# Everybody's a Maverick !! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411 "2008-10-31T12:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/1 "2008-10-31T12:49:31Z")
Just watched John McCain say on camera, " Sarah Palin’s a maverick. I’m a maverick ! " Do I get to be a maverick too ??? Is there a 4 week course I can take? Are there benefits? It appears that more and more mavericks are coming to the fore. Anyone have a handle on this whole maverick thing? In the late 1960’s Hippies were proud of being different and not following the crowd. They dressed differently and listened to different music. They were all very unique and different. This explains why 500,000 attendees at the Woodstock Arts and Music Festival looked exactly the same. 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/2 "2008-10-31T12:50:49Z")
I want to be different. Like everyone else I want to be like. ETA: I realize that the status quo is a bad thing. But even I don’t think installing a bunch of loose cannons in the congress is the right answer. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/3 "2008-10-31T12:58:16Z")
James Garner is a Maverick! Mel Gibson is a Maverick!! Jack Kelly is a Maverick! But Will Hutchens is a Sugarfoot! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/4 "2008-10-31T13:27:03Z")
McCain is a maverick. Well, horse’s ass, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/5 "2008-10-31T14:17:29Z")
I’m a pepper. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/6 "2008-10-31T14:33:14Z")
But if I’m a Maverick I don’t get a chance at bedding Ice! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/7 "2008-10-31T15:04:12Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > I want to be different. Like everyone else I want to be like. > ETA: I realize that the status quo is a bad thing. But even I don’t think installing a bunch of loose cannons in the congress is the right answer. um… he’s already there, assuming he doesn’t have other responsibilities starting next week… ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/8 "2008-10-31T15:31:37Z")
> [@WillSantini](#): > > I’m a pepper. I thought the same thing! I was singing, “I’m a maverick, your a maverick, wouldn’t you like to be a maverick too…” To the old Dr. Pepper theme. Someone needs to get on that spoof! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/9 "2008-10-31T15:39:24Z")
He’s just channeling Oprah. Except, instead of a car, everybody gets to be a maverick. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/10 "2008-10-31T15:44:13Z")
Interestingly enough, I heard a news story on the radio that the Maverick family has asked the McCain/Palin campaign to stop using the term Maverick, since the family supports Obama. Apparently the “original” Maverick was a rancher who refused to brand his cattle, so when other local ranchers found an unbranded stray among their herds, they called it a “Maverick.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/11 "2008-10-31T15:48:35Z")
Palin is a ‘Maverick’, because unlike the right wing of her party who want to ban all abortions, teach Creationism in science and shoot lots of guns, she … err … ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/12 "2008-10-31T15:50:05Z")
Hey, I was a Maverick back in the early 60s. I even had the cap pistols and holster set! ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/13 "2008-10-31T15:50:14Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > Apparently the “original” Maverick was a rancher who refused to brand his cattle, so when other local ranchers found an unbranded stray among their herds, they called it a “Maverick.” Kind of the other way around, anytime Mr. Maverick “found” unmarked cattle, he took ownership. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/14 "2008-10-31T15:55:11Z")
> [@WillSantini](#): > > I’m a pepper. I’d like to be a Pepper, too. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/15 "2008-10-31T16:44:48Z")
_Who is the tall, dark stranger there? Maverick is his name Riding the trails to who-knows-where Luck is his companion Gambling is his game…_ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/16 "2008-10-31T17:29:09Z")
McCain and Palin may or may not be mavericks. But the typical McCain/Palin voter is certainly a chaverick. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/17 "2008-10-31T17:37:39Z")
Or a chapstik. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/18 "2008-10-31T17:38:25Z")
I am certainly a Maverick and have been since the day I was born. It is my real name. Yes I am serious. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/19 "2008-10-31T18:10:17Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > He’s just channeling Oprah. Except, instead of a car, everybody gets to be a maverick. Speaking of Oprah, Tom Cruise was ‘Maverick’. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411/20 "2008-10-31T18:12:18Z")
If you have to ask if you’re a maverick, you’re not a maverick. It’s like being cool. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybodys-a-maverick/470411.md?page=2)