GOP Fighting: First Rush Limbaugh; Now Meghan McCain Calls Ann Coulter Offensive
She's been stirring it up with her Daily Beast columns, but now Meghan McCain, the daughter of Sen. John McCain, has whacked the hornet's nest of conservative darlings known better as Ann Coulter. "I straight up don't understand this woman or her popularity. I find her offensive, radical, insulting, and confusing all at the same time," she pens today.
Uh-oh. Her gripe: The GOP and pundits like Coulter are turning off the younger generation. "If figureheads like Ann Coulter are turning me off, then they are definitely turning off other members of my generation as well," Meghan McCain writes. "She does appeal to the most extreme members of the Republican Party—but they are dying off, becoming less and less relevant to the party structure as a whole. I think most people my age are like me in that we all don't believe in every single ideal of each party specifically. The GOP should be happy to have any young supporters whatsoever, even if they do digress some from traditional Republican thinking."
This fight is one that's been festering for a while, and if others get in on McCain's hit on Coulter, it might rise to the level of GOP Chairman Michael Steele's rap on Rush Limbaugh, for which Steele apologized.
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Megan McCain
I have not had the privilege of listening to Ms. McCain, but I am so proud of her and every other American that had the courage to stand up and vote their conscious. How can we consider ourselves to be such a great nation, if we're so small minded and critical of our fellow man ( or woman ) . Many of the issues we face today are humanitarian vs greed. When will it stop? When will we learn to live in harmony with each other ( and other countries ) and stop the sniping and mudslinging? There are so many things wrong with America today, but none so terrible that they can't be fixed. Start with personal greed, move on to schools and health care and add a dash of accountability. A touch of compassion would be appropriate too. I think that it's time this nation that cries Christian values, starts practicing what it preaches. We need leaders who are ready to buck the current system and take action. Oddly enough, Dr. Kings mantra applies to ALL Americans today. We will overcome, one baby step at a time. Just for the record, I am a white Indepentdant voter, over 50.
catfight
a must read bolg:
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-big-questions/200903/meghan-mccains-opinion-does-not-count
about time
I switched parties just because of this reason. This party needs to do something drastic before I ever come back.
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