can add “overweight people” to the list of those not really welcome in the GOOP. But they’ll gladly take your cash and your votes, Fatties!
spencers mom, did you not watch the GOP convention?
Oh, my mistake. You meant overweight women are not welcome in the GOP. That makes more sense.
March 13th, 2009 at 1:42 amArchie B Says:
That’s called integrity. Something you far left loons know nothing about. Proof is abound.
March 12th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Obviously this one doesn’t understand subtlety, and needs to be hit over the head with a point in order to understand it — even then it’s doubtful that he’ll understand.
Any volunteers? I’ve got a big rubber mallet for a nice game of Whack-a-Troll ™. :-D
March 13th, 2009 at 1:47 amOne thing for sure, the McCain’s are not republican, his daughter does not like true republican, and if she is going to run her mouth about politics, she better get some thick skin, & get her feeling off her finger tips. Especially when she shows such liberal attitude.
TheBlueDog
March 13th, 2009 at 1:52 amI don’t think women who spread their legs that openly should criticize other women….
March 13th, 2009 at 2:04 amKeith olberman is a complete nut job, laura ingram is always correct and I am very surprised that she would say something like that about john mcCain’s daughter. As a matter of fact she would avoid saying something like that about some of you nut jobs on the left because we all know how fu***ing sensitive you all are. I guess she figured megan could take a joke. I can’t believe laura dated that A***ole olberman. that’s whats more shocking. liberals need the nipple’s taken out of their mouth’s. It’s time to fu***ng grow up.
March 13th, 2009 at 2:57 amWAYNEBRO Says:
If you listened to her you’ll note she said she’s “tried” to understand economics but just doesn’t “get it”…
she wasn’t on the show to talk about economics. She was plugging her blog, and other things including discussing her bout with Ann Coulter. That was one of many questions asked her by Rachel and it just happened to be towards the end of the interview and that’s where they ended it.
Yes, and then she went on Fox and Friends the next day and said ““I think it’s so disappointing and it’s scary,” McCain said, referencing the earmarks in the bill. “Hope and change – what’s going on?” She added, “This second stimulus package that Nancy Pelosi’s talking about I think doesn’t make sense.”
I do give her credit for being open and honest and willing to talk. That we should be encouraging those traits doesn’t mean that we should refrain from criticizing other issues. But if she doesn’t understand economics, she shouldn’t go making such bold statements that feed in to the politics of fear.
Also it isn’t necessary to understand derivatives and mark-to-market to understand the fundamental problems we are facing.
If she can call it scary and unnecessary, she should be able to tell us why.
My problem with her is that a) she has been given a platform because of birth, not merit; and b) she has failed to really inform herself about the issues that face our country, not just economics. She supports policies because her father does, not because she has come to her own conclusions.
In private life one can hold any opinion without having to justify it. Those with a public platform need to be able to explain why they believe something, not just assert that its true.
March 13th, 2009 at 2:59 amis megan the blond one I always see behind john, She’s friggin hot anyways and you liberals will alway’s be perversly backward’s anyway’s. and this comment would take too long and be too complicated to qualify for you to understand so you will just have to accept it on it’s face.
March 13th, 2009 at 3:04 amAnd someone that would wish another person a plus-sized tumor recurrence is NOT an ugly disgusting excuse for a human!?!?!?
March 13th, 2009 at 3:24 amYour comment might be more understandable to this Ivy League graduate, who speaks four languages, if you could use correct English spelling and grammar. But I must admit, except for the frequently misused “it’s,” your usage of the apostrophe is most unique, albeit uneducated.
jbrook Says:
is megan the blond one I always see behind john, She’s friggin hot anyways and you liberals will alway’s be perversly backward’s anyway’s. and this comment would take too long and be too complicated to qualify for you to understand so you will just have to accept it on it’s face.
March 13th, 2009 at 4:07 amthe wingnuts only have ad hominem attacks…well besides straw men…
March 13th, 2009 at 4:53 amLaura, what would Jesus think of your low, critical, caustic, wounding words re Megan’s body? Or alluding to “Valley Girls” as a “lesser kind than yourself?” Remember the 10 Commandments? Thou shalt not judge? As a woman twice Megan’s age, you not only make yourself look stupid, you give Jesus a bad name! Remember, pride always comes before the fall. And Megan, I salute your courage!
March 13th, 2009 at 6:11 amDamn, Ingraham is messed up. Meghan was simply polite and honest and Ingraham just trashed her. Well, the GOP is famous for spewing hatred…but damn, meghan didn’t do anything to Ingraham. She totally didn’t deserve this. By the way, I think Meghan looks freakin’ hot!
March 13th, 2009 at 7:21 amThis coming from a “lady” (who never had children) that runs segments on her boring, repeticious program on how to RAISE YOUR KIDS !
What is the ulterior motive behind Ingrahams fake outrage?
ATTENTION !!!!
March 13th, 2009 at 8:23 amI never would listen to a thing that skank LI ever said after she published a book titled ” Shut Up and Sing “. WTF?
March 13th, 2009 at 8:36 amWow. These radio hosts are just killing the Republicans. The listeners are clearly too stupid to realize how much this hurts them. Clueless.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:11 amI have always thought Laura Ingraham was far more vicious than Ann Coulter. There is a mean streak in her that comes from deep inside. Throughout her career, she has spent a lot of energy doing her best to bring harm to other people.
At Dartmouth, she secretly taped meetings of the campus Gay Students Association, and sent copies of the tapes to participants’ parents.
She was a leading member of the anti-feminist Independent Women’s Forum. Ingraham assisted in the “Women for Judge Thomas” campaign that supported Thomas’ appointment to the Supreme Court and promoted attacks on Anita Hill. She later went to work for Judge Thomas as a clerk.
In late 2004, when 380 tons of explosives were discovered missing from a munitions site in Iraq, Ingraham was among several conservative pundits to blame the troops and not the Pentagon.
In response to the suggestion of Today show host Katie Couric that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld apologize or resign in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, Ingraham said: “How about Matt and Katie apologize for that lame show they put on every day?”
Ingraham makes mean-girl remarks about Meghan McCain, but I suppose she thinks Rush Limbaugh is trim, fit, and the epitome of conservative manhood. Trips to the Dominican Republic for Viagra-enhanced man-boy love notwithstanding.
March 13th, 2009 at 9:11 amI hope every “plus-sized” listener to your show kicks your skinny little a** to the curb. Because that’s where you belong.
For you to equate physical size with political passion, especially when it comes to a Presidential candidate’s daughter is unbelievable. Either you are incredibly stupid or incredibly naive. I’ll leave it up to your faithful listeners to discern the difference.
Eat a twinkie and take the stick out. You are beyond disgusting.
March 13th, 2009 at 10:17 amVery Christian
March 13th, 2009 at 11:11 amH Y P O C R I S Y !!!
Wow! You Libs SO crack me up! Such compassion for a human being (because – of course – she agrees with you hehee) and such hatred for the one who doesn’t.
“jeblucas Says:
Meghan McCain is an actual human being, and not a media-savvy Frankenstein’s monster of crafted-for-ratings rants. Coulter and Ingraham are businesswomen involved in a very ugly business. They need to sell books–they need to sell ads, and they do so by saying and writing outrageous things. Meghan McCain is a conservative with actual thoughtd and feelings, hence the disconnect between her and the other personalities.”
Meghan is no conservative – were she one, you’d have fangs out for HER!! Like you did for Sarah Palin – a real conservative (also beautiful and intelligent and VERY MUCH an “actual human being, not a Frankenstein media savvy monster”) You ignorami crack me up!!
Try authenticity — just for a day…see how it feels!
March 13th, 2009 at 11:16 amYou know, considering the climbing rate of obesity in this country (hey, thanks government for subsidizing that sugar crop but not fruits and veggies) think how many listeners and voters Ingram is alienating by picking on a smart, pretty intelligent Republican simply because of her weight. Shows she can’t debate Megan on her stance, just mock her as a person. I am hoping more and more Americans see this kind of BS and say “No thanks!” to the Party of No.
March 13th, 2009 at 1:25 pmIs there anything more repugnant that a female Republican? It’s so unnatural. They’re really quite ugly. I think it’s something in their heart…or lack of something.
Good news for Laura Ingraham, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Bay Buchanan, et al: The American Nazi Party has recently allowed women to join the SS.
March 13th, 2009 at 2:34 pmLaura’s just jealous of Coulter, Rush, Oreilly and Manatee. Face it Laura you’ll never be more then a scrub on that team.
March 13th, 2009 at 3:55 pmShe is just bitter that her fiance dumped her after her Breast Cancer surgery
March 13th, 2009 at 4:52 pm“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Winston Churchill
March 14th, 2009 at 7:39 amTo liberallove,
March 14th, 2009 at 8:18 amThe conservatism of Churchill’s time was different from the rabid conservatism of today, just as the Republican Party is certainly no longer the party promoted by Teddy Roosevelt (a noted conservationist), Dwight Eisenhower (who warned about the military-industrial complex)–let alone that of Abe Lincoln. Please take your “love” elsewhere. We don’t need it.
“O.K., I was really hoping that I was going to get that role in “The Real World,” but then I realized that, well, they don’t like plus-sized models.” – Laura Ingraham
Amazing comment by a woman whose failed face lift can’t be blamed for the fact that she’s got a face like a bucket of mud.
March 18th, 2009 at 1:06 am