"There wasn't a woman out there, Republican or Democrat, who didn't see her as warm and appealing"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Meghan McCain, just now, on Thomas Roberts' show.

Said Ann Romney "absolutely hit it out of the park," that "the only negative is that Mitt will have to follow her speech and it will be a hard act to follow," and that "There wasn't a woman out there, Republican or Democrat, who didn't see her as warm and appealing, and as our next First Lady."

[sadbear]

1. She thought the same thing about her mom.

[Lucy Goosey]

10. Hee! If you grow up with Cindy McCain as your mother...

...I guess it's believable that you would find Ann Romney warm and appealing.

But Meghan, sweetie, don't say you are speaking for all women. You really, really aren't.

[livetohike]

2. Meghan McCain would not have anyone listen to her crap if her last name wasn't McCain

Not impressed by her political acumen one bit.

[Scuba]

3. Meghan obviously knows nothing about "warm" or "appealing".

[ecstatic]

11. she probably thinks her own mom

comes across as "warm" and "appealing" too when she tries to relate to regular folks.

[MrSlayer]

4. My mom said she came off as icy and fake.

An unsolicited comment.

[polichick]

51. Good description.

[ecstatic]

5. I saw that and

then I wondered, is this true? Am I too biased? Glad to see I'm not alone in thinking her speech was out of touch and ridiculous.

[Drale]

6. Apparently we have a very different opinion of what warm is

but I guess if you are born in the coldest depst of space the ice age would have seemed warm.

[madaboutharry]

7. Well hon, I am a woman and a democrat

and what I saw was a snobby and privileged woman who thinks she is superior to everyone else. Meghan McCain hangs around people like Ann Romney, she wouldn't understand how others would see this woman.

[justabob]

8. keep telling yourselves that

The whole speech was cringe-worthy, and gag inducing.

[2pooped2pop]

9. lol yeah, not a one

what a laugh. They have to bring out Ms.MM to try to convince us. I doubt if any Dems saw her as warm and appealing. THe repigs might once they get the order here from Ms.MM, but even they probably didn't see her as warm and appealing until they were told to do so.

[rocktivity]

13. Ann's job was to humanizie Mitt

Did Cindy get the job of humanizing Ann?


rocktivity

[2pooped2pop]

17. good one

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. I posted a thread last night with selected freeper reacctions to Ann's speech...

...most of them were not convinced, and certainly not impressed.

[2pooped2pop]

18. thanks

for filling me in. I wonder if they are saying differently now that they know it's a talking point today. ha.

[HipChick]

12. I found her revolting...

What the fuck does she know about women having to struggle? she's never had to a worry in her life..

[xxqqqzme]

46. Why they lived in a

basement apartment while college students. Aren't they living in their son's basement now? Guess they're still struggling.

[patrice]

14. How in god's name does Meghan McCain think she speaks for me, let alone billions of other women?

Presumptuous beyond all belief!! So completely typical of all things Republican.

[BlueMTexpat]

21. +1000! eom

[NeverEnuff]

29. Keep your eyes on the pies?

[patrice]

52. Pie is good! Especially home-made. & A couple of the absolute best pie makers I know are men.

[HappyMe]

16. I think McCain wouldn't know

warm and appealing if it bit her on the nose.

[Warpy]

19. Meghan needs to knock the dust off her rose colored glasses

She sees Queen Ann as nothing but sympathetic because they're from the same clueless class.

What I saw were a lot of women with crossed arms, never a good sign when you're trying to woo them, uncrossing those arms to give golf claps on command.

Oh, there were a couple of enthusiastic women, one a brittle blonde in batwing glasses and another one a Bristle Palin look alike with a missing bicuspid and who was jumping like a cheerleader, but by and large, it was golf claps and frowns.

Having it followed by Chrisco Christie's "look at MEEE" speech didn't help the mood much and Queen Ann was giving golf claps of her own.

This is reserved compared to other conventions. There's no more happy hatred like there was at other conventions. Egos have been badly bruised by all the procedural wrangling that ensured Romney would have a smooth path to the official nomination and I'm not sure what it will take to heal the rifts or if that is even possible.

I watch these things with the sound off because I learn more that way. There was nothing to learn about Mitt. He was as stiff as a department store window mannequin.

[Peregrine Took]

20. Condescending and so phony.

How dare she opine on the lives of real people with her 5 houses, fleet of Caddies and dancing horses?

[Lasher]

22. Megan thinks she can make something true just by saying so.

Typical GOPee tactic: "Tax cuts pay for themselves."

[patrice]

23. Condescending! That's the word I was looking for. "If you don't agree with us, there's something

WRONG with you."

Constantly programming/brainwashing others.

[rurallib]

24. sad, sad commentary on the media that this twit would be given any credence at all

i guess her momma inherited more money than ann and has more houses.

[Mike Daniels]

25. Unfortunately for Republicans, people don't vote for a POTUS based on impressions of the spouse

Ann could be the second coming of the blessed Virgin Mary.

Doesn't change the fact that it's Mitt with his utter lack of charm and personality and full on embrace of a restrictive social and economic agenda that is running for POTUS.

For all her claptrap about being a different breed of Republican Meghan still supports a candidate who doesn't even pay lip service to the issues she supposedly considers important.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

26. Uh, Meg?

Did you by any chance ask a woman who works fulltime and makes less than, say, $20,000 per year how appealing Ann Romney is?

Let's back up on square, there, Meg. Do you personally know a woman who works fulltime and makes less than $20,000 per year?

Rich people aren't nearly as charming as other rich people think they are.

[Beaverhausen]

27. I'm sorry, but I'll judge Ann Romney on how she responds to questions in interviews, not speeches

"Its our turn" "You People" etc. Warm and appealing my ass.

[madamesilverspurs]

28. Wanna bet?

Ann Romney is the same woman who knowingly sold an injured horse, then settled out of court when she was found out. She's no more honest or trustworthy than her mendacious spouse. Yuck.


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[DearAbby]

30. I listened to her on the Radio

Instead of watching her. She sounded nervous, and that laugh was irritating. Seriously. She sounded fake. I was thinking about watching a video of her speech to see if the same comes across...but I haven't eaten breakfast yet...or had a full cup of coffee....

[DearAbby]

57. Watched it.

She looked great. Like a modern day JUNE CLEAVER. without the stock pearls of course. Red is her color. I do wished she would do something with that hair. I mean a person with access to all that money can cut it to accentuate her face. Also noted no jewelry, very low keyed.

As I had said, I heard her speech on the radio, so without seeing her, I heard inflections in her voice that sounded odd to the ear. I also heard nervous laughter, it was irritating. Although I can sympathize with the pressure that was placed on her shoulders, to make Romney human.

Watching it, wasn't any better. None of those speaking looked comfortable to be there. I found her story false, the son of a Governor, and CEO of American motors would not be eating tuna and pasta....What normal people call tuna noodle casserole...jes sayin.

[HughBeaumont]

31. Ah Meg, you need to lay off the Tanqueray.

The only person that finds Marie Antoinette Romney appealing is Anne Romney.

[ljm2002]

32. Meghan, dearie...

...I'm a woman, and you do not speak for me on this matter. I do not find Ann Romney appealing or warm. I find her to be cold and calculating and very, very self-absorbed.

But you go right on thinking that. Bless your heart.

[Autumn]

33. A big stinky pile of shit is warm and appealing

to a fly, however I am not a fly so I saw nothing warm and appealing about her.

[spanone]

34. even if true, nobody is voting for ann romney

and it ain't true.

[B Calm]

35. She and Mitt lived in a basement

right after they were married.

My thoughts were: Yeah, while you were waiting on your first mansion to be completed by non union labor.

[progressivebydesign]

42. and living off of Mitt's investment income. they struggled. lol. n/t

[Fawke Em]

43. They must like basements since they also lived in their son's.

[mojo2012]

36. I disagree that Ann Romney was appealing to all Republican & Democrat Women

She did an okay job, but I felt like I was in the church women's night meeting. I don't believe this impacted all women. Sure she touched on the working woman once, but it seemed more geared to women challenges and their job to raise the children and support thy husband.
I didn't feel more fuzzy or learn anything new about Mitt except he makes her laugh and they met at a dance. Unfortunately, Ann Romney can't seem to talk without wagging her finger or pointing downward towards you which makes me feel she is too condescending.
Personally, I think she had the ear of specific group of women, but no means all. Feel better of Mitt? Definitely, no.

[B Calm]

38. I wonder what kind of stupid shit Mitt does

to make her laugh?

A good reporter would ask her!

[treestar]

37. Hilarious. Nice she took it upon herself to speak for all of us.

[AsahinaKimi]

39. I'm going with Tweety on this one..

I love how he said it seemed like they wheeled Romney out there after her speech, and that he looked like he came from the Hall of Presidents, at Disneyland, all robot, like!

I have a feeling, the way he acts, he has little empathy for the poor or downtrodden. His base is the 1%.


Edited to add: Michelle Obama is genuine. Ann Romney not so much.

[Fawke Em]

40. Psst... Meghan, I'm a woman out here, a Democrat,

and I saw her as phony as a three-dollar bill and prayed like hell she wouldn't be the next First Lady. Besides, I adore our current one!

[progressivebydesign]

41. A rich little white girl, telling us all that we adore the rich old white lady. precious. n/t

[AzDar]

44. The same Meghan McCain who was admittedly "obsessed" with Sarah Palin in 2008?

oh yeah, she's a fantastic judge of character...

[gkhouston]

45. Snort. I was glad the Creepy Lady couldn't crawl out of the TV screen and get me. n/t

[renie408]

47. I don't have a problem with Ann Romney, but

I thought her speech was just more of the same 'take my word for it' stuff that we have already heard from her husband.

[Cha]

61. I have a big problem with Mrs Romney..

when she tells us there will be no more Tax Returns. They're hiding their past from the American People.

[gkhouston]

48. You know, this is the sort of statement that implies the speaker knows the exact opposite is true.

IMO, when you hear a speaker that you find good, you usually talk about your response to it. When you know they were lousy but feel obligated to prop up the fantasy, you talk about how much everyone else enjoyed it, as if saying that can make it true. And the more extreme your statement, the more aware you are of the speaker's deficits. If you were at a Biden speech for example, you might say, "he knocked it out the park. I thought he was fantastic and the crowd seemed to love him" as opposed to the absolutist, "there wasn't a person out there who didn't love him".

So Meghan McCain is really saying that she knows that a significant chunk of women, including Republicans, didn't warm up to Ann Romney.

[Cha]

63. Excellent point, gkhouston. nt

[Arkana]

49. Hey Bleach Blondie:

1. Democratic women? At the Republican convention? You must be fucking joking.
2. Of course she hit it out of the park. She was reading inoffensive platitudes off a teleprompter. The only way you fuck that up is if you're a drooling invalid.
3. Of COURSE the crowd loved it. She was talking to a crowd of old, white, angry racists and submissive Stepford wives. That's the Republican base. In fact, it's the entire Republican PARTY.

My mother is a lifelong Democrat--even voted McGovern in '72--and Ann Romney gives her the creeps. This is a woman who was so devoted to Hillary Clinton that she even hated Michelle Obama until about a year after Barack was elected (why Michelle and not Barack himself, I will never know. But she voted for Obama and plans to do so again, and is absolutely overjoyed at the fact that she also gets to cast a ballot for Elizabeth Warren).

She hates Mitt Romney--thinks he's a greasy used car salesman, and Anntoinette Romney isn't doing anything to ameliorate her hate. In fact, it almost intensifies it.

[polichick]

50. Poor Meghan turned out to be just another Republican fool...

...when for a while it seemed she was waking up.

[laundry_queen]

56. She found out that speaking the truth

doesn't pay quite as well as being a hack for the party.

[polichick]

59. I'm sure you're right.

[Dawson Leery]

53. With the name of her dishonorable father, sideshow would be nothing.

[librechik]

54. I beg to differ--she seemed cold and scripted

oh, and with all the glamour onstage, I suppose I should forget everything I already know about her and just accept the presentation. Sorry, can't

[porphyrian]

55. Wrong. You're out of touch, too, Meg. n/t

[MadrasT]

58. Shove it, Meg. You don't speak for me. n/t

[Cha]

60. Sorry, you had to lie, Meghan. You don't really

speak the fuck for us.

"Warm and appealing" as maggots on 2 week old spaghetti monsters.

[ohheckyeah]

62. Meghan McCain

doesn't get to speak for me or other women I know.

[Alduin]

64. Meghan McCain reminds me of Snookie.

She famous for no reason at all and has contributed nothing positive to society.

[Jennicut]

65. Well Meghan certainly fits in with Queen Anne.

Neither of them have done anything of importance a day in their lives. Of course she would think Anne Romney is warm.

[Blue_In_AK]

66. There's nothing warm and appealing about Ann Romney.

Sorry, Meghan. Sometimes you're right and sometimes you're wrong...you're really wrong on this one.