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Is Meghan McCain the new heartbeat of the GOP or the new headache?

Is Meghan McCain the new heartbeat of the GOP or the new headache?
Article by Jonanna Widner, Danine Spencer, Illustrated by Alyx Jolivet, appeared in issue Consumed; published in 2009; filed under Social commentary; tagged conservative women, Daily Beast, gay marriage, John McCain, Meghan McCain, Republican Party.
You may know her as John McCain’s cute, blonde, 24-year-old daughter, whose site, McCain Blogette, may have been the first campaign-trail travelogue to dish about its author’s favorite cosmetics and love of Tupac. You may have seen her appearances on The Rachel Maddow Show or Politically Incorrect. And you may have heard about her kerfuffle with conservative columnist Laura Ingraham, who made fat jokes about the young McCain, to which she responded in a Daily Beast column titled "Quit Talking About My Weight, Laura Ingraham." What you may not know is that Meghan McCain is currently being shined up as the new face of Republican politics in a time when that party is grasping wildly at relevance. She’s pro-God, pro-gun, pro-life, and pro-military—but, as she’s constantly pointing out, pro-sex and pro-gay as well. Two writers ponder the polarizing upstart.
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