Thread: Meghan McCain tells the Republican Party to wake up or else she'll leave

Meghan McCain tells the Republican Party to wake up or else she'll leave


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By John Clarke
November 2012

Meghan McCain wants Republicans to wake up or else she just might leave the party.
The Republican daughter of Sen John McCain, who famously blogged from her father's presidential campaign bus about fashion on the campaign trail, is saying the GOP's positions on social issues are outdated and irrelevant.

'I don’t fit into the traditional Republican box that the 'wingnuts who have hijacked my party think all Republicans should,' she wrote in an opinion piece.




In an opinion piece penned for theDaily Beast, McCain notes that if the Republican Party does not adapt and start showing signs of social tolerance the GOP will not survive and that if she does not see signs of moderation on social issues she 'will consider registering as an Independent in 2016.'

The realization hit her election night as she was choking back tears over the Mitt Romney's campaign loss to President Barack Obama.



'It’s not like he’s a close friend,' she wrote. 'Looking back to last week, I think that I was mourning something else. For the last four years, writing on this website, I’ve been calling for the Republican Party to come to terms with reality and modernize. Last Tuesday, Mitt Romney lost—and he lost big. As Republicans, we lost again. I felt sad, exhausted, beaten down, and heartbroken. It was the first time that I considered that the Republican Party, which I love so much, might die.'


McCain admitted that she doesn't fit into the typical Republican model of 'wingnuts who have hijacked my party,' but feels her the GOP step away from wrong-headed social issues.

'I care more about my economy, national security, and fiscal conservatism than I do about what other woman do with their bodies,' she writes. 'It’s not my place, and I don’t believe it’s the government’s place, to make such decisions.

'I also don’t believe it’s the government’s role to tell gays and lesbians that they can’t be given the same opportunities in American just because of who they love.'

What Ms McCain fears most, it seems, is the Republican Party becoming further isolated and irrelevant.

''Times are changing,' she wrote. 'The face of America is changing and we as Republicans stand at a crossroads. Are we going to accept the changing face of America and change with it?' she writes. 'It’s possible to maintain the core values of this party and evolve when it comes to social issues. Quite frankly, I don’t see any other path to success.'


Meghan McCain tells the Republican Party to wake up or else she'll leave | Mail Online

Please leave Megan McCain and take your traitorous father John McCain with you. Between McCain, Bush, and Obama you have completely wrecked what was once the greatest nation on the Earth.

W

Agreed, please leave take your father and other rino's, join the Democrats because that is who you are.

Economy, national security, and fiscal conservatism, all important but without morals,values,the other three will fail.

Don't forget to shut the door on your way out!

Originally Posted by Mayday

Don't forget to shut the door on your way out!

......... and turn out the lights!

Oh no! Please don't leave! We just can't possibly get by without you! NOT!!!! PLEASE LEAVE NOW! WHO NEEDS YA!?! GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH!!