tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790592486214429033.post7571757147101118166..comments2024-03-16T01:45:48.775-07:00Comments on Election '08: Data and Pictures: Feeling MaverickyTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10450260399089308141noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790592486214429033.post-76865583396840215772021-12-01T08:51:39.202-08:002021-12-01T08:51:39.202-08:00This was great to rreadThis was great to rreadMadisonhttps://www.madisonharvey.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790592486214429033.post-10550993642233279822008-10-29T19:27:00.000-07:002008-10-29T19:27:00.000-07:00Yeah, I know about those Mavericks--but I thought ...Yeah, I know about those Mavericks--but I thought it would be more fun to post about the Mavericks of my youth.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10450260399089308141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790592486214429033.post-74066870594865330932008-10-29T14:28:00.000-07:002008-10-29T14:28:00.000-07:00I believe Maury was one of a group of congressmen ...I believe Maury was one of a group of congressmen called "The Mavericks" -- who actually were liberals, not conservatives like McCain.<BR/><BR/>But according to a NY Times article on October 4, the source of the word "maverick" was Maury's grandfather, Sam Maverick. Sam was a rancher who never branded his cattle, hence people called unbranded cattle "mavericks".Dana Nauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779330575394594033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790592486214429033.post-13714813445843974962008-10-29T12:03:00.000-07:002008-10-29T12:03:00.000-07:00Isn't Maurey Maverick the "original" one?Isn't Maurey Maverick the "original" one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com