Republicans vs. Republicans? Meghan McCain Rails at the Tea Party

Sorry, make that extraordinaire

That family is disfunctional

Meghan is hurting her father’s political viability, every time she opens her mouth.
Come November, he won’t even be a Senator.

Of course she is going to attack conservatives. She is a liberal, her father is a progressive and he has twice lost running for President. It’s a very good thing that Obama won the presidency instead of McCain, at least now the choices for voters are becoming much more clear.

I am not a tea partier … but I AM a Republican and I can tell you that I don’t know ANYONE who would say that Ms. McCain should be the VOICE of Republicans. She is a Republican in Name Only. If she were really being honest with you ABC .. she would tell you that she is a Democrat wannabe. We don’t mind… they can have her.

I am a YOUNG conservative and Meghan annoys me like no other. She is worse than Palin at spouting off her idiotic ideas! Tancredo was right a lot of people that voted for Obama do not know English! Meghan just likes the sound of her own voice, but whats worse is that she thinks every young conservative thinks like her…sorry Ms. Mccain you are WRONG…I do not think like you and do not agree w/ half of what you say! OH and she has a book?!?!? Wonder if it will even sell?!?! thanks!

Glennis, you are correct. She is not long on ideas or much else.

Why do they give credence to these spoiled kids of famous people?
Like she ever earned anything.

Her and her father’s ideas are why he did not get elected! Had they said what bo was all about he would not be in office now……blaa blaa blaa McCains!

“many Republicans are afraid of losing the status quo that we have held on to for so long”
Dear Miss Eyre,
That status quo has been gone for a while. The door was closed permanently by Bush and the say-one-thing-do-another Republicans of 2001-2007. Should we trust them any more now? As for the TEA party, it sure looks like a bunch of disaffected older white bigots for whom “Press One for English” (I say we need the excercise) drives them into a xenophobic tizzy. The Tea Party is starting down the same road as the Nazi party. Come to think of it, there are a lot skinheads at a Sarah Palin rally, too.

Palin and Megan McCain can stay as far away from the movement as possible. First the media/political elite tried to kill it by calling it “astroturf” now they are trying to kill it by associating it with the likes of Palin and McCain.

I don’t see bloggers getting paid 100k to speak. Who is the real MORON?

spoiled rotton rich kid??
why because she disagrees with your agenda? Apparently no one is welcome in the R party unless they tow the TeaParty line.
Continue to drive moderates like her, Chaffee and Spector and Crist out of your party, moderates will always be welcome to become Ds.

Posted by: Ira | Feb 8, 2010 2:58:55 PM
Well Said Ira, most moderates refuse to be associated with the Tea Party crowd.

who cares about meghan mccain??? there are more important issues to report on dont ya think!??? i cant believe im commenting on this…!!

This seems to have much more of a grip on reality then all the Republicans in office right now.

“It’s quite hard to be a citizen and know no English.” What country do you live in, dude? Have you ever gone into the inner city? Or up into the mountains? While I take offense at the Tea Party remarks, there are a number of US citizens that could not put together a coherent sentence. On both sides. I thought Ms. McCain refreshing and I’m a registered democrat. She is actually involved in her country while a majority of people her age are involved in their IPhones or IPods.

Maybe a McCain/Palin wrestling match is in order.

genY voters turned out in mass for POTUS Obama in ’08. Unfortunately many of those R who make lewd about her fail to appreciate that voting patterns established when you are 20 years old remain with most throught their lives.
Sad to hear about the loss of John Murtha.

just keep what up the fact that genY voters are rejecting the GOP in masse?

genY voters like Meghan are leaving the GOP in masse

Progressive Republican = Democrat.
She and her father can both change parties and become Democrats where their ideology fits them. Our family voted for Palin..not McCain. We are working to take our party back from those Democrats who call themselves Republican.

no the south didn’t end literacy tests it was the US Supreme Court.
Apparently you are totally unaware of the generation of migrants that came to this country and built most of it in the 30s; Italians, Germans, Irish, Portugese, many of them your neighbors and leaders in your community who likely spoke little English when they arrived on Ellis Island.

The liberal media wants to make it seem that Megan McCain is “anti-tea party” but she isn’t; there is no Repulican verus Republican conflict..sorry liberal media you are wrong..again..

“Easy Teri… Ya’ll don’t have that many supporters left… keep giving them away and you’ll be able to fit the repub party into a mini van.”……. ah hahahahahaha Love it.

Ha, way to go Megan, if the Tea Party people were not going to support JD Hayworth, they sure as Hades will now.
Also note the bimbo is going to wait until after the AZ primary in August to come out with her book to discuss (trash) Palin.
This ditzy broad is transparent as the Oak Creek waters that runs by her gay supporting momma’s Sedona digs.

It is a sad day when all the Republicans can offer is Sarah Palin and their loose attachment to the Tea Party. This was the party of Lincoln, not of no-nothing twits, xenophobes and, worst of all – the provide me with all the services but I won’t pay taxes crowd.

Here we go again! Listen…Republicans of all sorts are obsolete. The good ones didn’t do anything to change the situation we had, now you are all part of it! You don’t have an opinion until someone either gives you one, or you see a chance for an argument. But don’t worry…Dems will soon follow. The people party will emerge from the ruble and the rich and the corps will be left working like the rest of us! Welcome back!

That’s funny, I’ve voted in every election in Maricopa County (the Phoenix area) since 1980 and I can’t recall ever seeing the name Meghan McCain on a balot…
Perhaps it’s time this spoiled brat stopped throwing stones at those who dare to disagree with daddy, and throw her bonnet in the ring.
But then again that would take some substance and effort (not to mention take time away from shopping in Scottsdale)…
fortunately John McCain will give the Arizona electorate one more chance in November to thank him for this 20+ years of self service and lack of true representation.

WHAT DOES MEGHAN MCCAIN HAVE AGAINST SENIORS?
Seems to me Meghan may not be racist but is profiling seniors. Isn’t her dad a senior considerably older than 65?
Meghan you may have just blown your integrity on this one!

The Republican party has become the party of anti-intellectualism. These tea-partiers are the equivalent of the pitchfork bearing townsfolk -ready to slash and burn what they fear (ie. anyone not like them)

Progressive and Conservative are dichotomous terms. We don’t need ‘socialist’, populist, progressive Republicans. McCain and her father need to simply fade to black.

The only advice I have for you Meghan is that if you really want to be “progressive” then you will leave the confines of the Republican Party. It will become more and more extreme and conservative as time passes. If it is not careful it will rip itself apart in 2010 & 2012. Anyone who truly is moderate and progessive really should consider leaving it now. Running Palin as the VP in’08 was the wake up call for me. The biggest fraud I have ever seen in politics.

Hey media get it right the only one that speaks for the real “tea party” is the US Constitution!!! Not McCain, Palin, Infowars, or anyother “PAID” consultant. We do not need or want any leaders, we do not want a special platform status WE WANT THE CONSTITUTION TO BE FOLLOWED!

spoiled rich kid

I am a Republican and have been so for over 30 years and what our party has became is rather frightening. I am a atheist (so is Karl Rove) and can’t stand hearing about God in politics, I also support same sex marriage and equal rights for everyone. 30 years ago our party had a lot more people like me in it, but today’s Republicans have been taken over by these neo-cons and are driving more and more people like me out of the party.
This is no longer a big open tent party and I personally am glad to see people like Meghan McCain speaking out.
A lot of today’s republicans I find are nothing more than talking points, knowing very little of the history of this once fine party, I doubt many are even aware of Ronald Regan defending gay people being allowed to teach our children.

Meghan, please go away. “Republicans” and Democrats like you are the reason we are in a 12 trillion debt and bankrupt as a Country. The fact you don’t realize the Tea Party movement is composed of everyday Americans sick and tired of the status quo in D.C. proves how out of touch you are. Please go get a real job and leave politics to adults. Your generation has done enough by voting Barry into office.

What is happening is the Republican party is being split and neither can survive without the other. The Tea party people are just mad because Obama is running the country and Michael Steele is the head of the GOP (see a trend?).

There is something that I see the Republicans and Democrats try to do in their scramble; Fake It. Last election Seether’s song ‘Fake It’ resounded in my ears every time I heard the politicians speek.

You have no idea what the tea party is about. It is about individuals who want smaller government and less taxes. There is no one leader. It is easy to pick out one person and try to paint the whole movement the same as that individual. The Communist Party of America endorsed Obama therefore the Democratic party is communist. Don’t be crazy.

I couldn’t say it any better than Glennis already did.
I think Miss McCain has somehow gotten the mistaken idea that a huge amount of people are impressed with her thoughts.

These people should rally behind the current administration and focus on getting the American job done. This “revolution” is just a distraction to the brand new (1 year old)administration we have now. Why don’t they work together to bring about the change America needs? Racism has many masks.

That’s all just defending the home court, in case of another bid by McCain.
To be expected, rather than newsy.

We can only hope that some others like Miss McCain will pull the Republican Party out of the arms of the “Dark Lord”
and return it to the party of the greatest republican of the last century, Gerald Ford, a man who loved his country far more than conservatism.

For once, I agree with Meghan McCain. The racism and sheer ignorance displayed in these “tea party” people, and the bandwagon conservatives that once loved them, is reflective of conservative politics over the last half-century. Republicans are nothing but a bunch of racist, uneducated, excitable mobs that want to run the world through military force.

She is neither Republican nor progressive. Rather, she is a spoiled rotten brat and loves the attention. I have more respect for Paris Hilton because at least she admits she is a ditz with no clue. Mehgan, I voted for your father, but now regret that vote because he obviously did a horrible job raising you. SHUT UP AND GO AWAY ALREADY

Every single solitary republican I know under the age of 40 agrees with Meghan McCain over John McCain on every single issue.
Most young people are democrats, but a good chunk are republicans. However, the young republicans don’t look like the republicans currently in charge of that party.
What do you think will happen when John McCain dies in the next ten years and Meghan McCain turns 35? It’s important to think about the future because it will be here very soon.

Ooops, meant, “violated.”

It goes without saying why the View invited her to co-host their program. If anyone hasn’t figured this out by now something is wrong. Just look at the people on the View program. At least they gave Ms. McCain some exposure which no one else would have done. She is a non-intellect that people will not listen to anyway.

What??? Are Republicans starting to see some of the Racism that exists in the GOP?

Please run for some office Meghan so the people can tell you how they feel. You look so comfortable with Whoopi that it makes me uncomfortable with you. Progressively tiring of you, peace Sis.

I am suprised. Aren’t kids of famos people really smart and knowledgable of so many things. After all she probably lives in one of McCain’s seven or eight or howmany houses he has. She has probably listened to her dad droll on for hours about how taxes should be lowered and earmarks cancelled, so she is an expert on taxes and government.

a “progressive Republican”? the progressives are exactly the people we are trying to get OUT of government. thats why the tea party is against mccain and obama. bring back the pro-constitution dems and repubs. enough of this big government BS.

During Palins’ Tea Party speech, she made reference to being a good parent. I wonder if being a good parent means allowing your teenage daughter to get pregnant and have a child out of wedlock. You betcha…

Two nice comments for both women… hehehe:
Sarah — Loved your display of “palm reading” on national TV!!! Again, thanks Sarah for your continued comedy entertainment.
Ms. McCain has reinforced a basic principle here… that is, “not all republican women are like Sarah”… yes, there is still “hope”.

Apparently political flagulents runs in the family. As if Mss. McCain or anyone she’s related to is the standard bearor for the Republican? I think not. Clearly McCain is trying to exercise her political pedigree and sense of entitlement. Ostentaciousness is always ugly–even when it comes in blond. The Tea Party Movement is evidence the she and hers’ screwed-up somewhere. They say acknowledging a problem is the First Step.

Tancredos owes millions of Americans apologies. Does Tancredos even have a high school diploma? Most who voted for Obama have college degrees and more. So, Tancredos needs to be sued for his ingenious statement of slander.

On Saturday, New Orleans elected a new mayor who is a moderate Democrat. He ran a great campaign that reeled in votes from diverse groups within that great city. Tea Party members had better learn from this example. Diversity means “mixture” of balance in gender, race, religion, and nationality. The people of New Orleans have spoken and they want representation for all people, not just white “trash” folks of the far right Republican party. The Republican Party is made up mainly of white folks, there isn’t any escape, which further makes non verbal statements they don’t want any other groups representated. Michael Steele is the “poster” boy for the GOP, but definitely doesn’t represent diversity in their party. Just the opposite.

Megan McCain stands a better chance at winning the main stream Republican primary than Palin. That should speak volumes.

Well if she thinks it, it must be so. This child has no credentials, credibility or reason to have a public platform.

At best the Tea Party will swing ‘Independent’ and do a ‘Ross Perot’ on the republicans. They will split off more republican votes than democrat votes and hand the elections to the democrats.
Palin is an idiot. Please, can’t conservatives field a candidate that’s not a beauty queen or a cosmopolitan centerfold? I’d like to see a strong showing from both the repubs and democrats… give us a real choice…
Palin was as good a choice VP as Bob Dole was for President against the younger Clinton.

It’s a good thing Meghan McCain was held under wraps during the ’08 election or McCain would have lost by an even steeper margin.

She needs to understand that her daddy wouldn’t have had half as many votes as he got were it not for Palin. He is a RINO on his way out in the election coming up for him.
Go Ron Paul!

Ms. McCain was a liberal who joined the Republican party as the father’s day present to her day when he was running for president.
Then she appointed herself ‘spokesperson’ for the young republicans.
She only gets attention because liberal leaning programs like to have a republican-bashing republican on their show.
She’s not the brightest color in the box.

Doesn’t she know that it is because of the Tea Party movement that her father DID NOT WIN THE ELECTION? Conservatives can’t stand him!

Megan was wrong about Obama’s prompter at the school. Pictures clearly show him and Arne Duncan sitting and talking with the kids. The prompter was for the later press Q&A. No one at The View is smart enough to do any fact checking, and they clearly don’t have anyone qualified or competent enough to fact check. See Politifact, Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg.

Meghan will hopefully mature with age, and understand that as a progressive Republican (rarely do I hear that term), she should just ‘fess up that she’s a RINO.
There are so many of us life-long Republicans in the tea party movement because of our stance against big government, disingenuous politicians, and the attack on our liberties as Americans. We know what socialism looks like and we’ll fight tooth and nail for our country and our Constitution’s principles.
Meghan’s generation and the ones following hers are being fought for as we demand that our current administration and Congress quit selling their futures down the drain with increasing debt, taxation, and spending. We’re speaking up for those like her that just don’t get it yet. Yes, she is not that much younger than my own kids, and she has an awful lot to learn—but I do care about her future too.
BTW, I was at the convention and thoroughly loved Sarah’s speech. Now that’s someone who would hold any politician of any party accountable for their actions as public servants. It’s okay for women in public places to take the gloves off!!

Well the ONLY thing McCain has going for him in a re-election bid is Palin’s support. He deserves to loose. His daughter is the elitist twit she is because of his beliefs..he just is politically savy enough to never expose them so SHE does for him.

ira, that would be en masse, and if you ain’t caught wind of the rejection that is taking place in the political scene, Megan McCain will try to sell to you that she is a “R”. What ever the hell that is supposed to mean (to her). Ira, some of us who are serious about the socialist that is Obama are conservatives LONG before we are R. Dummy. I wonder what being a republican actually MEANS to the spoiled dolt that is Megan McCain. Anyone???

Meagan:I would vote for you for prez if you were old enough. I am a liberal democrat from Ma. and I think you are a breath of fresh air for the American political system.

I don’t want to discuss any of the issues or facts. I just want to say that the Tea Party is racist, skinhead, Nazi, fascist KKK, bigot, yucky white people, yucky old people, and h8ers. How dare those racist bigots protest the government? They have no right to protest the government. Do they think this is Nazi Germany where people who oppose the policies of the government are allowed to protest?

Another negative tea party story… by an angry republican(sure she is)…just so you take your eyes off the failures of the current administration. Nice try

Dear Tom, Tea Party folks, democrats (blue dogs), gopers and all who read blogs, et al. Subject: Committment- I often think of our young Warriors (our sons and daughters)and their awesome committment to the United States of America. They live everyday in fear, they live everyday w/out showers (in some cases they get electrocuted in the shower-our crack electricians), w/out nice dinners (MRI’s), nice suits, nice families, nice hair, nice cars, nice toilets;they dodge bullets, IED’S, carry heavy backpacks, ammunition and on and on. Now, what do our polticians worry about ?- of all things, the next election. When all parties and independents show me the committment displayed by our Warriors, then and only then will I have faith in are political system. The worriors make life changing decisions every single day on the battle field in, real time. So match their courage and committment now. Get it done! Make this committment and you’ll be worthy of my vote. I’ll be at the front of the line. Don’t worry about your job. There are over 4,000 brothers who gave the ultimate sacrafice. By the way folks, there are over 200,000 warriors who don’t have a job. CC

For McCains daughter and Mother to act and say the things they have over the last caouple of weeks says to me that they have NO respect for him. If they did they would not embarrass him like this. It is truly a dis-functional family.

First off all, Cindy McCain is not a republican! She’s just another elitist snob who thinks they’re better than everyone else. Her views and opinions fall right into line with all the other a$$ backward progressives. Republican party doesn’t need her ill informed advice.

Wow, these comments are hilarious.

“[Tancredo] also ripped Sen. McCain for being a repeat of “Bush 1 and Bush 2.”
Actually, Obama is the repeat of Bush I and Bush II.
Oh wait, I forgot, he’s a “socialist ideologue”
There’s a nice piece of linguistic misdirection for you, but if you give a rat’s a** what Meghan McCain thinks anyway you are misdirected enough…

John McCain would never get the Tea Party support as he is a Progressive in Republican clothing. The Tea Party intends to replace them all with actual Patriots who take seriously their Sacred Oath of Office to UPHOLD and DEFEND the CONSTITUTION.

Meghan McCain is no Republican, first of all,…second, who is she anyway? Do we care what she has to say? Somebody take the mike out of her face. The “All Barack Channel” reports her blathering why?

For Tancredo to insinuate that every Obama voter couldn’t say the word “vote” or say it in English or pass a basic civics literacy test is insulting, racist, and un-American. I was one of those who put the “committed Socialist ideologue” in the White House and I would rather have one who moves America forward in a positive direction than a reactionary, racist right-winger who has no plan other than to insult the opposing party and keep saying “no.”

She’s 25. She’s written a book? She thinks she can speak for the young people of America? Do not presume to speak for all of the young people in America. There are still independent, decent young people out there who do not believe in abortion or welfare. I would not read her book if it were free, nor do I care about her opinion or those expressed on The View.

First, Meghan hasn’t a clue why her father lost the election. Before he picked Palin he was about as good as water on a small fire for firing up the Republicans. Nobody liked his candidacy. As for those like ShannonInCT who think that the TEA Party movement is racist and just a bunch of old white guys, they show that they can’t think for themselves but need to just spit out the same thing the media wants to portray the TEA Party as. Did you ever go to one of the events this past year? I would say no. I suppose to you there were only a few thousand that marched in DC?? There were young, old, and in-between. Men and women and many different races. It’s a movement about personal freedoms, less government and less TAXES. That is not a old, white male set of issues. Try to get out and think for yourselves and not rely on the media.
If the TEA Party was in such poor shape and no really a threat, the media wouldn’t be spending so much time trying to portray it as a fad or racist movement.
Lastly, just FYI for Meghan, the TEA Party movement came after your father lost the election in response to the new leaders who never “miss a good crisis” to tax and spend more. Even if it had been in existence before hand, it would not have helped her dad. If anything, it would have most likely meant that the Republicans had a different, better candidate running against OBama that year.

She is as useless as McCain was during the campaign. John McCain was a pawn for the democrats. He was so far to the left he may as well just joined the party! I say the Tea Party needs to distance itself from such a PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL “REPUBLICAN” She is one of the reasons we are in this situation. Grow up Ms. McCain!

Tea party and KKK? Bigots? Why dont you turn off your TV and stop listening to the MS propaganda and attend a Tea Party? How could you possibly know ANYTHING about the Movement? MS media has totaly ignored them, except to lie about them. I attended the 9/12 March on DC last year with about a million of my new BFF’s, and I have never heard of people of color at a KKK rally! But they were there, shoulder to shoulder with us. The Tea Party is a threat to the “machine” and status quo of the Elite…and if you aren’t a multi-rich Elite, you really should THINK FOR YOURSELF while it is still legal to do so and attend! Educate yourself!

Isnt it about time for McSame to go crawl back under the rock from which he emerged??
Jess

Meghan suffers from the same affliction as her father. She wants to be liked, even by the buffoons on The View, just as John wanted the respect of the MSM. Did anyone really believe that she’d appear on that show and be contrary? The girl is every bit as lightweight as Palin. A debate between the two would be most entertaining.

Meghan, the lack of a spine by your father during the election is what lost it for him. The Tea Party is a reaction to the total cluelessness of both your Daddy and Obama.

Ms. McCain is still looking for her 15 minutes of fame. She needs to sit down and shut up.

People sure like to put other people in a box. The View, the ABC author of this piece and others have done this when they infer that one speaker represents a group concensus or when a group is labeled with the action of one person just because she affiliates herself with the group. Meghan McClain represents neither the progressive Republicans, her dad, nor any reform movement. She is pre-selling her book!
“I got a book coming out in August and I’d be happy to come back and tell you everything in August,”
It’s all about the Benjamins!

Let her talk. She’s NOBODY. All she’s doing is starting a TIDAL WAVE for her Fathers’ OPPONENT, in CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS for the upcoming primary.
It’s time to go, Johnnie Boy. And don’t let the door hit you.

Don’t you Tea Party supporters realize that literacy tests were used by racists into the 1960s to keep African American CITIZENS from voting? That not even you could pass the kinds of impossible tests they forced blacks to pass before they could vote? And do you realize that plenty of the Founding Fathers of this country spoke heavily accented English, with another language as their first or even second? Or that until World War I, 6% of elementary school children in the US were taught in German?
Think about the things that Barack Obama has done in his first year as President? I’m not a huge fan of him or anything, but he’s our President and deserves a chance. Imagine if he had the same policies but was white and called John Smith? Would you give him a chance then?

Innate racism? Well, for something to be innate it must be present at birth. Is Meghan implying that Conservatives are born differently than Progressives? In my opinion that is quite racist. The proper term is inherent. Meghan can’t be bothered with such menial things, she’s out trying to make middle of the road politics interesting (That’s a tough sell, ask your father). How can a college graduate with no experience, other than observing the campaign of her father, be considered a member of the intelligentsia? I congratulate you Meghan and recommend you cling to your 15 minutes as long as possible. In 2012 Meghan McCain will be as relevant as Dan Quayle.

Something got lost there. I meant to say the Tea Party movement didn’t develop to it’s current level until after the election that her father screwed up–and after 0bama siezed power.

I dont agree with some of what was said at the Tea party but I believe in their goals. Taxed Enough Already, too much Government, too much welfare handed out, lousy pork laden stimulus bill that will bankrupt us, lousy health care bill rushed through before anyone can understand it…they are against all of this and so are most of Americans. However, the Obamas, Pelosi, Reid, Frank, Dodd and the rest of that radical gang do not seem to care what America wants or thinks -they brazenly push their own radical agenda on us. The country is now fighting back…ENOUGH…. we are not a Muslim nation, we should not be giving terrorists Constitutional rights etc etc etc… we do not want Obama and his agenda period !!! The gloss hasworn offand the finished product is severly damaged. Vote AGAINST Obama !! Miss McCain take a hike – you are not helping matters either.

Why do otherwise intelligent people (Mr. Klein) continue to give this child a platform? She is clearly no intellectual, she has no accomplishments, she has no consequential following of disaffected young Republicans, and her juvenile, valley girl delivery is even more irritating than Palin’s grating “aw shucks, I’m just a mom who cares” schtick. If this girl ever develops any degree of personal maturity and insight, she will look back on this chapter in her life with acute embarrassment. You are doing her no favors.

Megan McCain…what doesn’t she know?

The GOP leadership(?) has been moving to the left for the last several years. The “country club” republicans(progressives) are the ones who are afraid to offend anyone and always go along to get along. The “Republican Party’s” down fall was their “leadership (?)”; which failed to stand for anything instead they choose to stand for everything, the reason the self defined moderate McCain lost!

Wish all of these people would just go away.
McCain’s, Clinton’s, Bushes, all of their family members with lousy opinions that make no difference in my life or yours whatsoever. The status quo needs to go…but it’ll never happen because people seem to feel as though only government can save them, feed them, “defend them”, school them, etc.
Yikes.

I gave up watching network television years ago, and I must say after reading these comments, I certainly made the right decision! You people are so caught up in labels it’s pathetic. All you seem to want to do is call people names or slap a letter on them. Deal with the issues, not the rock stars, parties or groups. I’m glad Ms. McCain said what she did, as it gives me the opportunity to judge for myself what I think about her. (Hence, I won’t be buying her book.) More than anything I want free speech and a press that actually reports the truth — without bias in either direction.

Progressives by their very nature are not conservative. she is basically saying she is a “liberal conservative.” She should just say that she is less liberal than others. I do not think Tancredo’s choice of words was accurate or fair. People voted for Pres Obama because they wanted to believe his message instead of reality. Also because McCain and his team ran a very poor campaign. Not all GOp is conservative. The “Tea Party” is made up of average citizens who are fed up with Washington politics as usually and taxes. I have not from the “Tea Party,” but know many very smart and articulate people who are. Many of them also like Sarah Palin. You don’t have to go to Harvard or Yale to be smart. In fact, look at the many people who have and they are elitist and only seeking power and money.

Anyone that thinks the Tea Party movement is connected to the Republicans is an idiot.
The tea party movement at its core is for a restoring of the principles of limited federal government. Most members I know are socially moderate and conservative on fiscal issues. Both parties as is contribute to the present bloated and corrupt system. We don’t care what color anyone is just that they do the right thing.
Every group including Dems and Repubs have fringe elements. The Tea Party movement is no different. To focus on the fringe and characterize us as all that way is moronic.
We need to stop thinking in terms of D’s and R’s and start thinking about fixing a corrupt system across the board.

Palin is a good front runner for the republican nomination to run for the presidency. Her percentage is ahead of Romney. Huckabee cannot run but there is still time for someone to come out of the woodwork like Scott Brown and win. This country needs a change and Obama has made no changes. Furthermore, he picked the wrong people for his administration. Napolitano, Geithner, Gates, Gibbs and Emmanuel are the worst selection and very inexperienced people.

Since when does anyone care about Meghan McCain’s opinion? Let’s get Malia Obama’s view while we’re at it. Seriously, all you need is a recognized name in American politics and somebody will pay attention. If you actually have something to say, not so much.

Funny that you mention intelligence when all you’re doing is calling people names. Mature.

‘a self-described “progressive Republican,” today assailed the tea party movement.’
This speaks volumes. The Tea Party movement of which I consider myself a part of wants to take the Republican party back from the Progressives. No one can call themselves a Conservative and be in favor of BIG Government. They are not part of the solution they are the Problem. Be they call themselves Republican or Democrat they neither they are Big Government Socialists first and foremost. Give us back our country and our Constitution!

Watchinbo,
Do you mean like accidentally calling Ms. McCain “Megan” instead of “Meghan”? I hope you realize the foolishness of playing games with peoples’ accuracy in spelling/grammar. If you thought this was the place for formal business English rather than people just expressing themselves in the moment, I guess that’s your prerogative. Anyway, when you make such a move, you’re always in danger of having others respond to you in kind–as I am doing now. Anyway, I wish you and your prescriptivist approach to E1s the best. By the way, I do agree with you, it is silly business to test people for English ahead of accepting their vote. Still, I would advise you against turning this casual comments section into a competition about language. Again, it’s “Meghan,” not Megan. That said, my biggest concern with the English of today is the overuse of certain words in headlines: McCain “Rails” Against. Other examples might include: Such-and-such “Dishes” on …; The Shopping “Diva”; Bush “Blasts” ….; or Obama “Blasts” … [...]. Our language has become exceedingly predictable and in some cases violent. I think we can all do better in our discourse. I freely accept any typos/grammatical errors that I may have just made. I’m commenting without my self-editor in full gear. I hope that’s acceptable in the spirit of this informal discussion forum.

She can’t be serious. She thinks her father is conservative?

hopeful,
What is government doing that the Constitution says it cannot do?
Fighting undeclared wars for starters. You cannot fight a war without a declaration under the Constitution, regardless of the War Powers Act. Also, there is no authority in the Constitution for a central bank.

Boy, aren’t the liberals loving this! And that’s why this uneducated child is getting publicity. Publicity is really all she wants as anyone with half a brain knows she has no idea what she is talking about. And by the way, in case you didn’t know McCain, there are thousands of good Dems. (just go to the south), Republicans, Independents, Liberals, and others who are racists. I’d be willing to bet the tea party group have fewer racists per capita than any of those groups. PS I’m not part of the Tea Party nor a Republican but I’m glad to see every day citizens get involved. We need checks and balances – congress is whacko.

Racism it isn’t, on Tancredo’s remarks, sarcasm it is.
Ms. McCain may have been around politics a bit, but she is still young, naive, and inexperienced, in terms of truly understanding a lot of things.
Being politically correct may be popular, but it isn’t going to solve many of our problems.

Meghan McCain is a progressive republican just like her father Senator John McCain. John McCain is running for Senate seat in Arizona in 2010. Don’t be fooled again Tea Party Patriots and conservatives. Beware of Sarah Palin as well which supports John McCain. Sarah Palin Does snot speak for TPP!! ZERO Tolerance for progressives or incumbants in 2010. Did you hear Meghan McCain of CNN Larry King last night!! She is an ignorant.. I thought valley girls were a thing from the 80′s

And that’s why she gets invited on the View……………………

No one in the republican party gives a rat’s ass on what Mehgan McCain is saying. She is a total nothing, who didn’t achieve anything on her own, she just parroting the neomarxist party lines in order to suck up to her fellow elitist cocktail party goers.

McCain Jr. used to scare the crap out of me…before the Tea Party started hiring Sarah Palin. If it’s a choice of futures between the two, then I guess she’s more level-headed and sane than Sarah Palin. Palin’s “he could declare war on Iran to look tougher and get reelected” is exactly what’s wrong with the Republicans in general: bombing people for BS reasons is the most evil thing we could ever allow and she’s all for it as a political tactic.

Did anyone bother to tell Meghan McCain that the tea party movement didn’t exist prior to the 2008 election!

I don’t see the racist remark maybe I missed something.
Why are over weight women so out spoken?

I fail to see any racism in the quoted remarks.
And frankly, so what if the remarks were racist? Who cares? Every single person in the United States is racist to varying degrees and to varying effect and impact. The single most racist person in the country is probably Al Sharpton. So what?
The quicker that people simply acknowledge that we’re all racist and stop fretting about it — 46 years after the Civil Rights Law — the quicker we’ll all get along better.
Waste of time, ink, and emotion.

Meghan – Young people have grown up in socialized state run schools and have been decevied about the principles of our republic.

Dear Meghan, please keep up the, hmm, whatever it is you do, cause we’re hopin that your dimwitted work gets daddy “defeated” in Arizona! And as for “revolutions”, well, read history honey. When early Americans were faced with the possibility of being ruled by Britain, people of all ages pulled together with a common goal – to stay out of British rule and that movement grew out of like sentiment, and with great sacrifice we won. Flash forward – our “Republic” government is Socialist now and many of our so-called Representatives are so far left of liberal Socialism that they eerily resemble Lenin, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao; and we’re once again seeing a ground-swell of like-minded Americans working toward a common goal – remaining a “free” America and not one run by a Marxist/Facist! Raise the Flag and pour the tea!

The first time I listened to Magen McCain I believe was on Fox, not sure what show, but her conversation was even more Liberal then her Fathers. I don’t believe Ms. McCain has much of a future in politics except with the Liberals. Writing a book is par for the course for people like her…all they want is attention…

Meghan,
needs a little understanding of the Constitution.
She is very young and brass in her character.
She has a lot to learn….
Ruth

ONE BIG AND IMPORTANT QUESTION – IS TANCREDO AN ENGLISH NAME OR AMERICAN NAME FOR THAT MATTER? CHARITY SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME. GOOD MOVE HE LEFT CONGRESS. THAT MAN OR WHATEVER HE CALLS HIMSELF IS SOMEONE OF INDECENT CHARACTER.

In the long run none of this matters. Conservatives, Tea Party, whatever. The fact of the matter is that conservatives of all stripes always have been and always will be on the wrong side of any meaningful change both social and political. From dismissing cutting edge thinkers as heritics to denying women and minorities the right to vote or helping to pass legislation to fight poverty. In the name of God, religion, freedom, etc., conservatives have subverted reform, supported injustice and have down their best to inhibit change. People are angry at Washington politics, not Obama. It is a huge mistake, to fall for the classic conservative play labeling liberals as America-haters rooting for the terrorists to win.

The McCains are not conservatives, they are progressives. Meghan is stupid for blaming the Tea Party for her father not being President now. When did the Tea Party start? Not in time for the 08 elections. The first Tea Parties weren’t organized until 2009 after Obama was already in office. Even if they had started early enough, we all know a RINO when we see one and wouldn’t vote for McCain anyway.

It’s about time SOMEONE in the republican party, who isn’t a moron or redneck, stood up and said: uh, excuse me…..
Gotta love those Tea Party Hypocrites though. 90% of the folks at those rallies are collecting SS and medicare while they scream about Socialism. I’d love to see a Tea Party reality show, something akin to Jersey Shore where we can see the lifestyles of the dumb and toothless

And, what former republican President was allowed to join the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam era? How convenient because the NG was not required to serve in that area. What very recent former republican vice-president and secretary of defense received many deferements as well during the same time period? Also, how convenient. And, the TEA Party sounds similar to pre-Nazi Germany. Oh my….. /s/ Mike — a proud drafted Vietnam veteran at age 25 and former republican.

With the painful History of this Country and all of the ugly, subjective, unjust things that we’re said and done in the Civil Rights Movement, I think for anyone to suggest that most of the voting public cannot pass a literacy test is outrageous. The Tea Party as well as Mrs. Palin cannot be successful so long as they cannot respect the differences that make up this Country as well as the World. After all we can’t all be “BLONDE HAIRED, BLUE EYED DEVILS!!!”

It’s amazing to see how quickly the Libs/Dems descend into a constant racial paranoia. I’m a 26 yo Cuban-American ex-Dem (my grandmother cuts Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife’s hair). Like most Dems, I wasn’t one based on policies, but rather based on association. The rumor and reputation is that Democrats represent “the little guy”, “minorities”, the “disadvantaged”, and that was who I wanted to ally myself with. I bought into this perception, until I came to know the truth. You want to talk about racism? The Democrats ALWAYS look at skin color. If a group of “light-skinned” people gather, it’s automatically a “racist rally”. If you oppose affirmative action that is biased in favor of minorities, then you’re automatically classified as a racist. I believe that we need to get rid of skin color concern period… we need to judge people based on the content of their character, not skin color, which is why Martin Luther King was a Republican, and why I became one. The real racists are the ones who voted for Obama because of his black skin color, who felt that it was OK to overlook his policies because of it.

At least she is honest. She doesn’t belong at any tea party rallies, conventions, or gatherings, but she clearly “shows her colors” and states that the wretched status quo created by the Republicans as well as the Democrats is satisfactory to her!
She may indeed be pleased with perpetual war for perpetual peace, endless and pointless “jehads” against “terrorism”, “drugs”, and what-have-you, revolting police state measures in the name of “national security”, the colossal bailout schemes of corrupt banks and corporations who are profiting not from the market, but from the bankrupting of the American middle class, ad nauseum, but I can assure her that there are tens of millions of Americans who want something better, and are looking for Ron Paul’s Campaign4Liberty, the Tea Party movement, Libertarians–both in and out of the Libertarian Party–and intend to get it!
The Republicans have lost the “mandate of heaven”. They have become, much like Obama and his “progressive” crew, what is sadly wrong with our country, and it is past time to fix it!!
PEACE AND FREEDOM!!
David K. Meller

The Tea Party Movement started in 2009.
John McShame ran for president in 2008.
Someone should tell this airhead that the Tea Party Movement started a year after John McShame lost the election. The tea party protesters are not racist Several hispanic and black people attended these rallies. The next time Megan McShame appears in public she should wear a dunce hat.

It is NOT intestinal fortitude that allows people to talk in double-speak, genrealizations and catch-all phrases to kick up fear in people– are there any Republicans who realize that a lunatic fringe is making you all look insane? I cannot believe ALL Republicans believe that No healthcare is better than a plan that will help Americans who are suffering as we speak, and if Palin is your bright star– you all need to check your IQ ASAP-being “just like me” does not make a person qualified to run a country.

pS. amazing position ahift, almost as equally amazing as the fact that anyone cares about MM’s opinion anymore.

I think she is just saying that you can have you can be fiscally conservative without subscribing to the racist, sexist, homophobic, bigotry that is making it embarrassing to claim you are a Republican. If the party was not socially crippled and boastful of ignorance you might have had a running chance.

What a bunch of whiny republicans. They are totally devoid of ideas. Thank goodness, after trashing the country for the recent eight years of Bush/Cheney. The Tea Party folks are the worst of the worst and undeniably racists! There racism seems to be their only unifying principle.

Meghan McCain is dimmer than Robert Gibbs. Be afraid. VERY afraid!

She may be right. After all who would know better about someone not being as important as they think they are?

Meghan, this might come as a shock to you, your dad has nothing to do with tea-partiers. He is rejected by us. He lost because he is an opportunist elitist politician. The tea party movement is about getting the government away from the likes of him. But then you wouldn’t understand that because you are insolated from America in your Washington political silver spoon-fed world.

Innate racism? Does Meghan think whites are smarter than other races? If that’s her opinion she might better not say it.

It’s a shame more young conservatives aren’t like Ms. McCain – I’d respect them more. As it is, they’re signing up for a set of racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Christian Taliban ideas and if you’re under 45 and think that crap’s a good idea you should stop wasting my oxygen.

Macain is the reason we have Osama.Dems voting in rep.primaries.It amazes me that people are so afraid of the tea party movement.Unlike the pro.protesters the tea party is REAL people.I, like many people now have time to voice my opinion since I’m not working and not in a union.Can’t wait for my Goverment cheese to arrive.

Meghan McCain is the McCain families version of Levi Johnson. Light on brains and long on narcissism. Didn’t daddy tell her race baiting was out with the ’00′s? IMHO the media is foolish to give political hangers-on a camera to bray into.

Everyone here hating on each other needs to get a grip. We are American’s first and Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Greens and Independents second. That’s the beauty of this great country, with the strong foundation of an unchanged consitution, we can have spirited disagreement about the minutia of day to day governance. But the vitriolic retoric being spouted by some here is beneath the civil debate that actually gets things accomplished. Tkae a look in the mirror and get over yourself. Walk a mile in someone elses shoes and get out of your rut, you might just find you have more in common than the blessing of being born in the most blessed nation of modern times.
P.S. Richard – Well Stated Sir!

I think her comments about 65yrs olds is age-ism. I love when these little pip squeeks make age related remarks like its something they will never be-old.

Meghan may not be racist in the classical sense but she sounds as if she may have some thoughts that other races have problems with literacy.

This girl is a dimwit and the only reason the media like to highlight her is because her father is a Republican. I’m sure Lady GaGa or Lil’ Wayne have equally erudite opinions but I don’t care what they have to say either. So why is this news?

Wow. Does she know the number of people involved in these Tea Parties? I used to be a fan of Meghan’s. I even read her blog. I am shocked to see her paint so large a group with the same dirty brush. This 29 year old woman is quite turned off.

Gwen et al doesn’t care what tincrado & palin think. A lot of people do, look at ther following and money. If you knew why the literacy test was discontinued and blood shed for the Civil Rights bill you might think twice about what they’re saying…unless you agree with the test and reversal of the Civil Rights bill.

“Progressive” Republican? Ain’t no such thing, Ms. McCain. You’re a DIABLO — Democrat In All But Label Only. Just be done with it and go where you belong, mmm-kay?

I voted for McCain/Palin and would not do so again. I think his daughter inherited his wishy-washy ways with both being very short on ideas. Yes, I agree, this family is very dysfunctional. I just can’t figure out why Meghan, like Spector that is so very proud to be a democrat, just doesn’t confess to being a closet progressive and switch her party affliation. I guess the big issue holding her back is that supposedly she is pro-life which would be a deal breaker if she planned to join up with progressive democrats. Other than that, she seems to hate everything about republicans. On top of her shortage of intelligence, she is a bomb thrower as well which she does to get media attention.
As far as what was said at the Tea Party about literacy regarding voting, that can be said for all candidate. Millions of Americans at this very moment do not know the name of the VP of the US. I think there should be a test in order to vote just like there is to drive. While the democrats might think keeping the public dumb isn’t such a bad idea believing they can be herded, it can also backfire as it has with this health care issue. Once the public thinks they are getting scammed they turn quickly and can’t be reasoned with because the education was never there to begin with.

Another Republican out for Money , but she is right about this tea party thing, it will destroy the GOP next Prez election. Come on Republicans be for something other than war & money.

Well, I’d say that no matter what Meghan says or does, as long as she has the McCain surname, she will always be perceived as riding her father’s coattails and she’ll never be taken seriously in politics.

I have a question Do you and your Father John McCain have the same view on the Tea Party? I need to know before NOV. Maybe some word from him on this. If not then I will know that he is against the tea party. I will be happy to follow this.

Anna,
Barack Obama…educated and smart! He can’t give a coherent speech without the use of a teleprompter. He “visited 57 of the states and have 1 more to go.” He has repeatedly mis-pronounced the word “corps.” So maybe he isn’t as “educated and smart” as you think he is.

Meagan McCain is hardly a liberal, though those who don’t know what the word means can call her that if they like. She’s a moderate Republican, as she claims. There used to be lots of moderate Republicans, especially in the Northeast, like Nelson Rockefeller, but they’ve been ejected from the party. Reagan would be a “liberal” today. He raised taxes (twice) and appointed O’Connor (a pro-choice jurist) to the Supreme Court. The club is now exclusive, ideologically purer, and small. It’s too bad because the country was founded and has flourished on a constructive dialog between liberals and conservatives.

When Tancredo brings up “literacy tests,” as a practicing pol, he must know that these were used in the South routinely during the Jim Crow era to exclude blacks from the voting process. Sample questions were along the lines of: “How many state-appointed judges are in your Congressional district? Name them.” And, “How many people must testify against a governor of this state before he can be impeached?” If we’re going to use literacy tests, let’s make sure the same questions are asked of everyone, and let’s make them fundamental — like, “Define ‘socialism’.” And, “What is a free market?” That’s what Wm. F. Buckley suggested.

I have been to 1 Tea Party. The people there were housewives, veterans, steelworkers…..people who care about their country. There were no racist overtones. I just wonder why Meghan is so insecure that she needs to fit in with her liberal friends and embarass/politically hurt her father??

Meghan McCain represents inherent fascism. The woman has no concept of the economic realities faced by average American citizens. Nor has she ever met any teaparty members. I have, and the people I met were black and brown as well as white. McCain’s problem is this, she’s the ridiculously protected daughter of a ridiculously wealthy family. A family that believes that the vast majority of citizens are something to exploit on one hand, and slapped down when they aren’t willing to be useful idiots.

Yeah and her dad lost because the Independents that “progressive republicans” claim they can woo did not turn out. If your going to vote Progressive just vote Democrat, it’s less confusing and logically consistent. McCain was a top target of the Kerry VP nod. In short I have no idea why she is speaking at CPAC or even what her short term relevance is. The Independents are fleeing the progressive Obama types in droves and seeking a less progressive agenda that would center on Less Spending, No more Bailouts, expansion of personal and economic liberty. Liberty both personal and economic cannot co-exist with Progressives. They think you are not smart enough to make decisions for yourself so they need to do it for you. wake up people

What an arrogant, conceited. ignorant twit this McCain chick is. She obviously slept through history class. It it too bad the republicans didn’t back Tancredo instead of whimpy, pandering McCain. We may very well had a much different outcome…like a REAL president. Sigh, another politician’s kid thinking they should be welcomed into politics. Sorry Meghan, you need to take your snotty attitude somewhere else. The GOP has enough problems without your “progressive” aka socialist pandering. Buh bye little girl.

The only difference between a kkk rally and a tea party rally is the fact the kkk ends their rallies with a burning cross. every single time you see a tea party rally you’ll see nothing but whites, no blacks, asians or hispanics. and some people still question the blatant racism, lmao.

Steve from NH: The Tea Party is on the same road as the Nazi party? Boy are you full of it. It’s not Xenophobia to expect people in the US to speak english.
My grandparents learned it and earned their US citizenship so I expect everyone that comes here to do the same.
I support the Tea Party because there needs to be an independent group to keep the corrupt Democrats and the innept Republicans on their collective toes. Ms.McCain should join the Democrats and be done with it. What in the world could a 25 year old spoiled child of elitists like John and Cindy McCain have to write about? As far as Tom Tancredo goes, I support his ideas completely. I would place land mines on the border for 1000 yards inland and immediately deport all illegals on the spot as fast as they are caught. Employers that hire illegals should be jailed for 10 years.

His comments said nothing about race, just about the stupidity of the people who voted for Obama. The fact that she is bringing race into it would suggest she has “innate racism”. Geez, you can’t disagree with a guy simply because he’s Black?

Democra party = corrupted by progressive communists…
End of story and dead meat in 2010.
Never to be trusted again….
McCain and her father are trotskyites.

So Obama is SMART? And what proof do we have that he is an intellectual giant? His college transcripts? Locked, all of them. His speaking ability– why, “he speaks so well and he’s so clean “and hes a high yellow, he’s not really black and he went to harvard where you can both get in and graduate if you have enough money. So what. What he IS is a Marxist, and his own history is catching up to him, and will be his undoing and the unravelling of what is left of the Democrat party. If you want to stick your head in the sand about “smart” try looking up Adlai Stevenson.
Another clueless academic. This time it is an outed Marxist, who is also not that bright, but willing to do the bidding of his masters in the progessive (we’re socialists not marxists) movement. The elite who have screwed the US from their inception. It is time for a revolution and it will not be youngsters but people who know what they are doing.

LOL, a bitter RINO

Meghan McCain has shown more sense than most republicans who say things. She knows when someone like Tancredo is lying his head off and working to cause hate and evil because of what he says. We don’t need liars like these shouting before crowds of republicans as white as snow. America is a melting pot and we all have more sense than republican idiots like Palin and Tancredo.

She is pathetic.

I usually hate when people say this, but it is definitely true in this case: She simply isn’t old enough or experienced enough with history, either general history or her personal experience of any of it, to know any better.
I am getting more disappointed with Meghan as time progresses. She needs to sit back and look and listen and research and learn, before talking and blogging. Good advice for everyone these days actually.

Why does anyone care what this woman says? She is completely ignorant herself and her father should do well to tell her to keep it down if he wants another term in Arizona…

So I am a racist because I respect the tea partiers? That is a “bottom up” organization with American patriots who don’t like where Obama is taking this country. By the way, when I voted for her father,Sen McCain., was I a racist then too?
As for Shannon in CT, stop calling people bigots, Nazis & skinheads. Discuss the topics instead of caling people names as if you were in grade school. Now re Bush breaking his word. Shannon, you have got to be kidding. Do you want a list of the things Obama said he would do & has not done?
PS go to the internet & look up what the Nazis did in Germany before you spout off. No one will ever take you seriously when you speak like that.

Viable or not, a third party is useless in our republic. As a rule, third parties only split the vote of one side, allowing the other side to waltz in without trying.

It’s RINOs like Meghan McCain that drive people away from the Republican Party. She has the same hateful mentality as a leftist. So this mouthy ingrate dislikes the old and Republicans. Her father is both a Republican and an old man yet she insults him, along with others, in public. Hopefully her daddy-o will lose his seat to a real Republican with respectful children.

Meghan is a mindless liberal twit. Sorry about the redundancy.

McCain didn’t get elected because people with brains (old-fashioned conservatives, that is) were patriotic and refused to vote Palin anywhere near our White House. If Meghan is really an old-fashioned conservative, a Barry Goldwater Republican or a Reagan Republican, instead of a newer Republican (intrusively religious and uneducated and controlling), then I would be happy to support her.

Meghan McCain is WAY hotter than Palin.
why don’t people write about that?

no health care,iam concerned with the overpaid ,iam underpaid and over taxed and my wage is capped so why not cap yours or tax any one that is making 200,000 a yr to 37% and all bonuses over 50,000 be taxed at 42% and add a luxery tax to any car that is over priced 16,000 or above .yahts is nothing more than a luxery or airplane
homes over 200,000 thats would be fair

I’m forming a committee to put together the first “annual blatherer’s” award. Meghan McCain qualifies to be the first recipient.

Meghan who? Oh, another nobody from a rich, connected family.
I wonder if she knows Paris…

The reason Obama won had more to do with the fact that her father was the Republican Candidate. When he said the fundamentals of the economy are sound and then suspended his campaign, went back to Washington and accomplished nothing, the election was over. This was the same man that told us that he didn’t understand Finance and thinks the best way to get corruption out of politics is to limit Constitutionally protected speach and limit political contributions. McCain and his completely unqualified daughter was the problem. McCain will be voted out of office and our country will be better off for it.

Tancredo should have advocated a civics literacy test for Palin, not voters.

I want to see Republicans become more progressive, liberally social, and more fiscal conservative. I voted for Obama, because the republican party has become the party of no civil rights. The Tea Party is not a movement. It is the Republican Party going further downhill. The Party doesn’t seem to care about moderates, or social issues. Maybe they have someone who will express patriotism, and still care about the poor people making under $30,000 a year

She’s entitled to her opinion, and has every right to express it. Just look at the garbage coming from Beck, Savage, etc. Not long on ideas? At least she’s not running for the most important position in the country, like ahem..ms. twinkle in her eye, gov. quitter.

Meghan’s a lot like Ronald Reagan’s son with Nancy … enough said. My guess is she’ll marry some descendent of Smirnoff or Jack Daniels to begin the first of a series of failed marriages.

Long live the Tea Partiers! I just wish I weren’t in Iraq, so I could stand with them. Sure, there are some nutty extremes amongst them, but that exists on both sides, always. I know many of them and they are very ordinary, down to earth people who realize that the straw truly IS breaking the camel’s back and I am proud of them for standing up for smaller Gov’t and less spending. Simple. Reasonable. Mundane, not radical. Also, many of us supported Obama initially (uh, yeah, we did) but when he was extremely left of what he represented himself to be, any dissent was immediately labeled “racist”. This is shameful. So much for “unity”, “hope” and “change”. Ideology over skin color people. Practice what we as American’s preach. Your stance on issues actually matters. Imagine that.

Maybe a McCain/Palin wrestling match is in order.
Posted by: Huh | Feb 8, 2010 3:16:07 PM
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Just add mud!

The leftist media, like ABC(AllBarakChannel), will always give air time to anyone that rips on the right. This McCain is a mindless twit. And her father should follow his “respected colleague Specter” and switch parties.

Poor girl, her father should have warned her about becoming a useful idiot for left leaning shows like the view, yet still the mcains fall for the trap. I remember that moron goldberg trying to grill john mcain when he came on after he said he was a “strict constructionalist” in regards to interpreting the constitution, and she replied “strict constructionalist? does that mean if you become elected I will become a slave?” I think that was the ignorant illiterate stupidity Tancredo was talking about.

As a former republican-turn-independent, I’m happy to see there are at least some republicans willing to step up and diversify the party. The republicans need it…their constant harping on non-issues like flag burning and gay marriage while throwing fiscal discipline out the window made me leave a few years ago (Geez…who really cares who sleeps with who…isn’t that supposed to be between an individual and his/her God??). If Ms. McCain will bring some sanity to the party, I’m all for it because I for one will NEVER vote for the likes of Palin. Hopefully that particularly abrasive aspect of the party take the hint and realize not all of us want a Christian Caliphate.

This little girl needs to go back to school… she doesn’t know a thing about politics. Why do these networks even give her the time of day?
“self-described Progressive Republican?”
Gimme a break! It’s 20th century Progressivism that brought us to the brink, and it’s 21st Century Progressivism that is pushing us into the abyss. She needs to get a job babysitting somewhere – Maybe Riele Hunter can use a night out with Pretty Boy Edwards.

I long for the day when both the Democratic and Republican parties are but a broken shell of their former selves giving way to a total reform of the way we elect our leaders, a way that promotes IDEAS not political ideology. Gone will be the US against THEM mentality that is crippling our political process and gone will be the
powerful special interests, mediocre CAREER politicians and extremists of all kinds. HOW do you accomplish this?
BY TAKING THE MONEY OUT OF THE EQUATION
through testing aimed at electing the brightest our not the richest; problem solvers who can adress the problems we can all agree on like jobs,educating our children and taking care of our seniors.

There is a lot of hate and racism at these tea party get togethers. When all the lies that republicans have told since President Obama was running for election are still believed by tea party people they are definitely really dumb republicans. Steve from NH really nails it with his great comment. I don’t trust republicans to tell the truth because they have lied to America for years. They know they have a lot of really gullible and stupid people who will keep following them like sheep and will never have the sense to question these liars who are billionaires.

Makes you wonder why the media even gives this mindless twit a voice. It’s interesting how the media, controlled by the powers that be, is attempting to marginalize the Tea Party and paint it as racist. They might as well call it a party comprised of space aliens for all the truth their contention holds.

She is a closet lib like daddy.
GO AWAY YOU LOSER
she is no different than Levi or Joe the plummer. You are riding the coattails of someone else. Enjoy your 10 minutes of fame because daddy’s not going to be able to “reeeech across the isle” after 2010 elections. Better find a good old folks home for him.

from following her on twitter… and yes, i am follow her only to monitor her posts.. she is light on ideas… she is loving the lime light and is getting it because she is ‘progressive’… the left is just using this poor girl… she is clueless, just like her father.

Opps, their are no jobs – thanks mr POTUS.

The left wing can have her. She’d fit right in with her valley girl, shallow, dim wit liberal ideology.
Take her dad too.

Stupid is as Stupid does! Megan Please do us a favor and just become a Democrat. The Republican party is open to all but this one I think we can cut loose.

Meghan is a chip off the old block. She and her dad think alike, which is why a lot of the Republican base deserted the Republican National Party over the years. It became hard to tell the difference between the two parties. Had it not been for Sarah Palin, McCain would have been trounced even more than he was. The tea party is taking back control over the Republican National Party. For liberals, they belong in the Democrat Party.

The McCains are some of the wealthiest people in the world. Senator McCain is an aristocrat who doesn’t care about the people. My sons are both younger than this daughter of McCain and they agree with me. And we are more intelligent than the McCains. The want the to keep their present status so they want to keep the present system. They have the power and money and we have the intelligence,creativity and stamina. We have suffered much under your rule. You want to keep us down by affirmative action, mass immigration, and outsourcing. We will win because we have a cause!! Remember Oliver Cromwell!! Down with the aristocrats and the blue bloods!! Of course, the McCains probably don’t even know who Oliver Cromwell was!!!

Megan McCain is a daughter of one of the US Navy’s finest heros. I served with him and would follow him through the gates of hell. I wouldn’t count him out of his race. He has a lot of fight left in him

The fact that blacks overwhelmingly voted for Obama (95%) shows just how racist African-Americans really are.
Calling Tea Party memeber “racist” is unintelligent and just part of a smear campaign by the left. Comparing the Tea Party to Nazis and the KKK is ridiculously insane.
Liberals have become politically correct fascists who use words like “racism”, “Homophobia” and other ridiculous “progressive” terms to stunt debate and discredit those with important opinions worthy of debate.

If her IQ was one point higher she would be a rock.

I like her.. a ‘progressive Republican’ is EXACTLY what this country needs more of. Someone who is fiscally responsible yet knows things need to be changed.

Waste of time reading this and this person who has zero clue about the young people and the tea party.
How can I get the last 5 mins back?

What is most amazing about the majority of the comments here is that there is no regard for the Office of the Presidentof the United States.I know that it is very difficult for the laden klan to acknowledge that we have not only the 1st but the 8th Black president in US history. Get over it children the problem is not president Obama it is your blatant bigoted ignorant racist views about American and who she belongs to! The true Republican is a supply side economic, limited government”advocate”. Not a disrespectful, un-American bigot!

Me? I’m glad for the people who come to the U.S. from elsewhere, like my family did 140 years ago. They care more deeply, they appreciate this country more, they know more, and they do far more than many of the whiny, divisive, self-serving, name-calling, hate-filled people who sit at their PCs (or Apples) all day and night and fulminate about the government. (And thank you – I see the irony (or what would pass for irony if it weren’t intentional.)
And as for John McCain putting a lid on his daughter…I think her outspokenness reflects well on her father’s (and mother’s) parenting skills. She can and should speak her own mind (which appears to be better equipped than those of some preceding commenters).

Oh, I meant to also say, I agree with Meghan McCain’s candid assessment of the Tea Party members. She is very courageous to put that out there like that.

Just want to say it’s refreshing to see most of the comments here like Glennis’ are on point and not devolving into personal attacks on either the person in the story or toward other commenters with whom we may disagree.
Now, if only Congress could find a way to do so!

I think that Mr. Tancredo’s remarks were out of line but I also don’t think that he does not AT ALL represent the true tea party spirit. Miss McCains remarks are ignorant at best. And her remark that “I think my father would be president if they were really that powerful.” beautifully demonstrates her ignorance of the tea partiers because they stand against almost everything that her father is. Her father is a goofy excuse for a senator and the only reason I voted for him in the last election was because of Palin, I almost didn’t vote at all because the choice between him and Obama was a choice between bad and worse. I’m 23 years old, a young conservative/republican and Miss McCain is clueless.

Oh the Tea Party?
The one where they pretended the indians did it?
Started as cowards and racists, what do you expect?

The Tea Party Movement began when Rick Santelli, a CNBC correspondent on the Chicago Board of Trade floor suggested that people do not want to have to pay for their neighbor’s mortgage which they cannot pay for and should never have gotten. The Tea Party Movement is about personal responsibility and stopping a corrupt segment of the government from indenturing us & our grandchildren to pay for a massive federal debt so they can buy votes. To suscribe racism, KKK, or other nefarious motivations to the Tea Party is a typical tactic of the progressives. I agree this tends to be promoted by an older demographic because that is the segment of the population who has worked hard for many years, paid their taxes, lived by the rules and didn’t expect to have everything handed to them. We are tired of it. We expect people to study, work hard, and keep their earnings to spend and invest as they wish; not have it squandered by the government in the name of “spreading the wealth” to those who didn’t work for it!

the tea party is a racist movement and anyone that follows that movement is racist. A black man is running this country and there’s nothing you can do about it! History has been written! GET OVER IT.

I am definitely not a republican, anymore that is, nor am I a fan of Megan McCain, but I do like what she said about the tea partiers, aka KKK. Obama is probably one of the MOST intelligent presidents we have ever had. Why don’t the people of this country step back and let him do what he said he would do? BTW I am a white American, and I am proud not to be a bigot.

First of all, tea partiers are overwhelmingly racist. People overtly being one thing but verbally denying it is far less likely to win new converts than people who just are who they are and are honest.
Second of all, they are ideologues without a plan. That’s why they can’t be in government. You can’t be in favor of individual freedom, small government, low taxes, and rounding up and deporting all illegal immigrants at the same time. Finding them all, processing them to prove you have the right people and not just a brown-skinned person who doesn’t have a driver’s license on him that day, and getting them out of here will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and locating and capturing them all simply cannot be done with warrants, so the rights of tens of millions of American employers and homeowners who rent out apartments would have to be trampled, and subjecting everyone to that might not even yield a decent number of illegals, since they wouldn’t exactly be sitting around waiting to be arrested. That adds more expense and civil liberties violations. Plus you’ll a massive, armed quasi-military force prowling all over the country.
Whatever it is, you have to be able to articulate how you’ll do it. Meghan McCain is a Republican who happens not to hate gays or scientists. It’s not very complicated. If we don’t all drown first, one day all Republicans will be like her.

Let me get this straight, majority of those tea party people voted for Bush. The guy who said “childrens do learn”.”Sure I also have strong opinions, don’t mean I always agree with them”. The people who voted for that guy are questioning others intelligence and literacy? How much intelligence do you have when you vote for that guy twice? And Palin who Calls seeing Russia from Alaska as something worthy of dealing with foreing powers and policy? Yeah keep catering to those people, glad the rest of us aren’t smart enough to vote for that.

Um….where were the tea partiers during the 8 years that George W Bush was spending us into oblivion?…….

The Tea Party seems to me the only viable party for anybody with a belief in the constitution and consequently, any brains, to be in. Open your eyes to all the personal liberties that we americans have lost in the past 100 years,and especially in the past 40 years.Unfortunately this country is in such bad shape financially that everyone will probably end up looking out for there own ass instead of whats best for the country. We should never have had social security,welfare,income tax, medicare, medicaid, unemployment, paper money, guns laws, etc, etc, etc.

Maybe Shannon in CT can explain this to me, being apparently the off-spring of Irish immigrants:
Why do I, whose forefathers were the Pilgrim Forefathers, owe you a damned thing? Why must I allow you and the rest of the world’s Huddled Masses into my home? You don’t belong and the law of nature says I’m entitled to use deadly force to remove you. That same law says if you want my land you’ve got to take it from me.
But no. Democrat/Immigrant beggars don’t have the stomach for a fair fight. It’s easier to brow-beat and complain their way into our home and stupid Whites let them do it.
Time for a real response – the kind my grandfather administered to the Japs and Krauts when they tried it.

It’s always so surprising to see so many people who feel they know what is best for the country, are so knowledgeable about the workings of politics, immigration, health care, socialism and the economy. Here is my opinion – the government (and its corporate foundation) is a self sustaining machine that will only change when it no longer exists, no matter the promises of ANY politician, and that 90% of you out there base your politics on self-serving ideals, and have no concept of what socialism, communism, OR capitalism mean. Yet, you know best. Of course, you do nothing about other than tell each other you are ignorant. I’m here to say you are right. What makes YOU so special over ANYONE else. Go ahead, run for office and change the world. I’m going to live my life as good a person I can be in my immediate world, and do my best to ignore the rest of you.

As a younger conservative, I appreciate what the Tea Party movement stands for -go back and read some unadulterated American history to get a clue. In case people haven’t noticed, the real Tea Party movement is made up of ALL races, parties, religions, etc… it’s about Americans who value this nation’s Constitution and the principles we were founded on – period.

“I got a book coming out in August…”
Come now, Meghan. It should be, “I have a book….”
Ms. McCain is right about the Tea Party bowel movement. It’s not that they’re old and out of touch, but simply that they’re out of touch regardless of their age.
When their speakers and followers have to resort to paranoia & fear laced words such as “socialism,” “communism,” “America’s destruction,” and so on, you begin to realize this stubborn bowel movement consists of little substance and excessive hype.
Think of the TP (TP?) as right leaning Pavlov’s dogs who salivate and bark on command, at the instant when one of their hysterical leaders screams something about being the last true patriots on the planet. Good dogs.

Meghan McCain is who should be running for office for the Republicans. She’s right, if that party ever wants to remain relevent it needs to follow the lead of intelligent and thoughtful people like her and David Brooks (both of whom, as a progressive liberal, I disagree with on many points).
The Tea Party movement is mostly a bunch of hateful people who have no understanding of reality and just want to complain about anything associated with the govenrment, no matter how irrational their views are.
Where were they these past 30 years as the Republcians kept running up the deficit EVERY SINGLE YEAR they were in office? Then the DAY that a black man sets foot in office with an inherited budget disaster all of the sudden they are now outraged, what about the past 30 years when OLD WHITE MEN ran up the deficit? (I am an old white man btw)

WHy is it that when ANYTHING contradicts a liberal-they yell RACISM!!!!! BULL!!

Look, I’ll put it right out there, I’m a Dem and go as far to the left as they come. However, for the most part, I do have respect for those that don’t share my views. Most of my family and my extended family is republican, but they aren’t racist liars like you find in the T party. There are extremes on BOTH sides! I know cause sometimes I get a little too extreme on the left. I have to check myself and remember that this country is about comprimise and what’s best for all, not what’s best for me or my agenda. Let’s all relax and let these extremists talk all they want. In the end they never do anything anyway….

Sarah Palin in no way, shape, or form, represents the vast majority of people involved in the tea party movement; likewise, the local tea party associations I am familiar with had no part in the recent “convention” which paid a king’s ransom to Mrs. Palin. Regarding Miss McCain, she is a free person in a free country, and she has the same first-amendment rights as anyone. However, she might consider studying her history and political philosophy a little more, as “progressive” is actually the current buzzword for “liberal”- and diametrically opposed to the entire platform of the Republican party.

I am an african american conservative who does not agree with Obama’s politics but I am also tired of fellow conservatives who do not stick to the facts. This is not about race, this is about the liberal agenda that throws money at problems and fixes issue like health care by destroying everything including the good things about our system.If we really want change, vote out these politicians who get rich with the special interest.

TANCREDO…here we go, another coward who ditched Vietnam with a deferment for depression and panic attacks. To ask to be “deemed mentally ill” to escape your responsibilities to your Country by faking mental illness? Last I read, an “Evangelical Presbyterian” Racist, and like the draft dodging Clintons and Bushs, lacking conscience in supporting wars you refuse to go fight you resolve by making OTHER young men and women die for this Country IN YOUR PLACE! Phoney so-called Christians…Hypocrites, the whole lot of you!

ShannoninCt: You are wrong about that. Ever hear of IRCA of 1986, granted amnesty and citizenship to millions of illegal aliens..no requirement that they had to prove knowledge of English or any other skills. Yes, there are millions of “citizens” who took advantage of that program and never learned English or passed a test to prove such. I know many, many “immigrants” and naturalized citizen who are still not English speaking, nor care to learn. As a daughter of immigrants who were wise enough to understand that one has to learn and use English to assimilate and be fully engaged in American society…I know of what I speak on this point.

McCain prefers to pander to the illegal immigrants and their far left, open borders advocates like MALDEF, La RAZA, LULAC rather than talk about the 25 million Americans who are unemployed. Job security and immigration benefits for illegal aliens is wrong for America, wrong for national security and our economy. McCain spent years sponsoring and trying to push through Amnesty for illegal aliens. J.D. Hayworth on the other hand worked on behalf of American workers, legal immigrants and our national security by insisting on getting our borders secured and opposing amnesty. J.D. Hayworth stands up for Americans.

I admire her for calling it what it is. The seething racism and xenophobia of the Tea Partiers is not exactly subtle. I was raised and remained Republican my whole life until this recent foray into the wacky Bush-Cheney-Palin-land. They left me, not the other way around.

they are racest in that they don’t like their tax dollars going to social wellfare programs.(only if you are racest and think only minoritys get wellfare?)actually more whites get wellfare(gov asistance by any name)It might be minoritys’ get more by percentage of the population? Baggers just think the gov. waste money, and they should keep more of what they earn. (I belive in most states when you add state and local taxes, fees, we all pay about 41% of our income to the various gov. agencys with their hand out.

“…migrants came to this country and built most of it in the 30s; Italians, Germans, Irish, Portugese, many of them your neighbors and leaders in your community who likely spoke little English when they arrived on Ellis Island…”
European immigrants learned English. There was no other option. Japanese immigrants English. Yet current immigrants can vote, receive welfare, drive and work without knowing English. That’s messed up.

“…Every single solitary republican I know under the age of 40 agrees with Meghan McCain over John McCain on every single issue…”
Yet precious Meghan and feisty John agree on every single issue. Twisted, innit?

I think it’s a shame that the “View” had a spot on the show for her to speak.
Talk about desperate.

Cute, but stupid.

Actually color differences are irrelevant, therefore liberal politicians buying votes with the promise of stereotype driven laws mandating privileges and penalties on the basis of these irrelevant color differences are the world’s biggest racists.
Just because Meghan is too stupid to tell the difference between a stereotype and a human being doesn’t actually change the reality of skin color irrelevance in terms of individual human action and the consequences of same, all of which is predicated upon personal value choices, not color differences.
But leave it to the racist liberals to presume they possess omniscient knowledge regarding everyone’s personal values, lifestyles and economic circumstances with a simpleminded glance at irrelevant color differences.

I think that voting should be licensed, like driving a car. Citizens should have to pass a competancy test in civics before being allowed to vote. If you cant name the branches of government, and have no functional idea of their roles and responsibilities, then you have no business casting a vote.

If the tea party movement means so little, why is John McCain now trying to hijack it? Could it be he’s up for re-election? Hey Johnny, get your daughter a real job at DMV or on an Obamacare death panel.

“Tancredo didn’t make it past the primary…..that says it all, about how people perceive him.”
Neither did Joe Biden, and that says it all, about how people perceive him.

your dad shares your ideas. He too is a “progressive” Republican. And that is why he won’t be re-elected. Just come out of the closet and be a Liberal, that’s what you are after all. So is your dad.

funny how so many posts are attacks directed toward Sarah Palin. Liberals fear her. like Drakula fears a cross, and light. They will say and do anything to hurt her, cause they know full well and understand the threat she poses to their agenda. Sarah Palin/ Michelle Bachman 2012!! a dream ticket!

There is a lot of credence to what she says. She represents a legitimate and growing Republican movement, who espouse common sense, truth and discussion. This is something we desperately need if we’re to change our image. PS: I love the comments by “LIFE” who agrees with Tancredo’s “people who voted for Obama can’t spell ‘VOTE,’” and then proceeds to pepper his/her comment with grammatical errors.
Nice.
This is EXACTLY the hypocrisy we’re all talking about with this Tea Party thing. Thanks for speaking out and showing another side to the Republican party, Meghan. Keep it up!

Meghan McCain, lol, not a great thinker. Stick a sock in her mouth or whatever else is available at the time.

Anna, What proof do you have the Obama is “smart”? When he talks off the cuff he sounds like a dunce…uhh, umm, (insert stupid comment here). He surrounds himself with butt kissers and dishonest people instead of leaders. I hardly think this guy qualifies as “smart”. That is just the media imagery, the facts show something very different.

If this unworldly wench wants to be taken seriously, she might want to start by crawling out of that bubble she grew up in and try living in the real world…She appears to be a chip off the old spineless self serving block. Go J.D.

how cute….. she’s a RINO just like her daddy.
and i’m sorry, but there’s no way i’ll ever embrace her: famous named bimbo’s do nothing for me.

Somebody please tell her to shut up already.

Show that chest meat darlin’.

@Steve From NH
… I see you like to slam the tea party patriots as racists and skinheads..
I also see that you have no problem with the New Black Panther Party intimidating voters at polling places by carrying nightsticks.
OR… SEIU thugs starting fights with conservatives at events..
funny how liberals like you ignore your own comrades that actually become violent at events.
Or…

The Tea Party movement is an independent, constitutional grass roots organization that will not allow itself to be co-opted by Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi (Democrat or Republicans).
It is no more racist than Meghan Mc Cain’s Barbie dolls, which by far, exhibit a more superior, mature, collective intelligence than she does.
And since we have basically become a welfare provider for Mexico, why not demand one barrel of oil monthly from the Mexican government for every one of their citizens living here illegally and drawing SSI?
That should equate to about 30 million barrels of crude a month! How do you and your “progressive” Barbies like them apples Meghan?

Let’s see if I get this correct; a mindless twit spewing on a show that is hosted by a washed non-humorous ‘comedian’. Now that’s good television. WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!

Oh, goodie. Another Lame Brain McCain. How long will it be before this one leaves D.C. and goes away and stays off our TV screens?

Who asked that NitWit Rino anything!
Her Dad Lost because McCain is the Problem with GOP- NOT THE ANSWER !
She is Arrogant and Ignorant- What a Combo–And A Dangerous Commie/ Progressive to boot.
She wouldn’t know the first thing about the Tea Party or Patriotism–
This is what passes for a College education these days???- Like -Ya Know–
She is out of her league– But the Libs are lappin it up! She is the Face of political imbicility– not anything we want or need—Go back to Mommy and daddy-RINO– we dont care what you think— she’s not even smart enough to be a stupid blonde.

Mehgan Who????
It seems that all these people casting aspersions are the guilty amongst us– He who smelt it dealt it !!
All these people calling the Tea Party Racist are the actual racist’s
Ask any PhD in Psychiatry—
I actually love to see the Post callin the Kettle Black on these Post’s
Wait until her old Pops gets his butt whipped in the upcoming elections
Then we shall see whats what!
McCain And his Daughter are the True Problem with America- The “Great Pretender’s”

Ms. McCain, you are somewhere between an idiot and a moron. Please do NOT ever spew your Facist Republican BS in public again. Thank you!

Dear Megan The youngest revolutionary of our founding fathers was Thomas Jefferson at 33, the oldest Benjamin Franklin at 75.
You my dear and others like you are what the Russians call a “useful idiots.”
Please read the article
The Frankfurt School: Conspiracy to corrupt
By Timothy Matthews
and read the book by F.A. Heyek Road to Serfdom.

I’m not really concerned with Meghan McCain’s attack on the tea party movement. She is a young, immature girl who seems to enjoy being in the spotlight (didn’t she post a provocative photo on a social networking site some time ago)?
She’s the Paris Hilton of the political world. ‘Nuff said on that.
P.S. Steve from NH, you have problems.

Hey Steve from NH and the rest of you claiming Tea Partiers are a whites only zenophobic crowd (you too miss Eyre claiming Palin doesn’t know africa isn’t a country- god what a stupid baseless claim) I say fine, lets see your evidence. I’ve been to a couple of TP rallies, know lots of people who have been to more than I. Put up or shut up, where’s your evidence of the rascism? Photos please.

If this dim wit was bashing conservatives the liberal media wouldn’t be giving her the time of day. Here’s LIKE an idea LIKE why don’t you LIKE shut up and like go on a date with Bristol Palins ex-boyfriend you have something in common you’re both buffoons for the liberal left!

Shut up you stupid twit.

Meghan McCain Rails at the Tea Party–Meghan is following a grand tradition -
Ronald Reagan, Jr (son of republican president), Arianna Huffington (ex-wife of former republican congressman) David Brock (former conservative author), Arlen Specter and Jim Jeffords (former republican senators — no surprise if soon joined by senators snowe and collins in near term) left republican party behind and immediately became media favorites. With respect to Ms. McCain, the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree. After her dad is beaten in the primary, he will join her to bask in the media spotlight of ‘courageously’ leaving the republican tent-yadda, yadda, yadda.

Her father didn’t run as far as I’m concerned. There was one party running in 2008, and they won.

At 25 she’s doesn’t know a DAM THING!!!

Where do you people come from? What a bunch of ignorant losers. We desperately need a better education system in this country.

Who cares what this nobody thinks. I think that if her dad hadn’t been the Republican candidate, Obama might not be in office.

I’ve noticed that some of the posters who are criticizing those who don’t speak English as a primary language don’t even have a good handle on basic grammar and spelling themselves.

So the framers were Progressives in their day. They progressed us out of monarchy and into a republic based upon the ideal that no man should bow to another man, that all men are equal. Where do today’s progressives want to take us next? What are we still progressing towards? Or are they going taking us backwards?

Megan McShame is a disgrace. Why would someone who calls themselves a Republican say such non sense? It’s obvious she is just trying to sell her book. Hopefully it does as well as the book Pelosi wrote.
A Progressive Republican is no better than a Socialist. We need people who will uphold the Constitution.
Remember that Progressives brought us the income tax, the IRS, and all the social programs that are bankrupting the country today. Why anyone would be proud to be considered a progressive I don’t know?
We need less Progressives in Congress, not more! Megan McShame should go to Cuba if she wants to live in a Socialist country. Maybe she could take George Soros with her as well.

As a former commercial pilot, I have a tremendous respect for someone who can land an airplane on an aircraft carrier.
For that and the fact that he survived
being a POW, he will always have my utmost respect.
But as a senator he falls short. I hope he is back in private life living off his rich wife’s money.
Chris W

So now people that believe that the constitution should be followed are “racist.” Wow we are in trouble, the average American is incredibly stupid and to worried about the Bachelor or the Olympics to even think about what the constitution says. The Tea Party is not about Republican vs. Democrat it is about living as free people. Both the Republicans and Democrats SUCK, they are the same thing, they are owned by the same special interests groups WAKE UP!

Are you serious? How many of those criticizing the TEA party movement have attended a rally? This is not about race, or the English language. The tea party movement is a collection of citizens who are seeing our constitution used as toilet paper, We want fair tax (flat percentage across the board) and accountability. Term Limits, transparancy… and we are sick of the childish quips coming mainly from President (I won) B. Hussein Obama.
The majority of this nation voiced quite clearly last year that we DONT want government health care. To try and force it upon us is financial rape! Our economy has been held hostage by out-of-touch Washington fatcats that are clueless about how much of a mess they have made of the lives of MILLIONS!
Health care is coming, against our wishes. Global warming has been exposed as a hoax, so what, just name one thing this president has done to advance the well being of this once great nation? Oh thats right, he won a Nobel Prize… just cant seem to remember how he won it?

Watchinbo: “It’s quite hard to be a citizen and know no English.”
I’m sure you’re familiar with the term, “anchor baby”. Stop by the southern border (or most anywhere in our Country nowadays) for an enlightening experience in that regard.

ANNA, B.O. said that there were 57 states! And you call him “educated and smart?”

Am I the only one here who fancies a catfight between Meghan McCain and Sarah Palin? Put it on PPV and use the proceeds to balance the budget. Me-owwww!

When I hear comments decrying the Tea Party I wonder just what it is that fuels the resentment? What fuels the resentment against a wide group of people composed of various backgrounds? I know for a fact that this was no K.K.K. meeting as some have implied. I saw no C.S.A. flags. I saw no one trying to hide their identity. I saw people expressing worry and discontent over a financial collapse and runaway government. This brings me to the conclusion that those who disparage the spirit of the “Tea Parties” must really have self issues. Maybe they hate their parents, maybe they hate this country, or maybe they just plain hate themselves. Thank you.

Does McCain’s spoiled brat do Any thing other than run that know-nothing, blabbering mouth of hers, hehe. The msm over exposed Twit just needs to grow up, get a grip on reality.. Her daddy Lost the election because he is a RINO, and a Puppet! And if enough people in AR have even half a brain, her self-serving, two-faced Old Man will be retired, soon after the Nov elections.. So, perhaps, think about getting a job, or an education, darlin~

That’s right, everyone!Those of you who know nothing of the tea party condemn them as bigots, rascists and the like. I’m surprised that no one has called them child molesters. To remind everyone, the Republican party LOST the 2008 election, primarily because it put forth the Republican-lite John McCain as its standard bearer. The tea party people are reminding us all that runaway taxation is not the answer to a strong America. I left the party after the 208 debacle. For me to come back, I would have to believe that the Republicans are again the party of individual, states and equal rights, and small government.

Someone posted that the American Revolution was not made up of young people. Newsflash: There weren’t many senior citizens fighting in that revolution. It is sad that the Republican party isn’t big enough for people with moderate views like Megan McCain who is trying to bring the Republican party back to the center. Seems like the current Republican/Tea party is partial to Liz Cheney who spouts off all the cliches’ of the far right in the same smug, arrogant manner of her father.
Maybe the Tea Party isn’t racist, but it sure doesn’t seem to include anyone but older caucasions.
Perhaps the Republicans will do well in the next election and take over Congress, but when voters see it’s the same crowd who messed up from 1992-2006, their tenure will be short.

evidently the people where tancredo came from are the idiots that put such a complete idiot in office–lets compare him and obama or clinton college grades and lets see who is the smarter one–that is if tancredo did finish grade school–people that even listen to such a idiot are idiots themselves –that is the calibre of people we have in washington and that is very scary

I am a Libertarian, fiscal conservative and happen to be a Republican. John McCain does not define me nor does any particular person.
I look at the tea party and say great to have people involved. To long have we allowed the political class to run amock while we just sat back and made money and enjoyed life–ignoring the consequences of our failure to remain involved.
The lack of real world or business experience of the political class has destroyed our way of life and the situation needs to be redressed. Black, White, yellow, brown or red I could give a damn less. Competence and thoughtful decision making is the impt factor.

These women do not represent real America. To quote Meagan McCain, “I got a book coming out?” Maybe she meant “I have a book coming out.” I sure hope she has someone edit her book, otherwise it may not be readable.

First, I know for a fact (having lived on the Mexican border) that for years, non-citizens have voted here and there, and a few dead folks.
Second, have attended a few Tea parties and didn’t hear any bigoted comments among the attendees, just people who would like our politicians to live up to their Oath to support the Constitution.
Third, we are a lot (but not all) old folks. That’s because we do know the Constitution, and were actually taught our history.
Forth, we are not really interested in destroying the ‘souls’ of people by giving them ‘something’ for ‘nothing’ in return.
Fifth, most of us want term limits on the house (maybe 3-4 terms) because we understand that absolute power does corrupt absolutely.
Ask yourself why so many citizens go to the House of Representatives and 20 years later leave with one heck of a pile of money.

The old yenta’s on The View and that strident and unfunny hag Joy Behar sure enjoy trotting out Ron Reagan Jr. and Meghan McCain who both disagree with their famous fathers. But it’s liberal agitprop, nothing more. About as easy to see through as Obama and the fake doctors and nurses behind him at the press conference the other day. All races are welcoem in the tea party movement, but considering that the true racists voted overwhelmingly in favor of Obama and the Democrats, it is no wonder that they don’t show up at tea party meetings. Just because the left claims the tea party movement is racist does not make it true and they should be called out on it.

I wish someone would ask her why she joined the republican party. She never has anything positive to say about it.

The last I checked, most revolutions are started by middle aged men. In America’s case not one of the Founding Fathers was less than 30. Not one. That is mostly because the young lack the concentration and logical thought processing ability to sustain the revolt through it’s conclusion. I hate to say it but this girl is a bimbo. Sorry John, I will always respect you for seeing it through when times were bleakest in the Hanoi Hilton, but your daughter is a flake.

How wonderful it is to find a Republican who thinks. I thought the breed ended with the death of the greatest Republican presidents of the last century, Gerald Ford. Wish she, not her father, was running for senate.

What “Steve From NH” said.

I am sadly so happy to see this opinion
made public. I, too, have felt all along
that the tea party movement, the rants
and hatred from radio and TV hosts, the
rise in ammunition sales since
President Obama’s election have all been
about a lot of covert racisim in our
country. I think the popularity in our
more rural areas of the ideas related to
all of the above views help to support
the idea of racism in the people
espousing these ideas. Rural America
is overwhelmingly white with many
people who have little experience be-
yond their local areas and who have
seldom even seen a person of color.
There is a fear bred in this environment
by knowing minorities only via TV or
other media as criminals. The good that
is part of this ‘other’ part of the popu-
lation is unknown to them. And ‘other’ is
a cause for concern in the small towns
in our country…..families have lived in
the same towns and known other like
families for generations. Anyone from
‘outside’ is looked upon with suspicion.
This is a sad commentary of just how
far America still is from being a country of
of ALL the people. So much suspicion,
fear, and hatred where compassion and
understanding could be BETTERING
the lives of all of us. Instead we tear
our country apart and waste valuable
time, resources, and talent. Rather than
fear terrorists we should be fearing our
cancer of intolerance that is destroying
us from within.

Thanks meghan! us younger progressive independants like to have you on our side. Do you tea partiers not understand how much of a turn off it is to us in the younger generations? that’s right, you don’t understand at all. The main problem with this country is the republicans vs. democrats is old news!! do you guys all just vote party line? are you all really that ignorant? I vote for whoever i feel can get the job done, regardless of party, you know why? Because we all live in this place, and it doesn’t matter about the little letter R or D next to their name if the person is going to do whats best. shouldn’t that be the goal of democracy? to pick the best people regardless of party to run this place? would you rather have some jerk in office just because of the letter next to their name?
People, you all need to wake up and realize we are getting screwed by both parties!!! And as long as both parties can keep us fighting over which party is better, than we all lose. They can parade around their dog and pony show and you suckers can lap it up. Wake up and grow up.

Meghan McCain “converted” to become a Republican in May of 2008 as a birthday gift to her father. Now, does that sound like a RINO, or what?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Mizz McCain is as phony as a three dollar bill. What she believes in is her image on TV. If that isn’t obvious, just get a look at her “blog” once! She takes on such weighty topics as the size of her breasts. (for the love’a Pete!)
She’s an adult, why doesn’t she have a job?

Meghan McCain is a PRIME example of the indoctrination of our youth to the disease that is progressivism!!! NO ONE will convince me that nitwit has EVER conjured up one single ORIGINAL thought on her own…she sounds like a propoganda poster each time she opens her mouth!!! She has a right to speak..and millions of American soldiers have died for her to have that right. But I also have the right to call her what she is…a spoiled rotten PINHEAD!!

I recently attended a tea party gathering at the invitation of a friend and out of curiosity. Out of 75-80 people, there were only six women and no obvious minorities (excluding myself). Most of the attendees were in their 50-60s. As a businessman, I’ve seen these demographics before in the 80s, but then I was viewed as a novelty. This time was different. A few of the organizers were overly ostentatious to the point of uncomfortable, but my reception by the rest of the bunch was less inviting. I know this is probably untrue, but I felt like a party-crasher. Only time in my life I’ve ever insisted on manning the seat closest to the exit.

Meghan McCain is a bimbo

She thinks anyone over 50 should be discounted, apparently. Has she not heard of the “baby boomers”? Since when do ‘old people’ get discounted. Most Tea Party people are moderate conservatives; Tea Party was not started by the Republicans or racists, just realistic people. Wish they would have more of them speak in place of “professional republicans”.

Anyone else remember when there were two political parties in this country and, separate from them, two different ideologies? Paraphrasing Dennis Miller, circa the mid 90s, there, but it is no less true today. Why does Republican = conservative and Democrat = liberal? Just easier to not have to think to make the important decisions?

Steve from NH, I love you.

MM is crass, obnoxious, vile, and RIGHT ON. She nailed “on the head” the racist organization called “Tea Party.” The GOP is falling through the cracks by following the old line; every time the Chenys or Palin speak I want to run to the registrar and change to an independent.

It’s amazing that people are putting Ms. Mccain down simply because she does not agree with a bunch of red neck trailor park tea party idiots. The fact that these people think highly of Sarah Palin who is as dumb as a rock truly says alot about the people of such party.

Obama is President McCain is nothing. Sit down shut up move on your rich your parents paid for your education you never earned anything your self. You will never live in the white house.

Miss Eyre. We can bash Palin gaffes all day and we can counter with numerous Obama gaffes. Its all partisan spin. But one thing you cannot spin is the political record in elected office of Palin vs Obama over a 10 yr period from 1998-2008. Her record TOWERS over his. In fact he was little more than a Below Average US Senator with no meaningful legislation to his name.

why, i agree with steve the tea party does seem the the old american nazi party that chilled in the garden having a rallie before we entered the war and suspencefully kicked germany’s A*&…so keep on tea party and palinites-conser republicantes for the young and logical will rule by ur racist help…and the usa will be great agian with and by the mixed, diverse culture and people that has , is will and can make america the land of the ave, bold, and true values..that it wan’ts to be but has not do to racist idle theory, defued logic..america is for the mixing of knowledge, cultures, ideals, and peace. Freedom to learn, evol, grow into what on would like to be,,to treat neighbors and self as one..no matter what one appears to be look at them as the whole not the whole as one…as u others are more in your liking then what society seems to relate towards u in media…talk to ur peers who u seem to forget when ur job is over look at, relate speak to the groups the people who look not u and as people u will relate and as Americans u will rule…but if inner prejudices prevents that exchange of u then all is lost u are no better then the people we fight to injoy are dem..free..justice

Take away her microphone – spare us from being tortured anymore by this ill informed spoiled rich child.

Unfortunately her dad spent too many years being mentally tortured by Communists. She, on the other hand, has no such excuse.
This insight into McCain Sr.’s family only confirms my belief that the last election was simply a choice between “Comrade A” and “Comrade B”. We were destined to plunge further into the depths of Communism either way.
If the Republicans want to have any chance at winning again they are going to have to quit sending up Communists as candidates. I believe in every plank of the Republican platform, but I gave up long ago looking for a candidate that was even FAMILIAR with their own platform.

i am glad she said something about this tea party business. that is exactly what i have been thinking about lately this is a group which is practicing racism openly. God have mercy on the republicans who think they are religious. Show Christ throught your actions

comments like the one from wizcat123 show that rather than really understand the message, people with low intelligence hear the radical left call it racist and they believe it. In fact it was a black man (tea party member) who was beaten by white Leftist thugs at a townhall meeting last fall. The movement has NOTHING to do with race. Its people wanting responsibility and accountability from government. We are tired of paying 30% taxes so the politicians can waste it on 5 billion dollars to Pakistan, and 500 million for new congressional jets, and huge government spending projects, and useless wars and so on and so on.
It was born out of the grassroots movement to elect Ron Paul. The “rEVOLoution!” We’re tired of politics as usual. We want fiscal responsibility, and constitutional governance for all Americans regardless of race, religion, etc. Stop hating what you don’t understand. Sarah Palin is not our spokesperson. For all questions Tea Party; see Ron Paul.

The whole deal with the Tea Party is the right of Americans to have a say in what goes on in their country and with their tax dollars. You don’t have to be of any party to know that something stinks in Washingon.

Not a Tea Partier or a fan of Palin at all, but why attack an entire movement over the opinions of Tancredo? That’s just ridiculous. As for Barack Obama, what I really resent is the attitude of some that anyone who dislikes the man is a racist. That really infuriates me. I dislike the man because he’s doing a lousy job, just like Bush, but in a different way. Obama is concentrating on slamming through a health plan that American citizens are violently opposed to in a time where we simply don’t have the money for such extravagance. If the economy was in great shape, fine, maybe a scaled-down version would be something to try. But not when our economy is a complete disaster and the unemployment rate is higher than it’s been in decades. Priorities are the real issue here, not racism!

I’m just shocked that Meghan McCain knows what “innate” means.

Tancredo is a windbag at best and a racist at the very least. Imagine that with a surname like Tancredo. I’m curious how far back you would have to go before you would find someone in his family tree who didn’t speak English.
As for the Tea Party…so glad they are fringe element of conservatives in this country. Its thins down the party of NO for us in 2010. They neglect to tell people that there are just as many Republicans up for election as there are Democrats. And many unemployed voters who have seen their lives destroyed by Bush’s recession and the GOP’s efforts to make the Obama administration fail at their expense are sure to vote with that in mind. They should not be counting their chickens before they hatch.

Meghan McCain is getting to be as irritating as Joy Behar. Oh my god, I’m SO tired of people who ONLY seek the camera and spotlight accusing others with real concern as being racist. Take Steve from NH, who is an idiot right along Meghan McCain. If we “tea partiers” want to criticize the president we can, it is America, or has that changed? Please go away Meghan, you are especially offensive to this conservative and your public disrespect for your Father and his position are embarrassing.

Steve From NH. … You couldn’t have voiced it better!!Let the Tea Party Split the Vote. The best thing that can happen For Obama in 2012 is Palin Running for President. The Majority of Americans really want her to be President??? Bwah Haha

If McCain was going to praise the tea party Goldberg would not of had her on the show

I love it. Someone whining about embracing “progressive” Republicans. Giv eme a break!
Maybe, she should embrace staunch conservatives. Maybe, the party should, as well. Can you say hypocrite?
Why should a party digress from its roots to imbrace someone who stands at odds with many of its core principles?
Maybe, she should call on teh Democrats to embrace her.
Look, the people who belong to the Tea Party didn’t like what was going on, so they started a movement. She is welcome to do the same.
As well, the Tea Party does have a lot of younger members, so, once again, can you say hypocrite?

there is an implicit racist agenda of the right to sabotage the Obama presidency on every level possible so as to totally Negate his presidency. Yes, to make him a one termer nobody remembers in the history books. They feel a narcissistic wounding in the White House being occupied by a Black man and absolutely refuse to recognise his presidency. The fact that he is a socially progressive democrat just makes it easier to black tar and smear him. And this they have been doing relentlessly.

A daughter of a RINO, does not like the Tea Party.
She will become more illrelivant when her father loses the primary.

Her “racism” charge was directed at Tancredo’s anti-immigration stance specifically, not the Tea Party’s limited govt stance generally.

LIFE
The GOP just got finished leading us down the thorny path to unemployment, financial instability, 2 wars (one of which should never have been waged), sky-rocketing health care costs — which they want to continue, and you say the Tea Parties, who represent this sick fringe party, are leading us toward a better future. Well, the one consistency that many Republicans seems to have is to just stay out to lunch with regard to reality. It must be genetic, because they simply can’t see the forest for the trees.

Racism? What is racism? I am a mkongrel and have no race. So, obviously race is not important in being a person or an American.

“People who would not even spell the word vote or say it in English put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House…”
I like the way no one who’s responded to this article has addressed Tancredo’s racist innuendos. Instead, you all have attacked Meghan McCain.
As for the poster, Life, who is advocating the ‘status quo’, that’s the problem why the GOP can’t get more minorities in the party. You want to constantly wind back the clock to slavery.
As for minorities who can’t spell, look at the last poster to this blog: he’s a republican and couldn’t even spell the word “extraordinaire”. He had to go back and correct himself…after looking it up in the dictionary or Googling it.
One has to wonder why millions of minorities at all various demographic levels, see something something wrong with the Republican Party, year after…election after election. The GOP has not figured out yet, that they appear to racist to MILLIONS of people that don’t know each other, yet see the same thing when they look at the GOP. The GOP is NOT a big tent party, and for that reason, it’s shrinking and hopefully will self implode.
To think that my wife and I actually continue to fight in Bush’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for people like this, sickens me, as does the GOP and most of their racist memebers. Tancredo should apologize to minorities and Republicans should unanimously denounce his comments.
Semper Fi

She is the DAUGHTER of a politician. Why would anyone even CARE what she has to say? This is like Paris Hilton’s dog offering fashion advice.
“Come to think of it, there are a lot skinheads at a Sarah Palin rally, too.”
Orly? That’s rather odd, especially since skinheads are typically anti-establishment. Must be a new politically conscientous group of skinheads, eh?
Why make things up about Sarah Palin, when there are so many REAL reasons why she’s a pox.

He who calls racism first is racist.
HOW MANY MEXICANS, BLACKS OR ASIANS HAS MEGHAN OR HER MOM EVER DATED?
Come on Meghan, we all know you’re a shill, but this is obnoxious. Come on people don’t buy the BS

It saddens me that we had to choose between an inexperienced leader and a man who wanted to escalate the war. What happened to presidents who listen to the people.

It’s hard to accept the stupidity of this radical and racist part of our society. Those who give compliments to Mr. Trancado ( a purposeful word game with his name, where TRANCADO, in the last flower of Lazio, means locked up or without exit ) for his position on closing the borders and sending all “ilegals” back to their countries, are the same airheads who forget basic laws of economy. For example, the great majority of new cars are bought by people who trade their used cars, and the market of used cars strongly relies on “illegal” customers to absorbe their quota. Because “illegals” can no longer be issued driver licenses, the used cars go nowhere, the new cars stop selling and China humiliates America, by refusing to purchase what is left from Hummer and such. Go ahead, send the brown boys back home, and wait for unemployment rates go down in the year 2025…

If she is on The View then you know she isn’t real smart.
We, both Republicans and Democrats are turning this country into a third world country.

I and many others hope that the democrats are in power long enough to clean out all of the so called conservatives in any governmental jobs.
Frankly the errors heaped upon us By Reagan and the Bush family have almost killed our nation. We now know the real effect of trickle down economics. We also know that the followers of Ayn Rand were stupid beyond belief. Regulation would have prevented this economic horror show.

There so many factual misstatements in their characterizations of the Republican Party, and other conservatives. Meghan McCain is exceedingly un-intellectual. She’s looking to make big splashes, riding on the fact that she’s a Republican’s daughter.
$20 says she has a Google Alert set for her name.

What in the heckfire is a “Progressive Republican”. It’s like saying I am a Socialist Conservative. Sounds like an Oxymoron to me.
Silly little girl.

I stopped reading when I got to “I think it’s why young people are turned off by this movement”.
Go ahead and present the tea parties as if they’re not a part of a sweeping youth movement for liberty. It doesn’t make it true, and it doesn’t add any job security for old neo-cons like your father.

TEA means Taxed Enough Already.
Both Democrats and Republicans are overtaxed.
Where do you get the money if everyone is on welfare?? Russia proves printing it is an absolute failure. Socialism / Communism has destroyed more lives than any other type of government.

The fact that this young ladies opinion bears any weight in the US is further proof of the “dumbing down of america”.

Miss McCain is irrelevant. Her father lost because he’s a progressive. What these people don’t understand about the Tea Party movement is that it has nothing to do with the Republican party, it’s about CONSERVATISM. Luckily the Republicans are uniting against all these far-left policies this administration is pushing, but that’s about the only correlation. And to “Steve From NH”, instead of worshiping at the altar of MSNBC, and adopting all their talking points, I suggest you check out a Tea Party rally, you might learn something about being an American who values your freedoms.

Mmmm, a Tea Party sounds like just what this country needs!

They had her on “the view” knowing that she would find a way to discredit the GOP. You want the truth on issues it’s not on the democrate and it’s not in the
republicans, it’s in a free thinking brass balls thinker like Lou Dobbs. Everyone else is driven by an agenda

Who cares what a 25yo has to say anyway? She don’t have any experience in life much less politics. She is a nit wit and not even newsworthy.

I think Meghan is a citizen who realizes we are a country of people with diverse views that need to have civil dialogue in order to get things done. As long as people take sides and don’t give in to other’s ideas and views, we continue to just be angry and ineffective.

What a surprize… someone taking another cheap shot to get news coverage. Nothing is more apt to get a “nibble from the news” than any dirt slung at “conservative” causes or people. Our leftist liberal media eats this stuff up – they think it’s “news”.

What we really need is the Republican party to act like the Democratic party so that the Democrats can act like a Socialist\Communist party. OH, we already have that?

At least Palin knows there aren’t 57 states (or more )in the US which Obamba told us that he visited. By the way, the way the Democratic party operated this weekend looked just like a Munich beer hall meeting.

She’s hotter & smarter than Sarah Palin, anyway.

megan is a half educated pompous twit like al gore another famous scion of a political family.

The Tea Klux Klan parties, where in the hell they been during the W. Bush years in the white house. We was supporting a Trillion dollars for two wars base on lies. Countries that had nothing to do with 9-11. Meanwhile the nation was giving away to foreign competion and industry. Outsoursing, cheap labor aboard. Now Socialist Communist China now hold all of 90 % of U.S.A. debt, the bills will come due soon. Meanwhile big business profits grow while jobs are sent overseas.

She is a liberal, this is laughable. Why she calls herself conservative is beyond me.

Oh come on…there are probably racists within the tea party movement…just as there are probably racists within the progressive movement (see Rev. Wright). But to label the whole group and movement as “racist” is just a fear-mongering tactic that is olbermannesque. I’m pretty sure the tea party movement is about individual rights and freedoms, and anti-big government; not anti-minority. Get over it, you people always look for an opportunity to throw the race card. If Hillary were in the white-house, you’d all be sayinb the tea party movement is sexist. As for Ms. McCain..no one cares

Meghan is a twit. I am a Tea Party member and guess what Tancredo is not my spokesman. Yes I may be an old fart, 58 but I tell you that there are many young people feed up with this big goverment. Progressiveism is the problem. So now we know where Meghan stands, part of the problem. Republican or democrat makes no difference, progressiveism is evil and wrong for the USA. Blacks are my brothers just like all other races. Christ only sees a soul not a color. Adam and Eve started all mankind. We all have the same father and mother from the creation. I am against Obama for his ideas not his color.

I’m not a conservative by any means (I identify as an Independent, and tend to hold fairly liberal views), and although I admire Ms. McCain’s willingness to combat the bigotry of the Tea Party, I also find her to be a bit of a loose cannon, and certainly no one who will ever change things. Does the Republican party need to change with the times? Absolutely, but will the traditionalists be quick to abandon their views? Certainly not. I don’t see how the party can make much progress when it’s comprised of senior members who have held the same beliefs for most of their lives. Conservatives tend to offend me, but I recognize that America will always have both liberal and conservative, and, in reality, I can see the government working any other way.

I believe Ms. McCain is ill informed and the fact she calls herself a progressive republican quickly shows she is not a conservative. For that I would rather he put a D in front of her name. It is people like her, her father, bush, and others that are hurting the GOP.
Someone who was making fun of the guy who didn’t know Africa wasn’t a country or that there is two Koreas and then went on to call Obama smart. I guess you right, and I’m sure all people from our 57 states agree with you…

Ummmm, like, who’s Meghan McCain? This valley girl wannabe would have no audience if her last name wasn’t McCain. She learned well at the feet of her father. The best way to make the mainstream media love you is to claim to be a Republican while criticizing them everytime a mike is shoved in your face. She’s less than a joke.
As for the whole racism rant…yawn. Get a substantive argument because this one’s tired and old.

Ms. MeCain is a progressive — not a Republican. She really should change her affiliation to “D”. The Tea Parties are against big government, big taxes and BIG Brother! We are not against our fellow citizens, of any color! Get over that notion! Stop playing the old race card. We are against the TEAM of Obama – Pelosi, Reid, Emmanuel and now Stupak. They are left-wingers who want to control our lives because they THINK they know best. Americans don’t want to bend to the will of this team.

Steve From NH right on and she loves it too she revels in divisiveness and violence.

Rick McDaniel: A “viable third party” Will take votes away from the Republican ticket, and hand the election to Democrats. What needs to happen is throw out The McCain’s, Specters, Snowes, etc… Take the Republican Party away from the RINO’s, and send them packing. We have Ross Perot, and we have Ralph Nader as 2 cases that 3rd parties do NOT work. Obama would love the idea of a 3rd party. Your looking at this in the wrong way. Liberals need to be run out of politics, out of our Judicial system, and out of the education system. It is a cancer that must be cured. The only way is to defeat them. Not create a 3rd party

If her name were not McCain, she would not be heard because she is void of real ideas. McMain = conservative light

I’m not a tea party member, but I have gone to a couple of meetings. (not big rallys however) I haven’t heard any racist type talk. Those people appear to be concerned about unchecked, intrusive growth of government, out of control spending, and a growing sense of
not being represented in government. Ms.
McCain is entitled to her opinions. My opinion, is that if she was Ms. Smith, we would never have heard of her.
Brian Conway
Valatie, NY

This is still a free country and the tea party is just expressing there opinions which is the opinion of many other Americans,,,,We need a president that is truly speaking for the American people.Someone who is an advocate for the citizens of the USA not someone who wants to line the pockets of all the people that got him elected….Where did our values go…We all know that the one who has the most money is the one that gets the most publicity and therefore gets the most votes So who paid for the office of the US presidency Just find out and then you’ll know the direction our country is heading…The Russians are laughing at us calling us ignorant Americans because we cant learn from other countries mistakes because we are to arrogant….This is the road to Communism and Marxism…

Look, the Rebublican Party of my youth was not this crazy right winged fanatical crazy stuff. Today they are bringing up the same Constitutional arguments (10th Amendment State Rights) that were used before the Civil War. Just like the Southern slave owners they use the Constitution to uphold their bigotry.
They hold up there Constitutions and waive them around at rallies yet ignore every thing it stands for aside for the second and tenth amendments. Oh, and they want to blur the line between church and state in the First Amendment.(can you say theocrats, think Iran)
Miss McCain is a breath of fresh air. I want to vote for a reasonable Republican. I also want Republicans to be freak’n reasonable. 24% of you fools think Obama is the Anti-Christ. Around 48% of you think Obama is a Socialist and the same amount think he is a Nazi (which he can’t be both by the way these are opposing political theories). At least half of Republicans scare me. Educate yourselves. Oh yeah, if you want to look at someone who may be your anti-christ–check out Glen Beck.

Why is she getting so much air time. She is a liberal and the media loves her attacks on the Republicans. If she was as conservative as her Dad they would be mocking her. Most young people I’ve met really don’t follow politics. It is the older Americans that see what we are losing that are driving this dissent. By the way i have been to 3 tea parties and witnessed no violence or hatred only concerned Americans. Meghan needs to grow up.

I ask our police and military friends one thing; remember who thought you acted “stupidly” last year, and please support those who would build monuments to your service rather than sue or prosecute you for fulfilling your duty. The time is coming, we will need the police and military on the “American” side soon.

All I can say, is we are witnessing the crumbling of the Republican party as we know it, and it is about time. It is about time that this party become more progressive. You can still be progressive and conservative. We can no longer survive as a nation on “status quo”. I believe that we need to redefine “Conservative” and separate it from “Fanatical”! I am glad that Meghan is speaking up, perhaps there will be more.

The left is doing it’s best to define the TEA party movement as a bunch of fringe radicals, kooks and nuts. They claim the TEA party movement is racist and homopphobic, without a single piece of evidence to back that up – show me the video of TEA party people throwing epithets at Black congressmen in DC. There were plenty of cameras rolling, but no video, because it didn’t happen.
Just once I would like to see the “progressives” debate on the issues instead of resorting to defaming their opponents.
McCain was and is a RINO and needs to go, along with his kooky little daughter.
To equate the TEA party movement to the Nazis is just stupid. These people want LESS Government. they want the government out of their lives. There wasn’t a single rebublican that voted for a law that’s going to have IRS agents asking you on a monthly basis whther you have health insurance or not. Which party is dipping into every facet of our lives and telling us what we can and can’t do? It’s not the conservatives.. . .
And I have yet to see a skinhead at a Sarah Palin rally. You want to know about dirty politics? Read “Going Rogue” and learn how the left set out to deliberately define Sarah Palin for the media, insterad of lettign the people figure it out themselves.

So , if she come on ” The View ” , why didn’t she go on ? As I recall ,those people gave her father the ” bum rush ” when he went on . I guess she forgot it. As for Tancredo , what did he ever do ? As for Mrs. Palin , it’s plain to see that the Democrats are scared that she have joined the Tea Party . Wait what happens come Nov. and see who’s in and who’s out.

I feel tea party people are made up of mostly (what I define as being) “miserable republicans” and/or “closet case confederates.”
I’d also love to know how many of them are drawing a government check (probably a whole lot more than they would like to admit).
There is nothing new about them. As a matter of fact, they are the very ones (or at least their political/economic philosophy) that got US into this current economic mess we are now faced with.
Indeed, it is quite revealing, that the guy that flew his plane into the side of the IRS building was so enraged about a tax increase signed into law in 1986 by (guess who?) President Ronald Reagan.

Sen. Fritz Hollings
Former South Carolina Senator
Posted: December 18, 2009 02:40 PM
They’re All Against Jobs
Who is against jobs in the United States? The big banks, Wall Street, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Business Roundtable, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Retail Federation, Corporate America, the President of the United States, Congress of the United States. Everyone is crying for jobs, but no one seems to understand why there aren’t any. And the reason for those opposing jobs is money.
Beginning in 1973, big banks made most of their profit outside of the United States. Industries off-shoring, investing, banks financing the investments, transfer fees, fees and interest on the loans made for bigger profits. Long since, the big banks under the leadership of David Rockefeller have led the way to off-shore and make a bigger profit. Goldman Sachs, AIG, Citicorp and Wall Street, conspiring for a bailout and now using it for bonuses, make more money from the off-shored operations.
The Council on Foreign Relations ought to be renamed the Council on Making Money. A recent PEW poll reported fully 85% of Americans said that protecting United States jobs should be a top foreign policy priority. But only 21% of the Council on Foreign Relations agrees. Financial interests organized the Business Roundtable to continue off-shore investment and profit. The local Chamber is for Main Street America, but Tom Donahue and the United States Chamber have sold out to the financial interests and oppose jobs and producing in the United States. Thirty years ago, hundreds of thousands of Arrow shirts produced in China were a best seller in the United States. But at Christmastime, the Chinese supply ran short and the retail stores had to order the same shirt from New Jersey. They made 20% less profit on the New Jersey shirt. Retailers are all for profit from imports and against domestic production and jobs in America.
Corporate America would fight any initiative by the President, the Congress, or the government to create jobs in the United States. That is, production that faces competition offshore. In globalization, U. S. production can’t make a profit, can’t survive. Its competition will off-shore the same article for a lesser price, putting you out of business. Moreover, Corporate America doesn’t have to bother with labor in China. The China government controls labor and you don’t have to worry about a work stoppage or minimum wage. All they have is a maximum wage.
And Corporate America doesn’t have to worry with clean air and clean water or the environment in China. Nor does it have to worry with OSHA and all of its safety rules. Many times the factory building is furnished and you don’t have to worry with capital costs. If you make a profit, you can just reinvest it in an additional operation and not have to pay any U. S. income tax. If the operation fails, walk away with no legacy costs. Corporate America bitterly opposes its government protecting and strengthening the U. S. economy because producing again in America will put the executives back to work. They can send a Jaycee to China to watch the quality control daily and sit on the 32nd floor on Sixth Avenue with the internet, keeping check, and, leaving early for a massage and drinks. With production in China they don’t have to work.
As Commander-in-Chief, the President dithered for months over the number of troops. But he can’t equip the troops except for the favor of a foreign country. The War Production Act of 1950 requires the President to make sure that we can produce in- country those articles necessary for our national defense. Enforcing this law would limit the campaign contributions. Under Section 201 of the trade laws, the President is supposed to take action, like impose tariffs or quotas, when a certain production is endangered. Not only endangered, our automobile production has been bankrupted. But all the President does is give Detroit bailout welfare. The President doesn’t want to limit the campaign contributions.
The same with Congress. Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota long ago tried to allocate the tax incentive for foreign jobs and production to domestic jobs and production. The Business Roundtable and the U. S. Chamber fought it like a tiger and killed it.
As the President said in his West Point talk, there is fierce competition in international trade and globalization. All countries move to protect and build their economies while the United States goes out of business. The one advantage that the U.S. has is its richest market in the world. It is fast becoming the poorest market and the U.S. is losing any clout to maintain a strong economy.
The economy is in the hands of Summers, Bernanke and Geithner. Campaign contributions are in the hands of David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel. The poor President is smart, diligent and working his head off campaigning. But he is inexperienced and not governing, and the Congress is in a Mexican standoff over an archaic filibuster rule that reveres democracy by the minority.
Of course, the media, which knows this and keeps it top secret, is owned by big business.
If I don’t meet you in the breadline, my children will.
Merry Christmas!

What an airhead of a twit!

I hate to say it but “Press One for English” drives me crazy. It would of course be nice after the button pushing to get someone that actually speaks English. Of course the next thing I know is that the call center I will be put in touch with will be located in India or the Phillipines, or possibly Mexico…Steve from NH has obviously never had to call tech support…
As to the tea party itself, personally I see nothing wrong with smaller government and fiscal responsibility. It’s too bad the government doesn’t issue me a printing press. I’d have retired already.

meghan Mccain has something most Republicant’s lack Common Sense!!!!! If the GOP wish to be viable let them place Country above Party— something, so far, they have failed at miserably!!!!!

Miss Eyre,
Obama “sounds” intelligent….as long as his teleprompter is in sight. Did you miss his horrible gaff the other day where he mispronounced “corpsman”? He said it several times showing that he truly did not know how to pronounce this very common military title. Instead of pronouncing it “coreman” like it’s supposed to be pronounced, he pronounced it just like it reads, showing that he has no business being Commander-in-Chief of our country. If George Bush would have made this gaff, it would have been on Letterman, Leno, and every front page newspaper from coast to coast for 3 months. The most serious though of his many socialistic changes that he’s brought about since taking office is his indifference and dislike towards Israel. We are doomed the day we turn our backs on Israel. Steve from NH, have you actually been to a Sarah Palin rally? How many skinheads have you actually seen? Sounds like you have been reading the Democrats talking points.

What really scares me is how the media report every syllable that comes out of Palin’s mouth and every tea party rally. As if they haven’t had at least a hundred rallies since last year. Every weekend is a rally and there’s the major news network tuning in with breaking news. Sick of tea party reports. Enough already!!! The Tea Party represents a dangerous segment in our society that see things only in Black vs. White or Native vs. Foreigners. They are radical racists and everytime the media reports their EVERY activity, it gives them some legitimicy and reinforces their vicious,racist views. Turn off the lights on these idiots so they can go home. They’re just burnt out baby boomers who spent away their retirement money on McMansions and Facelifts and now blame Obama for their problems. The Tea Party WANTS a revolution, but a race revolution to drive out or suppress minorities. They are afraid that they will be the minority in 2040 and want to crush the minorities in this country anyway that they can by using propaganda. And their largest propaganda machine is FOX News who created the Tea Party movement themselves. Whenever a country loses the unbias, objectivity of the media to inform people in a responsible way, then that country is headed towards a revolution because all of the news is coming from one source with a political agenda. Get ready folks because the next 50 years will see this country spriraling out of control. Anyone who has studied world history can see this. Racism in the past use to be hidden,now people are just straight OUT with it. I hope I’m wrong, Lord knows I do, but I don’t think I am.

I have an English degree… and I voted for Obama. I suppose I could say “anyone who supports Bush, McCain, or Republicans in general are flag-waving racist rednecks waving their bibles in the air”
But that would be stereotypical bigotry. Nice job Tea Partiers.
I am also a registered Republican. I believe in gun owners rights; I am pro-life. I chose to vote for a change because I felt the Bush administration was drunk with power and deceit.
I am sick of people acting like I am un-American, illiterate, or otherwise tainted because of my political views or choices. It is like religion… it probably shouldn’t even be discussed among sensible people.

A LEE It is refreshing to see other people on here that actually get what the problem is and understand how it will be solved. AS he states I will reiterate in other words. Our government is obsolete, they stopped representing the people long ago and should have been done away with back before FDR. But it has taken a change like what just tool place to awaken enough of the American people to that fact. I just hope that they can get together enough to get the job well underway this Nov. The way I see it the only way to really solve the problem is to. Force a bill through no matter how long or how much effort it takes that would give the power to the people to form a panel of the citizens that would be made up of 3 persons from each state. These persons would be selected for their character and non partisanship, and be subjected to the very test they develop once it is finished. The panel would be divided into three separate segments of 50 persons in each segment. each segment would assemble a questionnaire that would test a persons absolute commitment and loyalty to the United States of America and to the Constitution and to their dedication to upholding it’s true values. Then these panels would have the authority to proceed to test each political participant (President, senator, representative, judge, lobbyist, adviser, etc down through the levels to the local county commissioners) This series of three tests would be administered by a series of three separate professional lie detector systems certified and verified by the panels. Any person that could not pass 2 out of the 3 tests is automatically removed from office and tagged (fingerprints, iris scan, facial recognition scan and a microchip inserted) At that time they would be subject to an intensive investigation of their operations during their time in public office. After the investigation is completed they would be sentenced to appropriate punishment. The most severe of which if not execution should be deportation from the country with confiscation of all holdings that had been accumulated during their time in public office. And being bared from holding any public office again ever. Once this process had been carried down through the system it would then become standard procedure for anyone running for public office in the future. And just like random drug testing should randomly be administered to any politician at any time to ensure that they continually remain loyal to their office’s requirements. I think that we would very shortly see a big change in the operation of our government. I know it definitely will be difficult to get in place. However obviously to all that observe the procedure the more they fight against it being implemented the more guilty it makes them appear. Anyone with nothing to hide would have no fear of the process being implemented and or being subjected to it. I fear that there would not be many incumbents left shortly after it became procedure.

whatever happened to democracy ??? washington is full of lobbiests with money to burn for what is good for big business/private enterprise, for those of us that can still remember the good ole america when we were taught that any could aspire to be president, forget it, money and jews rule !israel wins at the expense of americans

Sorry, people that criticize Mr. Tancredo. Korea is ONE country with millenary history. It has been divided by European imperialism in two half-countries. Unfortunately American imperialism has prolonged that division. By immense sacrifices, the Vet Nam people had defeated the French and American imperialism and unified their country. One day, hopefully soon, with the collapse of the American Empire and the restoration of the Great American Republic, Korea will be again unified.
As far as the English language, Mr. Tancredo is right again. The language is the soul of a People.
As long as the People keep its language it cannot perish. After centuries of occupation and oppression the Irish, the Scots, the Ukrainians, the Romanians, the Kurds, the Croats, the Jews, the Greeks and many, many others have survived by keeping their language. If it loses its English language the United Stated will lose its soul and will not survive. It will break in many pieces along the linguistic, ethnic, racial and nationalistic lines just like the Roman Empire.

America has slowly but surely been msking itself the monkey of the world! Yes, while shooting itself to pieces with words along with trying to shoot the world to pieces with the most uncivil and horrendous war machine ever, worse than any previous Empire ever. While the Founding Fathers are shaking in their graves. Good luck America on the road to hell, enjoy the ride while it lasts!

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“Tancredo was right a lot of people that voted for Obama do not know English.” posted by Life.
Where do you come up with this racially troubling diatribe…?
Inaugeration Day 2009 . Hundreds of thousands of Barack Obama supporters gather in washingtonDC representing the rainbow of colours that is the real america.
In your world, America appears to be a place only for angry white people.
Please look at the valedictorians of many high schools across the US. They are often the children of African American,Cambodian, Chinese, Hispanic Laos, Mong, and Vietnamese parents.

Hey Meghan, The Tea Party is going to eat your old man’s lunch in the AZ primary. I understand why you fear us so. Welcome to anonymity-ville soon Meghan. I’m sure the 100K who watch MSNBC will still digg your antics, but for the rest of us, you’re yesterday’s news. Cya

Speaking of racism, wasn’t it her father and that joined in the refusal of Arizona to recognize Martin Luther King’s birthday as a National Holiday. He later recanted and said that was a mistake, but it certainly didn’t favor Arizona’s standing with many political and socially progressive groups. They were the last holdout, most states didn’t hesitate because they respected and acknowledged the significance of MLK’s contribution to Civil Rights in our country.

There’s no such thing as a “progressive Republican”. It doesn’t exist. This is an example of someone who has NO CORE BELIEFS OR TRUE VALUES in their life. My guess is she wants to be a ‘celebrity’ with all the perks awarded thereof.

Megyn McCain is a twitt. No one cares what she says or thinks.

It’s sad when the only thing you resort to is calling someone racist or a bigot when they disagree with you. Just as you say there are a lot of skinheads at Palin rallies, there were a lot of socialists and communists at Obama functions. So what? Freaks always gather at the wings.

hello fellow americans our conunty is under assualt by the democratic party and its values . We need to make america white again and bring back white power and one man one vote. true republicans support the bush policy of the patriot act and we should also implement a more restictions to potect our govt. republicans for white power.

Bigotry often anchors itself in qualities that people can neither take credit for, or change. What is inherently wrong about not knowing English?
So, you were born into a (culturally limited) family that only spoke English at home? An intelligent person would take the initiative to acquire another language and overcome this unfortunate ignorance before market forces impose it on them.

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English and I voted for Barack and would do so again tomorrow. Or, is Tom Tancredo saying that only people who speak English should have a vote ?
If we the citizens of put a socialist in the White House so what. That’s the point of voting and winning, right Tom ? You do believe in voting right ?
Tea Partiers seem to think their labeling people as liberal or socialist means something negative. They have lied and stretched the principles of democracy so much no one listens to their drivel anymore.

The tea party starting to go down the same road as the Nazi party??? Are you kidding?? BO is well on his way to make our country a dictatorship. When have you ever seen a President face everywhere. Speeches everyday.. He is big on himself and his ideas. Never have we seen a President divide a country like BO is doing.
As far as the tea party group. Yes, there are many older people in this group. But they have more at stake right now with their age and health issues. The young in time will realize just how much this will effect their future too. Right now they are just following what FEELS good. Wake up America. I don’t care what party you are for, educate yourselves enough to see what is happening in this great country. It’s only been 18 months and look at the changes…Wake up!

She is such a looser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just as inept as her dad. She is a woefully inadequate human being.

BTW-how do “Progressive” Republicans differ from Democrats?

My friend is an active Tea Partier. In the months prior to the presidential election, all I heard was “if Obama gets in,they are coming for your guns,you just watch” I think the Tea Party just trys to use scare tactics.

“These people are not as relevant as they say they are,” she said. “I think my father would be president if they were really that powerful.”
Her father would be president if he could have articulated his ideas better than then candidate Obama. They were both bad choices, but Obama excited the electorate and his base; McCain was just Mc”wishywashy” like he always is (until, of course, you talk about campaign finance (read: incumbent protection) and amnesty for illegals. McCain has lost touch with his base in AZ, and sending Sarah Palin or his daughter out to blab on his behalf doesn’t change his priciples.

For her sake it better be a cookbook.
“If the tea party had any real influence her dad would be pres”?! How about if your dad wasn’t such an awful candidate he might be pres? My friend…
There you had the “moderation” everyone is demading from the GOP–HE LOST! Has everyone learned their lesson in 2008?

Maverick Jr.

Another McCain, another Day, another Dollar. Get a life and find a real job.

This is what, I’m talking about, McCain, would have been better to have had his daughter Meghan, to rally for him and maybe, he’d have a better chance of winning. Sarah, isn’t right to be out their, speaking. If she couldn’t help him win then, tell me, how’s she going to win, for him now? So, Sarah, go home. I like John McCain’s Daughter Meghan. Very Smart!

Sorry…”ourselves” = “herself”

I am a Tea Partier myself, and I have seen no racism whatsoever in the movement; even one of our chief musicians on the Tea Party Express is black (Lloyd Marcus). To make the assumption that the Tea Party is racist because of an out-of-context remark by Rep. Tancredo is narcissistic and dumb at best.

Well, I must agree with Ms McCain that in fact the teapartiers are comprised of many, many racists. Not only that, they spew hate and untruths. Sarah Palin has become the leader of this group?? That’s about up to par, she cannot speak in full sentences and makes little sense. Why is it Sarah Palin looks as if she sees something off in the distance….she speaks and keeps her eyes ABOVE the crowd. Maybe she is keeping an eye on Russia?? That woman is not too bright but she sure loves the limelight! Bristol’s baby’s father told the truth when he stated she had lost interest in her job as governor, although she denied it (lied). He also said she was keen on making lots of money…again she denied it (lied). I now hear she is in the millions of dollars. UMM, wonder if she’ll reimburse the RNC for all that money they spent on her trying to make her look presentable??? By the way, who is tending to her children while she galavants in the lower 48??

Republicans SAT on the SIDE lines …Democrats did all the WORK!!! Republican “Tea Party” OBSTRUCTIONIST … WE are the WORLD and you’re FIRED in 2010 and 2012!!! The HISTORIC LEGISLATION for COLLEGE & EDUCATION REFORM has @PASSED in @Congress …but @Republicans were INCITING VIOLENCE in an already STRENOUS race RELATION year???

BTW, Megan McCain? Are you kidding me? AND she’s coming out with a book?!?! Is it about her petty insignificant 15 minutes of fast-fading fame or is it about her father’s failed double-whammy, double loser Presidential campaigns? What is it entitled? The Irrelevants? wizcat123 was exactly right, it is a good thing this perennial loser McCain lost to Obummer in the `08 election because now voters can clearly see what a half-hearted so called candidate like McCain will get you: A class-envy community organizer marxist narcissist with a giant chip on his shoulder, and full of ludicrous amounts of hubris to boot. Remember ALL who read this, Obama is a liberal, and liberalism is just totalitarianism with a human face…..Time tells all, see you in November.

The only republican I would ever vote for would be Ms. McCain.
Everyone else stimulates my gagging reflex.

Party affiliation is not the answer or at issue. Personal values of voters and elected officials is critical. What has happened to honesty, morality, decency, respect, compassion, etc. The woman or man who lives a life displaying these values will get my vote regardless of “party brand”. Let us look at the success of our nation for more than two centuries to determine our destiny.

Meghan may have valid points but she is not the anti-palin in the republican party. At best she is the anti-tea party voice of some republicans. A lot of good it does when the tea party people are so in bed with the republicans. She is fighting a losing battle. Essentially a log-cabin republican , she is sidelined by the radical right and the mouth-foaming tea partiers. She does, however, appeal to the more conservative Democrats.

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The Tea Party is a racist organization only interested in media attention and screaming at people. Someone screaming in my face will never get me to listen to their point of view. These people DO NOT represent the majority of Americans.

ShannonInCT;
Emphasis on the CT, Don’t know what you’re talking about. TEACHING here in SoCal I can tell you that Spanish Only citizens are quite common here! In fact were have multi-generational NEP CITIZENS. Our state government does everything it can to cater to this class. Do you have Spanish ballots in CT? (you probably do, you’ve just never seen one) In California we have dozens of languages spoken, you can get ballots in most of them.
As to the McCains, they’re RINOS cut right from Arnold mold. Our governor has destroyed the Republican party in CA by insisting it become DEM-light.

It is pretty funny to hear Republicans complaining that voters for Democrats can’t speak English when for the last 50 years Miami Cubans who can’t speak English have been voting for Republicans. Never heard a Republican critical of them. LOL.

Sorry… One of you DID see that. As for the Tea Party Movement most of the people that I have seen participate are simply angry and frustrated. They are not blind, they see how Congress (regardless of party line) is becoming more like the Soviet Politburo in that they make the laws for us yet exempt themselves routinely. Do any of you get automatic pay raises unless you vote against them!?!? Do any of you get a full pension after only working 4 years and 1 day!! I for one laughed when Obama gave the State of the Union speech and spoke of cutting out the pork. All those lying thieves stood up and cheered while commenting to their peers that it would be business as usual and with the next budget came tons of pork and they will never give any president the power of line item veto which is the ONLY way to reel this abuse in. That my friends is a small portion of why the Tea Party Movement exists… and which is why I say that The United States Congress is an Honorable Institution lead by DISHONORABLE Men and Women. Perhaps not all, but most are.

I am a young multi-lingual conservative not an extremist like the tea bugs and the other Republiclans.
Sarah Palin is the jelous ugly sister of Cinderella.
Your Tancredo a do nothing villain who does not comprehend history, much less know how to spell vote, in any language.
How about them apples in any language.

Tea Party would not have been up but for Obama in office. All white party, quite when their porpoted problems were being creted by Bush but all out when Obama is trying to put out the flames. Most tea partiers benefit from Obama’s policies but prefer to act on ideologies spewn by the rich right media. What is the difference between Tea party, Farrakhan and KKK? All represented by a single base (white/Black)and idelogical. This is not what America wants. America needs progressives who will fund education over rheteric, health care over ideology and sensible regulations in wall street to level playing field. Megan MaCain is right on this one.

Also want to add that Meghan’s father John McCain is the one who opened the door for Palin and he shares responsibility in foisting her upon his party. Meghan can try and avoid direct questions about her dad’s direct link to Palin all she wants with her giggles and talk about her book coming out in August, but the truth is that her dad gave Palin credibility with her present fan base and he gave her the platform to spread her malicious ugly agenda on an unquestioning, gullible, uneducated, easily-lead section of society. What hath thou wrought upon your party John McCain?

I think it’s high time the government had a shake-up in this country.
The elite marshmallows in Washington have had their time.

All this barking back and forth…who is right and who is wrong. Come November the people will decide. As for me, there are only 2 things I do not like about the
president, Mr. Obama…HIS FACE! And there is also a saying in the south, “You can educate ignorance, but you can’t fix
STUPID”.

If you want to see thugs and skinheads, check out the SEIU goons at a “town hall” meeting. Obama’s stormtroopers.

Miss McCain is wrong: peaceful revolutions are often started by middle aged and old.

Thank goodnes for the tea party! They are the greatest friend we democrates have had in a long time. They will insure that the GOP is out of power for ever. In a couple of years the GOP will be holding its conventions with the Wiggs to save money. Obama isn’t socialist at all. He isn’t even liberal enough for the majority of Democrates. He hasn’t gotten Bush or his friends charged with war crimes. He won’t advocate raising taxes on the rich. He hasn’t closed Gitmo. He hasn’t declared war on the GOP. Obama is hardly a liberal at all! But he beats the heck out of a stupid Texas hick with no morals or soul.

ABC??? How liberal can you get.

Anna wrote:
Why do they give credence to these spoiled kids of famous people?
Like she ever earned anything.
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Before you got to ‘she’ I thought you were talking about George W.

I think Ms. McCain has the I.Q. of a sack of hair. The big mouth kids have no idea about anything except where the next handout is coming from.

Give me a break with this fake tea party crap, they are just the Republicans who did not vote for the President.Grass root movement my —.

Palin thus far sticks to the Constitution more than Clinton, Bush, McCain, and Obama. That is a reason for her popularity. Unfortunate so few citizens can identify. She should stay far away from John McCain.
The NAZIs were socialists and fascists; exactly what the Tea Party movement seeks to fight.
Most of those against invading foreign nationals aren’t racists. Consider the ‘Castle Doctrine’, the a reasonable rule of law regarding home defense. The principle can and has been applied to nations.
If a person flies an airplane into U.S. airspace around N.Y. or D.C., without identifying themselves as friend or foe, do you think they would be intercepted and removed/controlled by our armed forces?
The same should be done at our borders for persons on foot, in vehicles, etc., given the massive influx of invading foreign nationals.
No skinheads at any Tea Party rally I’ve attended.

what happen to the good old days where you came to this country the right way and worked hard and tought your kids vaules yes I might not be the best speller or put words together the right way but right is right wrong is wtong and I do have vaules and I try to teach my family those things

I’m sorry, we are listening to a 25 year old, and three other women with no political savy why? Is this what the network targets the stay at home moms with? This is really a sad statement. They need to talk about something they know about.

Daughter of a RINO, what do you expect?

I have more fun reading the comments that the actual articles. It just shows how ignorant most Americans are. They criticize people for having differnt opinions then their own crazy crap. The “Everyone who disagrees with me is wrong” stance is why we can’t get anything done as a country, and Obama is the poster boy for it. Everyone needs to read more, watch less TV have actual political debate instead of regurgitating the same crap spun out by pollsters and campaign advisors, passed on by policitians on thru dumbasses then protested at some rally or hearing. 70% of the country are idiots, the rest split time thinking their better than everyone (which they are) and not getting anything done because they don’t know how to work with anyone. Solution – read carngie and the like and start acting professional, polite and educated like people did 50-60 years ago, before I was born. Bunch of idiot, ingrates.

I would very much like to visit Ms McCaim sometimes for sure…..smile….

I would give anything to have a little visit with Ms McCain because i think she is a little fire all ready to be fanned into a flame…hmmmmmm ohhhh boyyy!!

Meghan is pathetic. I guess she really can’t go out and get a real job. Why do that when she is a trust fund baby? Wonder what political office she will decide to run for? Not in AZ, after that disaster Napolitano (Big Siss) we are wise to most of the phony people.
Maybe she can move to Ca. with all the other fruits and nuts. (love Ca.)

FIRST, I AM A CONSTITUTIONALIST.
THERE HAS BEEN FAR, FAR TO MUCH PUSHING AROUND OF THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA TO PLEASE THE MINORITY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE MONEY.
THE TEA PARTY PEOPLE WERE ALL BORN BEFORE HARDLY ANY OF THE YOUNGER VOICES WHO SPEAK OUT, AS THEY ARE OLD SENILE WRINKLED DEAD WALKING PEOPLE.
PERSONALLY, I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER NOV. AND SEE JUST WHO WILL WIN OUT….
I JUST WISH THERE WERE A MILLION MORE CONSTITUTIONALISTS…..I ALSO AM A “BIRTHER”….NOT BELIEVING OBAMA IS LEGAL, SINCE HE HIMSELF HAS ADMITTED IT THREE TIMES AND NOW HIS WIFE MICHELE HAS SAID IT ON TAPE ALSO. HE WAS BORN IN KENYA, AND AS LONG AS HE DID NOT HAVE (TWO) LEGAL U.S. CITIZEN PARENTS…..HE CAN NEVER LEGALLY HOLD THAT SEAT. THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE FILLED WITH MANY SURPRISES….NOT ALL GOOD.

fox news has breathed obama since day one denigrated his character maligned him personally deemed him a socialists and called him unamerican.this from a national news organization twenty four hours a day.its an attempt to in my view create such strong hatred of obama that if any thing happens to him many would say he deserved it.this is what the media does create an image of those it wishes to be shunned eliminated or outcasted

I just love reading all your comments, look what our America has become. People , please keep doing what you are doing and see will any of us be here in the next 15 years. I doubt it with the way we are going….please , non believer all these differnet religion we will all be dead. do you see what is happening around us. Bombing in one of our largest cities, bombing and plane being taken over you need to get a grip and start living one another…i don’t understand

The Tea Party represents the PEOPLE, and the news media and Congress represent the Big Money Lobbyists. Obama has not brought troops home, and is systematically ruining this country along with Congress.
In November, expect a huge change in the Congress, with a lot incumbents being voted out. The Tea Party is the best movement since 1776!

Incredible! A blonde bimbo, spouting off about a “movement” which she labels “innate racism” — but has not attended any meetings to know first hand what she’s talking about!
Furthermore, she runs her mouth against anyone “over 65″, showing obvious disdain for the elderly! News flash, Ms. Meghan, AGEISM IS ALSO AGAINST THE LAW … your contempt for older Americans makes you a BIGOT~! And YOUR DADDY is WAY OVER 65 TOO! ;P
Not all Tea Party members hold the same views — what brings the movement together is the fact that CONGRESS IS NOT DOING ITS JOB, which is to MAKE LAWS, hence they are the “Legislative Branch” of the US government.
In addition, Congress is supposed to ensure a system of “Checks & Balances”, and that ALL legislation is CONSTITUTIONAL! Many of the “bills” being passed, are TOTALLY unConstitutional. A bill is called one thing, but contains hundreds/thousands of pages, with all sorts of things SNUCK IN, so that the people cannot keep track of how our civil liberties, our children’s futures, & our very lives are mortgaged off by the leeches in our government, who are ALL (regardless of party affiliation) sucking at the teat of Corporate America! When our manufacturing jobs were being “outsourced”, & Congress was giving tax breaks to these Corporations, HOW MANY AMERICANS KNEW ABOUT IT — except those who lost their jobs?!
Our people are truly ILLITERATE! If someone doesn’t bother to learn English, & doesn’t even know how to SPELL “VOTE” & has VIOLATED OUR LAWS TO COME INTO THE US — such a person is not ELIGIBLE TO VOTE! This is NOT racism; this is COMMON SENSE!
Bravo Arizona, for having the sense & the courage to take a stand & say it like it is!

No one is worse than Palin at spouting off idiotic ideas and outright lies. Unless you count Rush, that is.
She’s right-for the most part the Tea Party ahs become the modern, more acceptable (they think) KKK. All this nonsense about Brack Obama, especially from people who want to make sure we all know his middle name is Hussein, is just racism trying to hide behind a faux patriotic facade. The Tea Partiers are listening to Sara Palin, for Pete’s sake, a woman who never met a mistruth she didn’t like. They’re all in the same conspiracy theory loony bin with the “Birthers” who never cared a bit about any former president’s birth certificate until and African American was elected to that office.

Isn’t it going to be irrelevant when the
good old U.S.A. goes the way of first
Greece, then Portugal, Spain, & Italy?
What’s all the fuss about?. The inter-
national banks have screwed us all!!

Could care less about Tea Parties or progressives or conservatives, but… I wonder if Meghan knows what the word “innate” means?

“sense”

The McCain’s need to kick her out of the FAMILY,take her out of the WILL and send her to Obama and let him keep her up

“…or passed a citizenship test with some English questions.”
@ShannonInCT: Sorry to disappoint, but the citizenship tests are available in every language on the planet. These types of things are part of what the Tea Party folks are against. After all, do you really want someone who can’t even take a basic Social Studies test in English to help in choosing our leaders based on complex, twisted, and even intentionally obfuscatory language used in political campaigns? I, for one, DO NOT!!!
The Tea Party is not racist. In fact, from what I saw in here remarks, McCain had no basis for making that claim. Unless she is saying that people of different ages are also of different ages.
And, what is the thing about age? From what I’ve seen, the Tea Party is overwhelmingly composed of people under 40. And, there are people at the rallies of many different races, as well!
If the movement was so racist, or so ageist, then all we would see at these rallies is, according to McCain’s description, White males over the age of 65 who sit around disparaging everyone of any different group and every different group.
Instead, what I’ve seen at the rallies is people of many different races and ages, of both genders, talking about what needs to be done to fix what has run this country off the tracks. And, unlike every “liberal” I’ve ever dealt with (quite a large number), Tea Party attendees have open minds and are willing to discuss alternatives. What they are inflexible on is the idea that this country should be just like other countries on the planet.

Meghan McCain is a Republican like I’m the Wizard of Oz (to all you believers out there – I’m not!)
She changed her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in May the year her father ran for President, as a birthday gift to him! So she’s stupid AND cheap.
Her ideas are so not part of the Republican beliefs that I can’t believe no one has called her out about them in public. She’s immature and inexperienced. And yet, she can’t seem to keep her mouth closed. I guess her degree isn’t one that would lead to a real job, so she has to ride a loser’s coattails. How pathetic.

This IGNORANT loud mouthed Twit is going to be responsible for her father’s OUTSTER from his Senate seat. She needs to shut the hell up and go far, far away. What a PIG!

Posted by: LIFE “Tancredo was right a lot of people that voted for Obama do not know English!”
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Well, since you have to be a citizen to vote (legal immigrants can’t)and you know english to take the citizenship test (the study material is available in other languages, but the test and interviews are only given in English)and you have to pretty much know way more about American government, laws and history than 99% of high school students are taught, it sounds like the truely educated did vote for Obama.
Take a lok at the citizenship test some time, I bet you could not pass it. Most natural born citizens couldn’t.

“Tea Party, KKK rally! Is there really a differeance????”
Really?? Where are the people of color on PSMBC?? Go to a Tea party and you will see a mix of all nationalities. You show the ignorance that you purport.

I have mixed feelings about Meghan McCain…she seems to be playing both sides whilst touting herself as a hardlining Republican. I think a lot of what she says is done out of what she thinks people want to hear as opposed to what she actually thinks. Which may not be very much. People from both sides of the aisle should make informed, educated decisions irregardless of party.

it’s time for the republican party to fade away. after the bush administration had taken us to war for no other reason than to line his pockets along with all his friends and pushed us into a depression worse than the one before and helped the wall streeters along the way, and if that is all that party has to offer than i say kick them out of office for not serving the people of this nation. bush should be tried for high treson for his actions and for allowing tourture to be used on combatants

It’s very childish to pull the race card and at the same time fail to discuss the actual expressed ideas of the Tea Party. Let’s talk about why the Tea Party is wrong–not about some asinine red herring that can only be discussed in the form of speculation and gossip. Who cares, man? Tell me something with some intellectual value. Oh, wait….
And anyway, racism is just a type of collectivism–something that any consistent libertarian or classical liberal ought to abhor. If the Tea Party is racist than they’re also a bunch of hypocrites because it flies in the face of the fundamental belief in a free society which forms the basis of their platform.

wonderful points altogether, you just gained a new reader. What would you recommend in regards to your post that you made some days ago? Any positive?