Who You Callin’ a Maverick?

OMG, if I NEVER hear the word "maverick" out of either McCain or Palin's mouth, I will be just fine.

Thank you for the historical background. It is important to know to origins of terms in order to understand their true meanings.

I knew there was a reason it was bothering me...now I KNOW why.

What an amazing family.

McCain strikes me as the type who feels everyone else owes him something. Like whatever he wants, he's entitled to.

True heroes tell their story once, would be willing to do it again and ask for nothing in return....

His uniqueness lies in his seething cauldron of madness and revenge... Somebody tell that guy, eventually we all gotta go sometimes...

Maverick this, you sorry-ass, yellow-teethed, mealy-mouthed, turn-coat, slap-my-VA brothers in the face, lie-though-my teeth, senile, evil, visually disturbing, violence-promoting, oil-sucking, environment-destroying, Karl Rove-employing, totally unacceptable choice for President of The United States of America! Have we all gone nuts?? The emperor has no clothes!! This man is DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!! Under no circumstances, can we allow this to happen! GET OUT THE VOTE!!!

Bullshit mavericks for sure.

ocanada,

I think you nailed it with the word "marketing."

What are McCain\Palin's policies? None apparently beyond -

- to lie about greatness and prudence they never demonstrated,
- to distort a public record that is the opposite of what they claim,
- to cite God and patriotism for supporting and expanding the continuation of two disastrous, ill-conceived and economically crippling wars,
- to pretend they are capable of thinking through and managing concepts neither can explain in public without sounding ridiculous

- and now that all that self-congratulatory posturing is falling apart and voters are walking away - in public they can only smear the opposition with lies and innuendo.

That's MARKETING!

False promises, distortion, avoidance of defects, false comparisons, and outright lying.

The Twentieth Century's gift to people devoid of honesty, integrity or conscience.

It would be exceptionaly damning if the Maverick family were out there campaigning for Obama. It's amazing to think that McCain campaign has made the idea of being unbranded into a tm marketing campaign for an establishment candidate.

themanwithadog,

If the 'Maverick' you refer to was James Garner circa the 1950's I have to take exception to the unintended slur on his character's very good name.

Warner Brothers icons Bart and Brett both were career gamblers - very true. But despite this obsessive\compulsive tic neither was ever known to use violence or even the threat of it. They were awful with firearms. Instead they used their wits.

In my favorite program Brett was robbed at gunpoint during a card game. He lost everything.

In a classic display of Buddhist non-action Brett first sent a telegram somewhere and then sat, day after day, on a sunlit porch, whistling, chewing straw, cleaning his nails while the gang 'imagined' his revenge.

The town pretty much was unanimous: he had contacted the army, or some gunfighters, or a gang. The results would be awful, it would be bloody, it would mean the crooks would all be dead or wishing to be so lucky.

In the end, overwhelmed with paranoid fear of reprisal the crooks begged Brett to take his money back and added a little something to keep him happy.

No chase scenes, no gunplay, no weeping widows, and I expect everybody who ever saw the episode remembered it as exceptionally insightful.

McCain may have traits of his own - marrying money to have some, abandoning a disabled wife, the Keating scam, lying to the troops about his understanding and support - but none of that stems from being the offspring of Admirals, or the characteristic humanity or a Real Maverick.

Since McCain is most definitely not unbranded "cattle". He has the Bush/Cheney brand clearly in his voting record.

I seem to remember a film of someone who was known as "Maverick" he was a gambler and card sharp. Is he a distant relative of McCain?

It could be a family trait

Hey, Sarah Palin and John McCain aren't afraid to get mavericky on yo' ass. They will maverick all over this election, so if you maverick hatin' mavericks can't stand to see two true mavericks, gettin' their mavericks on, then maverick your way on over to the Obama terrorist lovin' non-mavericks side. It's all about the mavericks baby!.....What subpoenas?

Neither McCain nor Palin are mavericks. To say so would be an oxymoron.

Vierotchka, as usual does her homework and delivers it straight. Nice work....

So, it looks like the term "Maverick" is just too civilized and proactive for The Fossil and Governor Bullwinkle. Well that being the case I'm waiting for them to try to expropriate another gem and call themselves "PROGRESSIVES!"

That way nobamajon can declare - Run! Hide! They're Both Communists!

He's funny that way...

interesting read. lol @ branded.

And, your point would be............?

I think they are trying to spin themselves into something they are not.

"Branded" Republican! Pure and simple!

No no guys. I believe McCain/Palin were using the term maverick ironically.

I mean, what the hell else could they be trying to say?

It wouldn't make sense otherwise.

Heh...mavericks....

Interesting, very cool.

Even if they knew it, they would ignore it. Facts dont matter to them. They dont need facts.

They are mavericks, they are cowboys without horses and I refuse to let them ride us. We cant carry the load of another maverick. Just look what the last maverick has added to our load. We will be shoveling shit for years to come.

No to the mavericks, John McCain and Sarah Palin!

We can walk along to the future wiht real leaders, Barack Obama and Joe Biden!

had the mc cain camp and sarah palin read this, they'd probably actually know how to use the word

I can now say I learned something new today, thanks!

Ha! I love this! I can just picture the Maverick family shaking their collective heads in dismay! This is pure irony at it's best. Thanks!

What a delight, this post. Charming and powerful! Thanks!

"Branded". Yep. That's the RIGHT word.