Note to Chris Hayes and MSNBC in general: When Meghan McCain is a panelist, I skip the segment.

[onehandle]

If you want to book a millionaire heiress, go with Paris Hilton.

The daughter of a failed candidate from four years ago is irrelevant.

Hilton would at least provide a few laughs.

Oh, and on edit: I am watching a later segment from yesterday's Up With Chris, and Chris did a fact check on something McCain said, and it turns out She Lied about the identity of someone who shot a rancher in Arizona. She said it was an illegal alien, when in fact, the shooter has not been identified.

MSNBC, Fire Her.

[Dawson Leery]

1. Sideshow McCain is clearly bitter that her daddy lost.

[Worried senior]

2. I agree

she has nothing to say that I want to hear. Another one that pulled herself up by her bootstraps, not.

[bullwinkle428]

3. The MSNBC head honchos are clearly trying to push her into an eventual role

as host of a new show...bank on it.

[onehandle]

4. That would Really class up the place...

[rurallib]

5. MSNBC has some super zero pug talkers

I have a remote and never watch Steele, or the Chip-dip guy.
- I do not care what they think. If I wanted Repug opinion, i can turn on FUX.

[Greybnk48]

7. who's the chip dip guy? n/t

[rurallib]

25. used to work for Hucky -- uh

Saltzman is his last name I think.

[Greybnk48]

6. Any segment on tv with Meghan McCain is turned off in this household as well.

I won't watch Luke Russert either.

[Honeycombe8]

9. I agree about Luke Russert. What is that little kid doing on TV with his own show? He's ignorant..

He mispronounced something the other day that is commonly known, which proved what I've thought all along...he's a pretty stupid kid who is on TV because of his Dad. He seems to know almost nothing about politics or history, so why would I watch HIM try to analyze something or present a discussion of something political? Whenever I see him, I change the channel.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I refused to watch his dad again after he cheered on the neocons in the run up to the war

I definitely won't watch the son.

[Honeycombe8]

8. I like her. I might watch his show, now that I know she's on it.

I've watched snippets of his show but changed the channel. But I never saw her.

Meghan McCain is not like Paris Hilton. Meghan has been at least peripherally involved in politics for much of her life, been on the campaign trail, writes about politics, etc. Re that illegal immigrant...you say she lied. If it'd been Weiner who'd said that, you would say that he had been mistaken.

She's a moderate Repub, which isn't far from the center, which isn't far from left of center. I usually watch shows that try to present all sides of issues. That's the only way to get the facts. Otherwise, it'd be like the Fox watchers.

[CTyankee]

22. I've really only seen her on the show this one time. She didn't impress anybody.

I don't think she'll be invited back.

He's got too many high powered brains to compete with her! Really, really smart women who are very interesting to listen to and learn from. Meghan is from the stupid past. Nobody else on the show was there because their daddy was famous. Her 15 minutes were up a long time ago, IMO...

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Same here. If I wanted to watch right wing loons, I'd watch Fox.

Thanks for the warning. I'll delete UP from my DVR today before wasting my time watching.

[onehandle]

13. It was Saturday's show. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Thanks.

Hadn't had time to watch either show yet. I've been gone all weekend.

[csziggy]

12. I think Megan McCain is the replacement for Pat Buchanan

As if anyone misses the old racist or would accept a young blonde right wing nut as a substitute for an old right wing nut

Same here - whenever they tell me she will be on, I change channels. Often they are kind enough to tell use before the commercial break. And even more often, once I change channels I get involved in the other program and forget to change back.

[Honeycombe8]

18. You clearly don't know anything about her. Wow. DUers are usu. informed.

I can't believe how most posters are missing the mark on this one and jumping to conclusions because of her party.

The right wing loonies HATE her. She's a moderate Repub. That's all. Nothing more nor less. I think she's in favor of gay rights, as well. I think also she is pro choice.

Gather facts before hating someone automatically because of their party affiliation and gender.

[Major Nikon]

20. Here's why I can't stand her

She basically critisizes everything the Republicans do, then claims to be a Republican. It would be like someone claiming to be a Democrat, but favors Republican ideology. Republicans can't stand her because they think she's a phony. They're right.

[CTyankee]

23. This DUer just finds her second rate. Chris has topnotch people on his show. The up and coming

bright stars. It's hard to find a republican, even a "moderate" one, who can compete with the brains of the other women on this show. That was painfully obvious on the show with her on the panel...

[BigDemVoter]

27. The point is that she endorses & campaigns for Repigs

AND she's an idiot.

[TheKentuckian]

28. "Moderate Republican"=Economic Royalist/Neocon Imperialist

AKA enemy and fleecer of the "small people" but not a bigot or a theocrat.

Fuck em. They deserve as much animosity as the more colorful douchebags that hold the mouthbreathing refuse because their objectives are the same.

Not being a fucking bigot isn't moderation, it called being a baseline tolerable representitive of humanity.

Good for McCain, she isn't humanity hating pondscum, at least not for being born, just for the quantity of their accounts, disdain for the masses, asserting natural rights, standing up for labor, and being in a country with the boogieman de jour or desired resources.

[csziggy]

31. I listened to a number of the discussions she participated in

It was enough to make me dislike her, since everything that came out of her mouth was annoying to me. She is ill equipped to defend her political opinions against most of the other people MSNBC has on. The only qualification I can see that she has to get air time is her family name.

If she's a moderate Republican, that party is in more serious trouble than I ever thought. Of course, John McCain was called a "moderate" until he went completely off the rails. It must run in the family.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

14. I can't stand her! I really can't!

[bermudat]

16. She was on Rachel's show this past week,

and I couldn't find the remote fast enough to change the channel.

[WCGreen]

17. If her name wasn't McCain, would she be on TV....

That's what I wish NBC would ask.

Same with Luke.

[Honeycombe8]

19. No. But unlike Luke, loonies have made her front and center by openly bashing her.

Note the venom of these DU posts against her, wtihout so much as stating one thing she's actually done that pissed them off. She just....exists. And that's enough.

Bigotry is like that, too. Just hate someone because of what they are, rather than basing it on facts and statemens and behavior of that person.

[JI7]

21. i think Meghan is a nice decent person but she isn't informed and the valley girl way she speaks

and trying to sound intelligent using words she doesn't know just make it kind of embarrassing to watch.

i can see having her on to discuss some non important issue but not much else.

[CK_John]

24. You do realize that McCain is in the MSNBC stable (on the payroll) and Chris

is told she will be on the show. Just like Steele.

Just like radio has people who pay to be on talk shows and are usually refered to as "special guest". Wink, wink an infomercial hour.

[BigDemVoter]

26. Megan McCain is an IDIOT!!!

Why give that fool ANY airtime?

Then again, why give that stupid pissant, Luke Russert, any airtime? He has no credentials either & NOTHING to say of any relevance.

[bluedeminredstate]

29. She's a lightweight

She really added nothing of value to Chris' show yesterday and I think the panel was embarrassed for her. She speaks in cliches, and is so out of her league with the brain power Chris has on his panels. I'm sure she's a nice girl, but she doesn't belong in any kind of intellectual discussion. She's a joke on the Daily Beast and if her last name was Jones and she was unattractive, she'd never be popping up on MSNBC.
Her major problem is that she doesn't appear to want to learn - she always seems so proud of herself when in fact she's so lacking when up against real writers and analysts.

[_ed_]

30. Megan McCain, Chelsea Clinton, Luke Russert, Doocy's kid on Fox...

Who would have thought that hiring someone just because their parents are rich and powerful would produce sub-par results. Nepotism in the American media.