Senile old coot losing "maverick" rep

Cranky old Pancakes McWaffle is just a really old Dumbya, say voters. Via Cliff Schecter:

John McBush once had the most powerful brand in American politics.

He was often called the country's most popular politician and widely admired for his independent streak. It wasn't too many years ago that "maverick" was the cliche of choice in describing him.

But that term didn't even make the list this year when voters were asked by the Pew Research Center to sum up McCain in a single word. "Old" got the most mentions, followed by "experienced," "conservative," and "Bush." The words "independent," "change" or "reformer" weren't among them.

Last week, McCain's negatives among registered voters hit an all-time high of 34 percent in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey. Voters who don't like McCain are, by an overwhelming margin, rejecting his political beliefs, not the kind of person he is, a recent Pew poll found.

Yeah, he seems like he'd be a great guy to have a beer with... //puke