Meghan McCain addresses Palin for first time since…

by Lori Calabrese on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 13:16 EDT

Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, appeared on “Good Morning America” Tuesday to discuss her new book, “Dirty Sexy Politics,” but it seemed like the only thing the show wanted to talk about was what she wrote regarding Sarah Palin.

In the book, McCain shares many of the intimate details as she watched her dad run for president although she admits, “it seemed scary to open the windows and let everybody see a snapshot of my life at a time when I was young, impressionable, and feeling a bit frantic.”

For the first time since the end of her father’s 2008 presidential bid, Meghan McCain does speak out about Sarah Palin, writing in her new book that Palin brought “drama, stress, complications, panic and loads of uncertainty” to the losing campaign.

However, despite GMA’s George Stephanopoulos digging for more, McCain stressed that as for the drama and uncertainty, “I think that’s how campaigns are in general, no matter who comes. I respect her as a feminist, a Republican feminist . Going out there and working for women, especially Republican women. It’s no secret that I’m more socially liberal than she is. But I’m here to say that two kinds of different Republican women can work together for the same cause.”

McCain, who is now a columnist at The Daily Beast, has often drawn criticism herself, and was even “asked to leave and not come back” during the campaign trail. But during the GMA interview, she clarified, “I do clearly state at the end that we did not lose because of her [Palin], and I’m speaking out now because I do have conflicting feelings about her,” McCain said. “She brought so much momentum and enthusiasm to the campaign. You saw the crowds double and you saw a lot more women coming to the rallies.”

Stephanopoulos continually brought up Palin and when addressed Bristol Palin’s pregnancy, McCain jokingly cut him off to clarify that her book is about more than Palin.

“For the record, my book is not just about Sarah and Bristol Palin.”

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Lori Calabrese is the National Sarah Palin Examiner for Examiner.com. Lori is an independent writing and editing professional with an extensive interest in government and politics, primarily the role of women politicians.

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  • Dennis McHale

    Hi Lori, Coming over from Team Sarah via a Ron DeVito's blog. I like Meghan McCain. She seems honest, fun, and intelligent. Unfortunately Meghan lost her shot at 15 minutes of fame. Meghan was under the misconception that her dad was of great significance in the world of politics. What she has not quite grasped, but has been living through is the serious obsessive, almost deranged, preoccupation our nationally run media has with Sarah Palin. Don't get me wrong John McCain is a national hero whose political career will get neatly tucked behind his military service when all is written. Is that fair? Shouldn't the older every bit as pretty Meghan have gotten more attention than Bristol Palin and the other Palin kids. Answer: NO. As Meghan continues to learn every day, and may someday write another book, the MSM controls who and what is significant and who is not. Meghan sorry about your Dad. In a more sensible world he would have been President. Our media prevents that scenario.

    On the other hand Meghan was witness to the birth of a national figure who will reach ICON status. Sarah Palin stole all the oxygen out of Republican air the minute she was handpicked by her Dad. This in turn meant that all things Palin would be recorded for history and sadly the McCain's family story (which is a great one in itself) would be tempered to what they thought about the Palins.

    I'm sure that with Meghan being as smart as she is, and allowing time for the alienation wounds to heal, will come to realize that Sarah Palin is a once in a lifetime phenomenon. So dangerous is she to the Ruling Class that she must be taken down. Not since Clarence Thomas has there been this anomaly that threatens the facade of the Ruling Class (being all things LEFT and the established GOP hierarchy). The thought that this 'commoner' could reawaken a crushed and demoralized moral majority, must be at all cost STOPPED. This is what is at play swirling around the once privileged mind of Meghan McCain. She will, if she keeps her wits about her, bear witness to this monumental last ditch effort of the weak underground majority, trying to avoid being crushed by the Terminator-like machines of the Ruling Class. Sarah brings forth all the vulnerable human-like qualities, that the majority cling to, but the Ruling Class has reviled and all but extinguished.

    I believed Meghan has reached a level of maturity to understand: Life is not fair, and what was relevant just yesterday, simply has no significance today. For the battle of hearts and minds, and more appropriate power, Sarah Palin is the latest great hope for the voiceless. Meghan can sit back and absorb the information (such as Stephanopoulos' interview) presented her from those with power, and be an observer to what truly is our political world. She is in the position of being an honest reporter. I think once the hurt has passed she can with esoteric impartiality give both sides an insider’s look into the battle for real power. She is still part of the storm, now justly impart.

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