Meghan McCain, whose profile as a young political commentator has steadily risen in the wake of her father John McCain's loss in the 2008 presidential election, posted a photograph on Twitter of herself yesterday in the midst of what she called, in a tweet, her "'spontaneous' night in" with "my Andy Warhol biography and takeout."
The response to the photo, at left, was apparently not what she had expected.
Just one hour after she posted the picture, a seemingly hurt and angry McCain posted this tweet: "so I took a fun picture not thinking anything about what I was wearing but apparently anything other than a pantsuit I am a slut, this is."
And then this one: "why I have been considering deleting my twitter account, what once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment."
And then this: "when I am alone in my apartment, I wear tank tops and sweat pants, I had no idea this makes me a "slut", I can't even tell you how hurt I am." (Here's McCain's twitter page.)
McCain, who writes a column on the Daily Beast Web site and has more than 60,000 twitter followers, quickly took the photo down. But it had already spread far and wide online and generated enough interest to rise, for a brief moment, to the top spot on Google Trends.
She also kept posting about the picture and the response to it.
"ok I am getting the f*** off twitter, promise not to delete my account until I sleep on it, thank you for the nice words supporters," she wrote. And then she offered an apology: "I do want to apologize to anyone that was offended by my twitpic, I have clearly made a huge mistake and am sorry 2 those that are offended."
Twitter users expressed surprise that McCain was taken aback by the response to her photo.
"I find it difficult to believe that she [didn't] expect *some* reaction to that photo," wrote afrobella. Others expressed sympathy for McCain for the criticism she received.
"i really don't understand why people r having a cow over megan mccain's pic," wrote pamela1483. "i think it's fine. whats the problem? that she has boobs?"
On Thursday afternoon, McCain wrote a pair of tweets that, taken together, formed what seemed to be her takeaway from the experience: "I would like to thank my family and friends for their support. This has been an embarrassing experience but also a learning one. I will not...be deleting my twitter account but I will be more careful in the future about my use with the medium."
McCain seems to have learned the same lesson that many young Internet users have taken to heart in recent years: Be careful what you post online.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/15/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5387119.shtml
Now this is the picture that all of the assholes were up in arms about:
(http://i35.tinypic.com/2e3opk2.png)
:eek: :eek:
My GAWD! The girls got some boobs and the prudes don't like it! :rotfl:
Looks pretty much just like any other fat chick who thinks the fold between her nippled rolls is cleavage. :icon_twisted:
OH! He went there! :rotfl:
:biggrin:
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Wonder how long before she turns up on the pages of Penthouse??? :biggrin:
Quote from: Palehorse on October 16, 2009, 02:02:31 PM
Wonder how long before she turns up on the pages of Penthouse??? :biggrin:
When they adopt a larger format?
BTW, isn't calling them boobs sort of sexist? Maybe we could use 'fun bags' instead?
Quote from: Exterminator on October 16, 2009, 03:02:05 PM
When they adopt a larger format?
BTW, isn't calling them boobs sort of sexist? Maybe we could use 'fun bags' instead?
That's what they are! "Fun bags" is my terminology for them! :biggrin:
Hey, I've seen some large format girls in there in the past! :yes:
(http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/03/meghan-mccain.jpg)
A little air brushing and some creative draping, and the customers will be so busy looking at the package they won't notice the wrapping! :biggrin:
Drinkin' a little brewski there! The prudes won't like that either. ;D
I do notice that we haven't had any females commenting on this thread as of yet. :razz: :biggrin:
Quote from: Locutus on October 16, 2009, 03:13:31 PM
Drinkin' a little brewski there! The prudes won't like that either. ;D
I say this for her, she has nice taste in computers! :biggrin: :wink:
Quote from: Locutus on October 16, 2009, 03:16:35 PM
I do notice that we haven't had any females commenting on this thread as of yet. :razz: :biggrin:
Huh. . . wonder why? :biggrin: Must be fun bag envy? :biggrin:
Quote from: Palehorse on October 16, 2009, 03:17:12 PM
Huh. . . wonder why? :biggrin:
I don't know, but it's popular amongst the men:
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Fun bag envy! :biggrin:
I'm thinking PLUS size aint so bad..... :no:
I'm a conservative...............I have NO prudeness what so ever with this....and I don't know of any of my conservative buddies who would either.
I'd say more, but I do not want to get some of the female customers with their panties riding up their cracks over it. . . :icon_twisted:
Lets just say if she turned up in my bed I would not be sleeping elsewhere! :biggrin:
Quote from: Palehorse on October 16, 2009, 03:25:27 PM
I'd say more, but I do not want to get some of the female customers with their panties riding up their cracks over it. . . :icon_twisted:
Lets just say if she turned up in my bed I would not be sleeping elsewhere! :biggrin:
and even get a vote for her daddy maybe, huh? :spooked: :yes:
Quote from: Henry Hawk on October 16, 2009, 03:27:03 PM
and even get a vote for her daddy maybe, huh? :spooked: :yes:
Naw. I would not sell my vote. . .
(http://celebtweeting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mccain.jpg)
liar..... :razz:
Nope. Never have, never will. It is mine and I am keeping it.
Humm. . . I read a tweet from her that says in part. . . show me your nipple ring, Harley, and tattoos, and I'll run away with you. . . I've got 2 out of 3. . . :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Now all you got to do is get that tatoo and YOU are IN... ;) :razz:
Quote from: Henry Hawk on October 16, 2009, 03:42:59 PM
Now all you got to do is get that tatoo and YOU are IN... ;) :razz:
:biggrin:
BTW, her birthday is a week from today, 10/23. And she'll be 25. Young enough to be my daughter for cripes sake! :rolleyes:
She's a young, healthy woman that a lot of males find attractive; and she knows it. She's got a mouth on her too, just like Natalie Mains (sic?) of the Dixie Chicks, and Hillary Clinton; and the repugs don't like their women opinionated. . . Meghan has her work cut out for her. . . :yes:
She drops the F-bomb too. They don't like that either. :biggrin:
Quote from: Palehorse on October 16, 2009, 03:48:56 PM
the repugs don't like their women opinionated. . . Meghan has her work cut out for her. . . :yes:
are you crazy.......Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, Ashley Herzog, Rachel Marsden, Amanda Carpenter...I challange to find a better group of HOT, opinionated women...than these gals right here...and they are ALL conservative.... :spooked: :yes:
Quote from: Palehorse on October 16, 2009, 03:25:27 PM
Lets just say if she turned up in my bed I would not be sleeping elsewhere! :biggrin:
The rest of us usually say, "I'd hit it!"
Quote from: Palehorse on October 16, 2009, 03:48:56 PM
:biggrin:
BTW, her birthday is a week from today, 10/23...
A Scorpio no less...this could be fun!
Quote from: Exterminator on October 16, 2009, 04:05:06 PM
The rest of us usually say, "I'd hit it!"
See. . . now their panties are going to be riding up that crack like a bad thong! :biggrin:
But yeah, I'd hit it a few times! :biggrin:
Quote from: Henry Hawk on October 16, 2009, 04:04:42 PM
are you crazy.......Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, Ashley Herzog, Rachel Marsden, Amanda Carpenter...I challange to find a better group of HOT, opinionated women...than these gals right here...and they are ALL conservative.... :spooked: :yes:
Their opinions run parallel to the party line. . .
I would like to thank CNN for running a special segment on my twitphoto drama, you guys are #3 in the ratings for a reason. --- Meghan McCain
Ouch! ;D
Anyone who wants to read the sequence of posts (including her dropping of the F-bomb) can find her Twitter page here:
http://twitter.com/McCainBLogette
Here's her final response to the whole matter:
On Wednesday, I posted a hastily taken self-portrait on Twitter—which I thought was funny and silly—and within a few hours I had caused a minor media scandal. I spent most of the next day thinking about what exactly was so shocking about the picture, why there was such an immediate and nasty overreaction. After all, it's not like I was caught making a sex tape. I certainly didn't pose nude for Playboy. And I hadn't even exposed a nipple.
So why all this Sturm und Drang?
Could it be it's because I have breasts? Because for those of you who didn't know, I have two. They're larger than some women's and not as big as others. I don't usually show off my cleavage—as I did in the photos I posted—which I will admit is not the smartest thing I have ever done. But it's just not worth the drama it caused.
To be honest, I don't feel that I have anything to feel ashamed of. I've always embraced my curves and will continue to do so. I'd rather be the size I am than a skinny model fired for being too fat. And once again, a day after writing about my weight, it's the media that have a problem with my body.
For years I have struggled to accept the fact that the way I look in a tank top comes off more "sexual" than a flat-chested woman. And once again I was reassured by the media that someone with my cup size should always be covered up. Or what, I'll be seen as a slut? It's pathetic we can come so far in so many ways, but when Rep. Aaron Schock or Rep. Jeff Flake post pictures of themselves without their suits on—and their shirts, for that matter—they are proclaimed "hotties." But put me in a tank top and I am suddenly an embarrassment to the Republican Party and women everywhere. The double standard is infuriating.
As those of you who follow me on Twitter know, I live my life very openly. I will happily tell you what I'm doing every minute of every day. I will tell you what songs I'm listening to, what movies I've seen, and what books I've read. (That's Arthur Danto's new biography of Andy Warhol in the photo, by the way.) I love reading other people's Tweets to me.
It's amazing what you can learn. And I've certainly endured my share of harsh comments from those who follow me. But yesterday was the first time it really wasn't fun. It's not easy to be called a slut. But I'm not giving up my Twitter just yet—I'm just going to be more judicious in how I use it. At the end of the day, I am a work in progress. I am not perfect and have never given anyone the assumption that I am. I turn 25 next week and I am still adjusting to the glare of the spotlight and making mistakes.
This is the last time I'll ever address this non-scandal but at the very least I hope other girls can learn from this episode before they post any kind of photo online. I know I have learned a valuable lesson about the Internet and the boundaries between personal and public use with social media.
I just wanted to get that off my chest.
Man is she ever taking a lot of heat! Jealous wenches and conservative prudes are lighting her ass up over a damned picture she took of herself with clothes on for crying out loud! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
The girl is just trying to find her place in life. . .
Get a friggin life people and let her live hers! :rolleyes:
Quote from: Henry Hawk on October 16, 2009, 04:04:42 PM
are you crazy.......Michelle Malkin, Laura Ingraham, Ashley Herzog, Rachel Marsden, Amanda Carpenter...I challange to find a better group of HOT, opinionated women...than these gals right here...and they are ALL conservative.... :spooked: :yes:
A picture is worth ....
(http://humor.beecy.net/politics/democrats-are-sexy/democrats-are-sexy.jpg)
Quote from: Palehorse on October 16, 2009, 04:30:34 PM
Man is she ever taking a lot of heat! Jealous wenches and conservative prudes are lighting her ass up over a damned picture she took of herself with clothes on for crying out loud! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
The girl is just trying to find her place in life. . .
Get a friggin life people and let her live hers! :rolleyes:
WHO is complaining?...........I have not heard a word of this until it was posted here....
Some of the conservatives who follow her on Twitter were the ones that started bitching about it.
Did you check her Twitter page yourself?
Quote from: Locutus on October 16, 2009, 05:07:22 PM
Some of the conservatives who follow here on Twitter were the ones that started bitching about it.
Did you check her Twitter page yourself?
I just gazed through it.......... I will check it out at home....tonight.
I think there are prudes on both parties..........ALL of the repubs I know are just NORMAL folks, who could care less about something so stupid as what people are making THIS out to be....the same folks who KEEP making the balloon boy a story.........it needs to just go away.
Maybe it's "Fun Bag" jealousy as Palehorse suggested. ;D
Quote from: Henry Hawk on October 16, 2009, 05:11:00 PM
..the same folks who KEEP making the balloon boy a story.........it needs to just go away.
Now that's a story for another thread. I think they staged that shit. :yes:
Quote from: Locutus on October 16, 2009, 05:13:41 PM
Now that's a story for another thread. I think they staged that shit. :yes:
So does Ms McCain!
Quote from: Henry Hawk on October 16, 2009, 04:50:21 PM
WHO is complaining?...........I have not heard a word of this until it was posted here....
Yah just don't watch CNN much do yah? It has been all over the news. That's what elicited that remark from Ms McCain. :biggrin:
Quote from: Locutus on October 16, 2009, 05:13:01 PM
Maybe it's "Fun Bag" jealousy as Palehorse suggested. ;D
Indeed it is. Nothing more than cattiness brought on by intense fun bag jealousy! :biggrin:
Quote from: Palehorse on October 16, 2009, 08:24:47 PM
Yah just don't watch CNN much do yah? It has been all over the news. That's what elicited that remark from Ms McCain. :biggrin:
THAT figures...the same ones that got it wrong about Rush....who admittedly LIED about some things Rush said....Rick Sanchez outright made up crap that Rush said......and CNN, finally caved when they KNEW Rush could sue their ASS OFF......and may very well happen too......and I hope he does....some of you folks are real quick to spout off about FoxNews, but CNN is probably the number ONE station to spew BS.
:deadhorse:
not sure WHAT that is suppose to mean..... :confused:
three people picking on a dog? :confused:
You know what? If a girl has them boobs, and they are cute boobs, then she should proudly show em off. What is offensive is those old ladies in spandex pants and tight shirts that show the bra indentation. Makes you want to throw a blanket over em.
McCain is just a poop. Every time you see him on the news you are looking at a boob. Hers are just way cuter.
Quote from: Elaine on October 19, 2009, 07:10:03 AM
You know what? If a girl has them boobs, and they are cute boobs, then she should proudly show em off. What is offensive is those old ladies in spandex pants and tight shirts that show the bra indentation. Makes you want to throw a blanket over em.
McCain is just a poop. Every time you see him on the news you are looking at a boob. Hers are just way cuter.
Just wanted you to know that you made my day. Nice play on words. :biggrin: :biggrin: