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You be the judge.
They sound a lot alike to me. Which, apparently means Bush was a maverick too. Which makes the question "Is this Mavrickiness we can believe in"? Better yet, do we need four more years of it?
(Hat Tip to Progressive Accountability)
Update 1: I don't feel like putting this in a separate post, so I am including it here. Recent polling has show Obama has pulled into a tie with McCain here in Missouri (McCain had been leading in earlier polls). In light of that this article on MSNBC is quite interesting. Here are a couple of the parts that stood out for me:
"I don't like how other countries view us right now," Spitzer said. But he warned, that the U.S. can't negotiate with countries that are run by terrorists or support terrorism.That doesn't mean he's necessarily sealed for McCain.
"His temper concerns me," Spitzer said of McCain. Being a "maverick could be bad," he added, particularly when it comes to negotiating with other countries. "I could see him getting mad in a meeting.... that concerns me. ... Maybe it's better to have something fresh, new."
*snip*
In fact, the group had mixed opinions of Palin. Most said they liked her initially because of her "blue-collar" roots. But her round of media interviews cast a pall of doubt. And when asked to stand up to show who they'd vote for if it were between Biden and Palin, Biden won 8-4.
This next bit, I think is important and the Obama campaign should take note of it:
Susan Pickering, a 46-year-old, Fox News-watching staunch Republican homemaker and McCain defender, even said, "What makes me nervous about him, he can go off half-cocked occasionally. Anyone stuck in a room for five years, uh, I don't know."These voters had qualms with Obama, too. They had praise on personality for Obama, particularly in his "calm" through the past two weeks. But they used the word "inexperienced" as his biggest detractor. No one mentioned, in the more than two-hour session, taxes as problematic for Obama. And no one mentioned the words elitist or arrogant in describing his demeanor.
Methinks I would be using the McCain going off half cocked vs the calm demeanor of Obama. Note, also, that this talk of eastern elitists seems to be falling flat. Who knows, that might add to the appearance of McCain being disconnected from the people.
Finally:
Dick Cheney is absolutely toxic. Even those who voted for Bush were vitriolic in their criticism, calling him "maniacal" and "obsessive." None wanted him as their boss. Well, one said, for how much, but then gave it a second thought. None of these voters had nice things to say about Nancy Pelosi either. ...Bush was called "patriotic" and "a good American" by some, but also labeled a "disappointment" by a Bush voter.
Dick Cheney is toxic, maniacal, and obsessive - and that from Bush voters. I'd include pictures of Cheney in every ad!
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Posted by: clvrmnky | October 5, 2008 1:25 PM
Having heard what she has to say, my judgment on Palin is that she's neither a maverick nor a Bush clone. Instead, she's a know-nothing.
Anne G
Posted by: Anne Gilbert | October 5, 2008 1:44 PM
Add a wink, wink, "You betcha, golly gee willikers!" and bat those eyelashes to the previous comment and you've got Palin dead to sights. Oh, and did I say "Mavericks, we're a coupla mavericks, you betcha, golly gee! With a shout out to Willmucka, hi there!" Wink, wink, smile real big now! Anybody else old enough to be reminded of Ernestine, the telephone operator who couldn't finish a sentence on a certain comedy show back in the '70s?
Posted by: DianaGainer | October 5, 2008 8:16 PM
"Dick Cheney is toxic, maniacal, and obsessive".
That's a worry. The paranoid element here believe that McCain can get in, because he can pose as being a different sort of Republican than George Caesar. However he may not complete his term and Palin then moves up the ladder. The theory goes that she's been put up by the Cheney cabal. She may not be a clone of George W. but she'll do until the real clone comes along.
Posted by: terryt | October 7, 2008 12:25 AM