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Meghan McCain has made a name for herself.
You know her face.
You know her last name.
But how much do you really know about the late Sen.John McCain’s outspoken daughter?
Though he hadpreviously runfor the executive office seven years prior in 2000, McCain’s2008 presidential bidis most remembered.
And much like her dad, Meghan McCain also made quite the impression in thehistoric 2008 campaign seasonand election.
Here’s a look at the wild ride that’s been Meghan McCain’s life.
But her mom and dad, Cindy and John McCain, seemed to have an idea.
In an April 2019Instagram postdedicated to her dad, McCain wrote, “I miss you every single day.
I still can’t go back home to Arizona.”
However, McCain will be the first to admit that she and her politician dad didn’t always agree.
“I’m an Independent.
Socially liberal, economically conservative,” McCain revealed in 2008 interview withGQ.
She continued, “I think we both live our lives kind of fearlessly and without apologizing.”
I know what it feels like to have a dad who everybody knows," McCain said.
situation], but I died."
That said, you’ve got the option to add Meghan McCain’s name to the latter list.
And at only 22 years old, she was the perfect person to tackle the challenge.
Readers just weren’t taking well to the McCain daughter’s honesty, sass, or sense of humor.
Unfortunately, such was not the case.
One of my father’s strategists once described me as ‘unnaturally fearless for a politician’s daughter.'"
Sarah Palin made Meghan McCain cry
Who can forget Sarah Palin?
She’s the woman whocan see Russiafrom her house.
She’s the woman who solidifiedTina Feyas one of thegreat impressionistsof our time.
She’s the woman who… made Meghan McCain cry?
The year was 2008.
Meghan McCain was 23 years old and working on her father’s second presidential campaign.
John McCain hadn’t yet announced a running mate, but he was about to.
Like the rest of the country, Meghan McCain was in for a surprise.
In an interview with Jay Leno (viaHuffPost), McCain recalled her initial shock upon hearing the announcement.
“My initial reaction was, ‘Who the hell is Sarah Palin?’
The most interesting part of McCain’sPlayboyappearance was not her photos, but her interview (no really).
In an interview withPolitico, Meghan McCain recalled how her father took issue with herPlayboydebut.
“He was not pleased at all,” she said.
Just ask Fox News host Glenn Beck.
McCain was not impressed.
Need some ointment for that burn, Beck?
“I like the idea!
I love it!”
But he didn’t hire her after all.
John McCain was a Republican, through-and-through.
One of her differing beliefsconcerns climate change an issue of which many Republicans seemingly tend to doubt the graveness.
McCain, for her part, did not disappoint.
One thing’s for sure this gal knows how to make a statement!
When he was diagnosed with brain cancer in July 2017, his daughter was understandably distraught.
“I was a mess.
I was barely functioning.”
However, in the midst of his cancer battle, she said she’d finally found her answer.
“I realize now he did it so I could survive this,” McCain told the publication.
