The Water Cooler
See other The Water Cooler Articles
Title: Meghan McCain: 'Nutjob' O’Donnell Makes 'Mockery' Of Campaign
Source:
RawStory
URL Source: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/mccain-odonnell-nutjob/
Published: Oct 17, 2010
Author: David Edwards
Post Date: 2010-10-17 14:28:35 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4511
Comments: 8
After saying she's 'fighting her own party,' O'Donnell turns to GOP for help Appearing on ABC Sunday, two more Republicans followed Karl Rove's lead by using the term "nut" to describe Tea Party candidates like Christine O'Donnell, the Republican Senate candidate from Delaware. Matthew Dowd, former chief Republican strategist for the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign, explained that voters are looking to candidates that might have a screw loose because they are so frustrated with the establishment. "In the middle of a time when the country is so angry at Washington, they don't want the Democrats, they turn to candidates that are so outside that many of those candidates are either nuts or somewhat off or not competent," he told ABC's Christiane Amanpour. Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), had an even sharper criticism which she pointed directly at O'Donnell. "My problem is that no matter what, Christine O'donnell is making a mockery of running for public office," said McCain. "She has no real history, no real success in any kind of business." She continued, "And what that sends to my generation is one day you can just wake up and run for Senate no matter how [much] lack of experience you have. And it scares me for a number of reasons and I just know in my group of friends it just turns people off because she's seen as a nutjob." Dowd and McCain seemed to be echoing comments made by Rove only hours after O'Donnell was named as the Republican nominee last month. "She's got baggage and she's said some nutty things," Rove told Fox News' Sean Hannity. O'Donnell fired back the next day in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos. O'Donnell, who had been laughing throughout Stephanopoulos's questions, did not answer Rove's charges directly but simply insisted, "Everything that he's saying is unfactual. And it's a shame, because he's the same so-called political guru that predicted I wasn't going to win. ... He's eating some humble pie, and he's just trying to restore his reputation." "When we started gaining momentum and we started gaining credibility in this race, it made the Republican establishment look like lazy people who did not care about their principles," O'Donnell continued. "I was ahead in the general election according to Rasmussen before this Republican cannibalism started. ... So if they were serious about winning, we could repair the damage done and move forward." More recently, O'Donnell told the Wilmington, Delaware Rotary Club that she was willing to stand against her own party. "If you want a senator who has had to fight her own party and is still fighting her own party," she said, "please vote O'Donnell for US Senate." But in an interview aired on ABC Sunday, O'Donnell nearly begged establishment Republicans to come to her rescue. "We're asking the National Republican Senatorial to help us shine a spotlight on my opponent's negative record," said O'Donnell. "We're hoping that the National Republican Senatorial Committee will help us. But it's two and a half weeks left, and they're not," she said. Even within the Tea Party, O'Donnell's support is not unanimous. Tea Party supporter Linda Conway told ABC that she was going to vote for Democratic candidate Chris Coons. "I feel that the girl has no experience," said Conway. "For some reason I just have [this feeling] that she's almost like a front for someone and I just don't feel that this young lady has the control and the smarts to get us out of this jam that we're in at this time and I feel that Coons with his experience does." This video is from ABC's This Week, broadcast Oct. 17, 2010.
GA_googleFillSlot("Raw_Embedded_300");
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 6.
#6. To: Brian S (#0)
A Fox NFL Sunday skit made vicious fun of Jessica Simpson’s weight. Meghan McCain says cheap shots like that are harmful to women of all shapes and sizes Last weekend’s Fox NFL Sunday broadcast featured an offensive animated segment making fun of Jessica Simpson’s weight. Yet again. The cartoon, which was set in the Dallas Cowboys' locker room featured several players joking about the singer in front of her ex-boyfriend, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. "Man, I still can’t believe Tony dated Jessica Simpson, even after she blew up bigger than Flozell Adams!" (Adams is the team’s 340-pound offensive tackle.) The segment—ironically sponsored by Burger King—was disgusting for many reasons and very damaging to the body-image epidemic that is assaulting young women in America. Why anyone at Burger King or Fox thought that this was acceptable is absolutely beyond me. Jessica Simpson is a multimillionaire pop star, actress, and fashion designer, and one of the most beautiful women on the planet. But because she dares to not conform to the media’s unforgiving beauty standards, none of that seems to matter. It always comes back to her weight. (Both Fox and Burger King issued public apologies to Simpson Wednesday night.) It’s not just Jessica Simpson of course. This week, Ralph Lauren drew criticism for doctoring a photograph of a model to make her head look double the size of her pelvis. Although the company later apologized for the exaggerated Photoshopping, the size 4, 120-pound, 5-foot-10 model, Filippa Hamilton, was fired in April for being “too fat.” Elsewhere in the fashion world, Chanel’s powerhouse designer Karl Lagerfeld said that only “fat mummies” object to thin models after the German magazine Brigitte announced they would only use “realistic” women in their magazine from now on instead of professional models. By contrast, the overwhelmingly positive reaction to plus-size model Lizzie Miller’s nude photo in Glamour in August, was completely inspiring. Here’s what I want to know: What is it going to take and how many women have to die from eating disorders until things like this Jessica Simpson cartoon and doctored Ralph Lauren ads end? This is something obviously very close to my heart because I have been mocked for my weight as well. And I always hit back. My most infamous moment was telling Laura Ingraham to “kiss my fat ass” on The View a few months ago. But here is the reality—as my public profile has grown and people recognize me more and more, an unsettling anxiety has set in, something that has come as a surprise to me. Every time I am on television, give a talk, or have a picture taken, inevitably the weight comments follow. It’s a new part of my life and by far the most consistent. I have started speaking at colleges and was recently asked why the media is so obsessed with my weight. I didn’t have an answer but I did say that I could probably cure cancer and solve all the Republican Party’s problems, and people would still make fat jokes. I am strong and stay strong....Full Text
There are no replies to Comment # 6. End Trace Mode for Comment # 6.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestStop the Fat Jokes!
by Meghan McCain I joke that some of these political Web sites should have separate sections for people to blog about the size of my ass (still a size 10, for those of you who are keeping score).
• Meghan McCain: Don’t Call Me a Slut
Replies to Comment # 6.
[Home] [Headlines] [Latest Articles] [Latest Comments] [Post] [Mail] [Sign-in] [Setup] [Help] [Register]