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pdxmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-28-08 08:07 AM
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3. I think that's when the word became so jarring to me, and then I heard
someone saying it about Palin this morning, and the bells went off. "Maverick" has now become "POW". Overused and misused. It has lost any meaning in regards to these two.
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  -Has the word "maverick" lost all meaning? pdxmom  Sep-28-08 07:56 AM   #0 
  - A Maverick is a name people are suppose to give you. You don't go around calling yourself a maverick  BrentTaylor   Sep-28-08 08:00 AM   #1 
  - I was incredulous when McCain said "I am a maverick" at the debate  votetastic   Sep-28-08 08:04 AM   #2 
  - I think that's when the word became so jarring to me, and then I heard  pdxmom   Sep-28-08 08:07 AM   #3 
  - Go on Repugs - "Promote Mavericks"  ukfordems   Sep-28-08 08:10 AM   #4 
  - They are all running as "Unrepublicans"  frogcycle   Sep-28-08 08:25 AM   #13 
     - There's the new meaning of "maverick"  pdxmom   Sep-28-08 08:28 AM   #15 
  - John McCain USED to be a Maverick ...  BearSquirrel2   Sep-28-08 08:10 AM   #5 
  - Yes, Maverick now means ahole  Jennicut   Sep-28-08 08:14 AM   #6 
  - A "maverick" by definition should not be a leader  CJCRANE   Sep-28-08 08:16 AM   #7 
  - Good point. And McCain himself knows that he is impulsive and  pdxmom   Sep-28-08 08:21 AM   #10 
  - Maverick used to mean a motherless calf, now it means a brainless pitbull (with lipstick) nt  demodonkey   Sep-28-08 08:18 AM   #8 
  - It means James Garner playing a cowboy on TV.  sufrommich   Sep-28-08 08:19 AM   #9 
  - Anyone else is an imposter.  Mme. Defarge   Sep-28-08 11:57 AM   #22 
  - Spinners have devalued it  intaglio   Sep-28-08 08:21 AM   #11 
  - it is whatever people want to say it is  frogcycle   Sep-28-08 08:21 AM   #12 
  - Most political parties tend to expel "mavericks".  ukfordems   Sep-28-08 08:31 AM   #17 
  - Whenever I hear the word "maverick", I think of that cartoon character  DinahMoeHum   Sep-28-08 08:26 AM   #14 
  - It is still a Ford, isn't it. Well, was a Ford.  Rockholm   Sep-28-08 08:29 AM   #16 
  - A very bad one that neraly made the company bankrupt.  ukfordems   Sep-28-08 08:34 AM   #18 
     - Bush is a Pinto.  Rockholm   Sep-28-08 11:51 AM   #21 
  - I would be just fine  LiberalCommiePinko   Sep-28-08 08:35 AM   #19 
  - Only if it's spelled "Mavrick"  BumRushDaShow   Sep-28-08 08:36 AM   #20 
  - John McSame the Cadaverick  OwnedByFerrets   Sep-28-08 12:01 PM   #23 
  - This is a real Maverick  Obamarulz11   Sep-28-08 12:01 PM   #24 
 

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