Yes. She’s pretty. And yes, she has recently emerged as somewhat of an icon for political happenings and outspoken voices around the United States. She speaks her mind, unconcerned about the conservative republican toes she steps on. Although her father ran for the most powerful position in the world under the conservative political umbrella, Meghan McCain has made it very clear that her views are her own and often different from those of her father.
The Senator’s daughter spoke to a collection of “old-school republicans” last Saturday and later divulged that she thought those types of conservatives to be “scared shitless” of the possible and inevitable changes in office that lie ahead. As an advocate for the gay conservative community, McCain has took repeated shots at the GOP for its antiquated mores.
“I feel too many Republicans want to cling to past successes,” said McCain. “There are those who think we can win the White House and Congress back by being ‘more’ conservative. Worse, there are those who think we can win by changing nothing at all about what our party has become. They just want to wait for the other side to be perceived as worse than us. I think we’re seeing a war brewing in the Republican Party. But it is not between us and Democrats. It is not between us and liberals. It is between the future and the past.”
Speaking bold statements like these has landed McCain and late night talk shows and made her a target for critics to scrutinize everything from her weight and tattoos to her views on gay marriage and abortion. During an interview with Larry King, McCain openly spoke about her views and her similarities and differences in comparison with her father’s conservative political views.
“I consider myself a progressive Republican. I am liberal on social issues. And I think that the party is at a place where social issues shouldn’t be the issues that define the party. And I have taken heat, but in fairness to me, I am a different generation than the people that are giving me heat. I’m 24 years old. I’m not in my 40s, I’m not in my 50s and older.”
Although her views are sometimes in extreme contrast to those of her father, McCain has spoken highly of her parents and her upbringing, claiming her mother to be a loving, protective mother and her dad the “reason she fell in love with the republican party.”
I think it’s encouraging to see someone like Meghan McCain, as a daughter to a famous conservative Senator, who is willing to expand her own beliefs and stances on important issues rather than just assume the beliefs of her parents without thinking for herself. What’s even more astonishing, is the support that her father has bestowed upon her as she has commented on controversial issues and touchy subjects that most conservatives would shy away from.
“I love my dad so much. He’s the best father to me. And like I said, he’s so supportive of me and my career and what I do and speaking my mind. When you grow up having a maverick as a father and an example, you can understand how I turned out like this.”
