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Meghan McCain: The Media Is Fetishizing Sarah Palin

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Sarah Palin ruined Meghan McCain‘s book tour. In a piece on the Daily Beast today McCain reveals that her entire book tour to promote her memoir Dirty Sexy Politics about the 2008 campaign was “haunted” by the specter of Palin.

Palin started haunting my book tour from day one when on Good Morning America I interrupted my interview with George Stephanopoulos to tell him, “My book isn’t just about Sarah Palin.” It was a domino effect from there. Backstage at most shows, I would beg producers to keep the Sarah Palin questions to only a portion of the interview, instead of dominating the whole conversation. I found myself fighting to convince people interviewing me that my book was about things other than Palin and interesting for many reasons…I found myself more than anything just trying to separate myself and my story as far away from her as possible. Everyone knows there is a media obsession with Sarah Palin, but I don’t know if everyone has quite realized that the obsession has become a fetishization.

McCain also speculates that Palin is exerting a similar influence on the national news cycle.

It seems that the only thing that gets any kind of major media attention when it comes to women in politics is either Sarah Palin or her numerous impersonators. These are the people that are creating and dominating the political narrative for women in this country…Why are only women like Sarah Palin getting nominated for elected office and receiving all of the media attention? [cf.]

To add insult to injury Sarah Palin was apparently not happy with all the attention she was getting at the hands of McCain: “Sarah Palin made it known to me via an email to a third party that she was not pleased with me or what I wrote in my book.” Not that McCain, to her credit, appears to care all that much. Read the full piece here.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Antony-Dupuy/1194612935 Antony Dupuy

    Oh Meghan, it’s not they like her, it’s that they don’t like you.

  • JimBob

    Meghan! Your 15 minutes are up! You are allowed one more pass at the
    Buffet table before you leave the building.

  • Azarkhan

    “It seems that the only thing that gets any kind of major media attention when it comes to women in politics is either Sarah Palin or her numerous impersonators. These are the people that are creating and dominating the political narrative for women in this country…Why are only women like Sarah Palin getting nominated for elected office and receiving all of the media attention”

    Meghan, that is why women at leftist groups like EMLY’s List and NOW are having hot flashes. If they can’t stop that narrative, they may become extinct, or even worse, passé. It’s a fate that many of their allies in the mainstream media have already suffered.

  • Azarkhan

    EMILY’s List

  • Big Eddie

    Total bummer , Meggy . That Sarah ! She’s like one of the totally popular girls ! Everyone should be interested in your views , cause you’re like , young and progressive !

  • philipjames

    When will Meghan McCain STFU about Sarah Palin? Meghan had her brief sunlight re her book and now that she is back in the shadows, how does she get some more attention?…. by bitching about Sarah Palin again. Who did she say is obsessed with Sarah Palin?
    What a useless, pointless idiot Meghan is… go back into the grey area where you belong. Talk to yourself and stay happy and out of our consciousness please.

  • LOGICandREASON

    I don’t understand what Meghan McCain has to do with News.

    For every 1 dollar the US spends, 42 cents is borrowed; the media should be concerned ONLY about relevant issues like that, and should be reporting on the implications of the debt.

  • murf

    For christ sakes, who cares what Mooghan McFries says..

  • http://www.libertarianism.com/ Burnnotice

    Sounds to me she has what we call in the south huckleberry envy…. http://onlineslangdictionary.com/definition+of/huckleberry

  • SnowSoul

    What about the liberal fetishizing of dear Meghan? It seems every damn time she opens her obnoxious mouth there’s a liberal there to listen.

  • The Real Royal King

    Perhaps, it would be well to recall that one of the members of the Republican ticket in 2008 did not have an unmarried, knocked up teenage daughter who had dropped out of high school. That member was John McCain.

  • StandUp

    LOGICandREASON said:
    I don’t understand what Meghan McCain has to do with News. For every 1 dollar the US spends, 42 cents is borrowed; the media should be concerned ONLY about relevant issues like that, and should be reporting on the implications of the debt.

    But that would require logic and reasoning. 2 things the lamestream media is lacking

  • StandUp

    The Real Royal King said:
    Perhaps, it would be well to recall that one of the members of the Republican ticket in 2008 did not have an unmarried, knocked up teenage daughter who had dropped out of high school. That member was John McCain.

    Why do you hate unmarried pregnant white girls so much? There must be some history there

  • The Real Royal King

    StandUp said:
    Why do you hate unmarried pregnant white girls so much? There must be some history there

    I never noticed Brisket was white.

  • StandUp

    The Real Royal King said:
    I never noticed Brisket was white.

    I did. Guess that makes me a racist.

  • Greg

    Do I sense a divide? Good luck right wing… Demographics and desperation will not treat you well… No wonder the reactionary fringe calls for revolution… Only way to control the horde of uncivilized is by the?

  • writer

    …did not have an unmarried, knocked up teenage daughter who had dropped out of high school. RRK

    Stand Up, you need to understand that the Kings’ name calling and lack of compassion for this girl isn’t personal. The King hates all white people.

    (Giddyup)

  • http://mk-cultra.org fnordlord

    Meghan, Sara Palin is the only reason you are interesting. Make the most of it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

    She wrote a bunch of tacky things about the Palin family in her book, but doesn’t want to talk about them?

    Doesn’t she realize yet that the media pay attention to her for the same reason they pay attention to Levi Johnston. Nobody would give a rat’s ass about her silly book if it weren’t for her attacks on the Palin family. Her book reads like it was written by a 13-year old girl.

    The media uses proxies like Meghan McCain, Levi Johnston, Kathleen Parker, and others to try and damage Sarah Palin from afar.

  • Azarkhan

    Greg said:
    Do I sense a divide? Good luck right wing

    LOL. How many votes can Meghan McCain deliver?

  • jk76

    the media practically made Sarah Palin 10 times what she should be, and then they couldn’t let go. They talk about her, then talk about talking about her, then talk about other people talking about her. She was made a character in the reality show of life and, TO HER CREDIT, she revels in it.

    We get it Glynnis you don’t like Palin, so of course McCain is awesome in not caring that Palin said she didn’t like something. You should have given Meaghan credit for trying not to talk about Sarah Palin. Keep propping all things Palin up, just so you can knock it down.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    You folks have to remember RRK is a divorce lawyer. They are the biggest liars in the business.
    Iris, he might be able to lie for you too.

  • http://www.libertarianism.com/ Burnnotice

    gordonbloyershow said:
    You folks have to remember RRK is a divorce lawyer. They are the biggest liars in the business.
    Iris, he might be able to lie for you too.

    Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????? Really? Geee, all this time I thought he was just some snot nosed high school kid!
    Still, he can’t be over thirty. I mean, he sounds like one of them Generation “X”ers still……

  • The Real Royal Queen

    gordonbloyershow said:
    You folks have to remember RRK is a divorce lawyer. They are the biggest liars in the business.Iris, he might be able to lie for you too.

    He’s gonna’ need one soon too. Maybe he’ll represent himself…you know what they say…

  • Pablo

    fnordlord said:
    Meghan, Sara Palin is the only reason you are interesting. Make the most of it.

    Bingo. Why would anyone give a damn what Meghan McCain has to say aside from the hope she’ll dish the dirt? In the grand scheme of things, she’s Levi Johnston with hooters.

  • Pablo

    gordonbloyershow said:
    You folks have to remember RRK is a divorce lawyer. They are the biggest liars in the business.
    Iris, he might be able to lie for you too.

    Are you shitting me? Really? That explains an awful lot. You have to be either a truly exceptional person or an absolute bucket of scum to become and remain a divorce lawyer. There are very, very few of the former and The Real Rabid Kook ain’t one of them.

  • The Real Royal King

    gordonbloyershow said:
    You folks have to remember RRK is a divorce lawyer. They are the biggest liars in the business.Iris, he might be able to lie for you too.

    I suppose I have to apologize for helping our servicemen (there were no women in the theatre at that time with whom I dealt) through their domestic problems whilst they were serving. I suppose that does make me scum. But, please forgive me. I didn’t have time to get drunk and sing patriotic songs loudly and out of tune like those of you who so effectively supported our troops. Gutless martinettes.

  • The Real Royal King

    Pablo said:
    Bingo. Why would anyone give a damn what Meghan McCain has to say aside from the hope she’ll dish the dirt? In the grand scheme of things, she’s Levi Johnston with hooters.

    Indeed. She lacks Brisket’s brains and class.

  • writer

    And what exactly has ‘Brisket’ done to you, King, to bring out such meanness and hatefulness? Or are you just being yourself?

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    LOGICandREASON says: “I don’t understand what Meghan McCain has to do with News.

    For every 1 dollar the US spends, 42 cents is borrowed; the media should be concerned ONLY about relevant issues like that, and should be reporting on the implications of the debt.”

    You’re on the wrong site. This is not an issues website; it’s a site about the media. Media covering media. Unfortunately, media criticism has to come in the comment section.

  • Nachi

    2 embarrassing, uneducated, ill-bred chunks of garbage.

  • Orion Antares

    LOGICandREASON said:
    I don’t understand what Meghan McCain has to do with News.

    The same thing as Palin has to do with News. They’re more interesting than covering the real news. If you’re looking for real News coverage try PBS and BBC.

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