(CNN) -- Laura Ingraham is calling Meghan McCain a "useful idiot" and a "flavor of the month" - the latest salvo in the war of words between the conservative radio host and the daughter of former Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
"Memo to Meghan McCain: Enjoy the media coverage while it lasts, but know you're being used," writes Ingraham, in a blog post titled "'USEFUL IDIOT' WATCH." "You are the flavor of the month in left-wing media land because you are a Republican bashing the GOP. Likewise, your dad is most popular among the same people when he is slamming his Republican brethren in full-blown 'maverick' fashion. At least he backs up his views with a lifetime of sacrifice and public service.
Ingraham says liberals are taking a single satirical comment out of context "to paint Meghan as the victim of a right-wing hate crime" and "malign outspoken conservatives."
The radio host mocked McCain on her show last week over comments urging Republicans to seek compromise with Democrats. She referred to McCain “a Valley Girl gone awry” and a “plus-sized model.”
Ingraham calls the furor over her remark "manufactured and totally phony."
"This comes from the same playbook responsible for the ongoing demonization of Rush Limbaugh," she writes.
"If any off-the-cuff remark about a woman's size was condemnable, then where was the outrage when President Obama made a passing reference to Jessica Simpson's 'weight battle' during his Super Bowl interview with Matt Lauer?" she asked, referring to a headline the president noted on a magazine cover during his interview with the NBC anchor.
Ingraham pointed to digs Rush Limbaugh has gotten over his weight, and references to herself and Ann Coulter as "peroxide blondes."
(Update: John McCain responds after the jump)
"I laughed it off. If you can't stand the heat...get out of the punditry business," she writes. "Next time, just for fun, Meghan should pretend that she's had a change of heart and is now a pro-life conservative. Then she'll really see how the Mean Girls treatment feels."
Meghan McCain has taken aim at both Ingraham and Coulter over the past week during a media blitz that's included blog posts and appearances on network television.
On The View yesterday, she said she felt like model Tyra Banks, who “went on her show in her bathing suit and said, ‘Kiss my fat ass.’”
“That’s what I feel right now,” McCain said. “I’m like, ‘Kiss my fat ass!’”
Update: In a Tuesday afternoon interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Twitter, Sen. John McCain repeated what seems to be his standard response to his daughter's string of headline-grabbing statements. "I'm proud of my daughter and she has a right to her opinions," he said, adding that "like any family we agree on some things and disagree on others."
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This is just for ratings, if McCain was smart, she was would just concede honorably from this "war of words", and let ingraham take this one. Don't let the media use for their own gain. Don't be another tool.
Ingraham should be ashamed of herself! Does the Republican Party think women will vote for them if they attack people like this? What about Rush Limbaugh? Is he amune to critisism about his weight? "A useful idiot." Laura Ingraham doesn't have to worry about Megan maligning the Republican Party. Ingraham is doing a great job herself.
She is mad at anybody that didn't bow down at the alter of her father. Plus she is becoming a mouthpiece of the liberal media giving her a place of power in the Repub camp. Hasn't she learned that these people worshipped her father but once he got the Repub. nod he went right under the Straight Talk Express Bus.
Cat fight. I love the infighting going on within the republican ranks. They are so lost, they have to make news to get attention. I'm sure John McCain put his daughter up to this so take the attention off of the downfall of the republican party.
I don't recall the Democrats having a similar childish food-fight after we lost in 2004.
This is just hilarious...keep it up Republicans!
"At least he backs up his views with a lifetime of sacrifice and public service."
Quick, someone google the definitions of "straw man" and "ad hominem" and email them to Ingraham!
It seems to me that Ms. Ingraham ought to take a look in the mirror before calling ANYONE an idiot! Because in this woman's opinion – SHE is thew biggest idiot of all!
"This comes from the same playbook responsible for the ongoing demonization of Rush Limbaugh," Ingraham writes.
How can you demonize Satan? Doesn't Satan "demonize" everyone else? This Laura person seems to be getting dumber by the minute.
Good for Meghan McCain. I may not agree with all of her views, but at least she's standing up for herself and engaging in discussion instead of blindly accepting everything she's told Republicans should believe. The Republican party needs more reasonable people like her to discuss their views instead of far right wing people like Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and Laura Ingraham.
Am so tired of reading about and headlines on the right wing media. Anyone of intelligence knows they are out to get attention and will use any means to get it. And, anyone that disagrees with them are unAmerican and idiots.
CNN, how about reporting on what is important to the American people? You have become a gossip column, well, guess that is a break from your bias for the right wing. Have learned not to expect
any integrity from you.
sounds like to me this is ALL manufactured and phoney, anything to take peoples mind off what republicans are still NOT doing ! which is co-operating instead of being the party of NO
Isn't there anything – anything at all – more newsworthy than these two nitwits?
The last thing our nation needs is a Republican Catfight!! My lord these folk are hell bent on fiddling while Rome burns!!!
OH Meghan – You know you voted for Obama! (...and that goes the same for Jenna Bush
You go, Laura. Keep exposing the liberal hypocrisy and double-standard. Liberal loonies hate nothing more than an intelligent conservative woman.
Well, it takes one to know one.
Laura Ingraham is just trying to raise her profile. She said she didn't even know you - most people don't. Write a hate-mongering best-seller like the evil Ann Coulter to become better known, Laura! You are such a joke.
Also, did I hear Meghan say that Obama's comment on Jessica Simpson was appropriate? I didn;t hear it, but Ingraham is acting like Meghan would have a double standard about this.
Winston Churchill:
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."
Hang in there, Megan.
What is wrong with these people?
Memo to Laura Ingraham and her right-wing cohorts on talk radio: You are absolutely useless idiots.
Limbaugh, Coulter, and Ingraham are a major part of the reason the GOP is in the toilet right now.
Their extremist views put American society back a hundred years, at least.
Racists, bigots, and hate mongers who want to cram their own twisted religious beliefs down other people's throats.
The rapidly changing demographics of the USA will continute to push these fringe extremists into a sick minority.
Sarah Palin/ Meghan McCain 2012
Great. Now we have these two blondes destroying the Grand Ol Party. One thing Obama was successful at was bringing our party to our knees and let these bozos have a cat fight.
Listen you two: No one cares about you two in the Party. Stop using our party names in vain! Go form your Feminist party or something.
Girls stop it.! Laura, you keep playing into the hans of the left wingers yourself by continuing to comment. Megan take it for what it is... talk radio air time. Both of you get over it.
Laura Ingram is toast, she is a virtual idiot. She does not represent any self-respecting woman, she is just jealous of Meghan, and her eyes are getting greener as we speak
Wow. Kettle, meet pot...pot, meet kettle.
Ingraham claims that McCain is being used as a left wing to advance their cause. Funny – you could accuse Ingraham of doing the same thing. I think she's stoking the embers in this war of words to boost her on profile. Because I certainly hadn't heard of her until now.
Look what happens to any fresh perspectives in the conservative world: Conform or be the target of the Republican spit-poison propaganda machine! Conform! Conform!
The Republican Party has acted like a bully-machine to silence conservatives like Meghan and Steele who, GASP, tell the truth.
Rock on Laura!!!
Why do Republicans always compare things? The are guilty of using the compare card again...
people like Ingraham really set me off. they seek the other side, whatever it is. trying to just get their few moments of so called fame in the spotlight. in this time that we are in, trying to be of some benefit is more important.
sounds like Laura can't take what she dishes out herself. There's nothing viler than someone desperately trying to justify her own bad behavior.
Translation: toe the line or be insulted over and over and over. My goodness, this is sad. I think Meghan McCain is super foxy, and maybe Laura is a bit jealous? The problem is that she said what she said specifically to ridicule and try to belittle someone she disagrees with. I don't recall President Obama having a feud with Jessica Simpson, or calling her a plus-sized valley girl gone awry. And to say this is a manufactured argument ginned up by the liberal media is absurd. Meghan responded on her own via Twitter. Oh, but I forgot, Twitter is a tool of the liberal tech media!
This is just plain stupid.
oh boo hoo Laura. the only one who looks bad is YOU! oh, and Mann Coulter too. Who can't stand the heat? Your party is toast and you know it, and still you are spouting the same old drivel that got you all there. You peroxide blonde's will never learn. Time to turn out the lights and retire. Quit your nasty old whining and cat fights and do something productive for a change.
Meow! Keep it up Ingraham. Your comments just make the GOP look all the more extreme, nasty, and irrational. Nice job. Keep up the good work.
the $&!#show that is the republican party right now is so entertaining. the fact that they cannibalize the only ones who are really making rational statements (meghan mccain) make the whole thing even funnier.
people like pawlenty of minneapolis are the only ones who offer real hope and they are constantly pushed to the bottom of the barrel. i can't say that i agree with all of pawlenty's positions, but i respect him as a moderate rational thinker who is able to engage in thoughtful dialogue. i'm so glad the republicans don't rally behind him because if they did, they might have a chance to take back the whitehouse in 2016.
Obama '12 & Sebelius '16
Megan will go the way of Stephanie Miller(father was VP with Goldwater), Ron Reagan, Julie Nixon Eisenhower!!!! Megan is progressive. She graduated from Columbia University where President Obama got his first degree in Foreign Affairs and Finnace(graduated Magnum Cum Laudi). She's a smart girl and can not be controlled by the radical right wing!!!
Ingraham is entirely too old to be carrying on like this. She looks like she's picking on a young lady who didn't really ask for her input. Besides, McCain is right. Women like her and Coulter do give the GOP party an even worse name than it already has.
Please keep being yourself, Laura. For Democrats you're the gift that keeps on giving.
Hilarious. I guess the next worst thing to being a loser (GOP) is being irrelevant. Let the cannabilization begin.
I love watching the GOP dig their own grave
US Weekly and InTouch should just start covering the Republican Party...this is so much fun to watch!
Better to be a useful idiot than merely an idiot.
This Laura Ingraham is something else!!! Guess the same people that listen to her are the same that would call themselves "Ditto Heads".
Lmao!! The repugs are definitely in meltdown mode!!! Its a shame that a young repug is trying to bring the GOP out of the wilderness and she gets attacked...I guess thats what it means to be a conservative: Living in the past.
I think Meghan McCain is a bright young woman with an incredible future. She says what's on her mind, and doesn't wait for "approval" before she can defend herself. Hopefully, we have more people like Meg who are to become part of either political party to move this country in the direction it needs to go. Plus, she's pretty sexy.
Typical of the far right wing...."either completely agree with us, or shut up!"
...and they wonder why people don't like them.
Unfortunately for them this is America. Meghan McCain has a right to her opinion and she has a right to voice that opinion.
But wait....aren't the conservatives the so-called "GATE KEEPERS" of what it means to be a true American? So why are they getting so upset with Meghan exercising her rights?
I don't get these people.
Might want to listen Megan! Ingram was around long before you, and will be so long after you are doing some reality TV show with you life partner(s)!
Why do most conservative Repubs thanks it is okay to call people names, but wrong for someone to call them names back or make a remark. I am a Plus size and my husband loves it. Sorry thin just ain't end any more. Laura Ingraham get over yourself.
So if you criticize any of these radio retards, that means you are a liberal. Just like if you opposed Bush's insane war, that means you are a liberal. These people need help. God bless Meghan McCain for standing up to their warped belief system.
People don't need to demonize Rush Limbaugh. He did it to himself when he mocked a Parkinson's sufferer.
At least Meghan is useful – she isn't afflicted with tunnel vision.
Why do conservative women always sound like such jerks? And i meant to use another word there.
Don't mistake Meghan for anything other than a True Blue Conservative. The leading edge vanguard of the conservative hate machine doesn't like to be called out by one of their own. But she is one of their own. Maybe that's why they react so vehemently
Note to Laura: she is not slamming the republican party; she is slamming has-beens who don't realize that the party needs a younger generation with a fresh outlook to save it.
Ingraham is right when she says the left is simply having a hay day with Megan. Megan must think she is riding a wave of popularity and is trying to get her money's worth so she can maybe do a book deal later on. There is an old saying that everyone is a fool for ten minutes a day and it looks like Megan has exceeded her limit.
Laura Ingraham is right on with this one.!!!! Meghan McCain is being used and Ms. McCain is allowing it. I would have given Ms. McCain more credit than to allow this to happen. Just watch your words Ms. McCain because one little mistake and the liberals will stab you in the back and not lose any sleep over it.
Laura Ingraham should really just back off. What should she care if Meghan McCain says what she feels. Isn't it about time someone actually suggested meeting in the middle a bit and everyone working together to get our country back out of the ditch?
Frankly based on the past performance of the republicans in power, we dearly, certainly and desperately need a change!!
Good for Meghan for speaking up for herself and her views.
The Ann Coulters and Laura Ingrahams can really just climb back under that money covered rock that they so dearly love. The land where logic is useless and reason is not welcome!
Oh, yawn. Laura Ingraham clearly is voicing her own fears and insecurities about her own fleeting fame. I would have taken her comments slightly seriously had she not brought Limbaugh into the mix. Seriously, Laura, "useful idiot" is the perfect description of ol' Rushy. Good luck with the bitterness.
How absolutely juvenile. What are they, in ninth grade? Grow up-both of you.
CNN is reaching new journalistic lows by reporting stupid stories designed to increase the sales of the books of a non entity such as Anne Coulter. The interview of John King is another display of the lack of professionalism; what did we learn from his interview of Dick Cheney that we did not know before?
That is why Republicans are in trouble- they have no tolerance for disagreement and bash any Republican that is NOT far right.
I say yes to the McCains of the party.
I rather enjoy listening to Ms McCain. She's more in tune with what the Republican Party needs to do to regain some sense of respectability than some talk show host. Her idea of compromising with the Democrats was said more in tune "with trying to get this country back on track" after the shrub ruined the garden.
I happened upon Laura Ingraham's rant about Meghan McCain., It was catty and tasteless, and now she wants to blame the left leaning media for the resulting publicity! What a joke. By the way, that woman's voice is so annoying, that she has a lot of nerve ridiculing anyone else's physical traits.
Face it, Laura, you owe the girl an apology for your unprofessional behavor on screen.
There's an idiot. Are you listening Laura.
Laura, President Obama did NOT comment on Jessica Simpson's weight issue, he merely stated that she was on the cover and read the cover "title" that was on the magazine. He NEVER gave any comments or opinions regarding Ms. Simpson's weight. So your using President Obama as a way to justify your battle with Meghan McCain is really laughable.
If you are going to run your mouth, then you should learn to BACK UP your own words without having to "use" others as an excuse.
Who cares about any of this? Who cares one iota what Meagan McCain has to say? Laura Ingraham? I don't. What is this? Political Survivor?
This is a bunch of hot air designed to distract us from real news. Shame on CNN for giving this any coverage whatsoever.
Meghan is a thousand times more attractive than either Laura Ingraham or Ann Coulter.
The latter two conjure up images of the Wicked Witch for me. Gnarly and nasty, yikes!!!!
I THINK LAURA IS RIGHT U GO GIRL
Sigh... I'm as big a fan of a girl fight as anyone, but seriously CNN.... I thought this was the POLITICAL TICKER. It's reading like a soap opera ticker.
Give it a rest. Put it on the entertainment page, PLEASE.
What a bunch of morans. Get on with your lives.
Meghan McCain is HOT! I'm not sure who this Laura Ingraham is, but it seems like she's just out for publicity. I long for the old days of intelligent political discussions but I'm afraid they are long gone.
Does anyone really care what that close minded arrogant bigot thinks?
I love Meghan- i also love free speech- so more power to her.
Stop attacking every American that does not toe the party line of the liberals or the republicans.
That just keepsus stuck in a mess and political rut.
Meghan McCain IS an idiot. Nobody really takes her seriously. I personally wish she'd go shop somewhere and shut up. I think the Obama administration is doing a lousy job, and is shameful for America. However, I am happy that Meghan McCain isn't in the White House. She's a bozo too.
Angerham and Coultergeist are complete idiots. Republicans are digging their own hole....Meghan you have a mind of your own and don't let these old losers get away with this. John and Cindy McCain needs to stand up and slam ignorant hateful people. (Not that Meghan cannot take care of herself).
As opposed to Ingraham, who is just an idiot.
Ingraham is why the Republican party is dissolving before our eyes. She and her kind need to slink back to the American Independent Party so the Republicans can go back to being an honest and decent group of people out to serve America, instead of what they've become–an irrelevant and extremist group of obstructionist nobodies.
Laura likes to attack... but she can not stand when someone holds a contrary opinion.
Go Meghan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Republican party (which I belong to) has become nothing more that a comedy relief channel!!! If McCain dgt, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingram, and Rush Limbaugh think they represent middle republican America, they are in a sorry state!!!!!! All they do is bash, ridicule, and the like of everyone from democrat on. There are sooooo many serious problems the mainstreet America is facing, and they JUST DON"T GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get over yourselves and work to improve this country, not condemn everyone! PLEASE!!!
There *was* a furor over Obama's comment about Jessica Simpson, but it calmed down once everyone realized he was paraphrasing a tabloid headline in order to mock said tabloid; he wasn't attempting to belittle her. Ingraham is just envious of Meghan McCain's youth, beauty, and charm.
As the country moves slowly from the right towards the center, Laura is having another one of her intolerant temper-tantrums. Her need to make dehumanizing comments about Megan McCain who is using logic and common-sense to move this country forward, lets the rest of the county know that Laura Ingraham is out of touch. Meghan McCain is becoming relevant and Laura Ingraham is becoming irrelevant.
I'd rather listen to a flavor-of-the-month useful idiot fight back than listen to someone that I've previously never heard of say anything.
Hey Laura, isn't it nice to know you and the typical middle-school bully have something in common? I'd love to know just what did you mean by calling Meghan "a Valley Girl gone awry" and a "plus-size model", and how exactly was that taken out of context. Just own up to the fact that you and your Republican thug friends are on the way out and are becoming increasingly out of touch with the direction in which the country is traveling.
Meghan McCain – please keep standing up to this horrid woman!
If you were my daughter I would be so proud of you.
There's an excellent line in here that shows just how much the right wing doesn't get it: "You are the flavor of the month in left-wing media land because you are a Republican bashing the GOP." It isn't because she's a Republican bashing the GOP, it's because she's a Republican that isn't caving in to extremism. She speaks her mind. She's open to discussion. I know these are foreign concepts to the right, but freedom doesn't mean everybody thinking the same way you do.
And this is why the Republican party is failing. They have a chance at being cool, going mainstream, identifying with a lost group, and their conservatism/bitterness/insecurity doesn't allow it. Oh well.
Can we stop this incessant picking, poking, and name calling. This is just getting pathetic and tiresome. All involved have lost credibility as far as I'm concerned.
Seriously? She is going to use Rush Limbaugh to defend her comments? I don't care if they are Republican or Democrat, they are women first, and this kind of slander from one woman to another is ridiculous. From one woman to another, the only reason to make a comment like that about another woman's weight is to hurt her personally. When Laura goes there, this isn't a fight about politics anymore, this is a personal attack meant to hurt. Which is fine, but then don't call yourself a political pundit. Sounds like someone is a little angry that Megan is getting more attention her. Wow, how old are you, 12?
"Enjoy the media coverage while it lasts, but know you're being used"
- These words could just as equally be applied to Laura.
This policy of personally attacking anyone who disagrees is not a good policy for a democracy – let's focus on the issues!
it's nice to see that someone has the guts to stand up to right wing radio,,,,if only republican congress members did
All the infighting amongst Republicans isn't good for the party but is probably good for the country. If Coulter is really for freedom of speech, why attack Meghan McCain for saying what she believes? Why is it that conservatives are all for freedom until someone uses it in a slightly different manner than the way conservatives decided is the only correct way.
If Meghan McCain wants Republicans and Democrats to work together then I think she is a true American who loves her country.
Laura is just being a typical Republican. Republicans like to preach about taking personal responsibility but when it comes time to do so, they attack. Sure Laura could have said "I am sorry, my comments about Megan McCain's weight were inappropriate". But instead she attacks and spins. It is their way – say one things and do another. The GOP is becoming synonymous with hypocrite.
I love Meghan McCain! I have been a Republican for my entire life or at least until 8 years ago. The party I believed in has turned their backs on the platform issues that had drawn me in such as fiscal responsibility and civil liberties instead determined to use fear tactics to hold control.
Heaven forbid that someone actual say we should work together instead of standing at this eternal stale mate. Compromise means giving a little and when no one gives anything nothing happens. I'm tired of nothing happening and if that means taking a chance on Obama then I will and did.
Meghan is a fresh face for the party that needs to get back to common sense roots or continue on it's path to a fringe party, out of touch with the majority. The fact that these talk show pundits use a middle school come back of calling her fat just shows exactly where they draw their popularity from and it is fading away.
Is this woman serious?? She talks like a ten year old who is fighting on the playground?? If you act and talk like a moron then the morons will follow... no surprise that this woman likens herself with Ann Coulter who also thrives on ratings from her hate rants.
It is a sad story where two otherwise intellegent women are calling each other names. The only thing I or anyone else will remember from this story are the gender biased name calling. Is this the best these two women have to offer? A cat fight? Really sad. I hope they both read this and take a step back and look at themselves and their disgraceful actions.
Grow up ladies!
Meghan McCain has now become the leading voice in the Republican party. McCain will easily win this fight with Ingraham.
Ingram is wrong again, Obama's comment about Simpson was a misquote, he never said that...
Go Mehgan Go!!!!!!!!!!! Don't ever back down. Its pretty bad when all the can do is resort to name calling and lashing out with personal insults.
Please ladies, can we stop the insanity and try to behave as if we are intellectual beings ? Both of these women are smart, intelligent, beautiful human beings–le't s shine thru as examples –not be a part of a destructive , noncaring exchange to prove what?
The best part is that Laura Ingraham doesn't seem to realize that she, in fact, is the "useful idiot" here. Every time she spews this divisive hate speech, all the liberals have to do is quote her and it turns off Americans who want solutions instead of invective.
These Republicans are MEAN. Best to stay far away from their cages at this point. We may need to hose them down with cold water later.
Heh – poor Miss McCain's fallen into one of the nastiest viper-pits in recent memory, and is reaping the whirlwind; I say good for them all! Let the Repugs chew each other to bits!
I love a good cat fight...But this is pointless.
As a liberal, I like Meghan McCain simply because she actually recognizes that the Republican Party is going to have to change and grow to stay viable. The Democrats do not remain controlled by segregationist Dixiecrats. The Democratic Party of today is not what it was 50 years ago, or 100 years ago. The Republican Party has this fanatical adherence to obsolete issues and ideals that the new generation, my generation and Meghan McCain's generation, just don't care about. It plays great with 23% of the country, but they're just not going to win elections outside of the South, the Bible Belt, and rural areas. I would be fine with that, except that our political system needs to have two parties, and preferably more then that. Even as a Democrat, I do not want to see a country with nothing but Democrats in any office that is statewide (governor, etc) or higher.
If the Republican Party stopped listening to obsolete idiot demagogues who represent decaying and dying ideologies, like Rush, Dr Laura, Glenn Beck, O'Reilly, etc, and started listening to the few young people they are lucky to have in the GOP, they might have a chance of remaining a viable political party. The problem the Republicans face is that they've hung their hats on Christian religious extremism, and it is not a viewpoint that allows for a variety of goals and beliefs under one big tent. The Democrats welcome both liberal Democrats, conservative Democrats, moderate Democrats, and anybody else. The Republicans have made it clear that unless you toe a right-wing religious conservative line, and pay homage to the correct talking heads, you're a tool of the liberal media, a traitor to the Party, and not welcome among the Republicans.
Please turn it around Republicans. Less crazy, more viewpoints.
I am a liberal democrat and I think what Meghan McCain is saying is the truth about her party...She's a breath of fresh air...Meghan is more of a Democrat than she thinks...A young lady like her should open up her eyes and join the Democratswho won't insult her like the Right Wing Fringe Lunatics!!! You go Meghan!!!!
This is quite childish. Are there really no problems in the country/world that these two women feel as though they need to use their respective platforms to comment on one another. Please...people are seriously hurting right now and reading news like this only irritates those that have real problems. If the GOP has nothing to offer then they should take a back seat and let those interested in thinking of solutions occupy the airwaves. This is nonsense and should not be encouraged.
This is who the Republican Party is–a group of mean-spirited, shallow ideologues who resort to ad hominem attacks when all else fails.
John McCain sold out to these people after the 2000 election, despite the nasty Bush-Rove attacks on his family, and consequently I don't feel sorry for him. I do feel sorry for Meghan McCain, however. She's apparently just realized how nasty so many Republican idols are, and they're going to tear her apart for speaking out. Charming bunch!
I can't believe the hate that comes from Ingraham's mouth. How sad that she portrays herself as such a devout Christian and this is how she makes a living. Americans are tired of this and we are on the world stage. Coulter is even worse with her screeching.
Ingraham is no pundit. She is a very old "mean girl". You go Meghan.
These right-wingers are bashing anybody and everybody who speaks out against the extremism that has become the GOP. Let them destroy themselves.
You go, Meghan! The Republican party should be listening to this insightful young lady. People like Coulter need to get with the future and begin working FOR OUR COUNTRY AND NOT AGAINST IT. We have a Democratic President who is really trying to help people. Republicans...get with the program. Your divisiveness tells me that you put yourself and your party before your country. What hypocrites!
I hope Meghan turns Democrat as a result of all of this...
it would be the smartest move she ever made!
Keep talking Laura. You just keep making yourself (and your party) look worse.
leave Miss McCain alone....for once I'm inclined to sympathize with a Republican...no one should be persecuted for their weight...she is clearly trying to turn over a new leaf and escape the evil and backwardness of the GOP, maybe even update it from the 1700s
wow....the repukes are starting to go after each other....this can't be good.....
L M A O
I think Megan is really a closet dem and doesn't want to tell daddy..
Just let them fight,it's good for dnc. What does not kill you,makes you stronger!
Cat fight. I think Laura Ingraham should take Meghan's advice and pucker up. Listening to the Republican party these days is like watching some hyenas fight over meat scraps.
It's like almost everyone speaking for the Republican party comes right out of the middle ages. They are so mean-spirited that I cannot even imagine being in the same room or in the same world as these people. And to top it off, they have NO SHAME!
Ms. Ingraham,
If more Conservatives were like Meghan McCain maybe this country would be more successful solving our most difficult issues. It's people like you, Ms. Ingraham, who are the cause of difficulty getting those difficult issues solved.
Meghan,
Keep it up! Know that people like me appreciate what you are saying. It appears that even though you are younger, you have far more common sense than Ms. Ingraham.
Ah yes, the "blame the media" crowd. For about half a day there I thought these folks grew up.
Oh this is great. I got my popcorn out, feet up... This aught to be entertaining.
If the Party of No would only listen to Meghan McCain they'd realize she makes real sense. Theres something to be said about reaching out to independents and young Americans. Meghan has learned the lesson of the last two elections, other republicans have not.
That said, its fun to just sit back and watch the republicans continue to self-destruct. A recap of recent entertaining events include: Michael Steele is a clown, their rising star Bobby Jindal humiliated himself, conservatives like Mark Sanford are still tragically out of touch, House and Senate Republicans can't come up with anything but total obstruction, the old guard is cannibalizing one of the only younger republicans that has anything close to a plan, all the while Rush Limbaugh is in control. Great work guys!
Ingraham says liberals are taking a single satirical comment out of context "to paint Meghan as the victim of a right-wing hate crime" and "malign outspoken conservatives.
Hey woman, dont drag liberals into this. This is between the 2 of you. We are just watching from the sideines, popcorn in hand.
Not Dr. Laura is showing off the brain that neconservatives have – and I sincerely mean that one-half of an improperly working brain that seems to be shared by 20-30 idiotic conservative commentators. Even her come back was wrong. How are these people so wrong so much of the itme and still have an audience?
By the way, Obama was just reading the cover of the magazine – he was not implying Simpson had a weight problem. Of course Not Dr. Laura is too stupid – and I mean dumber than a box of rocks kind of stupid (although that probably is being somewhat mean to a box of rocks) – to realize that.
This is the kind of brainless nastiness that has characterized the Republican party in the Limbaugh era. Does Ingraham think that she is being constructive in some way? Probably not. Like many who like to rant and rave over everything they don't like, she is merely being childish and selfish.
Megan McCain raises completely valid points, and the GOP will only further isolate themselves as a lunatic fringe if they continue to push away and repulse the people that actually try to think for themselves.
This really underscores why the GOP is losing all the elections now. They've alienated most every group, and now wonder why they are the minority. Who has the GOP not insulted? Unless you think identically and believe 100% party dogma, and march lock-step with the mindless followers, you are cast out as a leper.
Really, the GOP is resembling a cult these days, more than a party with ideas. The only ideas on the table I hear is "tax cut – tax cut – tax cut." That and "How about we do nothing and hope things work themselves out?"
- another ex-republican that is disgusted by the party
So, because Meghan McCain is constructively critical of the GOP, she's "bashing" it? Interesting. In all honesty, Meghan is one of very few relevant voices coming from the GOP today. She "gets" it. Too bad the rest of the party does not.
You're a reasonable person, Meghan McCain. Laura Ingraham, on the other hand, doesn't know the meaning of the word compromise. Life is a series of compromises. Looks like to me the public thinks so, too, given the latest numbers out on approval ratings for the president vs. the republicans in Congress.
President Obama's comment was read off the cover of the magazine as an observation, "Seems she is battling a weight problem."
Calling someone a "plus-sized model" has a negative connotation to it that was intended and received as delivered.
Trying to cover the tracks by creating a straw man through the interjection of a month old discussion about a magazine cover is yet another weak defense on Ingraham's part.
The real issue now is that someone dared push back and did so very directly. I think "kiss my @$$" was pretty darned pointed. Nothing veiled in that counter-attack.
Ms. McCain should go on Laura's show and state exactly why she resents conservatives and expound on her political/cultural beliefs.
How do you respond to that? The republicans are crazy. I hope everyone remembers this wackiness during the next election cycle. The republican party appear to have no control whatsoever. Who in their right mind would vote for that?
I can't agree with the characterization but if Meghan McCain is a "useful idiot" that puts her one up on Laura Ingraham – a useless idiot if there ever was one.
Actually, I can think of at least two more – Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.
Wait, I can think of still more – George Bush, Dick Cheney, Michael Steele...
Meghan McCain isn't bashing the GOP, she took aim at ONE commentator (Anne Coulter) and made a very good point...Ingraham is the one who injected herself in the issue and I think she's trying to use it for publicity. Scoffing at McCain for suggesting the Repubs reach a compromise with the Dems is exactly the kind of behavior that people have chastised the Dems for when they forced the Stimulus package through. Glad to see Ingraham isn't a hypocrite or anything!
Great. Another right-wing person deciding who gets to weigh in on a particular issue. First, Meghan McCain is too fat. Now, she's not allowed to speak her mind until she's got a "with a lifetime of sacrifice and public service" under her belt. What, exactly, has Laura Ingraham contributed to the public good that allows her to discount the opinions of Megan McCain, or anyone for that matter? Her time in the public eye, along with Rush's, Coulter's etc., is coming to an end, and they're getting more desperate in their attempts to appear relevant. Pathetic.
The fact that stupid and divisive women like Ingram and Coulter get such a following by Republicans shows how low the party has gone down. It is no longer a party of ideas but a party of hate mongering.
A "valley girl gone awry" and a "plus sized model?"
Way to miss McCain's point, Ingraham. You say "get out of the punditry business" if you can't stand the heat ... um, punditry isn't by definition a mudslinging hatefest. Maybe for you on the extreme right because that's all you know ... but wow. What powerful debating skills you have: "I disagree with you" ... "Yeah? Well you're fat and stupid" – brilliant, Ms. Ingraham.
Meghan, become an Independent again. Join the rest of us who WERE Republicans. We dropped out because we're Americans, not a party.
i love it repugs at war with each other i guess that what happens when you have nothing positive to say
At least Meghan is useful which is more that I can for Ingraham!
Ingraham is right. Meghan McCain is acting foolishly and playing to the liberal press. That didn't work for her dad and it is not working for her.
It's incredible how easily conservative talkers lie.
I saw Obama's interview with Lauer. He wasn't making fun of Jessica Simpson's weight. He was reading the headline for an image that was covering part of his family portrait.
Come on. The lies have to stop.
Funny how these conservative radio djs are always victims of misunderstandings. Ingraham made fun of Meghan McCain's weight and now doesn't have the guts to stand behind her comments. What a liar.
Is it just me or are these people acting like 5 year olds? I don't blame Meghan McCain for standing up for herself, but all the name calling is really juvenile. Why can't there be an intelligent, adult conversation or debate among these folks without the childish name calling and bickering?
And the Republicans wonder why they continue to fail?
lol just what i needed to start my day.
Since when does being "plus sized" make your opinion invalid? I don't agree with the majority of Meghan's views, but I'm standing behind her on this. She shouldn't have to put up with it!
Laura Ingraham would have been taken far more seriously had she found factual/ideological issues to debate, not trivialities like hair color, age and physical appearance. But instead it's far safer to reduce the big issues to a catfight, and buffoon Meghan McCain. By saying Meghan's "being used," Ingraham is basically TELLING the Republican pundits to use Meghan McCain as a punching bag and ignore the deeper issues.
That line cracks me up. Boss Limbaugh creates his own demonization when he hopes the President of our United States fails.
This is one Democrat who hopes Meghan McCain's media coverage never drops completely off. The idea of a "nice" and "smart" conservative is so off the wall to the far right that they see it as a threat. Morons like Ingraham can't realize that she's not being critical of the GOPs values – instead it's the dismissive, disrespectful, and hateful messengers who give the right wing its bad name.
Laura Ingraham is probably the most hate-filled person I can think of off the top of my head.
Meghan is roughly my age and I think it is fantastic she has the guts to throw the BS flag and say Republicans simply cannot keep going down the same road that is obviously a dead end. As a Democrat I hope she fails miserably but I love that she is trying.
There right wing gasbags can dish it out but they sure can't take it, can they?
Ingraham is just another of Rush Limbaugh's cheerleaders. What a pig. Oink that.
Go Meg
Who is this woman and why are we paying attention to her at all? CNN – I think this is more in line with gossip rather than political news.
I dont know if what you are saying is true. But it is not right to call lsomeone an idiot to all of the world. Even if it is true which i wouldnt know. Would you like to be called that in front of everyone i bet not.
How is this name-calling contest news?
"Meghan should pretend that she's had a change of heart and is now a pro-life conservative"
Would that be a bad thing? Is Laura not a pro-lifer conservative?
That line is very funny. As if it is something happening TO him rather than coming out of his own mouth. The man lives for this. The Dems are having fun with it.
The only loser is the GOP, who stand by him, and let the party fall into the land of hacks.
Funny, she gets on to McCain's daughter for talking "bad" about conservatives, but doesn't seem to see the least bit of hypocrisy in doing to Meghan what she's lambasting her for doing to conservaties....typical.
Ah, those cliche phrases like " taken out of contexts" and " off -the -cuff remarks" uttered by desparate dudettes like LI! Wordy warfare will be well worth watchin' by weirdos like us, who occasionally do matter. Megan McCain is maulin' an insensitive Ingraham, who, by the way, tries to offer advice on how to withstand " teasin".
But if Megan meets 2 fierce foes in the forms of inadequate Ingraham and cold-heartedly calculatin' Coulter, she may end up needin' more moral support from the not-too-bad GOP mob. Good luck, Megan!
Naturally Laura Ingraham has to demonize Meghan McCain. McCain got out of line. She spoke the unspokeable. She refused to be the quiet little Republican woman – barefoot and pregnant, baking cookies in the kitchen.
Just who does Meghan McCain think she is criticizing the GOP? Off with her head!
This is exactly what Ingraham wanted, publicity for the purpose of getting high ratings for her radio show. The media and Meghan McCain
took Ingraham's bait and now she is enjoying it all. Suckers !!!
Whatever happened to manners? Why is it that the general population now thinks they can say whatever they wish? It use to be that we were taught to think before we spoke. If it wasn't constructive, then don't say it!
Since she obviously doesn't place herself on the same level as Ms. McCain, it's pretty easy to deduce that Laura Ingraham is a 'useless idiot.'
Laura is clearly seeking mainstream media coverage. The best thing we can do for society is ignore her & hope she goes away!!!
If Ms. McCain wants to be taken seriously, she needs to refine her language, and not stoop to the level of Ms. Banks' coarse vulgarity.
Ingraham and Coulter are both perfect examples of why all but a very few poorly-educated and easily-lead people are leaving the Republican Party in droves. It's so very sad to see that all Ingraham has is to attack someone's weight and call them an idiot. What is this, the playground in fourth grade (as far as Ingraham probably got in school; she missed the part about good manners).
I was a Republican. I left the party when Bush-the-Lesser was re-elected in 2004. Ingraham, Coulter, Limbaugh, and everyone of their ilk can have the party. It's a disaster.
I'm a repub and I'm siding with Meghan here
The way a party grows and evolves is by it's own members pointing out it's flaws. Laura Ingraham is just a stubborn republican who doesn't want to change with the times. Look at Lincoln and FDR (republican and democrat respectively) who, in a nutshell, went against what their party was all about and helped out the country, ultimately changing the ideology of the party.
For the record, I don't consider Laura Ingraham a fellow republican: she doesn't respect other ideas (nor listen to them for that matter) and she makes me look like an idiot republican. Though Meghan probably shouldn't have responded in that certain way, Laura was completely in the wrong to bash her more.
Laura... grow up
Someone needs to take the microphone away from Laura Ingraham. Doesn't she realize that the political infighting in the RNC is what's making them ALL look like idiots?
The difference between Meghan McCain and Laura Ingraham is in that one adjective – "useful."
I just love these circular firing squads.
Wow, the spectrum of reflective, well-spoken, intellectually competent and respectable public figures that the Republican Party offers America is breathlessly irresistable and compelling.....Palin, Coulter, Limbaugh, Ingraham and of course, "Joe the Plumber". Choosing their next presidential candidate from such a powerhouse collection of superb models for our youth will surely be agonzing!
As a staunch democrat I never thought I'd say this, but I really miss conservative pundits and leaders who actually have something worthy to say. The whole Fox/Rush/Coulter machine has gotten so ridiculous that nothing of any substance is coming out of the right these days. Laura Ingraham only proves the point. I applaud Meghan McCain for at least trying to bring the dialogue back to issues (which is what she was doing when Laura Ingraham responded by calling her fat). This completely pathetic reply demonstrates how totally devoid of ideas the conservative pundits have become. It's impossible even to have an intelligent discussion with them anymore.
Uh, can we get back to talking about what really matters....the issues affecting this country.
Aren't we tired of the high school antics and the name calling, he-said, she-said. Boring and way too "reality tv" for me.
Time to move on.....
"Enjoy it while it lasts?"
Integrity lasts much longer and has more value than the pus constantly secreted by conservative talk show hosts.
Name calling (e.g., idiot) typically occurs when one has nothing more intelligent to say. It is a junior high school response.
Megham McCain has shown courage and honesty.
In contrast, Laura Ingrahm is following the business plan of Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh....engage in personal insults and attacks instead of intellectual defenses of your position, all for private gain. Ingrahm should be ashamed to stoop so low. Ingram just wants attention and higher ratings for her radio show. She wants to be the next Rush Limbaugh because he is rich. It is all about pure greed by Ingrahm.
I have no respect for Ingrahm and her personal insults do not deserve a response. I have nothing but respect for Meghan McCain who has maintained her dignity throughout.
Why is anyone even talking about Meghan McCain? Other than being the daughter of Sen. John McCain, what has she accomplished that would put her in the spotlight. Must be slow news days!
To me it appears that Laura Ingraham is the "idiot". Her pot shots and barbs at John McCain's daughter are very catty and immature. Laura needs to move on to more productive discussions.
Ms. Ingraham:
Why so defensive? Why throw Rush into a personal fray with another female conservative? If you speak before you think, 100% of the time, you can probably guarantee you will be rebuffed. The tongue is the most deadly of all weapons. When you speak negativity. You generate and receive negativity
Megan you are fine, don't let these"have the last word" talk shoe types grind you down. As the saying go's"a drowding person will grab at a straw". Right now the GOP is sceared stiff that Obama may actualy succed in his attemp to right the economy,if so,then the GOP wont get credit for it. Desperate people make desperate statements. Hang in there.
Meghan-WE LOVE YOU!!!!!! Go get 'em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think Megan is a wonderful voice. I think many young people believe in small taxesand small government. It will take the young republicans to turn the party around, to seperate church from state thinking.
Miss McCain speaks her mind out, calls for unity in the United
States of America ... and she's labeled an idiot.
Don't say anything in a bad manner and you wouldn't be subjected to ridicule. It seems to me that when something is said that is out of line then the person who says it make some point that they were taken out of context. If these people robbed a bank and were caught, then the fisrt thing that would come out of their mouth is my actions were taken out of context.
Meghan McCain is the only republican that has any sense.. least her dad did one thing right.. raised a child not to go against what she believes in.
Ingraham is right, except about the plus-sized model crack. No need for that, but everything else she hits the spot. Meghan McCain will be done as soon as CNN and its liberal media buddies realize that Republicans don't pay attention to her anymore. Or, in true Valley Girl style, Meggie gets tired of not being able to shop and party all the time..
You go Laura! Meagan needs to just set down and shut up. Her opinions are not wanted. She is a yuppie that has no back bone to hold her idiotic views up.
Just go ahead and caller yourself what you are Meagan, a socialistic democratic insider into the world of conservatism.
While I am not fat, I find it deplorable that anyone, should resort to elementary school age bullying. If you have to make it personal, then you aren't very mature. Just because someone else calls you names doesn't give you the right to do the same. I thought we were all adults here. For Ingrahm to be having a two year old's hissy fit because someone called her on the carpet is just ridiculous. GET OVER IT, GROW UP or go back to kindergarten. Because someone had an unhappy home life and they need to start over.
Obama was reading back the headline of the magazine Matt Lauer was holding up – the headline was about Jessica Simpson's weight –Ingraham is a disgrace to women - and to the human race. If the Republican's ever want to be in power again they better start looking at women like Meghan McCain as their future. As these talking heads like Ingraham and Rush continue to preach to their narrow minded choir, intelligent people like Meghan see the Republicans future go down the drain.
And the Republican party doesn't understand why nobody supports them any longer....fools.
I keep being amazed at the ignorance of the Republican Pary. They make Rush the head of the Party and demonize this intelligent lady. Go figure.
Judging by the way Ms Ingraham is screaming and firing shots at Ms McCain, I d' say that what Meghan McCain is saying must be hitting the mark. What’s the matter Laura, the truth hurt? You, Coulter and Limbaugh are nothing but hot air and out of touch with what is real in this country. The GOP lost because it is out of touch with the majority of voters in this country and because they listen to idiots like you, to say nothing of the complete mess your party has made in the last eight years. I guess it makes you feel powerful to attack Meghan McCain so you can avoid thinking about why your party lost the last two elections. Do us all a favor and crawl back under the rock you slithered out from under.
Ingraham and Coulter have done wonders for the Democratic Party. Let them talk.
I think these folks should continue this mud-slinging all the way through the 2010 midterm elections, to the 2012 presidential race! They have so much insightful stuff to say! Keep it up! Really! (Pretty please, lol!)
It is obvious that Ingrahm has nothing important to talk about if this is what she is commenting on.
I don't understand why Ingraham doesn't realize that once she resorted to calling McCain fat rather than just arguing with what she is saying, she lost.
Nothing afterward mattered.
The far-right wing of American politics is twisted, psychotic and hateful.
Meghan McCain is just being honest and telling the truth. I believe she really is trying to help the Republican party, which is losing an entire generation of voters because they are too extreme on many issues - especially social issues. Mindlessly demonizing and oppressing gays is no longer going to win elections, for example. The younger generation is over it and support gay rights.
I know Republicans have honesty issues, but I didn't realize what a serious crime telling the truth really is in their world.
ditto.....Megan is being used
and by the way I AM FAT......so what?
Ms. Ingraham is simply leveraging this incident to bring folks to her entertainment show. She is as useless as any of the 'pundits'. One could say she was a 'useless idiot'. In that respect, Ms. McCain is one up on her.
Hey Laura, trust and believe, "fat" Meghan got you beat by a mile sweetie!
Some useful idiots are temporary unitl they grow into strong, resourceful, mature women.
Then there are the permanent idiots that remain in the same stupid placed being used by the equally, stupid old white men of society, Laura.
So suggesting that Conservatives and Liberals should compromise on issues is a BAD thing? No wonder the GOP sucks! The GOP mouths can do no more than throw insults because can't come up with anything intelligent to say. If more Republicans were like Meghan McCain, maybe I'd vote for one sometime!
Ingraham is helping M. McCain achieve her goals. She (McCain) wants to use the spotlight for her personal and or political aspirations. Palin is enough from Republicans. No more distractions please. Take your fight to Springer.
Laura is terrific and tells it like it is!
Like anybody outside the radical faction of the GOP had ever even heard of Laura Ingraham before this...sounds like she is benefiting from the conflict with Meghan McCain, too. Ingraham should be thrilled with the publicity–even if it shows how contemptible she is.
so i guess when 1 does not agree with the Rebubs.. they are idiots or not smart.. or just not American .. or dont have a clue as to what americans want....hmmmmm is that so? .... well shoot me now and call me a moose i guess most of American's these days have a problem with the in fighting among the Rebubs and dont agree with more than half of there views on life and how goverment should be ran
What happened to the American mature professional adult woman? What happened to restraint from grade school playground name calling? What happened to setting an example for young people? I don't know this Ingraham woman but her behavior is unacceptable. Shame on her.
Hey Laura,
When you can't think of anything intelligent to say, just attack. You've learned your lessons well from your fellow Republicans. Why should I expect anything different from you?!
This Laura Ingraham is as un-American as they come, thinking her Party's opinion is the only one that counts. Get over it honey, this country is made up of more than people like you!
Ingraham's comments are more than satire, they were an attack on McCain because she disagrees. This is clearly shown by Ingraham's defence of her statements that made additional attacks. By the looks at the polls lately, Ingraham, Rush and Sean and the incompotent GOP leadership are lossing the moderates and inciting the nutcases. Great strategy to continue to lose more elections.
Please... There's as much intelligence in this argument as there was in relation to WMD in Iraq.... that is to say, none! Ms. McCain, while speaking her mind, is still very young, and learning the ways of the world. Ms (Mrs? Mz?) Ingraham is just looking to plaster someone because her beloved Republican Party is no longer in power. She never learned how to take disappointment. While I am a Democrat, I think this country is served by some adversarial rhetoric, but we all want the same thing... to see the country succceed in it's efforts at recovery. I just think CNN needs to find better places to spend their considerable resources than reporting ont his stupid, childish argument between two women whose voices are being amplified too much...
I think it is a extremely inappropriate to be using your position in the media to make such harsh personal attacks against Meghan McCain because she made some personal political observations on her blog that Laura disagreed with. I mean come on, she has a radio show that has an audience of 5 million and she uses her power of audience to attack a 24 year old that has a blog with a very small fraction of Laura's audience. Grow up and stop bickering, Laura Ingraham is just ridiculous.
We would all be better off if people like Laura Ingraham would go away forever... Republicans and Democrats.
Meghan McCain does not deserve the lambasting she is taking from these so called conservatives. I think it only highlights the fact that conservatives do not really support the constitution and free speech. It's become more and more evident that conservatives are more like a communist regime than a democracy. They obscure the truth, smear anyone with opposing views, and seek to destroy anyone not like themselves. Isn't that what Hitler did?
Why is it so sacreligious for a republican, moderate or otherwise, to have and express a different view about their party. Meghan is the future of this country and the republican party. She represents the change that Obama has put in place. That change is, regardless of your party affiliations, we should be able to work together.
These older republican conservatives feel threatened and rightly so. Their time has come. Soon they will have to change their tune or close down their airwaves because America are tired of hearing the same old song, "Crush, Burn, Destroy".
Ms. Ingraham is a LIAR. She MEANT to insult Meghan, when she brought up her weight. The ONLY reason she is now attempting to spin it another way is because 80% or more women felt it was totally uncalled for and inexcusable. I just wonder, "Why are so many of the Republicans, so mean spirited?" So many of them claim to be Christian, and yet most of their actions are in direct contradiction with the faiths teachings. I just don't get it.
The difference with President Obama's comment with Matt Lauer is that he was reading a headline from a magazine, he wasn't actually calling Jessica Simpson fat; People Magazine called her fat. Laura Ingraham, on the other hand, did call Meghan McCain fat.
Laura is just jealous. She is attacking Meghan simply because she has nothing better to do. Laura use to energy to better serve the people. You are wasting your time and the people's time.
I expect the right wing-nuts to attack the people I like. After all I am a progressive rural, middle-aged, white guy (the probably think I am some kind of traitor to attach progressive to the other three descriptors). Truthfully though having them attack each other is nowhere near as satisfying as you might think. Please GOP stop the nastiness and just go back to being wrong 80% of the time.
Hey Meghan, shut up! Hey Laura, shut up! Hey Rush, shut up! Hey Hannity, shut up! Hey Olbermann, shut up!
Go back to your luxury cars, your mansions, your maids. These pundits/celebrities don't have to worry about feeding their families or paying bills. They all make me sick. Don't pretend you feel the pain of the common man.....................You don't!
lol. What a bunch of children these people are being. I agree with Ingraham about McCain but Ingraham isn't behaving much better.
John, Rochester MN March 17th, 2009 10:25 am ET
There's an excellent line in here that shows just how much the right wing doesn't get it: "You are the flavor of the month in left-wing media land because you are a Republican bashing the GOP." It isn't because she's a Republican bashing the GOP, it's because she's a Republican that isn't caving in to extremism. She speaks her mind. She's open to discussion. I know these are foreign concepts to the right, but freedom doesn't mean everybody thinking the same way you do.
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LOL, now isn't that the pot calling the kettle black. Insert your foot in your mouth often, John?
Why is Ingraham attacking Meghan McCain over her weight?. Is the United States not the country where 2/3 of its population is overweight and obese...? Is it not the country where you find overweight poor/homeless people? Is it not the country where a 250lbs woman can freely display her sexuality in public and a 350lbs man is considered a 'great athlete'?
Mon Dieu.
As a liberal, I like Meghan McCain simply because she actually recognizes that the Republican Party is going to have to change and grow to stay viable. The Democrats do not remain controlled by segregationist Dixiecrats. The Democratic Party of today is not what it was 50 years ago, or 100 years ago. The Republican Party has this fanatical adherence to obsolete issues and ideals that the new generation, my generation and Meghan McCain's generation, just don't care about. It plays great with 23% of the country, but they're just not going to win elections outside of the South, the Bible Belt, and rural areas.
The problem the Republicans face is that they've hung their hats on Christian religious extremism, and it is not a viewpoint that allows for a variety of goals and beliefs under one big tent. The Democrats welcome both liberal Democrats, conservative Democrats, moderate Democrats, and anybody else. The Republicans have made it clear that unless you toe a right-wing religious conservative line, and pay homage to the correct talking heads, you're a tool of the liberal media, a traitor to the Party, and not welcome among the Republicans.
Meghan is enjoying all the publicity, bad or good! She's in with the big league now so, if you can't take the heat, as they say – get the hell out of the kitchen. The libs are using the hell out of her.
Meghan McCain is saying things that need to be said, speaking up for the moderate, centrist Republicans and against intolerance. She doesn't deserve to be insulted or attacked. I support Ms. McCain 100%!
Personally, I find Meghan McCain very attractive! My advice to her would be to be the bigger person, take the high road and don't let these hate filled fear mongers drag you into the mud.
Now with that out of the way, I agree with earlier comments that some in the GOP seem very irked that the country is gearing towards the center instead of cowering in fear and going to the right. "Think like us or you're wrong" seems to be the current mantra. It's stuff like this that is causing the GOP to implode!
I agree with Dan:
Ingraham got caught using personal insults as a rejoinder to a political debate, got called on it and is now trying to cover her slippery tracks by implying that she was "just teasing."
The McCains need to go back to Arizona and be quiet. True conservatives are taking the party back and the McCains & Spectors of the world are in the way.
Never heard of Ms. Ingraham, but I sure like her. Thanks CNN for the information.
As is typical of Republicans like Ms. Ingraham, she revels in personal insults instead of debating issues and facts. Exactly why I quite this party. They really need to return to addressing this countries needs and back out of peoples personal lives.
Megan is still too young. She didn't know what she did. Need more than 10 years for all teenagers to really know what politics is.
Meghan McCain is a conservative, and on many political issues I disagree with her.
But unlike most of the Republicans, she's not an insane religious lunatic. So I can work with her. She is what the Republican Party needs to be in order to survive, and if they can't change, they will collapse as soon as all the angry old dittoheads die of old age or congestive heart failure. My generation, and the one before, and the one after, is solidly progressive liberal Democrat. We're the future.
If Rush, Sean, Ann Coulter, Dr. Laura, etc. would just go away what a wonderful world this would be! Their hate filled rhetoric is as tired as the current Republican party. Good for you Meghan! Stand your ground against these hypocrites who use the media to promote their hate filled agendas.
even if I am not Republican, (how could I be these years ?),
Meghan McCain sounds a well balanced person in her thinking and acting.
Brava !
Hey Laura Ingraham, Please keep your infighting in the GOP. Don't drag the president into this. We all heard what the president said during the super bowl interview. he was just reading something that was in the cover of the magazine.
oddly, I had never even heard of Ingrahm until this came up
wow!i am beginning to respect this McCain Girl!
The weight comment *was* out of line. But, to hear the "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot" crowd, who *never* abstain from throwing out digs about personal appearance, crying about it is just a little sickening. Manufactured rage and pretend indignation...that's all it is...
"Meghan is roughly my age and I think it is fantastic she has the guts to throw the BS flag and say Republicans simply cannot keep going down the same road that is obviously a dead end. As a Democrat I hope she fails miserably but I love that she is trying."
Actually, as a progressive liberal Democrat, I hope she succeeds. Our political system needs a variety of political viewpoints and positions, a whole spectrum of parties and opinions. One-party government is not healthy. However, the Republicans are stubbornly refusing to be a viable party, they are completely subservient to that 23% of the country that is dittoheads. Makes good ratings for the talking heads, but it doesn't win elections. And it's never healthy for any political system to only have one viewpoint in power, whether its ours or theirs. I may be a Democrat, but I'm in this game for the country, not for my party.
I'm sorry, but when is making a derogatory comment about someone's physical appearence acceptable, let alone considered humorous? Is Ms.Ingraham a judge on "America's Top Model"? No. I don't think it was intended as a compliment when Ms. McCain was referred to as a "plus size model". Ms Ingraham, are you trying to cut in on the whole McCain v. Coulter kerfuffle to keep your name in the news?
Go Megan McCain you rock! I never thought much about this, but the more I Hear about you, the more I Like you!!
Put those extremist neo cons in their place!!
Oh the game of eating their own.
Meghan is trying to made the GOP realize they need to grow-up. This is how she is repaid.
I guess the truth hurts when you are in the republican party. When it hurts, they attack with hate.
Hang in there Megan ! Laura Ingraham has " bit off more than she can chew " in this fight. Ha ! Ha !
Why is it that the Repugs REFUSE to support their own who try to make sense of the mess they are in ?
By the way, Obama was just reading the cover of the magazine – he was not implying Simpson had a weight problem. Laura Ingraham is too stupid to check out things before she says them. This statement was checked out long ago by others who take the time to check their facts..
and this is how the GOP pushes out independents, moderates and progressives. This is how the GOP maintains its base, by excluding all others.
Does anybody remember the old Republicans? You know, with ideals that were different for mine but able to have a healthy exchange of ideas? People who could tolerate and listen to opposing view points? Yeah, those guys are Dems now.
Megan is the most reasonable one of the bunch! They should listen to her and maybe they would actually get some support than!
congrats to Meghan. People should be able to share their ideas without being called names. The Republican party will die if the pundits that profess to be on their side continue to voice this anger and ignorance.
The economy, global warming, terrorism, health care, education....remember those things? How about we get back to the real issues. Let these two cat-fight it out on Pay-per-view.
Why normal "republicans" (if there are any left, doesn't appear so) aren't taking back their party from these diseased private parts that now act as the voice of the GOP is just beyond me.
Talk about a vacuum of ideas, decency and common sense, talking about eating your own young, this is a disgrace even for the GOP – and that says a lot.
The GOP is one major election away from irrelevency, from joining the Whigs and the Free Soil Party. And it is WELL deserved.
I'm sure Meghan can take care of herself in all this but I gotta ask .... where is Momma McCain?
She should call Laura out on her sophomoric diatribes against her kid. Time to take off the stilletos and the earrings honey!
The "talking heads" who seem to "lead" the Republican Party are able to voice the hatred the party idealogy disguises in its policy through their radio platform. But can they take it? Only by defending themselves (Rush, Laura) through ignorance and bigotry...
Meghan is young and beautiful has a right to say whatever she feels it is called freedom of speech......you have every right to disagree with her but the name calling was Foolish at 45, unmarried, with a sad medical history…I truly am sorry but still you must restrain your jealousy .......everything that comes out of your mouth is uglier than your Face
People like Ingraham, Limbaugh, and Coulter are a cancer eating the life out of the Republican body politic. They make a living out of confusing being nasty and abusive with being intelligent. Meghan is a decent person who speaks her mind and FYI Ingraham, John McCain has been far too busy bashing the President's policies to have anytime for attacking Republicans. What I don't get as a Bible believing Christian who reads 1 Corinthians 13 everyday is how any of my fellow Christians can be comfortable supporting the agenda of people as hate-filled as Ingraham, Limbaugh, and Coulter.
Where is John McCann? Why hasen't he spoke up to her and all the others and say...leave my child alone. As a father, I sure would. He must be more concerned with his "non" political career.
Ms. Ingraham is being, at best, disingenuous about her indignation about the "left wing" exploiting Ms. McCain for its own purposes. Actually, the left wing is spending far less time discussing this controversy than Ms. Ingraham herself is. So, if there is someone from the media who is exploiting Ms. McCain it would be, in fact, Ms Ingraham herself.
Further, her motivation for this exploitation is obvious. Her goal is to punish or publicly bash anyone who does not salute the old Republican litmus tests that, apparently Ms. Ingraham has invested a great deal in creating.
Ms. McCain may or may not be the voice of a new generation of Republicans, but she certainly represents something that neither Ms. Ingraham nor the Republican Party has been – politically centrist.
Ms. Ingraham is being, at best, disingenuous about her indignation about the "left wing" exploiting Ms. McCain for its own purposes. Actually, the left wing is spending far less time discussing this controversy than Ms. Ingraham herself is. So, if there is someone from the media who is exploiting Ms. McCain it would be, in fact, Ms Ingraham herself.
Further, her motivation for this exploitation is obvious. Her goal is to punish or publicly bash anyone who does not salute the old Republican litmus tests that, apparently Ms. Ingraham has invested a great deal in creating.
Ms. McCain may or may not be the voice of a new generation of Republicans, but she certainly represents something that neither Ms. Ingraham nor the Republican Party has been – politically centrist.