The Maverick family is mad as hell at John McCain and Sarah Palin for misappropriating their family name. The Texas family, whose practice of not branding their cattle was the origin of the word maverick, is proud of their family’s liberal heritage that began in Boston in the 1600s, according to an Oct. 4 article in the New York Times.
Maverick family members have supported the ACLU, fought against McCarthyism, and have been labeled Communists by Texas conservatives. Maury Maverick Jr. wrote a column for the San Antonio Express-News shortly before his death in 2003 in which he opposed the upcoming war in Iraq.
I also come from a family of mavericks. I’m baffled by Palin’s appropriation of the term. No maverick would stand (or sit) for her minister casting out witches from her as Palin is depicted on YouTube. Social conservatives tolerate mavericks about as well as they tolerate homosexuals and abortionists. I’ve been told I lack “values,” that I’m a “woman with a past” who’ll be “left behind” when the Rapture comes.
As a born-again Christian, I prefer the word “testimony” to “past.” Still, Christianity isn’t a maverick-friendly religion. If Palin were a maverick, Christians wouldn’t support her.
Maverick family members have supported the ACLU, fought against McCarthyism, and have been labeled Communists by Texas conservatives. Maury Maverick Jr. wrote a column for the San Antonio Express-News shortly before his death in 2003 in which he opposed the upcoming war in Iraq.
I also come from a family of mavericks. I’m baffled by Palin’s appropriation of the term. No maverick would stand (or sit) for her minister casting out witches from her as Palin is depicted on YouTube. Social conservatives tolerate mavericks about as well as they tolerate homosexuals and abortionists. I’ve been told I lack “values,” that I’m a “woman with a past” who’ll be “left behind” when the Rapture comes.
As a born-again Christian, I prefer the word “testimony” to “past.” Still, Christianity isn’t a maverick-friendly religion. If Palin were a maverick, Christians wouldn’t support her.
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