Flip Flopping Nothing New for Democrats
From the
Union Leader
Some say Kerry's ambiguities are signs of courage. He went to war to fight for his country. And when Kerry came home, they say, he fought the war in support of what he thought was best for his country. Needless to say, many people disagree with this interpretation.
This will all be hashed out repeatedly between now and November. What I find more interesting is how familiar these complaints about Kerry seem to be.
Didn't we hear the same things about Bill Clinton, the original Democrat "Who Wanted to Have it Both Ways"?
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And of course there was Al Gore. Now Gore wasn't really accused of holding conflicting ideas simultaneously, so much as constantly "reinventing himself." He'd been a pro-lifer, a pro-choicer, a social liberal, a social conservative, a hawk, a dove, a wonk, a quasi-hippy, a populist, an elitist, a New Democrat and an Old Democrat. Even such middle-of-the-road types as CNN's Bill Schneider wrote a column for National Journal titled "OK, Al, Who Are You Today?"
Clinton, Gore and Kerry are all very different men, with different histories. But I'm beginning to wonder if there's something about the Democratic Party or liberalism in general that results in picking these sorts of men as their standard-bearers.
Matt's Chat
Very interesting article by Jonah Goldberg. Go read the whole thing...
Mark's Remarks
They pick these men because they are the moral and backbone equivalent of Jell-O. They only care about maintaining power, they have no core. The Left likes that because they can use that. You take a piece of mindless clay and manipulate it to your ends. Voila! You have Dimocrap politics today!
