02/08/2010 11:45:59 PM EST

A Republican who gets it

posted by Robrob

Meghan McCain identifies Teabaggers as the wingnuts they truely are.

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"And I think it's why young people are turned off by this movement. And I'm sorry [but] revolutions start with young people. Not with 65-year-old people talking about literacy tests and people who can't say the word 'vote' in English. It's ridiculous."

I'd vote for her. She has common sense, sorely lacking in her party. After 2012 when the GOP realizes its mistake and divests itself of its 22% share of Teabagger nutjobs, it may again become a viable political entity.

Of course by then its voting "base" will consist almost solely of 80 year old white males (AKA "FOX News viewers"), so they may need to diversify a bit first.
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She may be a bit more rational... (none / 0)
...than other Republicans, but she still adheres to the basic Republican philosophy: government, the only real voice of The People, is bad and must be crippled in order to let corporations have their way with us.


The world is a strange place, but that makes it really fun to watch. -- bfaul

by EveningStarNM on 02/09/2010 03:30:27 AM EST

Wow. WOW!!!!! (none / 1)

I saw the title of your post (A Republican who gets it) and I thought to myself "Is ths going to be Mike Castle, Ron Paul, David Brooks or Megan McCain, or someone I have never heard of?")  I hadn't seen this statement from her, I don't follow her on Twitter or any other method through which I have seen any political statement from her in several months, and yet I couldn't convince myself (before clicking your thread) that it could be any other person in the entire Republican Party.  This despite that I couldn't tell what the subject matter would be from your title, so it could have been a Republican who "got it" about _any topic_.

That is PATHETIC.  177 Congressmen, 41 Senators, 24 (or so) Governors, 3 dozen well-known Conservative pundits, and I correctly predicted her as one of the ONLY FOUR PEOPLE in the entire known party that might say anything reasonable.  As much as I am disgusted with the Democratic Party, the Republicans are just an atrocity upon this country.
 

by Milltycoon on 02/09/2010 04:22:19 AM EST

A 5th RepUGHlican you can stomach.... (none / 0)
That would be Mark McKinnon, an UGH strategist who has been popping up on some of the MSNBC nightly four hour run shows.  He isn't radical or nonsensical and actually ADMITS when one of the crazed UGHS says something idiotic or WRONG, which is most of the time.  

I do like Meghan McCain quite well...her see-saw father should listen to her more often and to his WIFE who recently supported getting rid of Don't Ask-Don't Tell.  Can you imagine living with that old coot?  YUK. 

by Glosie2001 on 02/09/2010 04:43:34 AM EST

There are actually about 15... (none / 0)
...famous Republicans/Conservatives (politicians, recently former politicians or pundits) that I find often rational on at least a few subjects.  I was using a bit of hyperbole in saying that it was just 4.  But no one other than those 4 came to my mind before I clicked the link.  When you take into account every single Conservative lawmaker/executive, every pundit, every famous Conservative celebrity (e.g. Curt Schilling) and the 6 remaining "moderate Republicans" left in the country, that number has to be around 400, and to find a single stitch of reason out of only 15 of them is still just appalling.

by Milltycoon on 02/09/2010 09:19:11 AM EST

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Why do people keep claiming Meghan McCain is a Republican? Is it because she is the progeny of two prominent Republicans?

I've listened to her many times in interviews/forums .. she never strikes me as a Republican ... she never spews the Republican lingo on economics or social issues.

She always seems trapped & confused, someone who doesn't know where she belongs on the political spectrum.

One thing she is right about is that the Tea party is full of wing-nuts. And there is no better evidence than 3 tea-baggers attempting to primary the father of the movement (Ron Paul) this year. Ron Paul started the national Tea-Party movement (Campaign for Liberty) but it was hijacked by the Republican Elites in an attempt to improve the brand of conservatism. This is when all the kooks & retards joined in.

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by teron678 on 02/09/2010 10:11:17 AM EST

I (none / 0)

had the same thoughts as most people when I saw her on The View.

 Gentlemen, I believe we are looking at a species long thought to be extinct-The Reasonable Republican.

"Democracy is the new Christianity."

by bballadante on 02/10/2010 12:02:36 PM EST

It's a myth. (none / 0)
There are no "reasonable" Republicans.  There are only Republicans who are less repugnant and destructive than others.


The world is a strange place, but that makes it really fun to watch. -- bfaul

by EveningStarNM on 02/10/2010 02:09:07 PM EST

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