{"id":2656,"date":"2008-10-08T15:40:01","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T21:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/john-mccain-is-in-no-way-a-maverick-in-uppercase-or-lowercase\/"},"modified":"2008-10-08T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T21:40:01","slug":"john-mccain-is-in-no-way-a-maverick-in-uppercase-or-lowercase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/john-mccain-is-in-no-way-a-maverick-in-uppercase-or-lowercase\/","title":{"rendered":"“John McCain is in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who You Callin\u2019 a Maverick?<\/a><\/h3>\n

By JOHN SCHWARTZ<\/a><\/p>\n

Published: October 4, 2008 <\/p>\n

There\u2019s that word again: maverick. In Thursday\u2019s vice-presidential debate<\/a>, Gov. Sarah Palin<\/a> of Alaska, the Republican candidate, used it to describe herself and her running mate, Senator John McCain<\/a>, no fewer than six times<\/strong>, at one point calling him \u201cthe consummate maverick.\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n

Sam Maverick\u2019s grandson, Fontaine Maury Maverick, was a two-term congressman and a mayor of San Antonio who lost his mayoral re-election bid when conservatives labeled him a Communist<\/strong>. He served in the Roosevelt administration on the Smaller War Plants Corporation and is best known for another coinage. He came up with the term \u201cgobbledygook\u201d in frustration at the convoluted language of bureaucrats. \u2026<\/p>\n

Considering the family\u2019s long history of association with liberalism and progressive ideals, it should come as no surprise that Ms. Maverick insists that John McCain, who has voted so often with his party, \u201cis in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just incredible \u2014 the nerve! \u2014 to suggest that he\u2019s not part of that Republican herd. Every time we hear it, all my children and I and all my family shrink a little and say, \u2018Oh, my God, he said it again.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a Republican,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s branded.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who You Callin\u2019 a Maverick? By JOHN SCHWARTZ Published: October 4, 2008 There\u2019s that word again: maverick. In Thursday\u2019s 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 \u201cthe consummate maverick.\u201d \u2026 … Continue reading “John McCain is in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}