McCain's daughter Meghan visits Orono, Bangor in support of ticket
10/18/08 | 7 comments
Campaign 2008

McCain's daughter Meghan visits Orono, Bangor in support of ticket


By Jessica Bloch
BDN Staff
BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTOS BY JOHN CLARKE RUSS
After signing a children's book about her dad, Meghan McCain (center), daughter of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, chats with sisters Trudy (left) and Lilly Furrow, and their mom, Suzette Furrow, all of Bangor. Meghan McCain was making a campaign appearance for her father at Pat's Pizza in Orono on Friday afternoon. She also stopped in Bangor and Auburn.

ORONO, Maine — With just 18 days left before the presidential election, McCain paid a visit Friday to make a case for victory for the Republican Party.

No, not John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate. It was his daughter Meghan McCain who made two local appearances Friday in support of her father and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

“I think that they’re gonna lead the country in the right direction,” said McCain, who is 23. “I think it’s a really scary time for a lot of people, and I think we all need to come together, and I think that my father and Sarah can do that way more than [Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama].”

Meghan McCain met with about 40 college Republicans lunching at Pat’s Pizza’s Tap Room. She signed copies of the children’s book she wrote about her father, shared her belief in the Red Sox’s playoff run, and commented on the fall foliage.

McCain also appeared at Republican headquarters on Broadway in Bangor, and was to travel to Auburn later in the day as part of the party’s push to gain at least one of the state’s four electoral votes. McCain’s visit came one day after Palin appeared at Bangor International Airport.

McCain said she would like Obama to address questions about his alleged relationships with former Weather Underground member William Ayers, and the ACORN community organization that is facing multiple investigations related to fraud over its voter registration efforts.

“I don’t think even I completely understand this ACORN connection and the Bill Ayers connection and I think if there’s a reasonable answer, then fantastic, there’s a reasonable answer,” she said. “But there can also be other answers. I think … coming to the end, everyone has to say what they have to say.”

The mood of McCain’s appearance was light, except for her brief chat with Orono resident Matt Schilmoeller.

The Eastern Maine Community College student shared his struggle with a rare, congenital abnormality, agenesis of the corpus callosum. The disorder involves partial or complete absence of an area of the brain that connects the two cerebral hemispheres.

He teared up a bit as he thanked Meghan McCain for the pledges of support her father and Palin gave for those with disabilities. Palin’s youngest son, Trig, has Down syndrome.

“I figured it was important that I share the difficulties and challenges that a person like me [is] going through,” Schilmoeller said.

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On 10/18/08 at 6:32 AM, mrclam wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Is she full frontally sheathed in plastic like her mom? Does she have the same low wattage brain that mom has? I can hardly wait to see and hear her. I'm dropping everything to run off and listen to a young bird brain prattle on her parachutist dad. Yeah. Ripcord - pull your arms in, now.

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On 10/18/08 at 7:07 AM, Knightscross wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Welcome to Maine. Please leave all your vile hate speech back in Arizona.

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On 10/18/08 at 9:28 AM, justamainer wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Wow, the above posters sound angry

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On 10/18/08 at 10:26 AM, zachary wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

I agree with MRCLAM! “I think it’s a really scary time for a lot of people, and I think we all need to come together, and I think that my father and Sarah can do that way more than [Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama].” Way more! Give me a break! Maybe she should learn how to speak properly before she opens her mouth and makes a fool of herself.

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On 10/18/08 at 10:37 AM, davefaye wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Thank you Meghan for taking the time to visit Maine. This is a great country and we do appreciate everything our

soldiers are doing to protect our rights & freedom. We do need a man in office that can support them and help bring them home

safely. That is a major concern of mine, even though I don't always agree they should have been there in the first place,

but the fact is that they are there and they need to be protected. I feel only one man can do that. That is why our vote is for McCain/Palin.

Have you ever noticed how the Obama supporters just spew hatred, rarely anything intelligent? But I guess that is a fine

example of one of our rights, "Freedom of Speech", that the troops are fighting for everyday. God bless our troops!

Peace

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On 10/18/08 at 1:58 PM, usafbangormaine wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Really MrClam? All you can do is trash on his daughters looks? You must be self conscious about something...perhaps you werent blessed with good looks? Thats unfortunate all you can "make fun of" is her looks and her "low wattage brain"...Find some facts and make yourself sound more intelligent :-)

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On 10/18/08 at 3:45 PM, RenMike00 wrote:         Repeated separate thumbs down will cause comment to be hidden

Wow...I can't believe there are so many hateful people out there. I know if it were my dad that was running for President I would be backing him 100% and helping in his election. Instead of everyone downing her for this be proud of what she is doing.....regardless of who she is or who her father is. It's about time we see family members supporting each other instead of bringing them down. As far as her looks go...why do we all have to make fun of her or her mothers looks for that matter.....Are some of you a little insecure about how you look? No matter who we are going to vote for in this election...it does not give us the right to put people and what they believe in down. This reminds me of elementary school.....Come on America lets grow up a little bit.

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