It should come as no surprise that a potential First Daughter circa 2008 has a blog. The fly-on-the-wall view of life tagging along with her dad, John McCain, on his tour bus is chronicled at mccainblogette.com. Meghan McCain, a blonde Columbia grad with stints at Newsweek and “SNL” under her belt, seems aware of the scrutiny she’d be under were she to become a First Daughter.
McCain’s blog ranges from confessional, to amusing, to tell-all (she confides that her mother was named “rodeo queen” in high school). The blog appears somewhat unedited, but does have a producer and a professional photographer. She includes her iPod playlists that feature tracks by The Dead Milkmen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Elastica and Bad Brains. She admits to an obsession of making playlists, comparing herself to John Cusack’s character in High Fidelity with the caveat that “I will never be as cool as John Cusack.” Other blog features include posts of supporter-made YouTube videos (someone covering “It’s Raining Men” as “It’s Raining McCain” that includes a surreal ending of floating McCain heads), and a post reflecting her strong stance on American culture’s unhealthy obsession with female body image (”…someone handed me a business card for a plastic surgeon and suggested I needed liposuction. I am proud of my curves and have always loved my fuller figure, as should every woman who is not a size 0.”).