Comment by Jeff Langston on July 11, 2009 at 5:02am

I'm not as irritated by her as you seem to be, and yes I follow her on Twitter. Like her or not, she seems to be the sanest and most intelligent member of the Republican party (which doesn't say much of course). She's repeatedly said she's not going to run for office, and I see no reason currently to doubt that. I think she's torn from wanting to be "daddy's girl" and support the political system she was raised with, but it's obvious that she has a lot of problems with what the Republican party currently stands for. In some ways it mirrors what seems to be going on in religious house holds across the country currently. People all over have been raised a certain way, but now they've been exposed to reality and realize that it was all bunk. The church's stance on homosexuality has been one of the strongest factors in turning people away from the church. She seems to be struggling too, but instead of abandoning the party (which is what she should probably do), because she wants to please her Republican daddy, she's trying to change it by being a positive voice. She's still misguided on plenty of things, but she's light years ahead of virtually everyone else in the party. But really, she's not trying to be a political leader, no more than most of us are when we blog or twitter or whatever. She's a girl, trying to enjoy life which includes talking about her heels or whatever, who just happens to be passionate about politics also, and feels that her voice can possibly inspire others and affect change in the Republican party. That, in and of itself, should be commended and respected. Plus, she has been more verbal and more positive about Prop H8 than even Obama whom I'm getting fairly disgusted with, so that's more kudos to Meghan in my book also. Now, if we can only get her to honestly evaluate reality, she'd become an atheist liberal in a heart beat. :)

Comment by Nelson on July 11, 2009 at 12:42pm

UGH. her performance on Bill Maher was just awful! she fumbled around, said nothing of substance, and then, when the rest of the panel teased her, she pouted like a child that's been told they can't have another cookie. i was embarrassed for her. she was way out of her league.

it seems pretty obvious to me that she doesn't get invited on any of these political news shows because she's the dynamic young braintrust future of the GOP but rather only because she's McCain's daughter, she's attractive, and because she occasionally expresses views that are in opposition to the mainstream GOP platform. and the fact that she sometimes expresses views that are in opposition to the mainstream GOP platform is something that the producers of these shows apparently think makes for dramatic TV but which would only be the case if she had some legitimate place in the GOP as opposed to her place in the GOP consisting only, it seems to me, of being McCain's daughter.

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