Republicans vs. Republicans? Meghan McCain Rails at the Tea Party

ABCNews ^ | Huma Khan

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Republicans vs. Republicans? Meghan McCain Rails at the Tea Party February 08

Huma Khan reports: Meghan McCain, the daughter of former GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and a self-described “progressive Republican,” today assailed the tea party movement.

Sitting in as co-host on “The View” today, McCain said she has ideological differences with the movement.

She specifically took aim at remarks by former Congressman Tom Tancredo, who suggested that people who voted for President Obama could not pass a basic civics literacy test.

“People who would not even spell the word vote or say it in English put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House... named Barack Hussein Obama," Tancredo said last week as he kicked off the Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tenn. He also ripped Sen. McCain for being a repeat of "Bush 1 and Bush 2."

“It’s innate racism, and I think it’s why young people are turned off by this movement,” McCain charged of Tancredo’s remarks. “Revolutions start with young people, not with 65-year-old people talking about literacy tests and people who can’t say the word vote in English. It’s ridiculous.”

However, McCain was mum about Sarah Palin, who headlined the tea party banquet Saturday and took several jabs at Obama herself.

“I got a book coming out in August and I’d be happy to come back and tell you everything in August,” McCain said, when asked what her father thinks about Palin.

This is not the first time McCain has criticized the tea party movement. Speaking at the University of Florida last month, the 25-year-old downplayed their influence.

“These people are not as relevant as they say they are,” she said. “I think my father would be president if they were really that powerful.” McCain has also repeatedly called for “Old School” ...

[CowboyJay]

Yup. Just another commie working surreptitiously to protect her and daddy’s privileged status in the USSA (est 1971). No diff than Turbo Tax Timmy, and 90% of the jokers ITBW.

[chris_bdba]

Please tell Meghan that she is not doing her father any good at all!

[reagan_fanatic]

Here you go - the biggest set of boobs you'll ever see!

[Friendofgeorge]

We know that Meagan voted for Kerry in 2004 because she told us so. Every reason to believe she voted for Gore in 2000 as well,if she was old enough that is....How does that make her a Republican???

[Clinging Bitterly]

We all know that in 20-10’s election, we will be electing RINOs because Tea Partiers prefer a RINO to a Progressive Democrat if it comes down to that.

Maybe some but not all. The way I see it, if we keep on voting for them they'll keep on running and I, for one, want them OUT. THEY ran the show for most of the last dozen years and I dare say they did more harm in that time than the Democrats in the four decades preceding.

NO WAY will I support any more of that. NO RINOS, NO MORE!