Meghan McCain throws a turd in the punch bowl

[Cyrano]

For some reason, I watched The View today and the opening topic was the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

Everyone agreed that it was a grotesque attack on American democracy. But when it was Ms McCain's turn, she spent a moment denouncing the attack and then changed the subject completely. She bitched about the current "disastrous gas shortage" and how it was all Joe Biden's fault.

This so-called "shortage" will last about a week and Joe Biden didn't use ransomware to shut down that gas pipeline. But that made no difference to Meghan. She was going to attack our (legally elected) president no matter what, and place the blame for all the problems of the world on him.

Many think that Meghan is a "moderate" Republican. I think she's a total ass.

[Siwsan]

1. I automatically hit the mute button, the instant she opens her brightly colored gob.

Inevitably she will twist what ever hot topic they are discussing into an opportunity to play the victim. She is beyond tiresome.

[marble falls]

6. I don't know what kind of a Republican she is, but I do know she's totally clueless. And rude.

[Siwsan]

11. I suspect she's become the same kind of Republican as her husband.

It just seems she's gotten far more obnoxious since her marriage.

[pazzyanne]

35. + 1 nt

[irisblue]

22. McCain is the #EntitledPrincessofArizona

do you know who her father was?

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. MM is the turd in the punch bowl, regurgitating Federalist talking points from her husband. Nt

[brush]

3. She's in over her head on most issues and is just there because of her last name.

[Haggard Celine]

4. There's no room for a moderate in

today's GOP. You either get in line and spout their talking points or they'll push you out. Mitt Romney is more moderate than she is, and when it comes to fiscal issues, he's no moderate either.

[BannonsLiver]

5. Meghan IS the turd in the punch bowl.

[moose65]

14. You hit the nail on the head!

[Cyrano]

7. It's a good thing that Joy Behar didn't get to respond

She would have shredded Meghan and things would have gone downhill from there. You've really got to admire the way that Whoopie keeps things under control.

[Tree Lady]

39. I have noticed lately Whoopie seems to hate

Being there and sometimes doesn't give her opinion at all. I wonder if she is planning on quitting end of next contract.

[RegularJam]

8. Meghan is trying to figure out her future grift. nt

[wryter2000]

9. I doubt her beloved father would approve

He did have a good hold on reality.

[left-of-center2012]

10. "it was all Joe Biden's fault"

That's a BIG Fox news talking point this morning.

They claim gas lines are now a daily part of life in Biden's "socialist America".



P.S. If Meghan isn't attacking Biden, she's demanding Fauci be fired.

[Hugin]

13. It goes along with all of the inflation hooplah that has been on replay all week.

That is President Biden's fault, too. According to the Right-Wing Wurlitzer.

[moose65]

17. It gets tiresome

Most of the people who are bitching about this had probably never even heard of the Colonial Pipeline a week ago, just like those people who had never heard of those Dr. Seuss books.

[greenjar_01]

12. For better or worse, the President is responsible for what happens in the country

If the gas shortage happened under Trump, nobody here would be saying "Oh, it was ransomware, Trump has nothing to do with it." Well, I mean some people would be saying that, but not many.

[moose65]

15. I don't know about that

Most of us here seem to realize that Presidents have very little control over gas prices. External forces often affect gas prices, and Presidents have very little to do with that. When the bottom dropped out of the oil market last year, no one gave Trump credit for lowering prices.

[greenjar_01]

38. Wow, DU didn't praise Trump when oil prices went down

Compelling case, there, moose65.

[Wednesdays]

40. Did you take a wrong turn at Alberquerque?

[greenjar_01]

49. Huh?

[moose65]

48. That's not what I meant

When I said “no one” I wasn’t referring just to DU. 😆

Of course we didn’t give him credit - we know he didn’t deserve any. But I don’t remember anyone outside of DU crowing that he had lowered gas prices.

[uponit7771]

51. +1,

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

42. RUSSIAN HACKERS ARE MAD BIDEN WON

Blame for not having an anti foreign hacker shield in place? Isn't that part of the infrastructure plan?

Blame Biden for getting people to vote for him. If he had lost, Russia wouldn't have hacked our infrastructure.
So, Biden being president is at fault.

Should we live according to Russia's wishes because they attack us when we live free?

If not, is it Biden's fault or is it the fault of USA Citizens? Because if it isn't Biden, it just might be someone else that the Russians want voted out.

[uponit7771]

50. You understand the difference between a text book genocidal racist and Joe Biden. Please don't

... post false equivalent shit like this again and no one blamed Putin's Whore for his "border crisis" when he got into office.

Whatever

[UTUSN]

16. "total ass" (her) - says it all. Made me barf her "love" for LIEBERMAN, like Lindsey, Daddy's pals

It's always about her, no matter what the random topic of the day is, whether Bennifer went to Montana well it's perfect because that's where MEEEghan and her Federalist pairing went on their honeymoon - ANY subject, and even her daily turning over of Daddy's corpse is more about HER LOVE for him because nobody has ever loved a daddy the way she does.

Yaas, Daddy and Lindsey and LIEBERMAN - all weasels. I wondered why Joy didn't get to rake LIEBERMAN over the coals, guess she wasn't there.

[LakeArenal]

18. I think she is paid to be a conservative political hack.

Married to an ultra conservative asswad.

Her dad would never be speaking up like that, nor Cyndi.

Having said that, I enjoy her faux outrage.

[ShazzieB]

28. I enjoy the faux outrage AND the way she gets shouted down by the others! 🤣

[LakeArenal]

31. Yep. You are the first I found that agrees with me. ❣️

[ShazzieB]

36. 😁😁😁😁😁

[FakeNoose]

19. She has appointed herself the antagonistic disruptor of that show

... and I believe she does it to call attention to herself. She'll disagree with anybody about anything. When she can't say something to antagonize people, she changes the subject just to piss everybody off.

[mahina]

20. The View can't find a reasonably intelligent conservative person?

I’m embarrassed for this lady every couple of days just from what I read on DU. How about replacing her with her mother? Her mom seems to have a lot more sense.

Megan shouldn’t have the microphone of a public persona based on the nonsense she spouts.

[LakeArenal]

32. They had some . Nicole Wallace. Anna (?)Navarro. Sunny Hosten.

Producers want what McInsane is selling.

[ShazzieB]

34. Something tells me her mom has a lot of other things she'd rather be doing.

Little things like, you know, fighting human trafficking? She seems to be heavily involved in that, as well as other humanitarian causes these days.

Besides, I don't think she'd provide nearly as interesting ay foil for the other ladies on the panel as her daughter. That role calls for someone who is willing to say dumb stuff and keep on saying dumb stuff after she's been called out for it. Somehow, I don't see Cindy doing that.

[Blue Owl]

21. The orange Kook-Aid in the GQP Punchbowl

Is basically 5 years worth of raw sewage from Donald’s Rump

[jmbar2]

23. The new talking point on stock trading sites

"Biden's another Jimmy Carter!"

Carter was president when OPEC did an oil embargo on the US causing surging prices and long lines, interest rates surged, and Iran took 400 Americans hostage. Carter "caused" none of this, but it was used to defeat him after one term.

These sites are usually one of the first places where new talking points are tested out.

[LakeArenal]

33. The hack is going to be fixed so...

[11 Bravo]

45. That, and Reagan leaving innocent hostages in Iranian captivity until ...

after the election, are the reasons Jimmy Carter was defeated.

[jmbar2]

46. yup. disgusting

[uponit7771]

52. "but it was used to defeat him after one term." How?! omg ... dems have been terrible at messaging

... since Carter?!

WTF ?!

[Paladin]

24. A stupid, shallow person---WAY out of her depth. (nt)

[aggiesal]

25. "moderate" Republican equals total ass. Great equation! n/t

[kimbutgar]

26. I had to stop watching the View

Every time I heard McCain speak my blood pressure rose and I screamed at the tv. I realized I can’t watch someone so stupid and entitled on that show anymore. The months she was gone on maternity leave were the best. I will watch it again when she’s off the show. She brings nothing but her right wing husband viewpoints. You can tell by watching her that her husband is feeding her talking points. She only got the job because of her Father not her talents.

[KS Toronado]

27. It appears that sometimes....the apple does fall far from the tree.

Perhaps a Wizard of Oz tree?

[charliea]

29. Why is she there?

We record the View and sometimes watch parts, but that McCain woman is always going "I'm a conservative and people like me...", before she launches off into some, to me, bizarro line that has no relation to reality. Which is about when my better half says that's enough...

It seems to me that her trademark "I'm a conservative" line is a distortion of the term 'conservative'. She's conserving nothing to my eyes, on the contrary she deflects from the insurrection which attacked the foundations of our democracy and tried to blame President Biden (still liking that!) for a Russian cyber attack.

I'm told that the twitterverse is awash with requests that she be removed. Does her presence actually help the ratings?

[George II]

30. She was totally irrational this morning, saying the attack on the Capitol "was 4 months ago"....

...like it's over and done with and we should forget about it and move on.

Sunny Hosten, though (who I'm not crazy about) LACED into her, telling her and everyone that we should never never forget about it.

Here's her response:

Link to tweet

[BigmanPigman]

37. I would not watch that show due to her.

She is the same person she always has been.

[Jilly_in_VA]

41. Meggie's just an idiot

I think her mom has given up on her.

[peggysue2]

43. Did Ms McCain have a moment of outrage when . . .

The Solar Winds hack was revealed, a huge breach that was never addressed by the former guy because it was (wait for it) . . . a Russian hack??

Inquiring minds want to know.

This is all about shifting blame from the last Administration and their total lack of competence and transparency. McCain's simply mouthing The Federalist Society's excuse extravaganza: blame the current Biden Administration for the boatload of malfeasance from the past 4 years of Republican mismanagement.

Pathetic!

[betsuni]

44. Yesterday I was surprised she finally admitted the Republican Party is the party of Trump.

Only because someone she considers just like her and identifies with, Cheney, was voted out of leadership. She's incapable of being objective, everything's about her. Then she deflected to gas prices and how it's Biden's fault, gas prices were totally low last year under Trump.

Today the list of "meat and potato" things that people care about and Biden is at fault for has grown. Conservatives, campion of the little people who care about meat and potatoes issues.

I feel embarrassed for her mother. Meghan's attacks on Biden after what a good friend he's been to the family are vulgar.

[lpbk2713]

47. President Joe didn't have anything to do with Colonial Pipeline's lax network security.

I read recently where a cybersecurity specialist said their ntwk security was
so bad an elementary school computer club could have compromised it.