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Meghan McCain: Joe the Plumber 'Is a Dumbass'

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2009 7:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – Meghan McCain talks to Out.com about her campaign for gay marriage and her role as pseudo-spokeswoman for a new generation of Republicans, and one line is sure to catch a lot of attention: "Joe the Plumber—you can quote me—is a dumbass," she says of the man who gained fame during her dad's campaign and once said he wouldn't want "queers" near his kids. "He should stick to plumbing.”

McCain views gay rights as "her generation's civil rights movement," but acknowledges that she has a ways to go before winning over gays—they're "skeptical of me as a Republican"—as well as conservatives in her own party. “But there are a lot of people who have said, ‘I’m Republican and I’m pro-gay marriage. Thank you for showing that you don’t have to be anti-gay marriage to be a Republican.'" As for dad: “He’s 73 and of a different generation. I hope someday he will come around.”

Meghan and John McCain in November.
Meghan and John McCain in November.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Meghan McCain in March.
Meghan McCain in March.   (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Samuel Joe The Plumber Wurzelbacher in October.
Samuel "Joe The Plumber" Wurzelbacher in October.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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easterner
Jul 18, 2009 5:33 AM CDT
Plumbing license or an apprenticeship license would be nice.
invisible
Jul 16, 2009 12:43 PM CDT
megan mccain is a moron
ghhugh
Jul 16, 2009 12:28 PM CDT
I saw Meghan on Maher. Very sad to think this is the 'new' talent of the GOP. Her hand motions look like someone who was trying to send signals for help from a sinking boat. Her comment on Joey the Plumber. What intellectual insight...YUK "Daddy..there being mean to me."

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