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Though Senator John McCain failed to clench the presidency, his run for commander-in-chief thrust his daughter, Meghan, into the national spotlight. Meghan is best known for writing the McCain Blogette, a blog recounting her experiences on the campaign trail with her father.
We couldn't help but notice that in addition to writing chops, Meghan's got some seriously awesome fashion ensembles too. As Meghan has pursued post-campaign endeavors, such as writing for the Daily Beast and talking politics on national television shows, she's brought her rockin' threads with her.
(A more surprising match? Meghan's rumored new BFF, reality TV star Tila Tequila, pictured left with Meghan, paired a floating white pearl necklace with a fitted black mini-dress and high-heeled bondage sandals to create a sexier version of Meghan's classic get-up.)
Meghan's got quite a voluptuous shape, and she likes to dress it in solids, especially black. Pictured left (blonde on the right) at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, she paired a conservative black dress with an oversized Louis Vuitton black leather handbag -- not too exciting, but certainly very classy.
As Meghan continues to blog her way through life, we hope she adds a little more color to her wardrobe. At a recent meeting with the Log Cabin Repbulicans, she stuck with her all-black look in a fabulous brocaded suit. Chic, yes, but c'mon, Meghan. Aren't you trying to re-energize the party? You totally could have gotten away with this crazy patriot-on-crack concoction.
Quin Woodward Pu is an up-and-coming
We haven't addressed John McCain on Polichicks since the election, because we felt that Barack Obama should have his day after his historic win. But now we want to acknowledge Sen. John McCain, who fought a long and hard campaign for the presidency.
John McCain's concession speech was one of the most moving that we have ever heard. He commended Obama's accomplishments, acknowledged what Obama's historic victory means to African Americans, expressed sympathy to the Obama family on their loss of Obama's grandmother and encouraged the country to unite behind our new president.
No doubt that had to be a tough speech to make, especially the part where he preaches unity and calls Barack Obama "my president." (We mean, imagine if you had to publicly praise your work frenemy and call her "my boss," moments after she got the promotion you wanted.) But as hard as it must have been, John McCain stepped up to the plate and did what was best for our country.
Now that's "country first."
On the fifth day of Christmas, our true loves gave to us... fiiiive goldren riiings! Four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. What did we get on the fifth day before the presedential election? Well, nothing...
But we bet Barack Obama and John McCain are giving their campaigns something about now... a win, win, win, fight, fight, fight speech kind of like the one below from Remember the Titans. (Yeah, we're still on our Titans kick...)
A McCain volunteer, Ashely Todd, reported to police that a 6'4' "black man" attacked her and carved a "B" for Barack in her face, because she is a McCain supporter. The big "black man" (isn't it always a "black man" in these stories?) allegedly told her that he was going to make her a Barack Obama supporter.
Todd made up the story. The tip off to police that she was lying? The B on her face was backward, because she cut her own self while looking in the mirror.
Who doesn't know that mirrors reflect letters backward? What a moron.
Julia Allison must be so excited! The White House is pink!
Paris Hilton is surely pleased as well. Afterall, she was first to suggest painting The White House pink back in August, when she released a "campaign attack ad" targeting rivals John McCain and Barack Obama. (Yep, Paris is running for president. Kind of.)
The White House was lit pink Tuesday night to commemorate breast cancer awareness. Explained First Lady Laura Bush at the lighting ceremony, "In recognition of the mothers, daughters, sisters and wives who struggle with this disease, we're lighting the White House in pink, which is the color of the cause. May our lights tonight shine as beacons around the world, a signal of the United States' commitment to saving lives from breast cancer."
Now that's hot.
The Obama/McCain debate, SNL style...
Actor Matt Damon is totally freaked out that John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate.
At 72, McCain is no spring chicken. Damon fears that if McCain wins the presidency, he'll kick the bucket while in office and Palin will become president. "You do the actuary tables and there's a one-out-of-three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term and it will be President Palin . . . It's like a bad Disney movie," he said.
Why would the Disney movie be so bad? According to Damon, Palin is wholly unqualified to lead the country. " 'I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska.' And she's the president," he said. "And it's like she's facing down Vladimir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's absurd. It's totally absurd."
He continued, "I don't know why more people aren't talking about how absurd it is. It's a really terrifying possibility,"
A Democat and Barack Obama supporter, Damon contributed $4,600 to Obama's campaign and $28,500 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
(This post - especially the video - is dedicated to my sister Jen, who thinks Matt Damon is dee-lish!)
When Sarah Palin spoke at the Republican National Convention, the highlights of her speech were not policy ideas, but jokes made at the expense of Barack Obama.
Then came round two. Barack Obama used a phrase commonly used in politics ("You can put lipstick on a pig; it's still a pig") to describe John McCain's proposed plan for change. The McCain
Barack Obama hasn't tossed mud back at McCain/Palin, but presumably he will. Word is that he has lifted restraints on left wing groups who are chomping at the bit to attack McCain. So it's on now.
Since Palin's attack on Obama at the Republican convention, mudslinging rather than policy discussions have dominated the news. What do you think about this? Are you over it? Want the candidates to get back to the issues? Or do you wanna just oil 'em up, toss 'em in a mud pit and watch 'em go at it?
Mudwrestling for The White House. Nice.
Throughout the election season, John McCain has emphasized his "experience" while Barack Obama has focused on "change." At the Republican convention, however, speeches made by McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin showed a move toward Obama's message of change:
Palin on McCain and change
In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change.
McCain on change
We [Republicans] were elected to change
and
I know some of you have been left behind in the changing economy and it often seems your government hasn't even noticed. Government assistance for unemployed workers was designed for the economy of the 1950s. That's going to change on my watch.
and
We need to change the way government does almost everything....
Why the change to change?
Well, why not? The change message has certainly worked for Obama. "Change" changed Obama from a relatively unknown senator to a cultural icon and political force to be reckoned with. Change is no longer just Obama's message; it's an American movement, the new cause of choice for millions of citizens. McCain wants a piece of that action (and some of those votes), and he's willing to copycat Obama to get it.
And then there is the lesson that McCain learned from Hillary Clinton, who ran a campaign based on experience straight into the ground. She beat voters over the heads with her experience, telling them over and over again that she was the candidate who would be "ready on day one" of her presidency. But her experience message didn't push her ahead of Obama. So she added change to her repertoire at the end of the democratic primary, but by then it was too late. Now she wishes she could change that, and McCain doesn't want to make her mistake.
Do you think McCain's new change message (or old change message, when you consider that Obama has been preaching it for over a year now) will get him to The White House? Tell us in the comments above.
