Does Palin's maverick label still stick?

A loyal Democrat, Kenny Powers never shared Sarah Palin's conservative politics. But the United Way organizer confesses a fondness for the governor who paired a folksy charm with scorn for Alaska's Republican old guard.

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Jeez Louise: the Rise of Sarah Palin

2000 years ago a relatively unknown young maverick burst onto the scene in Nazareth with an unprecedented message of hope and change. He was received, however, with mixed emotions; people either loved him or hated him for his message and his amazingly good looking anglo features.

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Once again, a woman is the target of religious persecution and violence as taliban-like thugs take matters into their own hands.

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Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said on Tuesday he would switch to the Democratic party, presenting Democrats with a possible 60th vote and the power to break Senate filibusters as they try to advance the Obama administration's new agenda.

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A joke made its way around the Capitol yesterday: How do you know the 2008 election is really over? Because John McCain is causing trouble for Republicans again.

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A movie about a "maverick," his journey "from Wall Street to Main Street," his "desperate search" for a "monkey" and a "game-changing" revelation about his "carbon footprint" probably would make the nation's word-watchers physically ill.

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A movie about a "maverick," his journey "from Wall Street to Main Street," his "desperate search" for a "monkey" and a "game-changing" revelation about his "carbon footprint" probably would make the nation's word-watchers physically ill.

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DETROIT -- You can finally call it a "recession," thanks to President George W. Bush's recent use of the term to describe the fragile state of the U.S. economy. But word-watchers far and wide forbid you to say the pain has spread from "Wall Street to Main Street."

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It's no upset, and it certainly doesn't compare to the vice-presidency, but Sarah Palin didn't come away from the 2008 campaign empty-handed: she's been named "Conservative of the Year" by the right-wing magazine Human Events.

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John McCain has been here before, coming up short in a presidential race like so many senators before him and staring at a non-triumphant return to the Senate.But the circumstances this time are vastly different. In 2000, Mr.

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Oh no! It looks like John McCain's in a lot of trouble, and the election is only a few days away. That shouldn't be too much of a problem, though, because my entire campaign this year was only a few days long, and I won. Mr.

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Chances are this election night is going to be a long one. So while the talking heads and journalists are babbling away, play our drinking game to pass the time.

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This Tuesday let's say ENOUGH to the "mavericks"! [Newsvine Live Poll]

John McCain and Sarah Palin repeatedly boast about being "mavericks." Well, what is a maverick? According to Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition, maverick is a noun defined as a person who takes chances and departs from the accepted course.

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"Mavericks believe everybody has a right to be in America so long as they obey the law... "It's driving our family crazy, upsetting us and the legacy of my family, and we really wish the campaign would stop misusing the word and the phrase.

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McCain: "A Gauzy Informercial"

I'll admit it, there is a possibility that I am not really in the loop like I used to be.

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The Obama-Biden campaign has directly singled out Senator John McCain's choice of a running mate — using footage of Gov. Sarah Palin as she winks — in a new commercial that questions the Republican ticket's preparedness on economic issues.

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Go around the room and click on all the objects.

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Would YOU buy this car from John McCain?

Hilarious political satire! 1972 Maverick for sale. If McCain was a car, would you buy it? Very funny fake newspaper ad. Special thanks to Ms. Cyprah and BarackOfied here on NV Please click on this link:

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Does this advert reminds you of anyone in the 2008 elections?

FOR SALE: 72 Maverick.

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The truth of the matter is that ambition is John McCain's basic character. Seen in the sweep of his seven-decade personal history, his pandering to the right is consistent with the only constant in his life: doing what's best for himself.

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John McCain's "Non-Litmus" Litmus Test

I would never and have never in all the years I've been there imposed a litmus test on any nominee to the court. That's not appropriate to do.

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It seems that Joe the Plumber isn't very popular with REAL plumbers.

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Irony of ironies - the REAL Joe the Plumber endorses Senator Barack Obama. Even better? The fallout from the debate is bringing the real Joe the Plumber lots of business. Hopefully he'll donate to Obama's campaign. There's beauty in irony...

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On August 22, 1999 McCain had this to say about his abortion stance: 'I would not seek to overturn Roe v. Wade tomorrow,' he continued, because doing so would endanger the lives of women. He promised not to screen Supreme Court nominees for their opinion on Roe."

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"McCain says his life changed while he was in Vietnam, and he is now a different man," Dramesi says today. "But he's still the undisciplined, spoiled brat that he was when he went in." ...

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...We all know the word's meaning as an independent person who does not follow the pack, but upon learning the history of the word, the McCain camp may want to reconsider their usage.

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