Reason #2: He Flip-Flops Too:
Probably the most common charge President Bush lays against Senator Kerry is
that Kerry "flip-flops" - changes his mind. It's a charge that doesn't hold
much water with me.
Is flip-flopping really a bad thing?
Is it better for a candidate to have always held the
wrong position, than for a candidate to have switched to the right
position? Consider that there's an issue on which you
agree with Kerry, and disagree with Bush. But Kerry
flip-flopped; he used to hold the same position as Bush. Is
that reason to vote for Bush, who's always held the
"wrong" (as far as you're concerned) position?
Is is bad to acknowledge that you can be swayed by
the evidence? Many Americans (myself included...)
believed President Bush when he said Iraq had weapons of
mass destruction, and that that required us to invade.
We have since learned that those weapons didn't exist,
and some of us (myself included...) have flip-flopped
in our belief that war was necessary.