The Elephantine Ego of Meghan McCain

John McCain's daughter Meghan has announced that she is writing a book, "half political, and it's half a memoir."  Not only that, she fully expects the book to made into a movie starring Hilary Duff.  The self-described "new face of the Republican Party" says that she's quite happy her Dad didn't win the presidential election:  "I'm so relieved. I did not get along with the Secret Service, so it's good that I'm not living there.  You know those Disney movies where princesses are always well guarded?  Life in the White House is just like that, except there were no cute guards.  Seriously, none of them were cute at all!"

And this is the young woman who believes that her many life achievements - and when I think of one I'll let you know - warrant memoirs and a Hollywood blockbuster.  From NY Daily News:  "I want Hilary Duff to play me. I think she's really hot - hotter than me - but I'd still want her to play me," Sen. John McCain's daughter confided to us at the Trevor Project's summer gala on Monday night at Capitale... The book, due next spring from Hyperion, will examine "what it means to be a progressive Republican in the party today," according to McCain.  While the release of the book may bring her family back into the spotlight, McCain believes any attention would be nothing compared to living in the White House - something she says the Obamas are handling with aplomb.

As GOPers go, Meghan is certainly more enlightened than the brainwashed Bible bobbleheads currently running the conservative movement.  Her manner is sweet and endearing.  I can't find fault with her views on social issues.  She's confident.  She's attractive, in a Rubenesque Barbie way. 

Ms. McCain recently appeared on The Colbert Report where she opened the interview talking about licking Stephen Colbert's face.  (She never actually did, although Colbert seemed up for it.)  Below are some snippets of Meghan Wisdom from the segment:

"The Democratic Party isn't necessarily a better place for the gay community than the Republican Party."  (Now I may be disappointed with the Dem's lack of action on LGBT rights, but please.  The party of Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich is not a place where self-respecting gays and lesbians will ever be welcome.)  

"I am a lot more religious than I let on.  I have a great relationship with God, and I was raised to love people and not judge people."  (Tolerant Republicans are scarcer than evolutionary biologists at a creation museum, and should be encouraged.)    

"I don't believe Twittering is going to make anybody think the Republican Party is cooler.  At all."  (Well, she's right about that.)

"I believe that the Republican Party is an awesome party to be a part of.  I'm proud to be a Republican, but I was inspired by my father and I was on the road for two years, and I got to meet the most legendary, intelligent Republicans in this party - and not everybody gets that opportunity.  So all I'm trying to say is, it can be a party for a 24-year-old pro-sex woman.  It can be."

I'm willing to concede that Meghan McCain might be sincere in her advocacy for a new and improved GOP.  But appearing at some rallies and meeting "legendary, intelligent Republicans" does not a compelling book and movie make.  Well.  Maybe a Lifetime Network movie.  With a few accomplishments under her belt, though, who knows?  If Ms. McCain is able to breathe some sanity into the Republican Party, I'll be the first to offer her my heartfelt thanks.  It would be a Cinderella Story worth telling, even though Meghan's privileged childhood is as far removed from that particular fairy tale as I am from Uranus.  But at this point in time there's simply no book here, just a work in progress.

Comments

[Bhaal]

Pro-sex, women's rights, gay rights...she's a closet Democrat.

[Aggie]

Yeah, what do THEY call them... oh, yeah, RINOs!

[Bee Girl]

Write a book? Anout WHAT?