Here’s where it starts.

In order to defeat Democrats, the most practical choice for a real opposition party, the Republicans, must be rendered into a real opposition party.  The problem is that they aren’t one yet, though recently some few glimmers of hope were elected.  Shortly thereafter, the Republican Establishment attacked those that put them back into power (the Tea Parties) and ran roughshod over the freshmen.  This establishment aka RINOs (allow me my moment of cognitive dissonance) in this and much of their history have proven themselves useless and thus has to go.

That’s where mavericking the mavericks comes into play.

The statement “Well, if you do/don’t do such and so the Democrat will win” is currently and sadly irrelevant at this stage.  The Republicans are not a real opposition party.  As they stand right now, regardless of whether they are in the majority or minority, the Democrats win.  It’s only a question of by what degree, and though it shouldn’t be this way, it is.  So undermining RINOs until they lose is a necessity because we must be rid of them before the Republicans are a real opposition party.

Or practically speaking, we maverick our way through enough careers that those RINOs remaining have the sense to realize that going maverick will end their tenures without fail.  On the flip side, not all Republicans are RINOs and those that are trying to do the jobs we sent them to do deserve our very real and mockery-free support.  These are the glimmers of hope upon which we need to build.

Now, my standard of “maverick” politician is Has-Been Maverick and current Chipmunk John McCain.  He basically spent the entire Bush administration being mavericky and “reaching across the aisle” for the benefit of John McCain.  It was pretty much about him getting press time, feeding his presidential ambitions, and indulging his spite against conservatives and Bush because he lost the 2000 Republican presidential primary.

Maverick politicians like McCain deserve maverickings.  If they intend to be contrary for no good reason other than themselves, so can you.  I jokingly refer to the concept in some places on this blog as “the maverick paradigm,”  and the simplest way to be one is to just be the opposite of a supporter.  Some of the basics are below:

• Maverick donations: Being an ordinary supporter would require you to part with some of your money, but as a maverick supporter, your life gets so much less expensive.  When you get a phone call or email asking for money to support your favorite maverick politician, the maverick answer is ‘no’.  It’s easy to do, it doesn’t cost you a thing, and is part of the brilliant, shining new way of the maverick paradigm.
• Maverick volunteering: An ordinary volunteer has to spend hours and footwork placing signs, spreading fliers, and manning phone banks.  A maverick volunteer doesn’t have to do any of this.  You can tell the people asking you to volunteer for your favorite maverick politician ‘no’, stay home to watch your favorite shows, and still call yourself a maverick volunteer.  Simple, easy, and effort-free.
• Maverick voting: How do you maverick vote?  It doesn’t require any risk or lawbreaking on your part.  You just vote for anyone but your favorite maverick politician, preferably the one most likely to unseat them.

If you want to take a more active role in mavericking a RINO, think of “maverick” as an adjective meaning “the opposite of” or “the irritating, insufferable, aggravating version of” as I do.  The second one in particular is much like McCain, especially if you’re mavericking a maverick politician for no better reason than your own amusement.  It’s a game millions can play, and there’s no reason you shouldn’t give some of the annoyance back.

Once you understand that, you can shower maverick politicians with things such as maverick adulation (mockery) and maverick support (supporting their opponents).  When enough of us do this, maverick politicians and others who want to be like them will realize that they don’t want to inspire maverick support, especially if it ends a few of their careers.  Ever.

Quick List of Mavericking Tricks

1. Disintermediation:  The fancy internet fad term for “cutting out the middle man.”  This grassroots technique bypasses the risk of RINOs getting preferential funding and support by donating straight to worthy conservative candidates.  This happened organically over time, as we all just simply realized we should stop donating to the fools running the Republican party unless and until they become a real one.
2. The Precinct Project:  One of the greatest things you can say to a maverick politician is “Hi.  I have you by the tender parts.”  This is the concept behind The Precinct Project, mentioned often at RedState by the writer “ColdWarrior”.  Basically, it’s the “We own your party, so if you maverick us, we’ll maverick you back” technique.
3. All RINO Rule:  This one is simple.  If the RINOs responsible for doing something stupid aren’t available to primary or defeat in the next general election, the RINOs available will do.  RINO is about as granular as your mavericking needs to get for office removal.  If they’re causing a problem anyway, pink slip them anyway.
4. WARNING:  You can’t use rage to deal with maverick politicians.  They use the rage from conservatives to appeal to moderates and make the press happy.  We were all furious at McCain for eight years, and it did no good.  He used our rage to build his “maverick” credentials and become a media darling at our expense.  So unless you want to see a maverick politician on TV all the time, maintain your temper regardless of how deserving your target is.
5. Mock them instead (maverick adulation):  Randomly throw monkey wrenches into their aspirations and moments of press glory.  You may not be able to get rid of them in the middle of their terms, but you can tweak their tempers and egos.  They may ignore criticism, but treat them like laughingstocks and see how long they want to keep their jobs.
6. It is wholly unnecessary and unwarranted to break the law to maverick a politician, so don’t do it.  Ever.

Plus, we can use it on maverick wannabes to keep them in line while they’re in the middle of their tenures.  It’s hard to be fashionable at the poshest Washington cocktail parties when the conservatives you were supposedly poking in the eye are laughing at you instead.  Not to mention those Sunday show interviews just aren’t going to be the same.

There is no point in preserving RINOs.  They are impediments to a fully functional Republican opposition and the reversal of socialism.  They deserve no support until they return our support.  So remember:  The maverick had it coming.  All of them do.