Sylvania Reflections

Larry's Opinions and Items Of Interest From Penn's Woods

Friday, September 24, 2004

It turns out that even though the Republicans have apparently succeeded in painting Kerry as a flip-flopper, Bush has flip-flopped as much, maybe more.See John F. Harris' analysis in the Washington Post.

And as far as Kerry flip flopping on Iraq . . .
The San Francsco Chronicle has an article by Marc Sandalow, their Washington Bureau Chief, with the following headlines:
NEWS ANALYSIS
Flip-flopping charge unsupported by facts
Kerry always pushed global cooperation, war as last resort
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In it, he says:
"Yet an examination of Kerry's words in more than 200 speeches and statements, comments during candidate forums and answers to reporters' questions does not support the accusation."

The complete article can be seen here.

My opinion is that some flip-flopping needs to be a fact of life in political office due to the way things change and the evolving complexities of many issues.I can't understand why Bush is making such a big thing about it.Maybe he just doesn't have much else he can say about Kerry.

And some other quotes . . .
"Like all weak men he laid an exagerated stress on not changing one's mind"
-W. Somerset Maugham: Of Human Bondage XXXIX
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and devines."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-Reliance

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