Meghan McCain Is Confused by Ann Coulter
Meghan McCain, the famous blogger, now writes a column for Tina Brown's Like-HuffPo-But-Classy Illustrated Celebrity Internet Journal. Today she would like to write about Ms. Ann Coulter.
Meghan is 24 and so she knows what the kids are into these days. The kids these days are not into her dad, John, or his party, the GOP. Meghan thinks the problem might be that young people hear a lot of bad stereotypes about Republicans, and all of those stereotypes are embodied by this woman named Ann Coulter, a scary, mean woman who no one likes.
Coulter could be the poster woman for the most extreme side of the Republican Party. And in some ways I could be the poster woman for the opposite.
Yes, Meghan, sure. You are definitely known as the poster child for whatever the opposite of Ann Coulter is, and not simply as "the blonde daughter of John McCain who posted quite a lot of photos of herself on a blog while he was running for president."
Meghan she goes on:
I consider myself a progressive Republican, but here is what I don't get about Coulter: Is she for real or not? Are some of her statements just gimmicks to gain publicity for her books or does she actually believe the things she says?
Yes, well, everyone who thought about it for ten minutes figured this out 7 years ago, but for those who haven't, Ann actually answered some questions from the evil New York Times! In ALL CAPS, because that's how she rolls:
I DON'T SAY THINGS JUST TO "GET A REACTION" OR "PROVOKE MY AUDIENCE" ANY MORE THAN ANYONE WHO TALKS ABOUT IDEAS DOES. I IMAGINE CHURCHILL HOPED TO "PROVOKE HIS AUDIENCE" WITH HIS "WE SHALL FIGHT ON THE BEACHES" SPEECH. I'M TRYING TO EXPRESS IDEAS, USUALLY ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES, AND IF A POINT IS MADE WELL THAT WILL TEND TO ELICIT A REACTION.
So there you have it!
Next week Meghan will write a column called "who is this Rush Limbaugh guy, you ever heard of him?"