Sign in to wowOwow

Enter the email address that you used when registering at wowOwow.
The password field is case sensitive. Click here if you have forgotten your password.

Please register for wowOwow

Newsletter subscriptions
Sign up to receive wowOwow's weekly newsletter and get our best picks delivered right to your inbox. Our newsletter content is hand-picked by the wowOwow editorial team and provides the top features, news, and commentary from our site. Subscribing to our newsletter is free and safe. We will never share your email or other information with a third-party without your direct consent.
By registering, you indicate that you have read and agree
with our privacy policy and terms of service.
Home › Politics

Rachel Maddow and Meghan McCain | 03/12/2009 7:50 am

Meghan McCain Talks Coulter, GOP With Maddow (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Meghan McCain, the vivacious daughter of former presidential candidate John McCain, sat down with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow last night to discuss a variety of topics, not least of which was her recent article attacking Ann Coulter.

In that essay, McCain described the popular conservative author as "offensive." Though she didn’t go too far in their exchange last night, Ms. McCain did intimate that people like Coulter scare young people away from the Republican Party, a party she loves and wants to see thrive. She also thinks it’s "weird" no one else is taking a leadership role, but insists she’s not running for office.

And she’s not getting too much love for her efforts: The 24-year-old tells Maddow she’s received countless death threats because of her outspoken Daily Beast posts. It’s no wonder her father’s hesitant about his daughter’s new public profile.

Watch McCain discuss the GOP’s problems among younger voters:

Read more about: Ann Coulter, John McCain, Meghan McCain, News, Politics, Rachel Maddow, republicans, Sarah Palin, Video

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

Roger from Ohio

It seems to me that the Republican Party doesnt want moderates involved with them. If you dont think like them then you are the enemy.

With that attitude, they are destined to fail.

By Roger from Ohio on 03/12/2009 8:27 am
f p
As can be seen from the comments by many righties on this board.
By f p on 03/12/2009 8:55 am
DeBúrca obj
The moderates have for the most part given up on the party. They voted Democratic in the last election, and unless they are able to see some positive changes in the Republican Party, ie. a move away from the fringe groups who took control, they won’t be back.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/12/2009 9:47 am
deber B

Pure speculation, DeBurca, to say "the moderates have for the most part given up on the party."   No basis for that statement.   This is a serious time of change for all republicans because they have not gotten it right for years.   With a newly elected left leaning socialist at the helm, I am hoping all of our republicans will return to the more moderate fold to take the republican party to a level of strength.

Only time will tell.  

By deber B on 03/12/2009 9:58 am
DeBúrca obj
I live in a mostly Republican town. Every Republican I know, who would call themselves "fiscal conservatives" as opposed to right wing religious conservatives, voted Democratic and are appalled at what has become of the party they were members of for many years. Also, you just have to look at the stats on the last election. There is plenty of basis for my statement.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/12/2009 10:13 am
deber B
So, would that be 25, 50 or 100 people you know who feel this way?   I happen not to agree with emotional speculation.
By deber B on 03/12/2009 10:18 am
DeBúrca obj
Like I said, look at the stats on the most recent election. The Republican party is in turmoil, that is a fact, and just like McCain’s daughter says… it isn’t going to win elections just with the CPAC crowd, it is turning off the moderates and they’re leaving the party. You can find the stats to back this up all over the place if you really want the truth.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/12/2009 10:49 am
S.J. Morgan
I know some young Democrats that are turned off by Olberman..are they destined to fail as well?
By S.J. Morgan on 03/12/2009 8:55 am
DeBúrca obj
Liberals, and Democrats in general, are not that into ANY commentators. They may watch, they like to be amused like they are with Stewart, some like to watch Olberman get all wound up… but the Liberals do not depend upon these people for their information. THAT is the huge difference. That is why the Liberal commentators will never have the ratings of Limbaugh, but it is also why Liberals do not belong to the ‘cult’ of any personality and are not brainwashed by jingoistic spin on very serious issues. It is a much healthier relationship.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/12/2009 9:53 am
deber B
I’m sure there are liberals who do belong to some type of cult influence such as the extreme left liberals.   They have core beliefs which stray from the moderate way of thinking.   You made a blanket statement about all liberals and it cannot possibly be accurate.   If you are speaking about your own core beliefs and those you admire, then I absolutely feel you can make a statement like that.   Just as all republicans are not into the Rush Limbaugh following, I have to think that not all liberals think the same way.   There are extremes in both parties.    To say one party is "healthier" in their choice of commentators than the other is way too broad a statement to be taken seriously.
By deber B on 03/12/2009 10:07 am
DeBúrca obj
Being a Liberal takes reasoning and critical thought. That doesn’t lend itself to black and white, cultish thinking. This is why people always joke that leading the Democrats is like "herding cats". And that is a good thing.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/12/2009 10:10 am
deber B
Well, DeBurca, you clearly have your own idea of how all liberals are.    I guess I could also go out on a limb and say that all republicans believe in personal and teaching people how to fish.
By deber B on 03/12/2009 10:15 am
deber B
"personal responsibility"
By deber B on 03/12/2009 10:16 am
DeBúrca obj
Fact is deber, it is the ‘blue states’ paying for the ‘red states’ and if you look into it, the Liberals are not the ones with the highest rates of teen pregnancy OR the highest rates of collecting public funds. Say ‘personal responsibility’ all you want… one group gives it lip service, another actually lives it.
By DeBúrca obj on 03/12/2009 10:52 am
deber B

You are generalizing.   The highest welfare states are California and New York…one blue and one red.    You are correct that the two highest teen pregnancy rates are both in red states…Nevada and Arizona both with large populations of immigrants from Mexico.

What is interesting to note is the highest abortion rate states.   Of the top 10, 5 are red states and 5 are blue states with the two highest states being New York and New Jersey both blue states.

 

By deber B on 03/12/2009 2:45 pm
1234next ›last »