2010-2011 Speakers
Meghan McCain
Author and blogger
February 23, 2011
7 p.m.
The daughter of U.S. Senator John McCain and Cindy McCain, Meghan McCain graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Art History. With ambitions to pursue a career in music journalism, she completed internships at Newsweek and Saturday Night Live before joining her father’s 2008 presidential campaign.
McCain first received media attention in 2007 for her blog, McCainBlogette.com, on which she documented life on the campaign trail and mused about fashion, music, and pop culture. While writing her blog, she never imagined the main-stream media would pay attention to her social and political commentary. Quite the contrary, her positions have been discussed by some of the most prominent voices in politics, from Karl Rove to Laura Ingraham and Rush Limbaugh.
The blog has been recognized with two distinguished awards in politics: The Golden Dot Award for Best Blog, and two Pollie Awards from the Association of Political and Public Affairs Professionals.
She authored “My Dad, John McCain,” an illustrated children’s book that
brings her father’s heroic story to life before young eyes. Her current
book, “Dirty Sexy Politics,” which will be published in Fall 2010,
chronicles her personal journey across the American political landscape.
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