11/16/2009
Meghan McCain on Carrie Prejean's Eight 'Biggest Mistakes'
Meghan McCain discusses Carrie Prejean, hypocrisy, and marriage equality, in a new editorial in The Daily Beast:
I am of the mind-set that you should never record anything in private that you wouldn't mind the whole world to see. Because somehow, some day, those images will find their way to the public. I know I’ve learned my lesson after posting a now-notorious photograph of myself on Twitter—and I had all of my clothes on. So this is not a good message for Sean Hannity to send, that if you were in love with your boyfriend it is OK. These tapes and photographs can ruin your career and your credibility, but it’s the laissez faire attitude toward them that I find so upsetting.
I find it even more disturbing that as long as you oppose gay marriage, filming yourself having sex is taken more lightly. Does anyone else see the hypocrisy in this kind of thinking? And hypocrisy is something the Republican Party can’t afford to have right now as the GOP struggles to find its identity. As I said, we all make mistakes and I don't want to be too harsh on Carrie Prejean. She is only 22, after all, and a former Miss California USA, not a politician. And lest we forget, she feels the same way about gay marriage that our own president does.
The problem I have with my fellow Republicans is why gay marriage is the trump card in any situation. It seems that as long as you are against gay marriage, any scandal in your life can be overlooked or overcome. When you are in favor of it, however—and I have been very vocal about my support—that position defines you.
On Friday, it was revealed that there are seven additional sex tapes and 30 nude photographs of Carrie Prejean that have been discovered. Vivid Entertainment has the tapes in its possession and wants to distribute them.
Posted 10:47 AM EST by Andy Towle in Carrie Prejean, Gay Marriage, Meghan McCain, News | Permalink
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The problem I have with my fellow Republicans is why gay marriage is the trump card in any situation. It seems that as long as you are against gay marriage, any scandal in your life can be overlooked or overcome. When you are in favor of it, however—and I have been very vocal about my support—that position defines you.
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when manifestations of love become connected to an idea of pariah -- also, i wonder about the relation people have come to have with tabloid fodder just as well. considering that much of technology is utilized in the manner that a drunk driver with 0.08 bac would conduct....yet, it's wonderful that meghan has embraced reading.
Posted by: richard | Nov 16, 2009 11:33:38 AM
typical holier-than-thou xtian conservative. prejean is a liar, a hypocrite, and an opportunistic skank.
Posted by: nic | Nov 16, 2009 12:41:49 PM
I am loving Meghan McCain for her calling out GOP hypocricies. Fuck Palin, McCain is the real "rogue maverick". THANKS AND GO MEGHAN!
Posted by: Strepsi | Nov 16, 2009 12:57:17 PM
I wonder how Sean Hannity would feel if it was a sex tape made by Nancy Pelosi,but since it's a beauty queen he's up with it. Yea right.
Or for that matter if it was a tape of Prejean's boyfriend he sent her? Guy going solo OK with you Sean?
Posted by: patrick nyc | Nov 16, 2009 1:58:04 PM
love Meghan MCcain and would not only vote for her as a Republican candidate, but get out on the streets and promote her as best I could. She is amazing in every sense of the word.
Posted by: Bayley | Nov 16, 2009 5:27:32 PM
Meghan McCain is not only more intelligent than Carrie Prejean, she's a heck of lot more attractive.
Posted by: Caleb | Nov 16, 2009 6:39:12 PM
Aghhhh, why do I end up loving Meghan McCain more and more every time she opens her mouth! Damn, I think I'd actually vote for her!
Posted by: Chris | Nov 16, 2009 8:10:53 PM
^^^
Vote for her, Chris? I think I might actually want to fuck her!! LOL
Posted by: Chaddy | Nov 17, 2009 12:59:44 AM