1. Mediaite
  2. Gossip Cop
  3. Geekosystem
  4. Styleite
  5. SportsGrid
  6. The Mary Sue
  7. The Jane Dough

Meghan McCain Questions If Palin’s Reality Show Is “The Most Presidential Behavior”

video
» 58 comments

Meghan McCain continued her book tour last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (she previously appeared semi-regularly on Leno’s former 10pm show).

She talked candidly about Sarah Palin, being told she had “stripper hair” and she called Leno a jerk.

Leno asked McCain about Palin’s prospects for President in 2012. “I don’t know if doing a reality show is necessarily the most presidential behavior,” she said. “But Obama made anything possible so I don’t know.” And right now, she’s firmly “Team Romney.”

She also described her initial reaction to Palin when she was informed of the pick an hour before going onstage, which was “who the hell is Sarah Palin, like everybody else.”

McCain said during the campaign she was sent to an image consultant (“I got sent to one of those once” joked Leno). Apparently she was told she had “stripper hair” and to lower her voice when speaking and not sound like a “valley girl.” Also, her independent blog during the campaign, McCainBlogette.com (which essentially turned into her Twitter feed), was her own creation because “I was never very popular” and was being held out of the campaign.

At one point Leno joked about the length of the book, 195 pages, and said “If you don’t get it you can slip it right under the door.” “That’s such a jerk thing to say,” said McCain. “I worked a year on that! Whatever.”

Part 1 of the interview:


Part 2


—–
» Follow Steve Krakauer on Twitter

Follow us on Twitter.

Sign up for Mediaite's daily newsletter.

Email Twitter Facebook Digg Reddit Stumble Upon Yahoo Buzz LinkedIn Tumblr Delicious
  • JimBob

    OK . Now that this little book is finished, Meghan can concentrate
    a little more on her Jenny Craig

  • Azarkhan

    Meghan McCain defines the expression “blonde airhead”.

  • Pablo

    “That’s such a jerk thing to say,” said McCain. “I worked a year on that!

    8 boxes of crayons went into that, Jay. How dare you mock?

  • niniqw12

    S c o t t says, “Time and tide wait for no man.” I think ” F a t e and l ov e wait for no one!” So I recently joined a ice platfom *****BlackW hiteC upi d.c000 m ***** to find my tr-ue LO-VE….Im lucky!! It is destined that you can also m-e-et your lo-v-e…..GO and have a try…..

  • Corvax

    People still watch this snake in the grass?

  • Tony the Fist

    Megs McCain should team up with Levi Johnston for a reality show called “I Hate Palin,” see how that works out. Bollocks to this.

  • Tony the Fist

    You make a good point, niniqw12.

  • Big Eddie

    “Meghan McMcain book tour ” …. Apocalyptic .

  • Iris

    Hey you old right wing farts , jealous much?? Just think when you’re all gone Meghan McCain and all the other young progressive thinking people will have changed all your right wing insanity

  • Tony the Fist

    Is 32 old?

  • Tony the Fist

    Ageism is not cool.

  • Iris

    Yeah 32 going on 60 considering your grumpy old man right wing comments and and you’ll have to take the age thing up with God since thats the way He set things up. You would think age would make one kinder and more compassionate but you old right wingers sure aren’t taking advantage of that

  • KennyP

    A Levi wannabe…sad

  • Tony the Fist

    What comments were grumpy, Iris? I’m a very mellow fellow. Haha, you like that? Mellow fellow, hehehe.

  • Tony the Fist

    “With age comes wisdom.” Peace be upon you, Iris.

  • Iris

    Mellow Fellow!!!??? AND you watch glenn beck, oh yeah definately 60 at least

  • Tony the Fist

    Other than that video, I don’t watch Glen Beck, Iris, (I have a deathly fear of chalkboards and men who express their emotions), but I believe he has the right to state his opinion. If you don’t like it, don’t watch. But I posit that you and Jay and others don’t give a flip about Meghan McCain’s thoughts (?), you only like it that she bashes Palin. That’s fine, though, if you don’t like her, you don’t like her and that’s your right as well. Cheers.

  • BruceGoose

    I think it’s cool that Republicans want to lower Meghan McCain’s taxes.

  • KennyP

    A privileged child who’s fame is only due to the sacrifices of an honored war hero father. She’s never worked a day in her life other than working on her appearance. She’s never had to provide for herself let alone provide financial and emotional support for another human being. She’s probably never used anything but credit cards. Never held a hard earned ten dollar bill in her hand knowing it was a twenty before the tax man took his share. She’s a spoiled fool being used to trash a woman whose accomplishments she will never equal in her lifetime. Her opinion means nothing. Her opinion of Sarah Palin means less than nothing.

  • Iris

    Like I said KP get used to the progressive thought you old right winger cause thats the future you old right wing farts are fighting a lost cause you’re on your way out
    BTW, love Meghan she’s what you old right wingers could have been, I may not always agree with her but she is great , could be my BFF

  • misterbee

    Oh, Iris. The pharmacy called. Please pick up your meds.

  • philipjames

    After watching Bristol Palin the other night and then Meghan McCain on this occasion, it appears to me that Bristol has a lot more going for her than this blonde dolt airhead who thinks people actually care what she thinks.

  • KennyP

    What do they call it?…crossblogger?….when a man impersonates a woman in these posts. Having one for her BFF could just what a girl who has everything needs. Good luck.

  • shootfromthehip

    I love that Republicans reject anyone in their party now who has the brains to reject Palin.

    They now are really the fringe party and will never win the Presidency.

  • possumdearie

    At one point Leno joked about the length of the book, 195 pages, and said “If you don’t get it you can slip it right under the door.”

    BURN! Bitch would be better off writing a takeout menu. It’s about the only thing that twit knows about, and no one cares what she thinks. Big Mac’s Romney endorsement is the best thing that could happen to about everyone else considering a presidential run in 2012.

  • Permatiltx

    Big Eddie said:
    “Meghan McMcain book tour ” …. Apocalyptic .

    Type to get wordsmithy. So, apocalypse means “lifting of the veil” thus you are saying that her book will show the truth in something. Reveal what is hidden behind a curtain or veil. Well, that seems like you love you some Meghan.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gary-Chapman/1658327439 Gary Chapman

    Jealous, fat, and stupid is no way to go through life, b&+^%*.

  • Permatiltx

    possumdearie said:
    At one point Leno joked about the length of the book, 195 pages, and said “If you don’t get it you can slip it right under the door.”

    BURN! Bitch would be better off writing a takeout menu. It’s about the only thing that twit knows about, and no one cares what she thinks. Big Mac’s Romney endorsement is the best thing that could happen to about everyone else considering a presidential run in 2012.

    Other books that were under 200 pages: The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway), Death in Venice (Thomas Mann), The Pearl (John Steinbeck), The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka), The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), well, I guess you get the point. Not a great BURN!.

  • possumdearie

    “I wanted girls to be able to read it and like pick it up in the airport or whatever.” I’d take a pamphlet from the Hari Krishnas first. Meghan McCain is a dumb whore. Could that audience have been any frostier while she giggled and insulted the bodyguards assigned to her father, an honorable man, or talked about binging on Xanax? Anyone who wants to talk smack about Bristol, just compare these interviews.

  • SpineCrusher

    Iris said:
    Like I said KP get used to the progressive thought you old right winger cause thats the future you old right wing farts are fighting a lost cause you’re on your way outBTW, love Meghan she’s what you old right wingers could have been, I may not always agree with her but she is great , could be my BFF

    Cheers to that!

  • possumdearie

    “Other books that were under 200 pages … well, I guess you get the point.”

    No, I get that you’re an idiot, if you think a short story published in a magazine or a novella is the same as a book. Can you imagine a pop-up chapter in the Old Man and the Sea? “Look! I’ve got a big fish in my pants!”

    Here is one of the 11 cut chapters from Dirty, Sexy Cum Dumpster: “OMG! All those meany pantser, objectifiers on twitter didn’t understand that picture was code and a public service! I’m a giver! I was trying to let them know balloon boy was safely hidden, tucked away in my cleavage. Hello? I was holding a book! Everyone knows reading is hard. The purty picture on the book was code, too, obvy. Andy Warhol – a sign that the balloon boy people were just trying to steal MY 15 minutes of fame thunder.”

  • Permatiltx

    possumdearie said:
    “Other books that were under 200 pages … well, I guess you get the point.”

    No, I get that you’re an idiot, if you think a short story published in a magazine or a novella is the same as a book. Can you imagine a pop-up chapter in the Old Man and the Sea? “Look! I’ve got a big fish in my pants!”

    Here is one of the 11 cut chapters from Dirty, Sexy Cum Dumpster: “OMG! All those meany pantser, objectifiers on twitter didn’t understand that picture was code and a public service! I’m a giver! I was trying to let them know balloon boy was safely hidden, tucked away in my cleavage. Hello? I was holding a book! Everyone knows reading is hard. The purty picture on the book was code, too, obvy. Andy Warhol – a sign that the balloon boy people were just trying to steal MY 15 minutes of fame thunder.”

    So, you’re upset that she calls it a book. I see. It should be called a novella. Well, novellas are books. Novels are not novellas. Here, Cat in the Hat, book, not novel or even novella. You are confusing the word with novel. Easy enough confusion. I don’t think you’re an idiot. Here, if you want, I can have my friend in publishing send you an email detailing what a book is. And really, you should try your best not to call someone an idiot. Here, I’ll give you a quote from Mark Twain (he wrote books), “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” Doesn’t necessarily pertain to here, but I do like that quote. (Oh, and since I’m an idiot, are you saying that The Great Gatsby isn’t a book? There may be some who disagree with you on that.)

  • Permatiltx

    And for the record, I don’t think this book will be anywhere near the levels of Great Gatsby, or Old Man and the Sea (great BOOKS that I’ve read), but I was just trying to point out why it was a weak burn. That’s all.

  • zombietimeshare

    If her dad wasn’t a RINOsaur senator, and she wasn’t criticizing the right, no one in the media would give a rats furry butt about her opinion.

  • unclestupid

    Meghan, if you are reading this, a few questions:

    a)How can you be so loathesome to call her documentary series on DISCOVERY channel a reality show? Is she competing for something? Is she a contestant?

    b)Do you have any dignity not to trash someone who works so hard for your father and your family to keep him in power? Has there been a single more dedicated person to your father’s political career over the last two years than Sarah Palin?

    c)You stated you know a lot about politics, but had no idea who Gov. Sarah Palin was when she was picked to be your father’s V P?

    d)How can you be so “Team Mitt” when he disagrees with you on so many social issues, that, in fact, you have more in common with Sarah Palin then him?

    Honestly, Meghan, these interviews you are doing are atrocious.

  • unclestupid

    shootfromthehip said:
    I love that Republicans reject anyone in their party now who has the brains to reject Palin. They now are really the fringe party and will never win the Presidency.

    What evidence do you have that Meggy Mac has any brains?

  • SpineCrusher

    zombietimeshare said:
    If her dad wasn’t a RINOsaur senator, and she wasn’t criticizing the right, no one in the media would give a rats furry butt about her opinion.

    HAHA!!! RINOsaur!! I love it!

  • OxyCon

    The Paris Hilton of politics strikes again.

  • Nachi

    Another “book” that would appeal to the peasant mind of the Republiscum. Yup.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

    Meghan McCain is a sad, pathetic little publicity-seeker who knows she can get a bit of attention by invoking the famous name of Sarah Palin.

  • BeesBuzz

    She and Levi should start their own reality show.
    They could call it:

    DUMB and DUMB BLONDE

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    maniacal moonbeam meghan continues to spew forth her extremist, anti-American and anti-Arizonan views. Her insulting remarks to American citizens show that she is really the alter-ego of rino traitor AMNESTY-JOHN.

  • possumdearie

    A novella (also called a short novel) is a written, fictional, prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. Warren Cariou wrote:

    The novella is generally not as formally experimental as the long story and the novel can be, and it usually lacks the subplots, the multiple points of view, and the generic adaptability that are common in the novel. It is most often concerned with personal and emotional development rather than with the larger social sphere. The novella generally retains something of the unity of impression that is a hallmark of the short story, but it also contains more highly developed characterization and more luxuriant description.

    But The Cat In the Hat is a book, so I’ll give you that. “You have a point. An idiotic one, but a point.” If Meghan McCain wanted to write a book for precocious children, too bad it didn’t go like this:

    I do not like this Uncle Sam,
    I do not like his health care scam.
    I do not like these dirty crooks,
    or how they lie and cook the books.

    I do not like when Congress steals,
    I do not like their secret deals.
    I do not like this speaker, Nan,
    I do not like this ‘YES WE CAN.’

    I do not like this spending spree,
    I’m smart, I know that nothing’s free.
    I do not like your smug replies,
    when I complain about your lies.

    I do not like this kind of hope.
    I do not like it, nope, nope, nope!

  • Permatiltx

    possumdearie said:
    A novella (also called a short novel) is a written, fictional, prose narrative longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. Warren Cariou wrote:

    The novella is generally not as formally experimental as the long story and the novel can be, and it usually lacks the subplots, the multiple points of view, and the generic adaptability that are common in the novel. It is most often concerned with personal and emotional development rather than with the larger social sphere. The novella generally retains something of the unity of impression that is a hallmark of the short story, but it also contains more highly developed characterization and more luxuriant description.

    But The Cat In the Hat is a book, so I’ll give you that. “You have a point. An idiotic one, but a point.” If Meghan McCain wanted to write a book for precocious children, too bad it didn’t go like this:

    I do not like this Uncle Sam,
    I do not like his health care scam.
    I do not like these dirty crooks,
    or how they lie and cook the books.

    I do not like when Congress steals,
    I do not like their secret deals.
    I do not like this speaker, Nan,
    I do not like this ‘YES WE CAN.’

    I do not like this spending spree,
    I’m smart, I know that nothing’s free.
    I do not like your smug replies,
    when I complain about your lies.

    I do not like this kind of hope.
    I do not like it, nope, nope, nope!

    So are you still behind that a novella isn’t a book? What about a collection of short stories? Book? Look, I’m saying the burn was sad, it wasn’t a great burn. My point is there are books under 200 pages that our solid works, important works. Therefore, I’m basically saying (oh, God, I hate myself for this) size doesn’t matter. (Also, nothing you said in the shorter than a novel bit you wrote states that a novella isn’t a book.)

  • BlackWidow

    It makes my day when you Repubs eat one of your own!!! I love it.

  • possumdearie

    Megan McCain seems determined to eat the whole tent.

  • possumdearie

    Permatiltx said:
    Therefore, I’m basically saying (oh, God, I hate myself for this) size doesn’t matter.

    A man with a 20-inch penis went to his doctor to complain that he was unable to get any women to have sex with him because they all told him that his penis was too long.

    “Doctor,” he asked, in total frustration, “Is there any way you can shorten it?”

    The doctor replied, “Medically son, there is nothing I can do. But I do know a witch who may be able to help you.” So, the doctor gave him directions to the witch’s place.

    The man went to see the witch the next day, and told her his sad tale.

    “Witch, my penis is 20 inches long, and I can’t get any women to have sex with me. Can you help me shorten it?”

    The witch asked him to pull it out so she could have a look at it. The man uncoiled his 20-inch penis. The witch stared in amazement, scratched her head, and then replied, “I think I have a solution to your problem. What you have to do is go to this pond deep in the forest. In the pond you will see a frog sitting on a log who can help solve your dilemma. You must ask the frog, ‘will you marry me?’ Each time the frog declines your proposal, your penis will be 4 inches shorter.”

    The man’s face lit up and he dashed off into the forest. He came upon the pond and, sure enough, there sat the frog on a log. He uncoiled his huge python-like penis and called out to the frog, “Will you marry me?”

    The frog looked at him with some disdain, and replied, “NO.”

    The man looked down and suddenly his penis was 4 inches shorter!

    “WOW!” he screamed out loud. Then he said to himself, “This is great! But it’s still too long at 16 inches, so I’ll ask the frog to marry me again.”

    Once more he shouted to the frog, “Frog, will you marry me?”

    The frog rolled its eyes back in its head and screamed back, “NO!”

    The man felt another twitch in his penis, looked down, and it was another 4 inches shorter! The man laughed, and shouted, “This is fantastic!”

    He looked down at his penis once more, and by now it was only 12 inches long, so he reflected for a moment. “Twelve inches is still a monster, just a little less would be ideal,” he thought. “So, I’ll ask the frog to marry me ONE more time.”

    Grinning, he looked across the pond and yelled out, “Frog, will you marry me?”

    The frog looked back across the pond shaking its head in frustration and said, “NO! NO! . . . and for the last time, NO!”

  • possumdearie

    And the moral of that story is that Frenchmen have bigger wee wees than Democrats.

  • BeesBuzz

    possumdearie said:
    “Can you imagine a pop-up chapter in the Old Man and the Sea? “Look! I’ve got a big fish in my pants!”

    LOL! Now that THAT right there was laugh out loud funny!

  • http://TheDividedStatesBlog.com Publius219

    I’d be willing to bet great sums of money that Meghan McCain would score higher on an IQ test than Sarah Palin

  • StandUp

    Iris said:
    you old right wing farts

    Iris said:
    Hey you old right wing farts

    Sounds like Iris may have a little fart fetish goin’ on.

  • esd2000

    Publius219 said:
    I’d be willing to bet great sums of money that Meghan McCain would score higher on an IQ test than Sarah Palin

    Agreed

  • TCinAZ

    The Best line I’ve Ever Read about this Apple Fritter-binging Pig w/Daddy Issues: Meghan McCain turned “Take your Daughter to Work Day” into a career.

    I’m an Attention Whore and I’m okay
    I Talk all night and I Sleep all day
    She’s An Attention Whore and She’s Okay
    She Talks All Night and She Sleeps All Day

  • Pablo

    Permatiltx said:
    So, you’re upset that she calls it a book. I see. It should be called a novella.

    A novella is a work of fiction. You could email your publishing friend and ask.

  • Sunnyr

    This silly TWIT is too stupid to know that Jay Leno has her on to humiliate her. Dumb-Ass Vally Girl Bimbo

  • Latin2

    BlackWidow said:
    It makes my day when you Repubs eat one of your own!!! I love it.

    Then you must love how Dumocraps are RUNNING away from Obama…LOL…I LOVE IT!!!

  • ImRubberYoureGlue

    Just remember that when MegHAM speaks of “the campaign” and how completely stressful it all was for her, she is referring to the Burger King® ad campaign where they duped people into thinking they stopped selling the Whopper®.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Scanlon/100001105846753 Chris Scanlon

    The only thing she said right was that she supports Romney

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryhTGITTUOs&feature=channel

© 2012 Mediaite, LLC | About Us | Advertise | Self-Serve Advertising | Newsletter | Jobs | Privacy | User Agreement | Disclaimer | Power Grid FAQ | Contact | Archives | RSS RSS
Dan Abrams, Founder | Power Grid by Sound Strategies | Hosting by Datagram