Comments on: Meghan McCain: On Message http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:45:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: eyeowl http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1855067 eyeowl Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:47:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1855067 <p>I guess I wasn’t clear enough. I wasn’t suggesting Meghan carry the mantle of her generation. She is obviously not (yet) prepared to do that. However, her visibility may be just the spark needed to get something going within her generation. I don’t expect even it did ignite something that it would make much of a difference in the next ten years. Indeed, it might not happen at all if the Democratic party screws up badly and the folks currently floundering around in the Republican party gain a foothold and we wind up falling back to the Bush years. Laying the foundation of a new and better Republican party of the sort that Meghan would feel comfortable in would have to wait its turn, perhaps twenty years from now.</p> <p>James</p> I guess I wasn’t clear enough. I wasn’t suggesting Meghan carry the mantle of her generation. She is obviously not (yet) prepared to do that. However, her visibility may be just the spark needed to get something going within her generation. I don’t expect even it did ignite something that it would make much of a difference in the next ten years. Indeed, it might not happen at all if the Democratic party screws up badly and the folks currently floundering around in the Republican party gain a foothold and we wind up falling back to the Bush years. Laying the foundation of a new and better Republican party of the sort that Meghan would feel comfortable in would have to wait its turn, perhaps twenty years from now.

James

]]> By: jussumbody http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854846 jussumbody Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:16:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854846 <p>I didn’t recognize her without the racoon eyes mascara job. And I remember her as kinda ugly, like her dad. Her mom must have finally loosened up the purse strings for a makeover. Now she’s more vacuous than pathetic. That’s an improvement. Right?</p> I didn’t recognize her without the racoon eyes mascara job. And I remember her as kinda ugly, like her dad. Her mom must have finally loosened up the purse strings for a makeover. Now she’s more vacuous than pathetic. That’s an improvement. Right?

]]> By: BMcGarth http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854633 BMcGarth Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:47:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854633 <p>Forget Meghan McCain she is a Repuke.Look,It would be damned nice to see some progressive souls on Rachel’s show,people like Jane,Markos & David Brock for instance instead of the endless parade Repukes like Tim Pawlenty & Meghan McCain.</p> Forget Meghan McCain she is a Repuke.Look,It would be damned nice to see some progressive souls on Rachel’s show,people like Jane,Markos & David Brock for instance instead of the endless parade Repukes like Tim Pawlenty & Meghan McCain.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854613 eCAHNomics Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:12:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854613 <p>The Ds can only hope that Meghan is the new R face. While not as incompetent as Steele, Gingrich, etc., there’s something completely vapid about her that sez she is not the next new thing. Another new life for dumb blond jokes.</p> <p>For your hypothesis to have substance, there would need to be substance in Meghan, which assumes facts not in evidence.</p> The Ds can only hope that Meghan is the new R face. While not as incompetent as Steele, Gingrich, etc., there’s something completely vapid about her that sez she is not the next new thing. Another new life for dumb blond jokes.

For your hypothesis to have substance, there would need to be substance in Meghan, which assumes facts not in evidence.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854600 Raven Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:57:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854600 <p>The James? Semper Fi.</p> The James? Semper Fi.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854599 Raven Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:57:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854599 <p>If I was into that soul jazz I’d say bless him.</p> If I was into that soul jazz I’d say bless him.

]]> By: eyeowl http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854598 eyeowl Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:56:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854598 <p>I’m sure you meant well here, giving advice to someone who only recently entered into the political arena, but I’m not quite sure you gave her a fair shake in terms of her ability to understand what she is up against. Her primary complaint, besides that of picking on the likes of Ann Coulter, is that the Republican party as it is currently constituted doesn’t play well with folks her age. Yes, this is similar to Steele’s construction as well as that of Boehner, respecting their own (presumed) constituency, but it does reflect an awareness of politics that she identifies with and i should think this is to her advantage. In an earlier era, say back in the days of Barry Goldwater, there existed a strong Young Republican movement that, despite its being soundly outnumbered developed over the years into a strong party who took advantage of Ronald Reagan’s gift of communication to bring on a new era of conservatism in America, which, as often happens, was subsequently taken over by a new generation who winds up bringing it down. In any case, what we may be observing here in Meghan is the earliest signs of a new generation of Young Republicans who could wind up being the seeds of the next generation of Republicans in positions of power. The Young Republicans in those earlier days weren’t selling ideas, per se, they were merely reflecting their gut sense that Democrats would take this country in the wrong direction. They were conservatives, after all, and really didn’t want government running their lives, as they thought the democrats were hell-bent on doing. And though Meghan isn’t yet prepared to give political speeches, or to be able to talk out of both sides of her mouth, as many politicians are so capable of doing, she does represent a fresh face in what is currently a disaster of a Republican party. (Note, I speak as a Democrat who, if Democrats wind up making a mess of things, will look elsewhere.)</p> <p>James</p> I’m sure you meant well here, giving advice to someone who only recently entered into the political arena, but I’m not quite sure you gave her a fair shake in terms of her ability to understand what she is up against. Her primary complaint, besides that of picking on the likes of Ann Coulter, is that the Republican party as it is currently constituted doesn’t play well with folks her age. Yes, this is similar to Steele’s construction as well as that of Boehner, respecting their own (presumed) constituency, but it does reflect an awareness of politics that she identifies with and i should think this is to her advantage. In an earlier era, say back in the days of Barry Goldwater, there existed a strong Young Republican movement that, despite its being soundly outnumbered developed over the years into a strong party who took advantage of Ronald Reagan’s gift of communication to bring on a new era of conservatism in America, which, as often happens, was subsequently taken over by a new generation who winds up bringing it down. In any case, what we may be observing here in Meghan is the earliest signs of a new generation of Young Republicans who could wind up being the seeds of the next generation of Republicans in positions of power. The Young Republicans in those earlier days weren’t selling ideas, per se, they were merely reflecting their gut sense that Democrats would take this country in the wrong direction. They were conservatives, after all, and really didn’t want government running their lives, as they thought the democrats were hell-bent on doing. And though Meghan isn’t yet prepared to give political speeches, or to be able to talk out of both sides of her mouth, as many politicians are so capable of doing, she does represent a fresh face in what is currently a disaster of a Republican party. (Note, I speak as a Democrat who, if Democrats wind up making a mess of things, will look elsewhere.)

James

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854596 eCAHNomics Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:54:34 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854596 <p>He died 22 years ago, and I have yet to meet a man who measures up to him. Yeah, he had bigtime shortcomings, but what an incredible guy.</p> <p>Had second thoughts about that soul comment in 27. He used his intellect much more honestly than K. For example, he had an article published in some obscure journal in the late 1960s about how the domino theory was bunk. So probably, even if he’d had brownnosing skills (which he didn’t), he probably wouldn’t have used them like Henry the K.</p> He died 22 years ago, and I have yet to meet a man who measures up to him. Yeah, he had bigtime shortcomings, but what an incredible guy.

Had second thoughts about that soul comment in 27. He used his intellect much more honestly than K. For example, he had an article published in some obscure journal in the late 1960s about how the domino theory was bunk. So probably, even if he’d had brownnosing skills (which he didn’t), he probably wouldn’t have used them like Henry the K.

]]> By: Synoia http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854595 Synoia Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:51:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854595 <p>Ms McCain: The republicans need some policies, other than “Cut Taxes”, “Large Militaristic Government”, and “Fuck the Citizenry”.</p> Ms McCain: The republicans need some policies, other than “Cut Taxes”, “Large Militaristic Government”, and “Fuck the Citizenry”.

]]> By: Raven http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854594 Raven Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:44:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/03/12/meghan-mccain-on-message/#comment-1854594 <p>The more I learn about him the more I like him (not HK)!</p> The more I learn about him the more I like him (not HK)!

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