|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
McCain 'never considered myself a maverick'
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Candidate
|
| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Apr 05, 2010 12:15pm |
| Logged |
1
[Older]
|
| Category | Amusing |
| Author | Ben Smith |
| News Date | Monday, April 5, 2010 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description |
Newsweek reports that Sen. John McCain has explicitly repudiated one of the most carefully crafted and maintained images in politics, product of many years' work by, above all, Mark Salter, buffed in ads like the one above:
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.
McCain embraced the term way back in 2008: |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
