What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — unless you’re arrogant enough post it to your Twitter feed, as Meghan McCain did last night.
Ms. McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain and a blogger for the Daily Beast, was scheduled to speak today at Juniata College, in Huntingdon, Pa., as part of a tour to promote her new book, Dirty Sexy Politics. On Friday her publicist notified Juniata that Ms. McCain was canceling her appearance due to “several unforeseen professional responsibilities.”
Those responsibilities, according to her Twitter feed, involved a trip to Las Vegas:
Later she had a reservations row with the front desk at the MGM Grand before heading over to the Palms. There she was evidently treated according to the high standards to which she’s become accustomed. —Don Troop
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24 Responses to ‘Viva Las Vegas, Baby’
cordelia - September 23, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Like father, like daughter. Daddy used pretty much the same excuse when he dumped a spot on Letterman’s show for a better gig (so he thought) with Katie Couric.
153584ods - September 23, 2010 at 4:13 pm
That’s just just downright RUDE! What are these people teaching their children, anyway? Oh, wait, her father is a POLITICIAN – lying is a way of life….silly me…..
11223140 - September 23, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Good thinking, Meghan. Tell a quick lie to the hoi polloi, then shoot off a quick Tweet to your make-believe friends…via this public superhighway known as the Internet (or was Shrub correct when he called it the “Interwebs?”)Tomorrow’s headline: GOP enhances their “Contact On America 2011″ by promising that Meghan McCain will be appointed to chair the Ethics Committee after her congressional seat is eventually bought and paid for.
jack_433 - September 23, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Look, we can’t tie this kind of behavior to any single political party. This kind of behavior is endemic throughout the ruling political class. That is why we have to boot all of them out, from Pelosi to Reid, to McCain, to Kerry, to Boehner, etc. Then we have to get term limits installed by constitutional amendment.
abichel - September 23, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Juniata College has class – obviously Meghan McCain does not.
11223435 - September 23, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Yes, she’s a rude, lying idiot. And yes, this story is just gossip. What’s next in the newspaper of record for higher education? What’s Paris Hilton done lately?
22260968 - September 23, 2010 at 5:48 pm
What,I should care?
22260968 - September 23, 2010 at 5:49 pm
What, I should care?
jobowen - September 23, 2010 at 6:06 pm
The Daily Beast should fire her.
11274135 - September 23, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Whoa, Jack 433! There are some intelligent and decent people in congress of both sides of the aisle. Let’s keep them and get rid of the rest. Some of the aspiring alternatives out there–I won’t name names– would make the place worse. Celebrating ignorance is not a way to improve ethical behavior
usefg - September 23, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Why is this even a story in the Chronicle? Because it is negative and is about a prominent Republican’s daughter? Be real, if you were a hot, rich, 25-year old, where would you rather be — hawking your terrible book in a town of 7000 in the middle of nowhere in Pa. or in Las Vegas? It wasn’t like she ditched on the commencement address. Where’s the real news?
jnicolay - September 23, 2010 at 7:46 pm
Given the tone of the news these days, the frivilous is actually headlines. Can she actually write? Oh wait, I know the answer.
willynilly - September 24, 2010 at 9:54 am
Perfectably understandable. Let’s face the truth. Juniata is not a very exciting place. No scantily dressed women, no high rollers, no open bars, actually no anything but boring heartland Pennsylvanians, who when they want some entertainment, they take a nap.
dank48 - September 24, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Unlike Las Vegas, where as a wise observer once put it, “everything and everybody is for sale.”I’d rather be snoring in Pennsylvania. Or maybe reading a book.
akprof - September 24, 2010 at 1:14 pm
In 15 years, when she’s running to fill Daddy’s seat in the Senate, this will come back to haunt her!!
mjk5862 - September 24, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I wonder how many of us would be teaching now if Twitter, Facebook et al were around a generation ago…
disembedded - September 24, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Is this some kind of academe gossip column?
duchess_of_malfi - September 24, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Slow day, ChronicleMeghan McCain not speaking?Vegas? “News, baby!”
jefft - September 24, 2010 at 11:32 pm
I don’t quite see why there are so many complaints about the tone or content of this piece. This bit of the Chronicle is explicitly devoted to stories: ‘about the lighter side of academe. Don Troop investigates higher education’s odd characters and amusing nooks.’
newpseudo - September 25, 2010 at 7:40 am
#To 19, thank you for pointing out the purpose of Tweed. It is amazing to me that people take the time to read the article or the headline, and then proceed to complain about the story. The Chronicle has already clearly stated the focus of Tweed. If you don’t like the focus, don’t read it.
11126724 - September 25, 2010 at 3:52 pm
It has nothing to do with politics or politicians. She’s just a spoiled little brat rich girl who hasn’t got a clue about manners or class. How many houses have you lived in?
drgreene - September 25, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Excuse me, but this article is QUITE relevant, as is the political affiliation of Ms. McCain. The GOP is banking on its supposed solidarity with ‘middle America’ for a return to elected power. Here is a perfect example of one of the GOP elite darlings demonstrating that she has no actual interest in the lives of such normal folks. Would she prefer to be in bright and shiny Vegas than in rural Pennsylvania? Maybe, and that’s fine – let’s just make the GOP stop selling us the tripe that they’re so ‘down’ with rural voters, when their actual interests and loyalties are clearly elsewhere.
aluxeterna - September 27, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Is it terrible of me to feel like Juniata got the better end of the deal here?And of course McCain writes for The Daily Beast, Tina Brown’s ongoing attempt to show the world that the internet is somehow not worthy of the editorial oversight one might apply to the printed word.
drluccia - September 27, 2010 at 1:43 pm
I’ll second drgrenne (#22). The greatest marketing coup was the GOP selling Ronald Reagan and itself as the, “party of the regular folk.” Ms McCain is merely acting as she should, pursuing her need to party over her contractual obligations, lying about it because she can, and then including her hissy fit at a front desk in her very public record of entitlement run amok. How dare anyone question her choices? Daddy’s rich and powerful and lies all the time and nobody does anything about it. I can see it now, “Meghan McCain Declares, ‘Truth is for the Little People.”