We should lampoon the term "maverick" whenever possible

[George_Bonanza]

It's becoming quite a joke that what would be flip-flopping or cheating for everybody else is considering "mavericking" for John McCain. Thus, we should actively use the term in absurd everyday situations to show how ridiculous the label is.

For example:

Marion Jones doesn't abide by doping rules because she's a maverick.

Jude Law is a cheater because he's too much of a maverick.

Vladimir Putin is too much of a maverick to let the rules of democracy keep him down.

Etc.

[JBoris]

1. I think "maverick" should be redefined as "unstable". nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. Most homo-erotic moment in 1980's cinema

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfwQBi05Teo

You're everyone's problem...

:rofl:

[pdxmom]

3. How much of a maverick can he be if he wanted Lieberman as his

VP, but caved to the far right and picked Palin?

[DangerousRhythm]

10. Quite true. THAT'S not a maverick we can believe in! *cheesy green smile*

He is such a joke. :rofl:

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. HE's not a maverick, he's a sidekick

I think that line wins every time. We ought to use it more.

:P

[C_U_L8R]

5. Yeeehah

[dembotoz]

6. this sounds like fun

Barry Bonds should be welcomed back to baseball because he is a maverick

jeff dalmer wasn't a cannibal he was a nutitional maverick

[patrice]

7. Right!! Here's a twofer: Those mavericks is South Oecetia want to secede from Georgia.

[valerief]

8. The old "Maverick" teevee show from the fifties featured the gambling Maverick brothers.

They only wanted to make money playing their game, poker. Do we want to gamble the presidency to someone who sees the country as the wild wild west and who is only interested in making money for his cronies?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050037/plotsummary

[valerief]

9. G.W. Bush was a maverick when he plowed full steam ahead into Iraq.

Ted Haggard was an evangelical maverick.

[invictus]

11. I always thought that calling McSenile "maverick" is silly. He stole the term from Top Gun. n/t