Speaking of memes racing around the net, there’s apparently a new term for folks like me, who’d rather listen to Jessica Simpson read Dostoyevsky for days on end than vote for John McCain. We are, apparently, called “suicide voters”. It’s a pretty brainless and insulting term that assumes our irrationality, but it sounds cute and so it’s taking hold.
I’d like to coin another term for folks like me.
Don’t call us “suicide voters”. We plan on survivng and thriving while those Johnny Mac has sucked dry and cast aside are still licking their wounds and wondering why, oh why, bad things happen to them.
I preter to think of us as “maverick voters”. Seems accurate and appropriate. I get to tweak one of the most elitist Senators in DC and the MSM will be beating a path to my door for my brave stand against the heartless machine of the Rethuglicans. It’s a win/win, baby!
(UPDATE: Crud! One of Kathryn Lopez’ commenters beat me to the punch. They’re abstaining on McCain, not voting for someone else, which of course means that they are not “pure” maverick voters. Pure Mavericks would follow the notion to its natural conclusion. That’s one for you memesmiths out there. Heh.)
I am a Maverick Voter too.
To those who think we should be loyal to the party, I have two items for you:
1) We owe the party no more loyalty than does John McCain.
2) We are more beholden to our political principals than to a bunch of influence peddlers engaged in hackery simply to achieve a Pyhrric victory – simply because they have to “win”.
[...] Jimmie, at The Sundries Shack has coined a phrase which much more accurately describes our view as voters. We are Maverick Voters. [...]