John McCain's Daughter Writing a Children's Book..."She's a Looker!"

[KoKo]

John McCain's Daughter Writing a Children's Book
by Irina Aleksander | June 11, 2008



Meghan McCain, who has chronicled her campaign travels alongside her father on her blog McCain Bloggette, is now reportedly penning a children's picture-book about her father, Sen. John McCain.

The 23-year-old aspiring first daughter has been updating diligently since 2007, posting photos of her parents goofing around on their private plane and even ones of herself wearing a keffiyeh, the supposed 'terrorist symbol' that chef Rachael Ray has recently been slammed for.

The currently untitled book will be published by Simon & Schuster in September and financial details of the deal have not been made public.

In a statement, Ms. McCain said:

I am truly excited about the opportunity to write a children's book about my father, who is not only a fantastic dad, but also a great American. This book will offer children the unique opportunity to see the character building events that happened over his lifetime, experiences that led up to his current bid to become the future president of the United States.

In a 2007 profile of Ms. McCain, Salon writer Michael Scherer asked Sen. McCain what he thought of his daughter's blog. Here's what he had to say,

" very heavy. Some of it is hard for me to understand. A lot of heavy issues, you know. She's having fun, I want her to enjoy the campaign. It's once in a lifetime. And then I want her to get a job."

Hmm. sounds familiar.

http://www.observer.com/2008/john-mccains-daughter-writing-childrens-book

[Mz Pip]

1. That's some profile...

Heavy, indeed. :eyes:

[tridim]

6. It's very Katherine Harrison-esque.

[Eurobabe]

65. More like Lindsey Lohan-nesque

[Bucky]

71. I'll be kind. I think she's got a young Mae West look.

She may be a decent person. You never know; kids rebel in the weirdest ways sometimes.

I doubt she's worse than the twins.

[bluedawg12]

83. The Repub prototype look - n/t

[Deja Q]

2. And Ashley Alexandra Dupré will also write a Children's Book..."She's a Hooker!"

[democrattotheend]

3. Is it just me, or is it a little weird that McCain has a daughter my age?

Considering he is only 8 years younger than my grandfather!

[Deja Q]

4. And for a children's book, "She's a Looker!" sounds very odd indeed.

(did I misread the OP?)

[redqueen]

10. Yeah... I'm trying to figure out what that "Looker!" stuff is about, too.

But I don't care anywhere near enough to click the link or read anymore about this inane BS.

[Raine]

30. I would think it means her appearance is so

attractive that some can't help but keep looking. :wow: :rofl:

[KoKo]

21. She's very attractive....looks like her Mom...

and why shouldn't she?

[woolldog]

18. he's a virile man.

nothing wrong with that.

[KoKo]

22. He does have many children from both marriages. They seem to like him...

...at least none of them seem to see him the way we do...but then...maybe they are waiting for "inheritance" which does a lot for "family relationships"...in holding children of wealthy Parents, together. :shrug:

[Emit]

27. Do you mean viral?

:shrug:

[ErinBerin84]

5. ok, I did laugh at the "then I want her to get a job" thing

, but still, what propaganda! I can't wait to see the picture book illustrations/depictions of McCain! I'm still kind of pissed that the Cindy McCain autobiography due out in the Fall was cancelled.

[gaspee]

7. Yup

Because that's what's most important about this story. Her looks.

So, does her being the culturally accepted color, size and fashionably outfitted make her book a good thing or a bad thing? Please, I need to know.

[saracat]

19. Hey. I like her. She stood up for women of all weights and said she refused to "lose " weight to

make the media and the rest of the world happy. She seems like an okay person.

[coyotespaw]

41. Of course, according to Wikipedia...

"she now agrees with her father's stance on the Iraq War, as well as his positions on global warming and stem-cell research."

hopefully she seems a bit less okay

[saracat]

45. So I don't agree with her? I don't agree with many folks. It doesn't make them "bad".

I don't "hate"everyone who disagrees with me. And she is his daughter for gods sake. What is she supposed to say? She is 23 and she is his daughter. I suppose you think she should campaign against him?

[coyotespaw]

48. She shouldn't hate him...

but at 23, she should have enough brains in her head to realize that what he has planned isn't good for the rest of us. Hell, if Ghoulianni's daughter can come to terms with the fact that her dad has his head up his ass, then so should Ms. McLame.

[saracat]

53. Well Guliani 's daughter didn't support her Dad for personal reasons. She hated what he did to their

family. It is hardly the same situation. And Guliani's daughter was younger and she "recanted". Her not supporting her Dad was more about Donna Hanover and Judy Nathan.

[Indenturedebtor]

20. No because if she had an ugly face she wouldn't be a looker n/t

[KoKo]

25. If she had an "ugly face" the "Corporate Media" wouldn't bother with the article....

That's what's sad about this...both her "using the media to promote herself" and the media who feels she's "attractive" and is willing to "use her using herself to exploit her."

It's sort of a vicious circle...:-(

[woolldog]

36. why do you say that?

they care about what other, less fortunate looking children of politicians think/say.

[greguganus]

59. wonder who you are talking about?

:popcorn:

[Teaser]

79. It makes her book the best ever.

.

[Colobo]

8. Looks good.

[Mike Nelson]

9. McCain better keep her away from Fred Thompson

!

[d_b]

11. lulz

[PBS Poll-435]

13. ROFL

Is it trade-in time already?

:rofl::rofl:

[KoKo]

23. That's true...and from many "other" Repugs...they seem to have a thing about

"young, attractive females." UGH....:eyes:

[Hippo_Tron]

40. DUzy!

[Blue-Jay]

12. She's very...err... robust.

[PBS Poll-435]

14. Sad thing is...

McCain's are bigger.

[JuniperLea]

16. Zing!

[Bucky]

72. No exactly.

You only think those are his man-titties. Actually, that's just the scar tissues hanging down from his jowls.

[KoKo]

24. There are a lot of "robust" folks out there...she's very "charming looking" with a "come hither"

look that shouldn't be mis-interpreted. She is what she is. But, she's made herself part of the Campaign..and folks said that Chelsea is now "part of campaign" so we can now talk about Candidates Kids if they are older than 18. :shrug: That's what I read here on DU.

[JuniperLea]

15. Character building events?

Like busting his arms whilst ejecting from a plane he got shot down? Getting beat to shit by his captives as a POW?

I really can't think of any other character building events... ugh.

[keroro gunsou]

17. i'd ask her

to go see a movie with me and to dinner... i'd even pay. :D

no sense in punishing her for having a father with the political leanings and sensibilies of a sack of oats.

as for the book, what the heck, i'll read anything once.

"dear sir, thank you for your latest novel. from the moment i picked up til the moment i set it down, i was convulsing with laughter. some day i plan on reading it." - groucho marx.

[L0oniX]

26. A bit over inflated ...ya think?

[KoKo]

28. Ask the "New York Observer" why they published the article...I quoted and linked....

Obviously their readers would be interested......and if you read the article and thread...you might be, also. :shrug:

[L0oniX]

64. LOL ...I was looking at something else.

:evilgrin:

[flpoljunkie]

29. Why would you want to tout McCain's daughter's children's book about McCain?

Just asking.

[KoKo]

31. See Post # 28.....it's CAMPAIGN SEASON...."New York Observer."...

is focusing on it.. Their readers find this very interesting...and they are NOT a TABLOID....just so you know. Their readers are New York City ...savvy folks.

[flpoljunkie]

58. Not a good answer for why you would want to tout it on DU

[PylesMalfunction]

32. I think she is a looker.

She's a very pretty girl and I appreciate what she said about not losing weight. She also sounds very charming just from interviews I've read. I just wish her Dad wasn't such a asshole.

[Cha]

33. Bottom line she'd have

to lie about her father in a children's book or it wouldn't be fit for their little eyes.

[sampsonblk]

34. I definitely recommend the McCain Bloggette

Its a fascinating look inside the McCain campaign. Very interesting in a non-political way.

http://www.mccainblogette.com/

[truthisfreedom]

35. MY OFFICIAL VIEW... I would not mind having a beer with Megan McCain. But her father still sucks.

[hendo]

43. rawr... n/t

[greguganus]

60. ...and breakfast. n/t

[AnnieBW]

37. Nice cleavage!

Anybody wanna bet that they're fake? She's kind of attractive, in a Hooters waitress kind of way.

[JI7]

38. unlikely, she is curvy all over

in fact people have attacked her for being "fat" and some guy even handed her a card for liposuction.

here is a more full pic of her in the dress.

[sweet baby jesus]

39. Did you say she's a 'looker' or she looks like a 'hooker'?

sorry? :shrug:

and because she is probably a Republican, what I just said is not sexist... or is it? Oh well.

[hendo]

44. a republican hooker?

are they even that comfortable with sex?

[Phillycat]

66. It is.

[madeline_con]

42. "... a children's picture-book." Wow. Hard work. n/t

[LeftishBrit]

69. Actually, it IS hard work to write/illustrate a GOOD children's picture book...

But easier for a celebrity to get such a book published just because they're a celebrity (or in this case, daughter of a celebrity).

And why would a young child be interested in a book about John McCain? Obviously it's the parents who'll buy it - and one does wonder what sort of parents would inflict that on their kids!

[madrchsod]

46. better photo......

[TheDonkey]

54. Is that for real???

question 1. Are those real????? question2.

[democrat2thecore]

47. Ever seen pix of Cindy McCain 20 years ago? WOW! -nt

[Eric J in MN]

49. It wasn't a keffiyeh which Meghan McCain wore, it was a scarf.

It wasn't black-and-white like a keffiyeh.

It was light-blue and dark-purple.

[Name removed]

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[democrat2thecore]

51. He also has a 16-year-old adopted daughter from Mother Teresa's Orphanage

She's the girl the Bush campaign used in their smear attacks for his having a "black" daughter.

[PylesMalfunction]

52. I do have to say....

that it cracks me up that this is one of her song choices on her "Crazy, Sexy, Country" playlist:

Not Ready to Make Nice - Dixie Chicks

:D

[JI7]

55. she doesn't like Bush

she voted Kerry in 2004. at least one of her brothers doesn't like Bush either.

[AnnieBW]

75. If someone used my sister in a smear campaign

I wouldn't vote for him either!

[fujiyama]

56. Damn, she's a hottie

but that's not exactly enough to get on board with her dad's campaign.

Regardless, I do remember reading that she got pissed at her dad in '04 for supporting Bush. I can't fault her for enthusiastically supporting her dad now, though she can't be dumb enough to agree with him on the issues.

[Vinca]

57. Just curious - has anyone ever seen a photo of the McCain daughter

who is not blond and beautiful? She seems to have been disappeared.

[Evergreen Emerald]

61. Here is a video of her on her sister's blog. Very touching.

http://www.mccainblogette.com/docs/video/

McCain's daughter seems like a great person.

[hendo]

68. I agree

From looking through her blog she seems to be a down to earth, great person.

It's just too bad that her dad is such an imbecile now. Back in 2000 he wasn't such a bad guy.

[SaveAmerica]

62. 1) "She's a Looker" has nothing to do with the price of cumquats in Kalamazoo and 2) McCain can't

understand his daughter's blog?!?! What!!! The issues are too deep for him to understand? And he wants to be president.

I think we need to focus on what's important here.

Re: his daughter's blog;
" very heavy. Some of it is hard for me to understand. A lot of heavy issues, you know. She's having fun, I want her to enjoy the campaign. It's once in a lifetime. And then I want her to get a job."

[WinkyDink]

63. Well, Johnny was a handsome devil himself. That and $4.50 will get you a gallon of gas.

[Barack_America]

67. Good. American children need to understand what lobbyists are...

...and how they're ruining our government.

If this book is about her father, as she states, then I trust that subject will be covered in great detail.




:evilgrin:

[LeftishBrit]

70. What will the book be called? "My Pet Goat"?

[BlooInBloo]

73. YOWZAS!

[Beacool]

74. Hey, how about not picking on McCain's children?

We didn't like it when they picked on Chelsea. Even though McCain behaved like an a-hole with his nasty remark about 13 year old Chelsea, it still doesn't make it right.

Meghan is a pretty girl and I'm sure that she loves her dad. It's perfectly normal for a daughter to support her father.

[Hugabear]

77. How many people do you see picking on her in this thread?

Certainly not the OP, who is just relaying that she is working on a new book.

[Teaser]

78. I don't see a lot of "picking on"

I do see a considerable amount of barely suppressed lust, though.

[Beacool]

80. Well yeah, I did notice that........

:eyes:

[DuaneBidoux]

76. Until I find out she is a progressive she only looks marginal to me.

[AmericanUnity]

81. YIKES!! (biting knuckle LOL)

[backwoodsbob]

82. we're all in the ocean of life together

and I'd ride those flotation devices :)

She's his daughter.I'll give her a pass..*although I'll look more in depth into the issue if anyone has any bikini pics :)*

She's cute.No denying that.She seems levelheaded enough from what I have read..unlike the shrub kids.