MSNBC's Millionaire Heiress, Meghan McCain. Dumb at any price.

[onehandle]

I saw this live. The speculation is that she meant 'modicum.' I only support this theory because she didn't pull out her crayons and draw one on the wall of the set.
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Meghan McCain Says Obamas Deserve an ‘Emoticon’ of Privacy

Lest you think she meant some other word, Meghan McCain said it twice, in fact, on MSNBC today. But which emoticon signals privacy?

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/meghan-mccain-give-obamas-emoticon-of-privacy.html

[woolldog]

1. That doesn't make her dumb.

Just not well read. Obviously she's heard people using that word before and thought she heard emoticon, instead of modicum.

[Rex]

2. It does make her dumb for using a word she was uncertain about

in public. Okay, maybe not dumb...just stupid.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

4. I'd have to agree

I've never gotten the sense that she's a world-class thinker, but this gaffe, though embarrassing, at least indicates that she's heard the word 'modicum'. Maybe I'm soft on her because almost all Republicans are worse than she is in all ways, but this didn't seem that huge to me. It's along the same lines as someone saying "for all intensive purposes", rather than "for all intents and purposes". No huge deal.

[Yupster]

7. Read her book

It's pretty embarrassing.

The Pais Hilton comparison is not a bad one.

[REP]

15. I think that's the definition of dumb - using words you don't understand

Technically, it's a malapropism. And by trying to sound smart by using a fancy word she heard but didn't understand, she only succeeded in proving that she's dumb.

[Snotcicles]

20. It ain't what you don't know that makes you look stupid. It's what you do know, but ain't so. nt

[Dawson Leery]

3. The other Paris Hilton strikes!

[riverbendviewgal]

5. Much ado about not much.

Lets not be so republican...or dredge like. People get words mixed up.

[Angry Dragon]

6. another winner of the sperm and egg lottery

[matt819]

8. Hmmm

I would of thought she'd a known better.

[Ecumenist]

9. Awww, Bless her heart...She may be a intellctually

challenged but I believe she has the highest intention . Too many of the teens and twenty year olds, (hell, TOO MANY AMERICANS), mangle the language. They don't know how to express themselves lucidly. They think that "texting" and using what I term, "netlanguage" is the standard. Unfortunately, when they try to talk, they show that they have know real knowledge of English, po' thangs. It's scary, really because this it the next generation coming up, they're having children and teaching them to speak this way too.

[DLine]

10. Were daddy not a big Republican politician....

She would be or at least vote Democrat. Forget what she says. I really get the feeling that in her heart she knows the GOP is bullshit.

[MilesColtrane]

11. I think she needs to take...

a look at a LOLcat a dictionary.

[soleft]

12. Maybe she's just trying to garnish attention

[Brother Buzz]

13. Well then, she should start by casting asparagus

[REP]

18. Are you using rachel epitaphs??!!11

[Brother Buzz]

19. Shirley you just

[zonkers]

14. 1x, its a mistake. 2x, she owns it. Airhead. "Emotcon of Privacy" is a great name for a Meghan

fansite.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

16. Aww, but she's so cute I'm in wub..... ;)

Like a big fwuffy kitty who loves tax breaks for her corporate masters.

[valerief]

17. Cactus from the neck up. nt