Comments on: It’s Science: John McCain’s Disdain For Obama’s Celebrity Is Directly Proportional To Daughter Meghan’s Rising Celeb Status

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:14:55 +0000

When I was a gay Republican one year for Halloween, Meghan asked me if I was a “Republican in real life” like it was the worst thing ever. I guess these things are different if they’re you’re dead.

By: ...dijo Alex

...dijo Alex — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:23:04 +0000

@ F.E.: I’m correlating Obama with Meghan and not with Mccain because McCain, as I see it, is taking Obama to task for using his celebrity as a means of garnering attention / endorsements / votes when, by himself endorsing his daughter’s own steps into the media spotlight, he’s using her good looks and celebrity potential to do the same. That makes it hypocritical only because Meghan is doing the job that, presumably, her father (being not quite as studly as Obama, to many people) can’t do himself.

By: Fat Elvis

Fat Elvis — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:41:40 +0000

It can’t by hypocritical of John McCain to criticize Barack Obama for using his “celebrity status” to garner attention and gain votes but be okay with his daughter using a blog and YouTube videos to garner attention and gain votes for her dad. Meghan isn’t running for office and she doesn’t get near as much press as Obama anyway. It’s one thing to criticize a candidate’s behavior but another to criticize a candidate’s family member’s behavior. Besides, the Obama campaign complained about the media criticizing his wife (who gives far more solo speeches than Meghan) so why is it necessary to view Meghan as a “celebrity” or celebrity-wannabe and criticize her for it?

I just don’t understand your correlation between Barack Obama and Meghan McCain or why you feel John McCain should be equally critical (in campaign ads) of both.

That said, I love Meghan, but I’m tired of the candidate’s families getting involved. I’ve voting for a single candidate for President, not the entire guy’s family.

By: pocho_guey_al_norte

pocho_guey_al_norte — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:44:34 +0000

“We were basically loosely inspired by Hunter S. Thompson’s ‘Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail,’ but for more of this generation. get to the hotel and there’s just crap absolutely everywhere.”

Loosely inspired is right, especially when you consider the manner that Hunter skewered politicians. Far too much shilling for nowhere near the amount of narcotics involved. To the back of the class, Megs!