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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:22 PM May 2019

Meghan McCain Demands to Be Taken Seriously by 'The View' Co-Hosts

During Tuesday’s broadcast of The View, co-host Meghan McCain seemed irritated and annoyed with her colleagues for not taking her viewpoints on politics seriously enough, insisting at one point that she comes to the show every day to give a “different perspective”.

With the show hitting the air just moments after a House Judiciary Committee hearing adjourned following former White House counsel Don McGahn defying a congressional subpoena, the hosts jumped right into a debate over impeachment and whether the president attempted to obstruct justice.

This prompted outspoken liberal co-host Joy Behar to take aim at the Republican Party as a whole for circling the wagons around Trump, insisting that if Richard Nixon were president today he “would have gotten away with everything just like this corrupt president is getting away with.” She went on to say that Republicans taking Trump’s side should all “be thrown into jail” to raucous applause from the audience.

Adding that it felt a “little aggressive,” McCain brought up that there were 10,000 people at Trump’s Monday night rally in a Pennsylvania town as proof of Trump’s popularity. Behar and co-host Sunny Hostin, meanwhile, joked that the president must have “imported” the rally attendees due to the town’s small population of 4,000 people.

“Fine,” McCain huffed, rolling her eyes, demonstrating clearly that she was “clearly frustrated.”

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg then jumped in to suggest that ignoring subpoenas should equal jail time, drawing cheers from the audience.

This appeared to get on McCain’s nerves. “I’ll wait until everyone is done applauding,” she said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/meghan-mccain-demands-taken-seriously-165821974.html

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Meghan McCain Demands to Be Taken Seriously by 'The View' Co-Hosts (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2019 OP
I always want to take a washcloth to her face to scrub off some of that excessive makeup. nt tblue37 May 2019 #1
Yes.. Damn near every time I see a photo, I feel like getting the jackhammer... hlthe2b May 2019 #2
Right. She is a bit overweight, but she is actually very pretty, and she has stunning skin. tblue37 May 2019 #10
That was my first thought. (And i bet we get flogged for commenting on looks. LOL) Vinca May 2019 #4
I don't criticize natural looks. Heavy makeup is not inherent to the person. It is a choice. hlthe2b May 2019 #16
She needs to fire her stylist mcar May 2019 #15
I really want one of the other hosts to say something like Clash City Rocker May 2019 #23
So she is still taking up for Trump standingtall May 2019 #3
Same here! blueinredohio May 2019 #22
Absolutely. John Fante May 2019 #24
The sound of her voice is like nails on a chalk board to me. gldstwmn May 2019 #5
NutMeg IS a petulant child. Totally Tunsie May 2019 #17
Meghan has a highly inflated opinion of her own intellect and value to the show. Siwsan May 2019 #6
Well, there IS something she could do if she wants to be taken seriously....... DFW May 2019 #7
You'll be taken seriously when you're serious gratuitous May 2019 #8
She occasionally appeared on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos left-of-center2012 May 2019 #9
The entitled Princess of Arizona. irisblue May 2019 #11
She wants SHS job. "See! I can read cue cards" Chin music May 2019 #20
I put her on par with KellyAnne Conway .... CatMor May 2019 #12
. irisblue May 2019 #13
I love how she immediately shuts up when she has that usual conservative attack... W_HAMILTON May 2019 #18
Why don't conservatives sycophants last on shows like this? Anyone remember Sip E Cupp (sp) uponit7771 May 2019 #14
"Sip E" was never a regular panelist on The View, so there wasn't a question about her remaining. Totally Tunsie May 2019 #19
... betsuni May 2019 #21
No. (nt) Paladin May 2019 #25
That particular hair style does her no favors Bettie May 2019 #26
she and lindsey graham* must have caught the same virus Raster May 2019 #30
and how many times did little Miss Meghan stamp her feet and invoke the memory... Raster May 2019 #27
No qualified to host a public tv channel show in a town of 500 people Eliot Rosewater May 2019 #28
she fears her 15 mins of fame are coming to an end Skittles May 2019 #29
I love Mc Lump on the View. LakeArenal May 2019 #31
Shows like The View reach a lot of people who might spooky3 May 2019 #32
I can't stand her. She's only there because she's a member of the lucky stern club kimbutgar May 2019 #33
She's such a joke. smirkymonkey May 2019 #34

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
2. Yes.. Damn near every time I see a photo, I feel like getting the jackhammer...
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:25 PM
May 2019

Sheesh. She is not unattractive. Why the full plaster-of-Paris routine?

tblue37

(65,340 posts)
10. Right. She is a bit overweight, but she is actually very pretty, and she has stunning skin.
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:37 PM
May 2019

I can't imagine why she plasters that crap all over it.

mcar

(42,307 posts)
15. She needs to fire her stylist
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:48 PM
May 2019

Says the woman who never wears makeup.

I can never focus on what she's saying bc her makeup is so awful and her hairstyle so severe. Regardless of her politics and privilege, she is an attractive young woman. She doesn't need all that crap on her eyes.

Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts)
23. I really want one of the other hosts to say something like
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:00 PM
May 2019

“Quiet, Tammy Faye, the grownups are talking.”

If someone insulted my family like Trump did hers, I’d hate his guts, but she sounds like she wants to be wife #4.

standingtall

(2,785 posts)
3. So she is still taking up for Trump
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:26 PM
May 2019

even after Trump attacked her father multiple times. Glad I don't watch the view and as long as she is on that show I never will.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
24. Absolutely.
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:37 PM
May 2019

Her take that Democrats could "blow it" by impeaching Trump is little more than concern trolling.

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
5. The sound of her voice is like nails on a chalk board to me.
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:27 PM
May 2019

I quit watching that show a long time ago but the sound of her certainly wouldn't draw me back. She acts like a petulant child.

Siwsan

(26,260 posts)
6. Meghan has a highly inflated opinion of her own intellect and value to the show.
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:31 PM
May 2019

She speed reads talking points from her stack of blue cards, and then will inevitably go off on a long winded, rapid speed blathering of her own point of view. She spouts opinions as facts and heaven help anyone who tries to rein her into the sphere of facts and reality. Even worse when the audience applauds that differing opinion. I've lost count of how many times she's been refuted with facts, and her response is to roll her eyes and pout, or go on a screeching tirade. She is a classic professional victim.

Meghan has a BA in Art History. She seems to think she's absorbed some sort of political savvy from her father. She hasn't.

I really, really hope her contract isn't renewed.

DFW

(54,370 posts)
7. Well, there IS something she could do if she wants to be taken seriously.......
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:35 PM
May 2019

Namely.......GET SERIOUS !!

But that may be asking for something she is incapable of delivering.

Her decision to assume the appearance she presents is, of course, her right and her option, but she has no business EVER saying anything "anti-choice" again.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. You'll be taken seriously when you're serious
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:35 PM
May 2019

But as long as you're battling against facts and reality with poorly sourced arguments and knuckleheaded positions, you're going to be treated like the clown you present yourself as, Meghan.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
9. She occasionally appeared on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:37 PM
May 2019

As part of the panel,
to share her knowledge of politics and world affairs.

She's not been on in some weeks.

irisblue

(32,971 posts)
11. The entitled Princess of Arizona.
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:42 PM
May 2019

If she is not doing this for emotional validation, could it be an act? The 'baddy' as in wrestling shows?

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
12. I put her on par with KellyAnne Conway ....
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:42 PM
May 2019

I can't stand either one. They love the sound of their own voices. They are as annoying as a gnat flying around your head.

irisblue

(32,971 posts)
13. .
Tue May 21, 2019, 05:44 PM
May 2019

Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) Tweeted:
I am writing a screenplay about the stylist whose act of resistance is dressing McCain in progressively more absurd outfits. https://t.co/BLKViGrjNz


W_HAMILTON

(7,864 posts)
18. I love how she immediately shuts up when she has that usual conservative attack...
Tue May 21, 2019, 06:05 PM
May 2019

...turned around and used against her -- "maybe they bussed them in?" haha

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
19. "Sip E" was never a regular panelist on The View, so there wasn't a question about her remaining.
Tue May 21, 2019, 06:16 PM
May 2019

She'd be a guest and occasionally a guest co-host, and at one time was under consideration to be permanent along with several others, which didn't pan out. The best conservative co-host they had was Nicolle Wallace, but she was treated shabbily by TPTB for not having sufficient pop culture knowledge, so she sought - and received - greater opportunity elsewhere. ..The View's loss.

Ana Navarro is wonderful on the show, but is Miami based and doesn't want to relocate to NYC. She works well as a guest co-host and Friday fill-in, and is nicely received by the audience and the other panel members other than NutMeg McCain. Tara Setmayer was similarily received and seems to be always welcome.

The conservatives who have come and gone deserved their fate. I'm looking at you, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Candace Cameron Bure, and Jedediah Bila.

Bettie

(16,095 posts)
26. That particular hair style does her no favors
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:48 PM
May 2019

but that aside, I'd ask her why she's so pro-Trump after all the crap he's talked about her father.

I do not understand this woman at all.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
27. and how many times did little Miss Meghan stamp her feet and invoke the memory...
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:52 PM
May 2019

...of her dead father? Girlfriend, your 15 are over... please, move along.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
28. No qualified to host a public tv channel show in a town of 500 people
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:53 PM
May 2019

let alone national TV

She is there because of her name, she has no talent and her beliefs are stupid.

LakeArenal

(28,817 posts)
31. I love Mc Lump on the View.
Tue May 21, 2019, 07:55 PM
May 2019

They would just replace her with someone like SC Cupp or worse. She’s comic relief.
Besides, she likes Biden and she won’t like any other Democrat.

She’s so predictably vile.

spooky3

(34,444 posts)
32. Shows like The View reach a lot of people who might
Tue May 21, 2019, 08:14 PM
May 2019

otherwise be watching Fox or paying no attention to politics. Thanks, Joy, for putting the truth out there.

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
33. I can't stand her. She's only there because she's a member of the lucky stern club
Tue May 21, 2019, 08:25 PM
May 2019

She brings nothing to the show and she acts like a petulant best. She thinks she is such an expert and knows how Democratic voters think. She has no clue nursing has she ever lived an authentic life. Always privileged never had to worry a day in her phony life.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
34. She's such a joke.
Tue May 21, 2019, 08:27 PM
May 2019

I really don't know why they still put up with her. Is there some reason they can't just shit-can her?

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