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Laura Ingraham’s rant on the O’Reilly Factor about Meghan McCain

Pardon my furious swearing here, but I’ve had enough of this crap.

So, Laura Ingraham was on the O’Reilly Factor last night.

Laura Ingraham can kiss my skinny ass. I would normally change the channel because I can’t stand her, but I wanted to see what the cupid stunt had to say for herself. I was screaming at the teevee last night when she was ranting about how she was “channeling” Meghan McCain talking about her weight. BULLSHIT. She’s a flat-out liar. I can’t believe she’s trying to bullshit her way out of that one, and I can’t believe anyone thinks it’s defensible. She says it’s because Meghan isn’t qualified to talk about the future of the GOP? What the HELL does that have to do with the girl’s weight? And why is Meghan less “qualified” to talk about the public faces of the GOP than any of us? What, because she doesn’t have a radio show or nationally syndicated opinion column? Because she’s 24 years old? What about the kid at CPAC (Jonathan Krohn), then? Shouldn’t he shut up too, then? He can’t even vote! But no, she likes what he says (as do I), so he’s okay, right? Nevermind the fact he isn’t even a registered Republican and Meghan McCain is! (Oh yeah, she’s a newly-registered Republican, so she doesn’t count. I’m sure ex-Democrat Ronald Reagan would have agreed. Not.)

If it was about Meghan talking about Coulter and her abrasive, off-putting style, then criticize what she said. Mocking her with that “plus-sized” (which she isn’t anyway) shit and the Barbie crap was pure ad hominem, and totally proved Meghan’s point!

I hope she puts on a bunch of weight. Maybe when the miserable Left starts mocking her appearance rather than her arguments, she’ll fucking get it. I’ll bet “Man” Coulter (as the Left likes to say, rather than discussing her arguments) understands it, although she’s not likely honest enough to admit it. (To her credit, she hasn’t piled on.) I’ll bet Rush Limbaugh knows that fat jokes don’t do anything to challenge what he says. I’ll bet Sarah Palin knows that cruel, mean-spirited personal attacks don’t diminish her arguments or opinions.

As far as I’m concerned, anyone defending Laura Ingraham’s vapid bullshit is being intellectually dishonest at best. I was shocked when Tammy Bruce defended that shit, but I guess radio people have to stick together, right or wrong. (rolls eyes) She was particularly surprising because she’s definitely not a “true conservative” and as far as I know, not even registered Republican, so why the hell should she have anything to say about the GOP either, by Ingraham’s flimsy standards? Maybe she was afraid Ingraham would make some totally irrelevant, juvenile insult about her as well. She would, you know. (For the record, I welcome her voice in the discussion of the future of the GOP - but she’s wrong in this one.)

It’s like I always say: politics is about ADDITION, not subtraction. Meghan McCain may be only 24 and not a lifelong Republican, but even she understands that. She’s right - these nasty, ad hominem-slinging loudmouths drive away far more potential converts than they have ever brought in. All they do is preach to the choir, entertain their followers. In the process, they’re destroying the chances of progress in everything they stand for. I don’t see how they do any good when they couldn’t even manage to get their pick for Presidential nominee on the ticket! Whom exactly did they convince? Not enough to get what conservatives want! As a lifelong conservative, I resent Ingraham and Coulter and all those like them, and the damage they do. I’m no part of the left-wing attack machine that Ingraham says is complaining about her nastiness; her so-called “satire” disgusts me. I’m done with her. If she makes me tune her out, imagine how many moderates will refuse to listen to what she has to say as a conservative. Imagine how many already did long ago. (Ditto that with Coulter, et al.) Is it any wonder they can’t get moderates and independents (much less liberals) to see that conservatism is the right solution to America’s problems?

Laura Ingraham needs to shut up and…just shut up.

/rant

Now that that’s out of my system, I think I’ll go read Barack Obama’s Teleprompter blog.