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Mccain denounces his Maverick persona

He's denouncing it only because it didn't buy him the Presidency.
 
McCain sold out his integrity when he started pandering to the radical right in order to secure the GOP nomination.
 
samsmart said:
I actually had a lot of respect for him before the '08 election. Since then, he's been selling out more and more to the paleo-conservative base in the GOP. It's a shame.
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Indeed, He's changed his views on a lot of things. A while back he was open to a lot of ideas that he completely denounces now (such as: Don't ask, Don't tell, Spreading the wealth around, etc...). Guess all the crazy neo-cons got to him.
 
At least he has the power to realize he f'ed up and take blame. Now if only Obama, Biden, and Pelosi can pull a collective "oops, my bad" on the health care debacle.

As rare as humility is for Republicans, it's non-existent for Democrats.
 
Gipper said:
At least he has the power to realize he f'ed up and take blame. Now if only Obama, Biden, and Pelosi can pull a collective "oops, my bad" on the health care debacle.

As rare as humility is for Republicans, it's non-existent for Democrats.
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How does denying he ever considered himself a Maverick relate to anything you just said?
 
disneydude said:
McCain sold out his integrity when he started pandering to the radical right in order to secure the GOP nomination.
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Yeah, It's such a shame that moderate Republicans almost have no place within their own party now-a-days because all thte rhetoric coming from the far right loons.
 
How does denying he ever considered himself a Maverick relate to anything you just said?
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Because he never did. He said it once with Palin, and she was the one who incessantly invoked the word "maverick". If you think the word is associated mostly with McCain, you're suffering from selective amnesia.
 
Progressive86 said:
Guess all the crazy neo-cons got to him.
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You mean like William Kristol and Robert Kagan who stood with him till the end? Yeah, neoconservatives, who generally love McCain and Lieberman are making McCain go anti-McCain.

Another liberal who does not even know what a neocon is. :roll:
 
Gipper said:
Because he never did. He said it once with Palin, and she was the one who incessantly invoked the word "maverick". If you think the word is associated mostly with McCain, you're suffering from selective amnesia.
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McCain mostly let others label him, true. However, the Maverick label has been around McCain far longer than 2005-2009.
 
Gipper said:
Because he never did. He said it once with Palin, and she was the one who incessantly invoked the word "maverick". If you think the word is associated mostly with McCain, you're suffering from selective amnesia.
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Oh the irony.
 
Gipper said:
Because he never did. He said it once with Palin, and she was the one who incessantly invoked the word "maverick". If you think the word is associated mostly with McCain, you're suffering from selective amnesia.
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[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmLVtU6fTPs"]YouTube- Sen. John McCain In 2008: 'I'm A Maverick'[/nomedia]
 
Old John is long past his prime. He needs to retire gracefully, if he can.
 
Three points.

1. McCain's second autobiography is called Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick. That came out in 2003. So, the maverick thing is not new.

2. In spite of endorsing it and making use of it on a multiple ocassions, he has been ambivalent about the term.

3. Who cares?
 
Morality Games said:
Three points.

1. McCain's second autobiography is called Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick. That came out in 2003. So, the maverick thing is not new.

2. In spite of endorsing it and making use of it on a multiple ocassions, he has been ambivalent about the term.

3. Who cares?
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He ambivalently endorsed it?
 
UtahBill said:
Old John is long past his prime. He needs to retire gracefully, if he can.
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I don't believe that is possible. He's flip-flopped on so many issues and this latest just flies in the face of all credibility.
 
Its actually kinda sad that a moderate in the Republican party has to cater so far to the right-wing to get the party's nomination.
 
Gina said:
What was he thinking? "Maverick" is practically his call sign. How tragic that this man will literally do anything to get re-elected.
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When you can not be elected on who you are, its time to call it a career. McCain had been know as someone that stood for something, now he is compromising his legacy of integrity. This is like Willie Mays playing one year too long. If he must get this pathetic, its time to hang it up.
 
disneydude said:
Its actually kinda sad that a moderate in the Republican party has to cater so far to the right-wing to get the party's nomination.
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Does he? Perhaps this is just another McCain panic, which he mastered so well in the '08 election. The selection of Palin and his "campaign suspension" stunt were two needless "hail-mary's", each of which was (mis)played early in a quarter (instead of the traditional time of a hail-mary, when time is running out)

... I am not impressed with his judgment. IMHO, America made a wise choice not electing him president.
 
upsideguy said:
Does he? Perhaps this is just another McCain panic, which he mastered so well in the '08 election. The selection of Palin and his "campaign suspension" stunt were two needless "hail-mary's", each of which was (mis)played early in a quarter (instead of the traditional time of a hail-mary, when time is running out)

... I am not impressed with his judgment. IMHO, America made a wise choice not electing him president.
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Plus he crashed like five airplanes. You'd think after the first two or three they'd stop giving him one.
 
samsmart said:
I actually had a lot of respect for him before the '08 election. Since then, he's been selling out more and more to the paleo-conservative base in the GOP. It's a shame.
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At least he is finally beginning to side with the right part of the Republican party, instead of the Neocon faction.

EDIT: I still believe that, had McCain chosen a Paleocon instead of a brainless twit for VP, he would have won.
 
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disneydude said:
Its actually kinda sad that a moderate in the Republican party has to cater so far to the right-wing to get the party's nomination.
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Another way to look at it, is that this is the way the people feel and, as always, McCain is following where he needs to go to get elected.
 
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