LOL! Meghan McCain 'column' posted to The Daily Beast unedited. Moron alert...

[onehandle]

God, I hate to link to Gawker, but this is just too good.
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Meghan McCain is the illiterate daughter of a ruined man, which makes her "column" for the Daily Beast something of a challenge for her editors. But by the looks of today's offering, they've given up. Were you wondering what McCain thinks of Time magazine's choice of Mark Zuckerberg as Person of the Year? Meghan was! So she wrote it down in a note to herself on her Blackberry and e-mailed it to the Daily Beast for money.

Here is what Meghan McCain thinks of the choice:

1) Mark Zuckerberg is "year poignant." I was one of the people on Time's panel to nominate and argue over who was most deserving of the title.... Everyone chose both interesting and year poignant candidates.

2) The country of Haiti is a person. Other notable people that were discussed were Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Beck and the country of Haiti.

More at link including screenshots, as the article was finally edited:

http://gawker.com/5714149/the-daily-beast-has-stopped-editing-meghan-mccain

[SheilaT]

1. I keep on wondering

just what Ms. McCain think the word "poignant" actually means.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. I was wondering the same thing.

[Kurovski]

6. If it were a poem, I'd guess it could meant this was the year of poignancy,

Or the last year anything will be remembered as poignant. Or the beginning of a new era in poignancy.

She's a nice young lady, as far as I can divine, but she could maybe get one of those word a day calendars.

[struggle4progress]

4. He's poignant now because he didn't use birth control

I thought everybody knew that

:shrug:

[BrklynLiberal]

8. LOL!!

[immoderate]

5. Key word is "year."

It's awkward, but she wants it to mean someone significant for the year.

--imm

[Beaverhausen]

3. Daily Beast cleaned it up

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-12-16/mark-zuckerberg-times-person-of-the-year-defended-by-meghan-mccain/?cid=columnists

[progressoid]

7. Whoa, that was quick.

I managed to copy her original masterpiece.

Wednesday’s announcement that Facebook co-founder, CEO and pop culture phenomenon, Mark Zuckerberg, was named Time magazine’s illustrious Person of the Year has led to many in the media crying that the choice blasphemes the church that is the hallowed Person of the Year legacy. I was one of the people on Time’s panel to nominate and argue over who was most deserving of the title. My two choices were the Tea Party and Mark Zuckerberg. The Time panel consisted of myself, Joe Trippi, Google’s Marissa Miller (who petitioned hard for Steve Jobs to be considered for Person of the Year), Wyclef Jean, and the executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement Daisy Khan. Everyone chose both interesting and poignant candidates. Other notable ideas that were discussed were Nancy Pelosi, Glenn Beck and the country of Haiti.

Time’s choice is like the man himself, innovative and controversial. The Person of the Year is an illusive title that has historically showcased, for better or worse, the individual who has had the most distinctive impact on the previous year. In 2010 Facebook hit its five hundred millionth member. A feat no social network has ever achieved. David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network was also released to both commercial and critical acclaim. Mark Zuckerberg has become the first true millenial rockstar, and he is ushering in a completely new era.

At the end of the day, Mark Zuckerberg really is the most forward thinking and relevant candidate, even beating Julian Assange and the Tea Party. He transcends all of these people and, dare I say, even countries because all of these subjects are more than likely to be read about, discussed, and debated via users on—where else?—Facebook. I believe that Mark Zuckerberg is the Henry Ford of our times and Facebook is the Model-T. Although the choice may be controversial given Zuckerberg’s age and his somewhat bumpy public relations, there is no denying the omnipresence of Facebook and the impact it has had on shaping our lives, even while raising questions about privacy and if real privacy can in fact even exist anymore.

[Erose999]

12. Reads like an essay from high schooler...

who blew off doing the assignment to go party and the next morning scrawled down a half page of crap at the last possible moment. While hungover from a weekend bender of exstacy and four loko.

[TwilightGardener]

9. I cannot figure out why I'm constantly hearing from this gal.

What does she do for a living, besides being the spawn of McStupid?

[gratuitous]

10. The Year of Living Poignantly

I love that movie!

[Blue Owl]

11. Hmmm, those thoughts are worth maybe a penny

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