thinkprogress.org — By choosing Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) as his running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has tried to reinvigorate the perception that he is a “maverick.” Last week in their respective speeches to the Republican National Convention, McCain and Palin underscored this point by branding themselves as the “maverick” ticket:
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americanelitistSep 9, 2008
In fact, there is nothing about any of McCain’s policy proposals that could in any way justify calling him a “maverick.” His economic, energy, health care and national security policies are all either in line with President Bush’s or in some cases further to the right.
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What's "maverick" about carrying water for the traitorous Bush administration?So voting WITH Bush 90% of the time makes you a maverick?Mindlessly cheering every moronic action of the Bush administration makes you a maverick?It makes you a traitorous idiot, that's what it makes you.