stragglyr_chris (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} stragglyr_chris) wrote,@ 2008-10-08 13:26:00 |
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Real Mavericks take offense at McCain/Palin's usage of the name
A friend passed along this piece from the New York Times. It seems that members of the family whose family name is Maverick (and whose ancestors were the reason for coining the term) don't feel that McCain is in any way a maverick. Here's what it says about the origination of the term:
In the 1800s, Samuel Augustus Maverick went to Texas and became known for not branding his cattle. He was more interested in keeping track of the land he owned than the livestock on it, Ms. Maverick said; unbranded cattle, then, were called “Maverick’s.” The name came to mean anyone who didn’t bear another’s brand.
The Maverick family also has a tradition of liberal and progressive values, so I agree with them when they said this:
Considering the family’s long history of association with liberalism and progressive ideals, it should come as no surprise that Ms. Maverick insists that John McCain, who has voted so often with his party, “is in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.”
A friend passed along this piece from the New York Times. It seems that members of the family whose family name is Maverick (and whose ancestors were the reason for coining the term) don't feel that McCain is in any way a maverick. Here's what it says about the origination of the term:
In the 1800s, Samuel Augustus Maverick went to Texas and became known for not branding his cattle. He was more interested in keeping track of the land he owned than the livestock on it, Ms. Maverick said; unbranded cattle, then, were called “Maverick’s.” The name came to mean anyone who didn’t bear another’s brand.
The Maverick family also has a tradition of liberal and progressive values, so I agree with them when they said this:
Considering the family’s long history of association with liberalism and progressive ideals, it should come as no surprise that Ms. Maverick insists that John McCain, who has voted so often with his party, “is in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.”
