Who Should Replace Meghan McCain on The View?

A few thoughts.

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I do appreciate the black suit/red lip combo to break this news. Source: YouTube.

Meghan McCain, our nation’s leading daughter of a father, has announced that she will be leaving The View at the end of this month. I don’t like McCain, but I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t like McCain on The View (and I haven’t lied in two years). She delivers terrible, unfounded opinions that sometimes she herself appears to only half-believe but: she’s great television. It’s been a pretty good four year run for McCain as a View co-host, all things considered: a reported $1 million per year, and the opportunity to learn important lessons like how commercials work.

The View, devoted Hung Up readers may recall, is one of my favorite shows to watch clips of when they inevitably go viral the next day. Under no circumstances am I being subjected to the toxic Talk or the unwatchable Live! No one else on daytime television is doing it lik…