Memo to Reuters: He's NOT a F%$^&ING Maverick!!!!!

[Bleacher Creature]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080325/pl_nm/usa_politics_contenders_dc

What will happen to losers of White House race?
By Thomas Ferraro
Tue Mar 25, 7:27 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One may wind up as the first woman to lead the U.S. Senate. Another is relatively young and could run again for president. The third may simply resume his role as a congressional maverick and retire in two years.

These are among the options that await the losers in the three-way race for the White House.

John McCain, who has wrapped up the Republican presidential nomination, will square off in November against Hillary Clinton, 60, or Barack Obama, 46, both fellow senators locked in a battle for the Democratic nomination.

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Maybe I'm being oversensitive, but it's subtle crap like this that helps perpetuate the myth. The way the phrase is just tossed out there, it's treated as a fact.

[arendt]

1. Its just more "cant" - see my rant, in this forum. n/t

[mdmc]

2. Yo he sided with Kennedy on immigration

Feingold on finance.

Wildtown!

[C_U_L8R]

3. More like an old swayback

like the little rascals used to ride
(except possibly older)

[FSogol]

4. Exactly. McCain is not a maverick. He's an aggrogant prick who can't

get along with the freakish members of his own political party.

Repeat 10x.

[izquierdista]

5. maverick

maverick (ma'-vuh-rik) n. (1) a euphemism for bat-shit crazy (2) a themesong used to calm down rowdy rednecks, see also "Blues Brothers" (3) term of endearment for a cantankerous old fart who can't remember his facts straight

[hootinholler]

6. He went to the Academy!

By definition he's a ring-knocker, not a maverick.

-Hoot

[Bleacher Creature]

7. Bump -- cause this really pisses me off.