....Many of the GOP's most faithful, the kind who vote in primaries despite 115-degree heat, tired long ago of McCain the Maverick, the man who had crossed the aisle to work with Democrats on issues like immigration reform, global warming, and restricting campaign contributions. "Maverick" is a mantle McCain no longer claims; in fact, he now denies he ever was one. "I never considered myself a maverick," he told me. "I consider myself a person who serves the people of Arizona to the best of his abilities." Yet here was Palin, urging her fans four times in 15 minutes to send McCain the Maverick back to Washington.
Oh? Then what was all the saying that he was a maverick about, then? Which, as TPM put together, he certainly did:
Sigh. Okay, it was a fun slogan, but it got tired and he needs a new gimmick now. Like the Straight Talk express was a gimmick, or using Joe the Plumber as a mascot was a gimmick, or stunt-casting his VP pick was a gimmick or suspending his campaign during the financial melt-down was a....well, you get the idea.
(Why do I keep watching when it only makes me sad?)
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