wapo~With Pick, McCain Reclaims His Maverick Image

[spanone]

bwahahahahahaaa reckless maverick maybe


MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 29 -- John McCain's advisers predicted weeks ago that the presumptive Republican nominee would use his national convention week to try to recapture his image as a maverick reformer and shake up the presidential race. He did just that Friday with his surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate.

McCain's selection of the nationally untested Palin is the most unlikely choice of a running mate since George H.W. Bush tapped then-Sen. Dan Quayle in 1988, a move as risky as it was bold. The decision brings the senator from Arizona immediate dividends with his base and eventually, perhaps, with swing voters. But it comes at potentially significant cost to his effort to discredit Democratic nominee Barack Obama as unprepared for the presidency.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903558_pf.html

[kwolf68]

1. So had he

Selected the washed up hair metal singer who is now driving an ice cream truck would this also have applied?

[undeterred]

2. He shores up his demented image.

[spanone]

3. it is soooo demented that it would be laughable were our nation not at stake

[undeterred]

9. its insulting to all the women who are actually capable

of holding the office of president, whatever their party

[HereSince1628]

4. McMaverick or just totally McIrrational?

We can add totally unpredictable to his leadership traits.

[radfringe]

5. ??????

ok, granted picking a woman is breaking with repub tradition - but of all the repub women out there, the best he can do is PALIN?

and how is this being a maverick, when palin agrees with mccain on just about everything and mccain agrees with bush 90% of the time?

[SoCalDem]

6. Reclaims his batshit-insane image, maybe

Some patriot...

Picks Barbie to be his runningmate, and thinks the US would be Okay with that..

Like having an 8 yr old babysit a newborn:(

[Frank Cannon]

7. If by "maverick", you mean "dumbass"

The Washington Post is always redefining words. During Chimpy's reign they redefined "decisive" to mean "dumbass", as well.

[marmar]

8. It should read: With HIS pick, Rove tries to re-establish McCain's faux maverick image.....

We need a little truthiness, WaPo.