Considering Meghan McCain as an intelligent Republican spokesperson proved difficult for me. Witnessing McCain's appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show helped change that. As a gay, biracial man raised to be Republican, I anticipated a typically shrill and conservative young woman. However, McCain actually made sense.
Just so we clear, becoming a Log Cabin Republican is not in my future. The part of Lincoln, which clings to the Emancipation Proclamation as a recruiting tool, has done nothing for met since. Well, the late Ronald Reagan--one of its patron saints--did paint the entire African-American race as welfare royalty druing his failed 1976 presidential campaign. But I digress.
McCain acknowledged the GOP is not as diverse as it should be. She also pointed that it has not made much of an effort to be more welcoming people, particularly with more moderate views. McCain said what Republican leaders refuse to admit. The party has been kidnapped and continues being held hostage by the Religious Right and Rush Limbaugh.
Appointing Michael Steele as Republican National Committee was nothing more than lip service to the notion of diversity. Steele apparently is only expected to be seen and not heard.
About Rachel Maddow
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