09.15.08
Maverick Politicians: VOTB
Mavericks pride themselves in going against conventional wisdom. So when conventional wisdom says we don’t go to war, a maverick will say go to war. When conventional wisdom says we don’t use the nuclear option in war, a maverick will use the nuclear option. You can see where this rebellious maverick thing is going. When politicians use catchy phrases such as ‘maverick’, voters beware. Being a rebellious maverick is not a qualification for public service.
Mavericks see situations in black and white. That is the equivalent to being an on/off switch. Black and white is not the way to influence people and get things done in a democracy. Only dictators, fascist or communists can get things done in a black and white manner.
Enter McCain and Palin on a faux stage right. The mavericks McCain and Palin are part of the election process this year. Obama and Biden are their gray counterparts. While gray is lukewarm throw up material, it is not threatening. Gray is slow to move without majority approval. For example, Obama and Biden are slow to see that McCain is distracting attention off himself and on to Palin.
Mavericks are dangerous for U.S politics. McCain and Palin are delusional if they think a rebellious, maverick approach to foreign policy or cutting the size of government is realistic. If elected, these mavericks will only separate common from sense.
Look at the two definitions of maverick to put things into perspective. Both definitions are scary when applied to politicians, especially the President or Vice President of the U.S.
The noun, maverick is “one that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter.” As an adjective, a maverick is a person “being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence:”
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/maverick
A person exhibiting one or both of these definitions could be characterized as stubborn, rebellious and/or pigheaded. Such a person, if elected president, has no need for a chief of staff, a cabinet, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a congress, a vice-president or a Supreme Court. Such a person thinks of himself as a strongman (a powerful political figure who rules by the exercise of force or violence). If the maverick shoe fits wear it. In 2006 some of McCain’s colleagues call him a tyrant (a ruler who exercises power cruelly and unjustly). http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/008288.html
One has to admit that McCain, the maverick, has diverted attention off himself and on to Palin. Not so great a strategy if Hillary were the presidential candidate. Clinton Inc., experts at diverting attention, would barbeque McCain.
Two books expose what maverick McCain is trying to hide by adding Sarah Palin to the ticket.
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They are McCain: The Myth of a Maverick; and The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t’ Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn’t.
For quicker reads check out the sites below. These are also unmasking McCain
http://sweetliberty.blog-city.com/the_definition_of_maverick.htm
http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/03/mccain-and-palin-the-death-of-a-maverick/
http://www.reason.com/news/show/118937.html
U.S. citizens will get more coffins filled with American soldiers from electing a maverick president. McCain is a callous hawk bent on promoting war as a national policy. This maverick may want to go out in a blaze of glory.
Citizens of the U.S. wake up. Don’t let your attentions be diverted to Palin. This presidential election process is nothing more than an entertaining political soap opera of maverick distractions. Where are the issues, gray candidates?
Look for an alternative candidate in this year’s presidential election. Don’t vote in any stubborn, rebellious, pigheaded mavericks.
To reform government, Vote Out The Bums (VOTB) strategy will work. Vote out every incumbent, every election at every level.
