Did y'all hear about this?

I came across a rather interesting little tidbit of info while surfing the Web last night. It was a People Magazine article about Meghan McCain, John and Cindy McCain's 24-year-old daughter. Apparently, she's having a war of words with neo-con pundit Laura Ingraham over comments Ingraham made about Ms. McCain being plus-sized and too fat to become a successful blogger and pundit. (FYI, Laura, Meghan's not that big and has a beautiful face.) Even though she and I are on opposite ends of the socio-political spectrum, I have to give Meghan kudos for coming out swinging against Ingraham for perpetuating American women's weight obsession. She even called out her own mother, a walking X-ray and admitted diet pill popper, for doing so. Y'know, growing up with the parents she has couldn't have been easy for Meghan. Most importantly, Meghan has spoken out against the GOP's negative image (i.e. racist; intolerant) and has said that the Republican Party needs some fresh ideology in order to stay relevant. (Honestly, that'll require an extreme ideological makeover.) Hmmm...who's the Maverick now, John? BTW, I actually tried to watch the RNC last September and was disgusted by the fact that John and Cindy put Meghan front and center but completely shut out her sister, Bridget, whom Cindy adopted from Bangladesh in the early 90s. It was very blatant and telling. Oh, no, no one wants to see non-white folks at a Republican National Convention! Yeah, that'll really help the party's image! As for Ingraham's pundit-in-crime Ann Coulter, I'm in too good a mood to delve into that one today. I will just say that Meghan's not a big fan of her, either. Personally, I don't really want to hear a former white-collar defense attorney (Ingraham) telling me how to empower myself against my government.