By: Hamilton Ryan
As I was sitting in front of my laptop today, bored out of my mind, I decided to do something that I have not done for a few days. I opened up Internet Explorer and proceeded to go to www.cnn.com/POLITICS/. I knew what I expected to find. I was sure that there would be an article about Timothy Geithner in front of Congress discussing the AIG bonuses. I also figured that there would be an article or two about President Obama, and what he had planned for the day, but what I found instead came as a big surprise.
As I moved the arrow on my screen over to the story that grabbed my attention I already had begun to form some preconceived notions. The article was about Meghan McCain and her interview with Larry King. Before I even opened the page to read the interview I had a feeling that I was going to find a hard-nosed conservative woman who felt strongly about typical Republican ideals and that probably was going to be criticizing President Obama and his policies. What I found, however, was something all together different.
While she did say that the President may be exposing himself a little bit too much, she also argued that he was revealing himself to a generation that loves its celebrities and wants to see them on every show possible stating their beliefs. When asked if she harbored any negative feelings toward President Obama she had this to say, “He's our president and when the election was over and when President Obama won, all negative feelings were gone. I support the president.” She also proceeded to critique Rush Limbaugh who has been a poster child for the party these past few weeks. She said that she would never want to see the President fail in office.
When asked about her beliefs on the issues that affect Americans, she gave a straight answer. This was the part of the interview that I expected to hear the strong conservative beliefs, but I did not find them. Instead she stated that she considered herself “a progressive Republican.” Upon reading this I about fell out of my seat in shock because I expected something different. I had to read more and find out exactly what issues she was more liberal than her father on. She stated that she believed in the right for homosexuals to get married, and that while she may be a pro-life Republican she was “not going to judge someone that's pro-choice. It is not my place to judge other people and what they do with their body.”
This is not the first time that Meghan McCain has stated her views. She has a website that she continually writes articles for, and has even attacked Ann Coulter in one of them. In the article she shows the reader how she feels about Coulter being one of the faces of the Republican Party, and personally feels that it is a danger to have someone like that speaking for the party. She states in the interview with Larry King that she wants “to show that you don't have to think one way and fit into this one box in order to be a member of the Republican Party.” I was absolutely baffled to be reading all of this, but at the same time I knew that she was coming from a younger generation, which happens to be my own generation.
In my opinion, if the Republicans are looking for success in the future they need to get rid of Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter as their figureheads, and look to Meghan McCain. She represents one of the biggest aspects of what will benefit American politics, and ultimately America. She understands what true bipartisanship is and how detrimental it will be for the future of America. This is something that I have personally addressed on this site many times over the past few months.
I can honestly say that after reading some of her articles, and her interview with Larry King, I finally have hope for the future of American politics. I have hope for a future where both sides will listen to each other and put aside petty differences to benefit the American society. I have hope that the future will possess politicians that will not only listen to the other side, but to the American people who are the ones that need to be listened to the most because they are the ones who are hurting the most. All I can say is thank you Meghan McCain for not only speaking for a better future for American politics, but also for a generation that is seeking to be heard.
Ladies and gentlemen there is a new generation on the rise. A new horizon that is about to make itself known. This horizon is my generation, and we WILL bring the American people back to their government. It will be a government that cares, listens, and understands what all of you are going through. It will be a government that understands that we can no longer shut out the other side and their views. This is a horizon that I feel will truly shake the very foundations of the earth and make itself known.
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Larry King Interview: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/lkl.meghan.mccain/index.html
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