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Call Her Miss Straight Talk
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ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: Apparently 'straight talk' runs in the family.
Meghan McCain, 23-year-old daughter of presumptive 2008 Republican nominee Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., chats with GQ about politics, dates, and celebrity burlesque strippers. You know, just your standard political fare.
In an article entitled "Raising McCain", Greg Veis quizzes Ms. McCain about her 71-year-old father's quest for the White House and has choice words for rivals who once stood in his way.
"Mitt didn't keep it real," McCain observes, as the author notes "while munching on a nacho chip."
The young McCain, the only biological daughter of McCain and his second wife, Cindy McCain, also dismisses the idea of a McCain-Huckabee ticket: "That's not going to happen. . . I don't think they'd be a good match for a lot of reasons and am not even sure if that's what Huckabee's going for, anyway. I think he wants to be the head of the evangelical movement."
Regarding her own political bent, McCain tells GQ, "I'm an Independent. Socially liberal, economically conservative. I believe in a lot of Republican ideals, with the war being the number one thing I completely agree with my Dad on."
She also endorses her father's reputation for straight talk; "I'm almost incapable of bulls***. He's the same way," she says in the interview.
Ms. McCain doesn't reserve admiration only for her father. Calling her 96-year-old grandmother Roberta McCain "crazy in a good way", McCain relates, "Nana drives fast. She got pulled over for doing 112 in Flagstaff about a year ago."
As for her mother, Cindy, McCain explains, "People ask me if my Mom's hot. That's my Mom! But what people don't know is that she's actually hilarious. She really liked "Knocked Up" and "Wedding Crashers"," that latter being a film in which Senator McCain made a cameo appearance.
And what will the young McCain do at the end of Election 2008?
According to GQ, "(McCain) insists she wants to properly commemorate the experience' by getting another tattoo at the end of the campaign. (She already has a star outline on the top of her right foot, a souvenir of spring break in San Diego last year.) She and her friends are batting around ideas. The only proposal that's gained any traction so far is to have McCain written in Old English on the small of her back."
At least part of the interview, according to GQ, took place in her Phoenix, Arizona, loft, purchased by her parents "around the time she graduated from Columbia University last spring."
Mr. Veis describes the cozy pad as "a spaceship furnished by West Elm. There's a giant silver chimney that extends out of her fireplace into the ceiling about twenty feet above. Across the living room is a very stylish and very uncomfortable-look-ing pod chair. And then there's Meghan's prized tchotchke of the moment: a skull that, when you open its mouth, reveals a clock."
Inside the fridge? Nothing too shocking for a recent college grad: "Bud Light cans, a six-pack of Stella Artois, and twelve cups of Jell-O pudding."
Also well documented, favorite celebrities: "The burlesque stripper Dita Von Teese," even though she admitted "I know she's not someone you would expect the daughter of a Republican candidate to like, but I love her."
While Dita Von Teese has not endorsed any candidate, others have been supportive of her father's bid for the White House.
According to GQ, "Recall(ing) the day when actor Wilford Brimley, he of the Quaker Oats ads, called to offer his support. An operative got off the phone and grandly announced to the room, 'We've got Brimley!' The phrase, she says, became a rallying cry" for the camp."
Alas, the campaign has had some negative impact on her personal life.
In the interview, she claimed only one "official" date since the campaign began and was bound to set the record straight regarding rumors she dated a supporter of Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex.
McCain told GQ: "That has been blown out of proportion in every way! What happened is that I dropped my coffee and he helped me with it and was like, 'Do you want to go to Baja Fresh?' . . . Not that I would be against dating a Ron Paul supporter, but he turned out to be very strange. He collected Barbie dolls. I called my girlfriends after and was like, 'That's weird, right?'"
As for what she does look for in guys?
"I like bad boys for the most part. In the past, I have liked tattooed guys who wear Converse. But I'd be open to anyone as long as you have a sense of humor. I have also dated totally normal guys who look like you, I guess-D.C.-looking guys."
According to GQ, McCain elaborated, "I'm an acquired taste. I'm a daughter of a Republican senator. I started dating this guy, and he wouldn't date me anymore because he found out who my Dad was. He says, 'I don't agree with his politics.' Isn't that terrible? That's why you're dumping me? We only went on two dates, but still. Not everybody wants to go out with somebody so high-profile. If they do, they're investment bankers. Seriously. Ugh! If you're an investment banker, don't hit on me. You can quote me. I'm not interested."
Oh, kids say the darndest things...
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This is really stretching it to call this new but... you go girl!
Posted by: smartprimate | Mar 18, 2008 4:55:26 PM
Call Her Miss Straight Talk??????LOL LOL LOL Ha! Ha1 Ha!
Posted by: Just Me | Mar 18, 2008 5:19:28 PM
She should sign up now for the neverending Iraq war. Let me guess she has other priorities.
Posted by: AJ | Mar 18, 2008 6:37:16 PM
Meghan's blogette has made me really like McCain.
Why did this article have to identify Meghan as the only biological daughter of John McCain. McCain has two daughters, one might be adopted, why point out that Meghan is his only biological daughter?
And to answer Jacts51's post. Meghan might not be in the military, but both her brothers are. Jimmy is a Marine serving in Iraq, and Jack is at the Naval Academy.
Posted by: kathryn | Mar 18, 2008 7:22:48 PM
So, she has a fairly empty head as well.
Posted by: MarianM | Mar 18, 2008 7:56:54 PM
This is news?
Posted by: KCMO | Mar 18, 2008 8:08:14 PM
Keeping it real and a strong sense of self is how Miss McCain is going to survive this race. I agree with Kathryn, though, why point out which daughter is adopted and which is biological -- who cares?
Stop by my blog for the hype about ALL the First Kid wannabes -- Meghan, Sasha, Malia, Chelsea, and the other McCain offspring (Doug, Andy, Sidney, Bridget, Jack, and Jimmy).
Posted by: sparrowblog.com | Mar 18, 2008 8:11:01 PM
what does this have to do with anything! please???
Posted by: TS | Mar 18, 2008 9:05:57 PM
Who cares what she says???? Daddy is not going to be in the Whitehouse come November anyway.. She is just like the Bush daughters the war is fine so long as she does not have to put on boots..
She is a rich snob..
Posted by: Pat M | Mar 19, 2008 2:29:29 AM
Eric I agree.. Unfortunately the alternative is much worse. Until we get real conservatives in the media and hollywood this nation will continue its downward spiral into a amoral and valueless abyss.
Posted by: John | Mar 19, 2008 8:51:05 AM
Right on Matt! lol
Posted by: Debsy | Mar 19, 2008 8:59:21 AM
Absolutely perfect, Pat M. ... Miss Straight Talk isn't saying much worth listening to. I am a McCain fan due to his heroic service in Vietnam and POW endurance. Some times his policies of late run closer to Liberal than Conservative, but what other possible choice have we? If McCain wants the Conservative vote, HE BETTER pick Huckabee as a running mate!
Posted by: marlin | Mar 19, 2008 9:07:24 AM
She makes the Bush twins look like tea party guests. Chelsea has more class and a brain. Apparently, money and connections got Meghan into Columbia. There's a time and a place to be an idiot, and it's not when your dad is running for president. It's sad she doesn't realize it. I predict a trip to rehab next year if her dad is elected. It seems to be what everyone does to justify their embarrassing behavior.
Posted by: LagunaTriMom | Mar 19, 2008 12:01:51 PM
Matt and Joel, right on. The money spent on her education didn't take or sadder, maybe it DID. Five years of her dads life "might" help her mature.
Posted by: Mary Kay Eldridge | Mar 19, 2008 1:25:47 PM
Joining the service for the children of Republicans is like saying that the children of Democrats, like Chelsea, should become inner city school teachers since Democrats shove that 'war zone' down the throats of American families. I have a friend who interned in one and she said it was complete chaos - and dangerous - Dems in charge will do that to a school.
Chelsea, of course, works at a hedge fund, following in the Clinton "love of money" school.
As or Mitt. McCain lied to the press when he said Mitt requested a withdrawal from Iraq.
Posted by: BellaMia | Mar 19, 2008 3:50:53 PM
McCain could very wll win the election, if only because the real "owners" of America (i.e., big corporate businesses) want the so-called 'war' to continue. They're earning large profits through the use of "terroism" scare tactics and exploiting various business contracts in the Iraq area; they won't want to let that go easily. Either they make sure McCain wins, or they elect conformist lock-stepper, like Hillary Clinton, who would rather see the country go down the drain--as long as she get's what she wants! And McCain's daughter: Who the hell cares? Clearly, she's more interested in deciding what tattoo to get, rather than choosing a president who will make a difference. Oh, and why is it that every stupid chick out there wants to be known as a 'no-nonsense' woman "incapable of B.S."? Seriously, all these insecure, empty-headed women need to stop watching television. This article is a joke and a waste of space.
Posted by: Dessad | Mar 19, 2008 3:59:52 PM
Sounds like she should be called Miss Foul Mouth, not Miss Straight Talk.
Posted by: Iggy | Mar 19, 2008 4:45:46 PM
Marlin wrote:
"If McCain wants the Conservative vote, HE BETTER pick Huckabee as a running mate!"
My sentiments exactly. They already don't like McCain but could hold their noses if Huck were on the ticket.
Posted by: Sally | Mar 19, 2008 4:51:40 PM
Sally
Who is "they". As a conservative, I would never vote for McCain with Huckabee on the ticket.
Posted by: amel | Mar 19, 2008 5:04:01 PM
Who is they? Evangelicals. McCain keeps thumbing his nose at them, esp. after Huck won all those Southern states, then McCain has no chance of winning against the Dem.
Posted by: Sally | Mar 19, 2008 5:14:47 PM
Oh well, another spoild brat speaks out. She can keep her dad for the only thing I agree with him on is the war but I don't agree with social liberals. I believe no one owes you anything and you work for what you want. Otherwise Kiss off.
Posted by: Ralph Zecco | Mar 19, 2008 5:19:04 PM
I guess McCain would rather be the leader of a lost presidential bid.
Just keep driving the nails of division deeper.
Posted by: Mike | Mar 19, 2008 7:28:25 PM
McCain/Huckabee for the win in November!! Huckabee "fills in the blanks nicely" in the MCCain presidency run and vice versa. The two men obviously like and respect each other. Huckabee can bring youth votes, black votes, conservatives, evangelicals and even crossover democrats. Even atheists are voting for Huck. He is someone McCain can trust, a priceless quality for your vp....
Posted by: Linda Rayborn | Mar 19, 2008 8:49:41 PM
It is so funny, that the child of McCain expects us to listen to HER?
Uuuhhhhhggggggh!
McCain is not physically able to handle the White House. Neither are Bill and Hillary (can't behave like adults.)
Go Obama '08 !! - OUR ONLY HOPE!
Posted by: 1st_Blush | Mar 20, 2008 2:36:25 PM
This is your typical spirit of the age of youth-ism, self-centered-ism and selfish-ism attitude. Especially how the mind works outside real true "governmental" and "spiritual" issues. It's really pathetic and ego-driven non-sense.
Posted by: Arturo | Mar 22, 2008 1:01:34 PM
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