On Flip-Flopping
Regular readers will know that I am no fan of John Kerry. Yet I still fail to understand this "flip-flopping" charge (which, I might add, has been plagiarized from Sideshow Bob's campaign against Joseph Quimby for Springfield mayor). Kerry's biggest flip-flop is Vietnam, no question. Let's remember though, that in '65 support for the war ran at around 90%. Ten years later support sat around 25%. Hmm, so like 65% of Americans over the course of the War he changed his mind...how does this shit stick. Secondly, Kerry's flip-flopping on Vietnam is incredibly admirable when you look at it objectively. Like most Americans he supported the war at first (more so in fact, as unlike most, he volunteered to go). Like most Americans he came to not support the war, and more so than most, he actually tried to exercise his constitutional right to stop it. Kerry's other flip-flopping can probably be charged against 90% of the Senate.
Now Bush and Cheney's flip-floppin' on the other hand (to repeat the long) list-Iraq has WMD, Iraq doesn't have WMD, we don't need a homeland security dept., we do need a homeland security dept., we don't need a 9-11 comission, we do need a 9-11 commission, I support the government of apartheid era South Africa, I don't support the apartheid government (Cheney only), we don't support steel tariffs, we do support steel tariffs, we don't support steel tariffs, we don't support stem cell, we do support stem cell, we kinda support stem cell, we don't support a missile shield, we do support a missile shield, we don't support a missile shield, I won't testify before the 9-11 comm., I will testify before the 9-11 comm., did I mention it won't be under oath? We don't support putting nuclear waste in Yucca Mt., we do support putting nuclear wast in Yucca Mt., oh wait, Nevada's a swing state? We don't support putting nuclear waste in Yucca Mt (one of my favorites, Nevadans aren't buying, more on that later). Iraq gave support for 9-11, Iraq didn't give support for 9-11. We support No Child Left Behind, We haven't funded No Child Left Behind to its minimum mandate, thus invalidating it, We did try to overthrow Hugo Chavez, we didn't try to overthrow Hugo Chavez (another of my favorites). There are at least ten more prominent ones, but you get the idea.
Now Bush and Cheney's flip-floppin' on the other hand (to repeat the long) list-Iraq has WMD, Iraq doesn't have WMD, we don't need a homeland security dept., we do need a homeland security dept., we don't need a 9-11 comission, we do need a 9-11 commission, I support the government of apartheid era South Africa, I don't support the apartheid government (Cheney only), we don't support steel tariffs, we do support steel tariffs, we don't support steel tariffs, we don't support stem cell, we do support stem cell, we kinda support stem cell, we don't support a missile shield, we do support a missile shield, we don't support a missile shield, I won't testify before the 9-11 comm., I will testify before the 9-11 comm., did I mention it won't be under oath? We don't support putting nuclear waste in Yucca Mt., we do support putting nuclear wast in Yucca Mt., oh wait, Nevada's a swing state? We don't support putting nuclear waste in Yucca Mt (one of my favorites, Nevadans aren't buying, more on that later). Iraq gave support for 9-11, Iraq didn't give support for 9-11. We support No Child Left Behind, We haven't funded No Child Left Behind to its minimum mandate, thus invalidating it, We did try to overthrow Hugo Chavez, we didn't try to overthrow Hugo Chavez (another of my favorites). There are at least ten more prominent ones, but you get the idea.
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