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According to Meghan McCain, America’s a Meritocracy.
The television host and daughter of a former United States Senator is telling us about success based on merits?
Of all the conservative media pundits in the United States, few seem to have a lack of self awareness more prevalent than The View’s Meghan McCain. As the daughter of the late Senator John McCain, (who feels the need to bring up her father whenever the opportunity represents itself) it’s readily apparent to virtually anyone who has listened to her speak that McCain is proud of her father and the family’s success. Unfortunately, recent comments that she made on the show have proven to be yet another clear cut insight into not just McCain’s worldview, but perhaps that of the elite class overall.
A clip from a recent episode of The View shows Meghan McCain reiterating — without a hint of irony — that what she believes makes America exceptional is the “fact” that we’re a meritocracy.
It is a known fact that McCain is on the show as the conservative heel, the one everyone loves to dislike and disagree with. That is her role, and she knows it. She has no expertise, no above average qualifications that set her apart from any other stereotypical white conservative woman outside of the fact that, as she loves to remind us, she is…
