The Other McCain

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Tonight I Was Chatting With My Daughter

Posted on | February 26, 2010 | 24 Comments

I’ve been neglecting Facebook lately — Twitter is my new cool thing — but I logged on to see the uproar I’d caused at Lisa Graas’s Facebook page. (Long story.) Anyway, so my 20-year-old daughter Kennedy pops up on Facebook chat to tell me that she heard the Montgomery Gentry song “One in Every Crowd” and it reminded her of me:

Uh, I think she meant that as a compliment. But honestly? Yeah. You should have seen the reaction in CPAC Bloggers Lounge when I showed up for the Glenn Beck speech with two cold Coronas — and finished them both before the speech ended.

Of course, I’d been getting jacked up on coffee all day, so the two Coronas were just balance. Sometimes I worry that other people who aren’t blessed with my cast-iron constitution might try to imitate the party-guy act and spiral out of control. But I don’t worry too much. There are enough worry-warts in the world without me helping them worry.

Worrying is bad for you. I tried to explain that to my daughter last summer after I showed up to see her new apartment and greeted her by lighting off fireworks in the parking lot. I was gone before the police arrived. Why worry?

Fortunately, Kennedy inherited her mother’s genetic predisposition toward responsibility. She’s a straight-A student who is studying to be a teacher, and I’ve told her exactly what she needs to do in her career: Start a private accelerated-education school for gifted children. Naturally, she thinks this is crazy-talk, but my experience is that the most brilliant schemes always sound crazy at first.

Rattling the tip jar all the way to Pasadena? Crazy.

A Republican winning Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat? Crazy.

Sending Da Tech Guy to CPAC? Crazy.

Here’s another crazy idea: My daughter getting engaged to the most popular boy in school, captain of the soccer team.

America is too great a country to limit yourself to small dreams. And somebody needs to hit the tip jar, because the wedding’s in July and they’re expecting me to pay for it.

Yeah, there’s one in every crowd. And it’s usually me.

UPDATE: Obama thinks the Falklands belong to Argentina? Oh, we’ll see about that! (Daughter’s fiance is Argentine. When she was 12 years old, I took her to hear a Margaret Thatcher speech, which may have inspired Kennedy’s own imperial conquest. Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves!)

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  • http://www.bestnewspolitics.com Jamie Holts

    A friend of mine just emailed me one of your articles from a while back. I read that one a few more. Really enjoy your blog. Thanks

  • http://www.bestnewspolitics.com Jamie Holts

    A friend of mine just emailed me one of your articles from a while back. I read that one a few more. Really enjoy your blog. Thanks

  • Cousin Sam

    “….the most popular boy in school, captain of the **soccer** team.”

    Who knew your daughter went to school in Europe? That must have been expensive! :)

  • Cousin Sam

    “….the most popular boy in school, captain of the **soccer** team.”

    Who knew your daughter went to school in Europe? That must have been expensive! :)

  • TR Sterling

    You and Sarah using your props as kids again? hehe

  • http://none TR Sterling

    You and Sarah using your props as kids again? hehe

  • http://redstate.com/diaries/finrod Finrod

    Two Coronas? That got a reaction? Personally I don’t bother with alcoholic drinks that aren’t at least about 20 proof, myself. I just be sure to drink water along with it, saves me from hangovers most of the time.

    Oh, fyi, the Lisa Graas facebook link seems b0rken.

  • http://redstate.com/diaries/finrod Finrod

    Two Coronas? That got a reaction? Personally I don’t bother with alcoholic drinks that aren’t at least about 20 proof, myself. I just be sure to drink water along with it, saves me from hangovers most of the time.

    Oh, fyi, the Lisa Graas facebook link seems b0rken.

  • http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com Bob Belvedere

    What starts off as a nice little story about a father and daughter bonding, quickly turns into Daddy-O’s ego self-messaging time.

    Jeez Louise, Stace, you’re turning into Barry O!

  • http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com Bob Belvedere

    What starts off as a nice little story about a father and daughter bonding, quickly turns into Daddy-O’s ego self-messaging time.

    Jeez Louise, Stace, you’re turning into Barry O!

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  • http://theothermccain.com Robert Stacy McCain

    Jeez Louise, Stace, you’re turning into Barry O!

    At least I still pick my boogers in private!

  • http://theothermccain.com Robert Stacy McCain

    Jeez Louise, Stace, you’re turning into Barry O!

    At least I still pick my boogers in private!

  • http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com Bob Belvedere

    At least I still pick my boogers in private!

    Yea…true…but what’s this with the GQ appearance?

  • http://thecampofthesaints.wordpress.com Bob Belvedere

    At least I still pick my boogers in private!

    Yea…true…but what’s this with the GQ appearance?

  • wombat-socho

    Isn’t it great to have a daughter you can be proud of?

  • wombat-socho

    Isn’t it great to have a daughter you can be proud of?

  • http://pointofagun.blogspot.com/ Dave C

    One word: Elopement.

  • http://pointofagun.blogspot.com/ Dave C

    One word: Elopement.

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  • http://www.politicalbyline.com Patrick

    Heh…. :P

  • http://www.politicalbyline.com Patrick

    Heh…. :P

  • http://www.haemet.blogivists.com Roxeanne de Luca

    What a great picture of the couple! :) You have a very beautiful daughter, Stacy. Congratulations to them both.

    So… details! What kind of wedding are you looking at? Venue? Food? Wine? Time of day? C’mon, some of us are living vicariously here!

  • http://www.haemet.blogivists.com Roxeanne de Luca

    What a great picture of the couple! :) You have a very beautiful daughter, Stacy. Congratulations to them both.

    So… details! What kind of wedding are you looking at? Venue? Food? Wine? Time of day? C’mon, some of us are living vicariously here!

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