<![CDATA[Gawker: Maverick]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: Maverick]]> http://gawker.com/tag/maverick http://gawker.com/tag/maverick <![CDATA[ Introducing Angry McCain ]]> angrymaverick.jpgRepublican presidential nominee John McCain plays the press well. They love him because he makes them feel wanted and invites them over for barbecues! But then sometimes they get embarrassed and snap back with passive-aggressive attacks like almost saying he fucked a lobbyist. And then Senator McCain gets mad. He gets sooo mad! On his plane today, John McCain yelled at New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller for a full minute-and-a-half for daring to ask him about a 2004 quote to the Times. The most telling exchange came at the end: "Can I ask you about your, uh... why you're so angry?" Aggressively leaning in, McCain replies, "pardon me?" "Nevermind," Bumiller mumbles. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the "John McCain can't keep his temper in check" meme. You'll be seeing a lot of it! Video of the incident after the jump.

]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:16:38 EST Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=365360&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ <i>New York Review of Books</i> Personals a Hotbed for Eldersex ]]> Have you ever made it all the way through an issue of the New York Review of Books? Of course not! But did you realize that the septuagenarian crowd is getting totally rowdy back there, carefully crafting literate, occasionally randy personals for potential hookups? (Remember, they don't know how to use Craigslist). Actual example: "Manhunt for literate 70 y/o gay men!" Examples after the jump! (Totally SFW).

70 looking 60 with the energy of 50. Love to travel: me on my dollar, you on yours. I've seen the world twice - hope third time's the charm ... sex is fun it you're a romantic, otherwise move on...
Refined, yet uncomplicated—can eat peanut butter straight from the jar, yet totally comfortable at White House dinner.
Best-selling Boston author, media commentator (MacNeil/Lehrer, Nightline, NPR). Known for laser-like intellect balanced by warm heart and disarming ability to laugh at herself. Ivy educated, Ivy professor. Slender divorced brunette with expressive sexy eyes, head-turning presence.
Art foundation director. Dark hair, slender figure, sparkling eyes, worldly intellect. Think classic 1940s movie star looks with an added dash of warmth and character. Gracious, successful—something of a maverick.
]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:21:24 EST Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=341656&view=rss&microfeed=true