Oh, that's an accusation that makes me wild with rage at the sheer stupidity of it: "He used to think X and now he thinks Y! She's on record as having said A in 1978 and now she's flip-flopped all the way to B!"
You'd think, after nearly eight years of governance by a man whose sole virtue is the ability to remain loyal and faithful to his opinions even in the face of mountains of contrary evidence, we wouldn't be so quick to scream about people who aren't always convinced they're 100% right the first time for all time, but I swear I've heard NPR's "On The Media" break down several such accusations just in the last few months -- sadly, break them down as in "If you analyze it closely, it wasn't that much of a flip-flop," not "If you analyze it closely, the entire premise is horseshit."
The MAians are bringing up excellent points against Romney, but flea's decision-making process sounds incredibly sensible. Personal likability is nice enough, but it should be somewhere near dead last on any reasonable list of reasons to vote for or against somebody. Should be, most likely won't be. I'm shuddering already at the next ten months.
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Date: 2008-01-05 02:18 pm (UTC)You'd think, after nearly eight years of governance by a man whose sole virtue is the ability to remain loyal and faithful to his opinions even in the face of mountains of contrary evidence, we wouldn't be so quick to scream about people who aren't always convinced they're 100% right the first time for all time, but I swear I've heard NPR's "On The Media" break down several such accusations just in the last few months -- sadly, break them down as in "If you analyze it closely, it wasn't that much of a flip-flop," not "If you analyze it closely, the entire premise is horseshit."
The MAians are bringing up excellent points against Romney, but flea's decision-making process sounds incredibly sensible. Personal likability is nice enough, but it should be somewhere near dead last on any reasonable list of reasons to vote for or against somebody. Should be, most likely won't be. I'm shuddering already at the next ten months.