Meghan McCain Slams Bristol Palin for Not Voting in Midterm Elections

Meghan McCain and Bristol Palin (Getty Images)

NEW YORK (CBS) Meghan McCain is taking aim at Bristol Palin for not voting in Tuesday's midterm elections.

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The 20-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, who campaigned for candidates across the nation in this election, confessed to "Inside Edition" after Tuesday night's "Dancing with the Stars" result show that she forgot to send in her absentee ballot.

"I did not send in my absentee ballot in Alaska," she said. I'm going to be in trouble. Sorry, Mom!"

While appearing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Wednesday, McCain slammed Palin and said it was "ridiculous" of her to not vote.

"I think a lot of women worked really hard to give us the right to vote, and I think it's anyone who doesn't vote is just ridiculous," she said of Palin.

"I guess it's only important for Bristol Palin to vote for 'Dancing with the Stars," McCain said.

Watch her interview with Leno below.

[kahnmatt]

ridiculous

[hardworking_granny]

A 20 year old trying to manage a career and tke care of a child, without a dad to help her is stressed to the max. Giver her a bit of breathing room. She is not a political candidate.
Also, was not a part of feminism "sisterhood". We were to try and help each other succeed, not be bashing each others efforts. One can choose to disagree without bashing.
Although I like and respect Senator McCain and voted for him; I do think they should have choosen a younger face to be elected. Sad to say, but I think true. Us "baby boomers" because there were so many of us and society adjusted to meet out needs (new schools when we started school, new houses when we started "nesting", etc) we do need to realize we are no longer the most important generation and we are getting "old" and there are many generations younger then us that feel differently and want to be represented.

[longtree-2009]

mccain should button her lips. bristol is not nor has she been a political candidate for any office. if anyone should take bristol to task it should be her very own, very political, mother sarah palin. on the other hand, bristol put herself in the celibrity spotlight by doing dwts so bristol is fair game now. not all eligible ordinary, average u.s. citizens vote. some don't even bother to register to vote. it is an issue, if the person decides to run for office such as meg whitman and carly fiorina both who rarely, if ever, voted in any election.

[KPeters_from_UK]

Meghan McCain is the new generation Republican pundit, in Brit speak - a political boffin. She is smart, thoughtful and beautiful. Old McCain should be proud of his daughter. And then there is....the hick from the North; naive, ignorant, brashy, crude and ...well, she looks like a drag queen in a fat suit.

[txbo]

Oh great bimbo wars.

[WellSeasonedCitizen]

We should care what Meghan McCain has to say because why? Palin has done amazingly well so far on DWTS. That has nothing to do with forgetting to vote but beats the hell out of anything M. McCain has done. If her name was Meghan McCall she would be a toad looking for a job. (No offense meant to any real Meghan McCalls!) As to all those who make personal attacks on the Palins, you are toads screaming at eagles. Rational criticism is enlightening. Showing off your own short comings in public lets others see how many village idiots there are.

[samXXkiley]

coucou,
"Meghan McCain " change de fusil d'?paule, devient sage et donne des le?ons, c'est parfait.
Cela dit elle a raison, voter est un "droit et un devoir". au revoir

[cmsmik]

OMG! Would Megan McCain please shut the He11 up! She must get over the fact that her father lost the election, and stop blaming the Palin's for it. 47 million people still voted for McCain and Palin and Palin is still very well liked and extremely powerful! Obama won, get over it! Megan reminds me of Paris Hilton in the sense that it is only because of her last name and her father's success that anyone even knows who she is. Trashing other women in public for a living is not something to be proud of and just shows her ignorance and insecurities (her weight). Each time I have seen her in an interview she seems very bitter and hateful. What an embarrassment she must be to her mother and father, and definitely to other women.

[hamsterattack]

get a life meg. you are petty and triflin'

[slatep]

While she's slamming people; she should slam the government for sending absentee ballots to our military overseas too late to be returned and counted. Guess Ibama doesn't want to know what the active military thinks of him.

[hamsterattack]

hey simpleton, i'm sure the military loves him becuase he is going to end the war in afghanistan in a year.