Meghan McCain: "Joe the Plumber -- You Can Quote Me -- Is A Dumbass"

In an interview with OUT magazine, Meghan McCain spoke freely on her support for gay marriage -- and her dislike of some conservative mouthpieces.

Unprompted, McCain rails against the man her father's presidential campaign touted as an American everyman and made a showpiece in the weeks before the election. "Joe the Plumber -- you can quote me -- is a dumbass. He should stick to plumbing."

McCain also said she'd "be flattered to be considered the anti-Ann Coulter, the anti-Rush Limbaugh."

Author James Kirchick added in a blog post that there's still one controversial campaign figure McCain won't discuss:

Interestingly, while McCain is more than happy to bash the man whom her father celebrated for weeks on end, the one part of the campaign McCain will not talk about is Sarah Palin.

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Comments

[PatA]

04:35 PM on 07/19/2009

Her description of Joe can also be applied to her father.

[monty]

04:59 PM on 07/19/2009

Now be nice!

[thrugreeneyez]

03:36 PM on 07/19/2009

Meghan, I'm kind of tired of you trying to change the Republican party into the Democratic party. That is a lost cause, but it does get you a lot of attention. Why don't you defect already and join the Democrats?

[monty]

05:02 PM on 07/19/2009

As though the Democrats are any better? I'd prefer Meghan over Harry Reid or any of those progress-blocking politicians who call themselves "Democrats."

These labels mean nothing anymore, it's about the message and ideas, not the label. In that regard, Meghan would make a far better Senator than most of the Dems and certainly the Republicans.

[dj5850]

03:03 PM on 07/19/2009

In response to this headline: pot meet kettle!

[collies1]

01:58 PM on 07/19/2009

KIlgoretrout 43
Acorn Charged in Voter Registration Fraud Case in Nevada - NYTimes.com
May 5, 2009 ... The indictment includes 13 counts each against Acorn and its former Las Vegas field director, Christopher Edwards, who is accused of ...

Acorn strikes again!!!

[fearwig]

02:12 PM on 07/19/2009

Celebratory buffet: Red herring for everyone!

[collies1]

01:53 PM on 07/19/2009

to kilgore 43
Check the FBI investigations in over 8 states,check how many employess have been charged with fraud
Simply call the FBI and they can give you all the info.Its also in the newspapers on about page 43 entitled. VOTER FRAUD!!!
READ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bertha112]

03:19 PM on 07/19/2009

Many ACORN charges are contract workers who, when trying to reach ACORN quotas, got caught with their pants down. A definite no-no, trying to register fake persons, who would have never voted anyway.

Also these are cases of voter REGISTRATION fraud. Ann Coulter, on the other hand, is under investigation for VOTER fraud. Twice.

[toxicbrainpoison]

01:18 PM on 07/19/2009

yeah, he was hitting on her with hate!

[alumtrix]

12:49 PM on 07/19/2009

Meghan should probably stick to the tabloids and stay away from politics. She just doesn't have it. Now Liz Cheney does have it and would blow away Meghan in any debate.

[dj5850]

03:04 PM on 07/19/2009

Liz Cheney couln't blow away a cotton ball in a debate!

[Gronkie]

04:43 PM on 07/19/2009

I have a friend who is a follower of Lyndon LaRouche, and they believe that Liz Cheney is actually the power behind the Bush administration. She supposedly has connections to oligarchial (their term) parties in England, and she does their bidding, then gets her husband to do her bidding. In other words, we are going down because British interests have woven their tentacles into our government and supported policies that have led to our destruction - their goal since losing the Revolutionary War. That's what the LaRouche faction believes.

[PhatDaddy]

03:42 PM on 07/21/2009

But her husband's a nobody. How's Phillip Hartman supposed to bring us down due to Liz's bidding?

[jonjon66]

12:44 PM on 07/19/2009

O snap, can't be mad at her for that, Karen O is hot!

[Militant Leftist]

11:57 AM on 07/19/2009

After seeing Meghan's embarrassingly poor rebuttal to intellectual discourse on Bill Maher's show, this may be a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

[nightwind928]

12:45 PM on 07/19/2009

I too saw Meghan on Mahers show. This is not a brilliant individual in any sense of the word. It would certainly be hard to confuse this bimbo with the Mystic Oracale. If it weren't for her prominent Mcain name, her opinions would be relegated to the many other qualified perfume counter saleswomen who's brilliant reparte and profound ideas we equally treasure.

[alumtrix]

01:05 PM on 07/19/2009

oh that is cruel................pretty accurate, but still cruel

[kyndcookie]

01:36 PM on 07/19/2009

Like Sarah Palin?

[fearwig]

02:13 PM on 07/19/2009

There's intellectual discourse on Bill Maher's show?

[Sepulchre]

03:26 PM on 07/19/2009

Yeah, but you would only know that if you watched it.

[Militant Leftist]

12:51 PM on 07/21/2009

There is. You know...the opposite of Faux?

[Nelson Jackson]

06:58 AM on 07/19/2009

I'm a African-American Independent (38 years). If she decides to run for office she will put Sarah Palin to shame. Her daddy must be so proud.

[fearwig]

02:14 PM on 07/19/2009

It's not hard to put Sarah Palin to shame.

[collies1]

05:16 PM on 07/18/2009

Wow,whats next a democrat telling us that ACORN is corrupt and should not get a penny of
Federal money??? I'm sure any day now,any day.. HMMMMM I'm sure they will,I'm sure...

[KillgoreTrout43]

12:31 AM on 07/19/2009

In what way is ACORN corrupt? Examples please?

[fearwig]

02:14 PM on 07/19/2009

Acorn doesn't get Federal money, you dumb sack.

[masshysterics1]

05:11 PM on 07/18/2009

She should've mentioned that to her father while campaigning last fall ...
not that it's anything for those with even a modicum of intelligence already
knew from the onset.

[nonvoters]

04:52 PM on 07/18/2009

if she lost 50lbs we would all be voting for her

[WinceCarter]

11:18 PM on 07/18/2009

Why?

[Nestor92]

11:26 AM on 07/19/2009

I seriously doubt her weight is the reason why no one would vote for her.
I can see it being her looks (this is American we're dealing with)

[auramac]

04:20 PM on 07/18/2009

That's the most intelligent remark I've heard from a republican in ages. It's refreshing, but that doesn't mean I trust or like her.

[gopSTEALSyourTAXmoney]

04:50 AM on 07/19/2009

,,,,She's a McCain......what. IS. there to trust.....?
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[Opinions]

02:36 PM on 07/18/2009

As imperfect as she may be, she is young, and in comparison to other Reps, she's enlightened.

[FilipeCastro]

03:22 PM on 07/18/2009

There is a place for rational conservatives (as well as lunatics, but not completely stupid lunatics): its called the Democratic Party.

Then there is the center, and then the left...

[nk007]

04:51 PM on 07/18/2009

Which group do you belong to?