The Mystifying Stupidity of Meghan McCain

Update: I missed it but I am greatful for the Aceolanche and the Blazeolanche.  Ace's link is uniquely interesting because you know about that whole Dresden bombing thing?  Yeah, um, you don't.  You really don't.

Okay, here’s a question.  Meghan McCain tweeted this out last night after:

None of you crazy, extremists scare me. I've been doing this since my gestation. Gay marriage will be legal everywhere in America very soon.

This was after various people took objection to her silly ranting about Sanford.  Because only crazy right wing extremists think that she was babbling, ya know?  Don’t bother to look it up on her twitter feed.  She deleted it, but Twitchy preserved it.

So here’s my question.  Gestation refers to the time when someone is in the womb.

So is she actually asserting that she had been doing “this” (promoting gay marriage? Expressing herself?) since before she was born?  And if so, how does she square the fact that she apparently believes that politics begins before birth with her declaration that she is pro-choice?

I mean if you think that a fetus at some point becomes smart enough to be political in some way, doesn’t that mean that abortion really is murder at the same point, and thus you cannot be pro-choice?  Or does she think that murdering even a conscious human being should be a matter of choice?

But then again, Meggie Mac “frequently uses words and terms incorrectly” as noted in this epic review of her book Dirty, Sexy Politics by Leon H. Wolf.  Mr. Wolf makes the persuasive case that stupidity is usually the best explanation for her odder comments:

It is impossible to read Dirty, Sexy Politics and come away with the impression that you have read anything other than the completely unedited ramblings of an idiot. This being a professional website for which I have a great deal of respect, I searched for a more eloquent or gentle way to accurately phrase the previous sentence – but could not find one.

So maybe the answer really is as simple as “she doesn’t know what gestation means and isn’t wise enough not to use words without a pretty good idea what they mean.”  Seems as good an explanation as any.

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And for that matter, don’t go on his property.  Don’t sneak around and try to photograph him.  Frankly try not to even be within his field of vision.  Your behavior could quickly cross the line into harassment in that way too (not to mention trespass and other concerns).

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