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Meghan McCain | 03/13/2009 9:00 am

Laura Ingraham Labels Meghan McCain 'Plus-Sized' (Audio)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Meghan McCain © Getty Images

Meghan McCain has been making lots of enemies within the Republican Party. And Laura Ingraham certainly counts as one of them.

McCain, the 24-year-old daughter of former presidential candidate John McCain, grabbed headlines this week for taking on conservative author Ann Coulter, who McCain described as "offensive."

She kept up the attacks in a discussion with Rachel Maddow, when she intimated that Coulter’s comments make it difficult for the Republicans to court younger voters.

Well, none of this pleases radio host Laura Ingraham, who yesterday employed a Valley-girl voice to describe the 24-year-old McCain as "plus-sized." Here’s the transcript, via Think Progress:

OK, Meghan. Do you think that anyone would be talking to you if you weren’t kind of cute and you weren’t the daughter of John McCain? Or do you just think that they would just think that you were just another Valley girl gone awry? 

…

OK, I was really hoping that I was going to get that role in the Real World, but then I realized that, well, they don’t like plus-sized models. They only like the women who look a certain way.

C’mon, Ingraham! McCain’s simply saying what she thinks about the party — no need to take on her weight, which, we think, is perfectly lovely. Now, ladies, can you kiss and make up?

Read more about: Ann Coulter, Audio, Laura Ingraham, Media, Meghan McCain, News, Politics, Rachel Maddow

28 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Kelly In Texas
My take on her comment about Meghan was that she felt Meghan wasn’t informed enough on issues of the party and as such, should not be making public statements as a political pundit.
By Kelly In Texas on 03/16/2009 2:33 pm
Rush L
YES! Agree with us or we will steamroll you, regardles of facts!
By Rush L on 03/16/2009 10:57 am
Terry Woodburn
You gotta love the above quote:  "Meghan started the war.  What did she honestly think they were going to do…..abandon their Conservative Principles and agree with her"

Well, if you mean that "Conservative principles" mean calling a person "fat" instead of arguing the issue, I guess that does sum up what the conservative right has to say on "issues".  It would  be TOO easy to come back saying that Laura Ingraham looks like a horse eating hay through a fence, and Coulter looks like a meth hag, but McCain took on REAL issues, not character assassination like Ingraham and Coulter do on a daily basis.  They are to political discourse what pro wrestling is to "sport".   The far right know of no way to discuss anything close to civility.  

By Terry Woodburn on 03/14/2009 7:42 pm
tod wilmes
As a Republican sick and tired of the extreme, vile, pointless, counterproductive hate-filled rhetoric of the Ingraham, O’Reilly, Limbaugh and Coulter — Fox Neurotic News as a whole — Meghan McCain is a breath of fresh air. Finally the stale hot air of pompous pundits is being seen for what it is — pundits milking the system for personal gain and ratings. How shameful. Meghan, keep your chin up, not all Republicans are myopic and brainswashed by Fox News. Some of us actually think for ourselves and our party. Our party has a future, but not if these windbags continue to destroy its sanctity.
By tod wilmes on 03/15/2009 11:37 am
caj p
I am a Dem but I think Meghan is a very smart young lady with her own opinions and is thinking for herself such a refreshing change and the party could learn a lot from her, but I doubt she will be allowed to get too far with her ideas especially with the likes of those you mentioned above as they seem intent on keeping this negativity going at all costs. 
By caj p on 03/15/2009 1:16 pm
Carley Hendrickson
Amen.  We need to stand up, drive them out like demons and take back the Party.
By Carley Hendrickson on 03/15/2009 4:34 pm
CYNTHIA NEIL
Amen! Amen.   Ms. Ingraham’s comments say more about her shallow superficial values than they do about Ms McCain.   I guess in her mind only thin women need be members of the republican party.   But that is going to be a small anorexic, bitter and angry little tent.   And the snacks are gonna stink too.
By CYNTHIA NEIL on 03/15/2009 4:52 pm
Steve Douglass
I think Meghan McCain is a little doll. Actually, I like her better than her father. She’s very funny, direct, and down to earth. Also, she’s an extremely attractive young lady.
By Steve Douglass on 03/15/2009 5:01 pm
Lavender Blossom
Good lord. Plus-sized? I have my issues with Meghan McCain (and her dad), but the slinging insults about her weight is a wee bit over the top. Let’s not forget that the conservatives get pretty outraged when Rush Limbaugh’s weight gets brought up - and rightfully so, since it has nothing to do with his political beliefs or message. Attack her for being a vapid twit, or because you think she’s betraying conservative principles or whatever. But her weight? Please. We’re not in high school anymore.
By Lavender Blossom on 03/16/2009 6:42 am
Paula in the middle of America
This exactly what I don’t like about the Republican Party at this time, why would any party want someone like Laura or Ann, or Rush representing them and their ideas.  It is a total turn-off. As a progressive, I thank each of you, for making my view point of the world more acceptable.
By Paula in the middle of America on 03/16/2009 1:51 pm
Gegi Cluck

I was really shocked again by Laura Ingraham.  As a women, I am amazed time and time again when in the political arena, we hear women and men  criticizing women with a political voice by the way they look rather then by their strong and knowledgeable beliefs.

 Laura Ingraham should be ashamed that she lowers herself by using her bully tactics, to  verbally bully another women.  

By Gegi Cluck on 03/16/2009 7:36 pm
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