Meghan McCain takes on lib tweeters

Meghan McCain may be moderate for a Republican, but she has no problem taking on liberals, if her recent tweets are any indication.

The Twitter fued started when Steve Benen at Political Animal posted this reaction to Dick Cheney’s support for gay marriage:

It was pretty meaningless to hear Meghan McCain urge her Republican Party to come around on gay marriage. It seemed a bit more important when Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s campaign manager, gave the GOP the same advice.

But in terms of influence in Republican politics, Dick Cheney is on another level.

McCain didn’t appreciate having her significance questioned, and took to the Twitternet to defend herself:

McCainBlogette Hey Washington Monthly, so it’s only important to speak out for marriage equality if your an old man? http://bit.ly/yxBj9

McCainBlogette so I guess young women should just stfu and be seen and not heard Washington Monthly….? Only Dick Cheney should speak out…?

McCainBlogetteI wonder if the Washington Monthly thinks if all women or minorities speak out it is “almost meaningless” – apparently only Cheney matters

McCainBlogette I guarantee you if one of my brothers were doing what I am doing right now the Washington Monthly would think it had meaning.

To be fair, Benen never indicated it was McCain’s gender or race that made her support for gay marriage less influential. But moving on…

Soon enough, Markos Moulitsas jumped in the mix, re-tweeting a suggestion that McCain simmer down:

markosm RT @JC_Christian: Stop whining @McCainBlogette the only reason you get any attention is because your last name is McCain.

Aaannnnndd as you might expect, McCain fired back:

McCainBlogette @markosm jealous?

McCainBlogetteI would have been more impressed if Dick Chney said what he said while he was in office and had power to enact change, thats all.

Markos? What say you?

markosm Of what? Being a legacy “celebrity”? I prefer earning my successes. RT @McCainBlogette: @markosm jealous?

markosm And speaking of “jealous”, I’m not the one whining that the Washington Monthly ignored me. RT @McCainBlogette: @markosm jealous?

Snap.

Finally, McCain decided to try to cool things down.

McCainBlogette k back to reality, everyone can debate all day long about everything. interesting time to be an american right now! xoxo

That’s how things stand as of 11:47 AM EST…

UPDATE: Salon’s Glenn Greenwald enters the fray:

glenngreenwald “RT @McCainBlogette: @markosm jealous?” – Perfect example of legacy/nepotism beneficiaries thinking they’ve earned what they have on “merit”