Two political blog posts in a row? Weezer! (As in, Say It Ain't So)

I'm fairly certain that presidential candidates should have to pick their running mates from the opposite party. The two party system isn't going anywhere (sorry closet Whigs), but that doesn't mean we can't mix things up a bit. We would achieve much more as a country with a Democratic president and a Republican vice president, or vice versa. And if nothing else it would make politics a lot more fun to watch on TV, like Rock of Love or Flavor of Love, except everyone keeps their clothes on.

Let's use some resources!

mav·er·ick /ˈmævərɪk, ˈmævrɪk/ [mav-er-ik, mav-rik] –noun 1. Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother. 2. a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates. 3. (initial capital letter) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km). [Origin: 1865–70, Americanism; after Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), Texas pioneer who left his calves unbranded] —Synonyms 2. nonconformist, independent, loner.

I assume that nobody would refer to themselves as being No. 1 or No. 3 which only leaves No. 2, but, honestly, where in that definition does it refer to 72 year old POW's whose voting record is the same as Bush's 95% of the time? And doesn't referring to yourself as a maverick ad nauseum kind of diminish your maverick-ness? And I am sorry, but Palin is no Goose.