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Hey, Has Anybody Else Noticed That Meghan McCain Is Intensely Stupid?

Posted on | September 13, 2010 | 109 Comments

“It is impossible to read Dirty, Sexy Politics and come away with the impression that you have read anything other than the completely unedited ramblings of an idiot. . . . That a graduate of Columbia University, as Ms. McCain purports to be, produced writing this shoddy is bad; that a publishing company let this authorial abortion go to print is an insult to the collective self-worth of our thinking nation. . . . One would think hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on Ms. McCain’s education . . . would have somehow resulted in a basic understanding of the colon and semicolon, but alas — no such luck.”
Leon Wolfe, “Meghan McCain’s Dirty, Sexy Politics

UPDATE: I think “obligatory” is the proper word for this:

“So there we are in 2010 — young, pretty blonde women with huge cans are victimized by not being given enough attention on television. . . . If I’m going to hear a lot of stupid blather (and that’s going to happen most nights you’re watching cable news), I’d rather have some bazongas to look at while I gnaw the meat off my own fingers.”
Ace of Spades

Comments

109 Responses to “Hey, Has Anybody Else Noticed That Meghan McCain Is Intensely Stupid?”

  1. JeffS
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:23 pm

    If the McCain parents ever write Meghan out of their will, she’d better marry some sugar daddy, ‘cuz she’s unemployable.

  2. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:23 pm

    Why don’t you read the book (or claim that you read it) and write your own review (however brief it is) to trash Meghan McCain instead of you quoting somebody? Her politics and ideas are not worth it! So lets just comment on her physical attributes (boobs et al) and writing style! Huh, ok.

  3. JeffS
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:23 pm

    If the McCain parents ever write Meghan out of their will, she’d better marry some sugar daddy, ‘cuz she’s unemployable.

  4. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:23 pm

    Why don’t you read the book (or claim that you read it) and write your own review (however brief it is) to trash Meghan McCain instead of you quoting somebody? Her politics and ideas are not worth it! So lets just comment on her physical attributes (boobs et al) and writing style! Huh, ok.

  5. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:25 pm

    “… ‘cuz she’s unemployable.”

    Yeah, kinda like Bristol Palin and her quitter mother Sarah Palin, right.

  6. Joe
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:25 pm

    Duh?

  7. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:25 pm

    “… ‘cuz she’s unemployable.”

    Yeah, kinda like Bristol Palin and her quitter mother Sarah Palin, right.

  8. Joe
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:25 pm

    Duh?

  9. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:32 pm

    @waylaw,
    Check out the Rachel Maddows interview, like yeah. Sometimes you don’t need to read the book when the author is obivious vapid…(see James Frey author of “One Million Little Pieces).

  10. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:32 pm

    @waylaw,
    Check out the Rachel Maddows interview, like yeah. Sometimes you don’t need to read the book when the author is obivious vapid…(see James Frey author of “One Million Little Pieces).

  11. snowed in
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:44 pm

    @waylay: Bristol does have a job (though I assume she’s taken leave while she’s on DWTS). And while her mother does not presently have a 9-to-5 job, I hear she does all right for herself freelancing at the moment.

  12. snowed in
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:44 pm

    @waylay: Bristol does have a job (though I assume she’s taken leave while she’s on DWTS). And while her mother does not presently have a 9-to-5 job, I hear she does all right for herself freelancing at the moment.

  13. Rich Fader
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:49 pm

    I’ve never claimed to admire her for her mind.

    And at some point, after you’ve read enough of her columns, you don’t need to read the full-length book to realize that she got the contract for it because (a) she’s John and Cindy’s daughter (b) she’s therefore somewhat photogenic and (c) she’s a moderate-to-liberal Republican, not so much because she’s a glowing reference for the educational prowess of Columbia University.

  14. Rich Fader
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:49 pm

    I’ve never claimed to admire her for her mind.

    And at some point, after you’ve read enough of her columns, you don’t need to read the full-length book to realize that she got the contract for it because (a) she’s John and Cindy’s daughter (b) she’s therefore somewhat photogenic and (c) she’s a moderate-to-liberal Republican, not so much because she’s a glowing reference for the educational prowess of Columbia University.

  15. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:55 pm

    @Rich,
    Oh, snap! You nailed it.

  16. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:55 pm

    @Rich,
    Oh, snap! You nailed it.

  17. hrh
    September 13th, 2010 @ 6:56 pm

    waylay, I do not think unemployable means what you think it means.

    Bristol worked as an office manager at a dermatologist.

    Sarah was a 2-term town councilor, a 2-term mayor, an oil and gas commissioner, a governor, a small business owner …

    They’re both now professional speakers who advocate on behalf of several worthwhile causes.

    THIS is what you call unemployable?

    Is that you, Meghan? I had to ask because you share the same smarts …

  18. hrh
    September 13th, 2010 @ 2:56 pm

    waylay, I do not think unemployable means what you think it means.

    Bristol worked as an office manager at a dermatologist.

    Sarah was a 2-term town councilor, a 2-term mayor, an oil and gas commissioner, a governor, a small business owner …

    They’re both now professional speakers who advocate on behalf of several worthwhile causes.

    THIS is what you call unemployable?

    Is that you, Meghan? I had to ask because you share the same smarts …

  19. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:03 pm

    @Rob

    Sometimes you don’t need to read someone’s ghostwritten book or facebook notes to know someone is an airhead. Check out Sarah Palin’s Couric and Gibson interviews. And her current twitter feeds.

    @snowed in

    Maybe i should have compared Meghan McCain’s profession (blogger, columnist, author) to that of Stacy McCain’s instead…

  20. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:03 pm

    @Rob

    Sometimes you don’t need to read someone’s ghostwritten book or facebook notes to know someone is an airhead. Check out Sarah Palin’s Couric and Gibson interviews. And her current twitter feeds.

    @snowed in

    Maybe i should have compared Meghan McCain’s profession (blogger, columnist, author) to that of Stacy McCain’s instead…

  21. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:15 pm

    “…she got the contract for it because (a) she’s John and Cindy’s daughter…”

    She is not writing a pop book on her boobs or bfs, it is her memoir of her father’s 2008 campaign, moron.

    Your criticism about a parent’s role fits perfectly to Bristol Palin getting her speaking gigs and reality show gigs though.

  22. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:15 pm

    “…she got the contract for it because (a) she’s John and Cindy’s daughter…”

    She is not writing a pop book on her boobs or bfs, it is her memoir of her father’s 2008 campaign, moron.

    Your criticism about a parent’s role fits perfectly to Bristol Palin getting her speaking gigs and reality show gigs though.

  23. snowed in
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:16 pm

    @waylay:

    If you want to take a mulligan, go ahead.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stacy_McCain

    Hmmm…it seems Stacy McCain is employable as well!

  24. snowed in
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:16 pm

    @waylay:

    If you want to take a mulligan, go ahead.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stacy_McCain

    Hmmm…it seems Stacy McCain is employable as well!

  25. Dell
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:30 pm

    Fortunately, November 2nd will arrive and perhaps we can finally be done with every one of these blathering scumbags and their far left ilk.

    They won’t have much to say come November 3rd.

  26. Dell
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:30 pm

    Fortunately, November 2nd will arrive and perhaps we can finally be done with every one of these blathering scumbags and their far left ilk.

    They won’t have much to say come November 3rd.

  27. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:33 pm

    @snowed in…

    That’s the point, just because someone is not employed–or is self-employed–currently, doesn’t mean they are not “employable”. I reckon Meghan is more “productive” than your average christian conservative republican woman, many of them who are busy in breeding and child raising business in their 20s. You have exceptions though, like TOM reader Roxeanne de Luca who seems to be career oriented and still in search of a mate to settle with. But she does have a <a href="“>sad life(see comment #6).

  28. Robert Stacy McCain
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:33 pm

    Snowed In: Some people fret and worry over their Wiki entries, constantly wrangling over the editing thereof. I don’t have time for that crap, and prefer to ignore it.

  29. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:33 pm

    @snowed in…

    That’s the point, just because someone is not employed–or is self-employed–currently, doesn’t mean they are not “employable”. I reckon Meghan is more “productive” than your average christian conservative republican woman, many of them who are busy in breeding and child raising business in their 20s. You have exceptions though, like TOM reader Roxeanne de Luca who seems to be career oriented and still in search of a mate to settle with. But she does have a <a href="“>sad life(see comment #6).

  30. Robert Stacy McCain
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:33 pm

    Snowed In: Some people fret and worry over their Wiki entries, constantly wrangling over the editing thereof. I don’t have time for that crap, and prefer to ignore it.

  31. nathan hale
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:35 pm

    She’s a tool of the left, the RINO’d et al, not a very skilfull one but everything is a nail.
    She doesn’t give Columbia grads a particularly
    good name, but she’s not quite as self indulgent
    as Amy or Patti, but give her time

  32. nathan hale
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:35 pm

    She’s a tool of the left, the RINO’d et al, not a very skilfull one but everything is a nail.
    She doesn’t give Columbia grads a particularly
    good name, but she’s not quite as self indulgent
    as Amy or Patti, but give her time

  33. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:36 pm

    @snowed in…

    That’s the point, just because someone is not employed–or is self-employed–currently, doesn’t mean they are not “employable”. I reckon Meghan is more “productive” than your average christian conservative republican woman, many of them who are busy in breeding and child raising business in their 20s. You have exceptions though, like TOM reader Roxeanne de Luca who seems to be career oriented and still in search of a mate to settle with. But she does have a sad life(see comment #6).

  34. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:36 pm

    @waylay,
    I’m glad we can agree that Meg McCain is like, yeah, totally an airhead. 🙂

    You made my day!

  35. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:36 pm

    @snowed in…

    That’s the point, just because someone is not employed–or is self-employed–currently, doesn’t mean they are not “employable”. I reckon Meghan is more “productive” than your average christian conservative republican woman, many of them who are busy in breeding and child raising business in their 20s. You have exceptions though, like TOM reader Roxeanne de Luca who seems to be career oriented and still in search of a mate to settle with. But she does have a sad life(see comment #6).

  36. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:36 pm

    @waylay,
    I’m glad we can agree that Meg McCain is like, yeah, totally an airhead. 🙂

    You made my day!

  37. nohype
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:52 pm

    comment 10
    “Check out Sarah Palin’s Couric and Gibson interviews.”

    You found Palin’s Couric interview? I was under the impression that CBS has never released the complete, unedited interview, only clips of the ‘gotcha’ moments that may or may not be in context. Where do I find the complete interview so I can check it out?

  38. nohype
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:52 pm

    comment 10
    “Check out Sarah Palin’s Couric and Gibson interviews.”

    You found Palin’s Couric interview? I was under the impression that CBS has never released the complete, unedited interview, only clips of the ‘gotcha’ moments that may or may not be in context. Where do I find the complete interview so I can check it out?

  39. Thrasymachus
    September 13th, 2010 @ 7:58 pm

    Meghan is a juvenile egomaniac and attention whore, just like her father.

  40. Thrasymachus
    September 13th, 2010 @ 3:58 pm

    Meghan is a juvenile egomaniac and attention whore, just like her father.

  41. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 8:07 pm

    Sometimes you don’t need to watch the whole interview when the person is an obvious blithering idiot. Right, Rob? You don’t have to be a fellow of Andrew Breitbart School of Journalism to figure this out.

  42. waylay
    September 13th, 2010 @ 4:07 pm

    Sometimes you don’t need to watch the whole interview when the person is an obvious blithering idiot. Right, Rob? You don’t have to be a fellow of Andrew Breitbart School of Journalism to figure this out.

  43. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 8:10 pm

    Best Use of Insipid Logic Award goes to….(drumroll)

    Waylay !

    Her use ignorance,sarcasm, bigotry and myopic viewpoints merit this award.

  44. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 4:10 pm

    Best Use of Insipid Logic Award goes to….(drumroll)

    Waylay !

    Her use ignorance,sarcasm, bigotry and myopic viewpoints merit this award.

  45. ccoffer
    September 13th, 2010 @ 8:13 pm

    That review was brutal, but very fun to read.

  46. ccoffer
    September 13th, 2010 @ 4:13 pm

    That review was brutal, but very fun to read.

  47. Joe
    September 13th, 2010 @ 8:16 pm

    There is something to be said for dumb bottle blonds with assets.

  48. Joe
    September 13th, 2010 @ 4:16 pm

    There is something to be said for dumb bottle blonds with assets.

  49. Meghan McCain
    September 13th, 2010 @ 8:18 pm

    Thank you Waylay. You’re showing those H8-Rs a thing or three.

    <3 U.

  50. Rob
    September 13th, 2010 @ 8:18 pm

    If waylaw had $10,000,000 to manage, I bet she’ll promptly go out and buy the next Enron without even bothering to check the facts.