I follow Meghan on Twitter and usually none of her posts have anything to do with politics, though I sort of like her politics. She's a progressive republican, but like her father, she's not up on the economy. But on Twitter, she talks about dating, guys and going out. Once in a while, she'll promote her political ramblings at the Daily Beast.
But she's not a politician.
She is right about the tone of Twitter. People are downright mean. I try never to post anything that I wouldn't say live in person. On Twitter, people can hatchet you in a string of 140-characters-or-less tweets. Just try to question a tea partier about Afghanistan. Oh my.
We need a national conversation on integrity, tolerance and manners.
The photograph apparently generated a string of negative responses, leading McCain to weigh in 15 minutes later: "so I took a fun picture not thinking anything about what I was wearing but apparently anything other than a pantsuit and I am a slut."
"This is why I have been considering deleting my twitter account," McCain, with close to 60,000 followers, continued in another tweet, "what once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment."
Fifteen minutes later, McCain weighed in again, tweeting, "When I am alone in my apartment, I wear tank tops and sweat pants, I had no idea this makes me a slut", I can't even tell you how hurt I am."
An hour later, the prolific tweeter said her decision was nearly made: "ok I am getting the f**k off twitter, promise not to delete my account until I sleep on it, thank you for the nice words supporters." CNN
