# 32 Ohio undecidedes hate "Maverick" **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 4, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456 "2008-10-04T16:14:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/21 "2008-10-05T04:52:29Z")
Tom Cuise has been less popular since The Today Show debacle. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/22 "2008-10-06T18:35:35Z")
The REAL Mavericks are pissed: [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/weekinreview/05schwartz.html?ei=5070](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/weekinreview/05schwartz.html?ei=5070) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/23 "2008-10-06T18:42:48Z")
And a pretend one (who Fontaine Maverick told me she thinks he’s a god), too: [http://steveyoungonpolitics.com/james-garner-files-suit-against-mccain-claims-infringement-on-maverick-trademark/](http://steveyoungonpolitics.com/james-garner-files-suit-against-mccain-claims-infringement-on-maverick-trademark/) ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/24 "2008-10-07T14:55:49Z")
Isn’t Palin descended from Cardinal Ximinez? He’s Spanish, right? I didn’t expect that… ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/25 "2008-10-07T15:07:59Z")
I would love for Obama to hire James Garner to run just a quick spot saying something like “John McCain is no Maverick.” No extended discussion or listing of issues, just that single quote with, perhaps, some old Warner Brothers stock footage rolling as background. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/26 "2008-10-07T15:09:04Z")
Seems like “trend” lines would sound more intelligent and be more descriptive at the same time. If they are just points in time then maybe “reaction” or “response” lines might be better. I guess I don’t expect much intelligent from Wolf Blitzer (cool name, though). ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/27 "2008-10-07T18:40:44Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Palin does come from a very diverse family… It would be absolutely wonderful if a series of genetic markers revealed that she and Bin Laden shared a common bloodline. It would just be icing on the cake if McCain could be shown to have North Vietnamese ancestors. I might not laugh out loud; that would be rude, but I would snicker for a month or so. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/28 "2008-10-07T18:46:03Z")
> [@Fionn](#): > > Their hired genealogists are probably combing their records right this second. Speaking of which, who is Burke’s Peerage calling the election for this time around? > **[All in the Family](http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/2008/09/all-in-family.html)** > > by Janet Crain Sep 21, 2008 UPDATED: Surprising to some, but not to genealogists, Sarah Palin is related to both McCain and Obama, all of t... ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456/29 "2008-10-07T19:34:55Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I don’t know - (McCain) plays craps. But unlike the Mavericks, he loses. You miss the point. Playing craps is gambling. What Bret and Bart did was play scientifically. As Bret said, “Only one man in a hundred plays poker by the odds. Luck’s only important when you sit down with men who play as tight as you do. When I find that out I quit. It’s _gambling_.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/32-ohio-undecidedes-hate-maverick/466456.md?page=1)