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I don't understand why The View keeps Meghan McCain on (Original Post) CatWoman Apr 2018 OP
But you watch the show? n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2018 #1
Yeah, I do. Why? Because she's not the only one on it and the RandomAccess Apr 2018 #2
As opposed to only watching that which strokes our biases? LanternWaste Apr 2018 #6
correction CatWoman Apr 2018 #7
I watch for Joy and Whoopie. They tear apart the new guy every day. badhair77 Apr 2018 #3
She didn't do well with Stormy either... Phentex Apr 2018 #20
They need to have a contrary position on OldHippieChick Apr 2018 #4
One thing I noticed, the women on The View ask better questions than Autumn Apr 2018 #5
I watch YouTube clips of the daily Hot Topics. Kittycow Apr 2018 #8
LOL CatWoman Apr 2018 #9
She married an ultra rightwinger, so she can't be even semi-reasonable any more. nt tblue37 Apr 2018 #19
Yeah, it didn't take long after that for her to really be an ass. Kittycow Apr 2018 #21
because she's rude, ignorant and is ALWAYS trying to uselessly provoke. unblock Apr 2018 #10
Disgusting ignorant entitled piece of shit. She has the job because of who her dad is JI7 Apr 2018 #11
She's pretty and was already famous. Orsino Apr 2018 #12
She must have seen the $$$$ in being polarizing, R B Garr Apr 2018 #13
She also married a crazy right-wing toolbag. Dave Starsky Apr 2018 #15
Oh! Didnt know that. That definitely explains it. R B Garr Apr 2018 #18
Ain't love grand? Dave Starsky Apr 2018 #22
That's why I quit watching. I didn't care for Jedidiah but I still watched blueinredohio Apr 2018 #14
She's the new Elizabeth Hasselbeck. She's plays the part of The View's resident right wing nutjob. octoberlib Apr 2018 #16
Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.but repukes Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2018 #17
 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
2. Yeah, I do. Why? Because she's not the only one on it and the
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 12:42 PM
Apr 2018

others are way worth watching. IMO. And occasionally I find her comments interesting. Not necessarily likeable, but interesting.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
6. As opposed to only watching that which strokes our biases?
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 12:48 PM
Apr 2018

As opposed to only watching shows which stroke our biases?

badhair77

(4,218 posts)
3. I watch for Joy and Whoopie. They tear apart the new guy every day.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 12:43 PM
Apr 2018

Meghan works on my last nerve, however. Earlier in the week she said they’d “fillet” Comey and Whoopie said no, they would not. Today she tried but did not even garner a scratch. One of my favorite moments was when she said J Edgar Hoover must be rolling over in his grave because Comey has lowered the standards of the FBI. Whoopie and Joy could not stop laughing and suggested Hoover may not be the gold standard in FBI chiefs. She is uneducated, entitled, immature and needs to go home.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
20. She didn't do well with Stormy either...
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 06:19 PM
Apr 2018

She's trying the Sarah Palin playbook where she memorizes a few phrases thinking it will make her point for her but the second someone claps back with FACTS, she is at a loss for words.

I LOVE it when Sunny explains something to her like she's a five year old.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
4. They need to have a contrary position on
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 12:44 PM
Apr 2018

as a foil and, let's face it, there are no reasonable repukes. It's McCain or another idiot.

Autumn

(45,084 posts)
5. One thing I noticed, the women on The View ask better questions than
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 12:48 PM
Apr 2018

any journalist or pundit that has interviewed him ever has. McCain is so nasty, I enjoy watching Joy and Woopie put her in her place.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
8. I watch YouTube clips of the daily Hot Topics.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 01:01 PM
Apr 2018

I think it's one of the few mainstream broadcast programs (ie, not cable) that openly addresses the injustice and corruption happening in America on a daily basis. Whoopie and Joy don't sugarcoat these issues.

But I do agree that Meghan is a pain. Most of her strident opinions aren't based in fact (although I agreed with her that Arie was the worst Bachelor ever .) She's misusing her platform by failing to give the measured "conservative" views she says she holds (as opposed to the "trumpism" she claims is fracturing her Party. She considers herself and her ilk as outsiders now).

I think she's just got a very hair trigger defense instead of actually listening and thinking things over.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
21. Yeah, it didn't take long after that for her to really be an ass.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 07:48 PM
Apr 2018

She keeps bragging about how right wing he is and I think that she's parroting what she hears at home.

unblock

(52,227 posts)
10. because she's rude, ignorant and is ALWAYS trying to uselessly provoke.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 01:29 PM
Apr 2018

it's what producers all look for these days.

they even look for that in "the bachelor" contestants.

JI7

(89,249 posts)
11. Disgusting ignorant entitled piece of shit. She has the job because of who her dad is
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 01:32 PM
Apr 2018

And probably will keep it longer than should because he is sick.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
12. She's pretty and was already famous.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 01:33 PM
Apr 2018

She may add nothing to the content, but she is a nod to balance and may earn the producers/network some favor in certain quarters. As sinecures go, it was a good match.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
13. She must have seen the $$$$ in being polarizing,
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 01:37 PM
Apr 2018

because she does seem to have changed.

I can remember when it looked like she was going to be the young voice of reason and bipartisan outreach type — she seemed to be offering herself up as that type around the times her father was running for higher office. Now she’s just straight up Limbaugh lite. Must be the media $$$ in her eyes.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
18. Oh! Didnt know that. That definitely explains it.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 06:00 PM
Apr 2018

I just Googled her wedding and can’t believe I missed that news, especially on Daily Mail which I routinely check.

Yes, that pretty much explains her conversion to the inane extremism. Thanks for the info.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
22. Ain't love grand?
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:06 PM
Apr 2018

It's a shame, because I thought she was a semi-reasonable person, as well. I guess not.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
14. That's why I quit watching. I didn't care for Jedidiah but I still watched
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 03:37 PM
Apr 2018

I can't stand Meghan so I don't watch anymore. Maybe I will again if they take her off.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
16. She's the new Elizabeth Hasselbeck. She's plays the part of The View's resident right wing nutjob.
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 05:11 PM
Apr 2018

Why they think they need one is another story. She ought to be more focused on her plagiarizing, having affairs with interns (according to gossip columns), Trump toady husband Ben Domenech of the Federalist.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
17. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.but repukes
Wed Apr 18, 2018, 05:15 PM
Apr 2018

Are known to throw "you're being political" around all the time...just like with gun control after a tragedy

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