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There are many important things to think about today -- what will President Obama do in Afghanistan? -- but for Meghan McCain no subject is ever more important than Meghan McCain.

Last night, my young and quite distant cousin, daughter of Republican presidential loser John McCain, had what one blogger called a "Twitter breakdown," a public tantrum performed for the benefit of the more than 50,000 people who subscribe to her Twitter feed.

Having chronicled Meghan's hysterical Twitter snit on my own blog, there's no need to recount the laughable details here. Suffice it to say that she dishes it out -- vulgar put-downs of Michelle Malkin, smugly superior sarcasm toward Ann Coulter, etc. -- but can't take it. So, in a message last night, she promised that she is "getting the f***k off Twitter."

Ironically, her egoistic episode began when Miss Meghan posted a photo of herself holding a book about Andy Warhol, the pop artist whose best-known aphorism was, "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Meghan's 15 minutes have long since expired and if she is stupid enough to follow through on last night's impulsive threat to quit Twittering -- 50,000 subscribers is an enviable readership for online promotion -- the world will have another laugh at her expense.

Whatever you do, however, don't make fun of Meghan for being chubby. That's the self-indulgent theme of her latest column at Tina Brown's Daily Beast. And this is one of the rare occasions when I agree with my pudgy young cousin, whose column boasts about her size-10 derriere.

Being a Southerner -- my kinship with the senatorial branch of the McCain family involves an 18th-century Carolinian ancestor -- I've never minded a gal "with a little meat on her bones," as we say down home. In fact, during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, I was the only conservative journalist in Washington who never made a fat joke at the expense of President Clinton's delightfully weighty mistress.

Like the concupiscent Arkansan, I found Miss Lewinsky's zaftig figure extraordinarily alluring and was quite grateful that it was Bubba, and not I, who was led into that particular temptation. Every time CNN showed Monica bouncing and jiggling out of the federal courthouse after her grand jury appearances, I'd let out a low whistle and mutter: "There, but for the grace of God, go I!"

Meghan McCain obviously has never aroused such guilty thoughts in my heart. No matter what people say about Southerners and their cousins, that's just a stereotype, like the unfair stereotypes about dumb blondes and spoiled rich girls. Still, I think Meg's bubbly chubbiness is quite fetching and only wish that everyone shared my downhome admiration for a gal who, by all appearances, isn't ashamed to ask for second helpings of barbecue and biscuits.

Therefore, I trust that American Spectator readers who wish to comment will show Miss Meghan the kind of respect she deserves, and that all comments on this subject will be appropriate and decorous. Please, I beg you: NO FAT JOKES!

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Pingback| 10.15.09 @ 10:28AM

Twitter Trackbacks for The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Meghan McCain's Twitter links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

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Jim Treacher| 10.15.09 @ 10:41AM

My favorite part of her Twitter meltdown was this:

pretty much my image of @allahpundit is I am the chick from silence of the lambs and he is screaming at me in a hole 2 put lotion on my skin

It's been a couple of decades since I read the book, but as I recall, Jame Gumb was trying to make an outfit out of his victim's skin, not reupholster a couch.

TimC| 10.15.09 @ 10:52AM

I suspect her twitter follower count will spike with the coverage she is getting on this (I first read about it on CNN's site). I'm not sure how many people even realized McCain had a daughter. I know I didn't. So, I've gotta hand it to her, because whether it was an honest blunder or a finely choreographed PR stunt, Ms. McCain is getting more people to think about her favorite person.

Pingback| 10.15.09 @ 11:01AM

Meghan Mccain Twitter | Jamming Online links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

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Tim| 10.15.09 @ 11:10AM

Why am I reading about this on AmSpec?

Sardu| 10.15.09 @ 12:37PM

Because the Brain Parasites attached to your spinal column command you to?

Tim| 10.15.09 @ 2:09PM

I paid good money to have those taken out.

J. Davis| 10.15.09 @ 11:24AM

Very funny stuff from the Other McCain!

SarahW| 10.15.09 @ 11:37AM

If she wouldn't keep saying she's not fat, I wouldn't feel any urge to disagree with her. And I won't here and now.

KatC| 10.15.09 @ 12:01PM

She's not FAT fat.

physics geek| 10.15.09 @ 12:07PM

I think she looks fine physically. Then again, I'm not really into the whole Hollywood anorexic look and find Rubinesque curves quite appealing. Meghan's brain, however, is unsightly and should not be allowed in public without a keeper.

Truth to Power| 10.15.09 @ 12:20PM

Is this one of the woman that Kathleen Parker was advising us to replace Sarah Palin. This is just another demonstration of the mental disfunction that is associated with hating Sarah Palin.

R. Wilson| 10.15.09 @ 12:52PM

Since twitter accounts are easily read online without subscribing to them, there were many more than 50,ooo people witnessing her act like a spoiled brat.

grazip| 10.15.09 @ 12:57PM

meghan mccain's twitter
Blogger Meghan McCain, daughter of former presidential candidate John McCain, the short people twittering on Wednesday night when she posted pictures of themselves solicited online.
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Pingback| 10.15.09 @ 1:00PM

Meghan Mccain Twitter | FTP2FTP News links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

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Rolfe| 10.15.09 @ 1:10PM

Whatta spoiled nasty gurll!
Your subsequent tweets shall surely put her in her place.

insurance| 10.15.09 @ 2:12PM

Take it easy, young lady. Your dad, Senator McCain, has done a lot worse, including calling for the bomb, bomb, bomb, Iran !! You did not hurt anyone, not even your own reputation. Always remember, our feet of clay. Great picture, by the way !! What are you doing next week, Meghan !!?
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Filmer| 10.15.09 @ 2:30PM

I'm with The Other McCain, and I want it known for the record that I long ago noticed Miss McCain's charms.

http://conservativetimes.org/?p=1669

That doesn't make up for her snobby conservative bashing, but the young woman is fine.

tdpwells| 10.15.09 @ 2:43PM

I look twice at anyone who feels the need to label their friends all the time...always 'my gay friends' ad nauseum on her Twitter. It makes her look like she's pandering. HEY LOOK AT ME I HAVE GAY FRIENDS! Does she have straight friends? Asian friends? Anorexic friends? Does she use that nomenclature when talking to them/about them in real life? "So then Gay Bob said he was going to bring Anorexic Angela to my party! Like, awesome!"

Daisy| 10.16.09 @ 1:07AM

More importantly, does Ms. McCain have any FAT friends?

Bob Belvedere| 10.15.09 @ 4:32PM

Even though I'm under the weather, I would never let the side down...

Quoted from and linked to at:
MEGHAN MCCAIN BREASTS / RACK / BOOBS / CLEAVAGE

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Pingback| 10.15.09 @ 5:10PM

In which your humble blogger is proven right again « In Mala Fide links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

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gus| 10.15.09 @ 6:36PM

Who is Meghan McCain and why should I care about her?

njartist49| 10.15.09 @ 8:06PM

Just how far south were you? I spent twenty-five years in North Carolina and the Southern Belles of that state were not zaftig. In fact, I did not know what zaftig really was until I moved into southern New Jersey: zaftig is a polite term for obese!

Pingback| 10.15.09 @ 8:07PM

I love Meghan McCain « In Mala Fide links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

…are curious as to what drove this sudden interest in John McCain’s no-talent daughter, her awesomely talented and fortunately distant uncle Robert Stacy McCain has three awesome breakdowns, here, here and here. He smartly summarizes the scandal with this: When Little Miss Overprivileged Victim started whining because of mean comments, throwing a Twitter fit and saying she was “getting the f**k…

Pingback| 10.15.09 @ 9:31PM

Oh, for Crying Out Loud. | Little Miss Attila links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:

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PCP Smoker| 10.15.09 @ 11:22PM

Hilarious
That tub of lard needs to go away. She does not get that her behavior is that of a petulant and annoying brat. Hey tubby, hit the gym and quit eating!

Nick| 10.15.09 @ 11:42PM

Keith Olbermann-child, Al Gore, and Meghan McCain walk into a bar....

Okay, okay! I won't do it.

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In Kansas| 10.16.09 @ 10:07AM

CNN's coverage of Meghan's Twitter "uncoverage" showed the F-bomb! Good job!

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vijay| 3.21.10 @ 4:00PM

Just how far south were you? I spent twenty-five years in North Carolina and the Southern Belles of Vista baythat state were not zaftig. In fact, I did not know what zaftig really was until I moved into southern New Jersey: zaftig is a polite term for obese!

vijaysbhagat| 3.25.10 @ 6:14PM

Just how far south were you? I spent twenty-five years in North Carolina and the Southern Belles of that state were not zaftig. In fact, I did not know what zaftig really was until I moved into southern New Jersey: zaftig is a polite term for obese!
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vijay| 3.27.10 @ 3:27AM

Every time CNN showed Monica bouncing and jiggling out of the federal courthouse after her grand jury appearances, I'd let out a low whistle and mutter: "There, but for the grace of God, go I!"
Meghan McCain obviously has never aroused such guilty thoughts in my heart.
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vijay| 4.11.10 @ 4:26PM

That tub of lard needs to go away. She does not get that her behavior is that of a petulant and annoying brat. Hey tubby, hit the gym and quit eating!
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Rap Beats| 4.11.10 @ 6:28PM

this is hilarious...I wish there were some more details on what she was ranting about!!

vsb| 4.19.10 @ 6:37AM

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that state were not zaftig. In fact, I did not know what zaftig really was until I moved into southern New Jersey: zaftig is a polite term for obese!

Beats for Sale| 4.19.10 @ 6:45PM

to funny. I'm sure all it is is politcing.

jake| 5.23.11 @ 11:15AM

yah i"m sure it was all for political means.. or maybe she is just one of those people who doesn't want to be in the public spotlight...or maybe she does want to be in the public http://ezinearticles.com/?Top-.....7spotlight but doesn't know how to handle herself in it

Ronny| 4.20.10 @ 9:00AM

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EXOP| 11.22.11 @ 4:50AM

a fat joke at the expense of President Clinton's delightfully weighty mistress. http://www.uggsoutletuk-online.com

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