One Family in Texas KNOWS McCain is no Maverick

[DWilliamsamh]

From the New York Times ...... Terrellita Maverick

There’s that word again: maverick. In Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican candidate, used it to describe herself and her running mate, Senator John McCain, no fewer than six times, at one point calling him “the consummate maverick.”

BRAND Samuel Augustus Maverick
But to those who know the history of the word, applying it to Mr. McCain is a bit of a stretch — and to one Texas family in particular it is even a bit offensive.

“I’m just enraged that McCain calls himself a maverick,” said Terrellita Maverick, 82, a San Antonio native who proudly carries the name of a family that has been known for its progressive politics since the 1600s, when an early ancestor in Boston got into trouble with the law over his agitation for the rights of indentured servants.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/weekinreview/05schwartz.html?ex=1380945600&en=fe3284405bac4ebc&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook

[Sam Ervin jret]

1. Do you think McCain would take on his party in the progressive fight for the rights of

indentured servants?

Me neither.

That's because he's not a maverick. Just a show off, hot head who didn't want to have to work too hard like his Dad and grand dad wanted him to.

Now that's not a real maverick but it is the real McCain.