Candidates Think Flip-Flopping is the Only Way to Win Elections

Mc-Insain seems to be showing the full-blown effects of Alzheimer's:

Sen. John McCain has long presented himself as that rare bird in politics: an inveterate straight-shooter. But does campaign strain have McCain's Straight Talk Express veering off course?

A string of incidents stemming from the senator's two presidential runs suggests he's no less fallible than any other candidate, and just as capable of adjusting facts to suit his purpose.

1. Confederate Flag Over South Carolina Capitol, April 19, 2000
During the run-up to the South Carolina Republican primary in February 2000, McCain was asked whether he felt the Confederate flag should be removed from atop the statehouse.

Non-truth: McCain stated publicly that it was up to South Carolinians to decide.

Truth: Two months later McCain said he believed "the flag should be removed from the Capitol". "I feared that if I answered honestly, I could not win the South Carolina primary. So I chose to compromise my principles," he said. "I broke my promise to always tell the truth."

Source: "Excerpts from McCain's Remarks on Confederate Flag," New York Times, April 20, 2000.

2. Economics Expertise, Jan. 27, 2008
Non-truth: When confronted with his own remarks about his economic prowess during a Republican primary debate, McCain said, "I don't know where you got that quote from. I'm very well versed in economics." In a later interview on NBC, McCain added that he's "very strong on the economy."

Truth: McCain was asked about a quote he gave The Wall Street Journal in a November 2005 interview in which he admitted he lacked expertise on economic issues. The quote read: "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues." I still need to be educated."

McCain told reporters in December 2007, "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should."

Sources: "Reform. Reform. Reform." " John McCain Explains His Eclectic and Troubling Economic Philosophy, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 26, 2005; NBC GOP presidential debate exchange, Jan. 24, 2008; "Meet the Press," NBC, Jan. 27, 2008.

Senility, Alzheimer's, or just a plain ol' LIAR.......................?

This is good!!!!!!!!!

"It???s a delicate dance, and John McCain is ???liable to break a hip???"
Posted June 19th, 2008 at 10:05 am -----

"Long-time readers know that I???ve been emphasizing John McCain???s dozens of major policy flip-flops for months now, hoping that this would a) catch on as a campaign issue; and b) undermine McCain???s unearned reputation for principled stands on the issues."

I???m beginning to think that maybe, just maybe, the criticism is taking root. Consider yesterday???s ???Cafferty File??? on CNN:

For those who can???t watch clips online, Jack Cafferty noted some of McCain more glaring recent reversals, adding, ???If John McCain doesn???t stop changing his position on the issues, he threatens to make John Kerry look like an amateur. In order for McCain to win in November, he has to appeal to both the traditional Republican base and to Independents. Dana Milbank, in The Washington Post says that???s a delicate dance. And if McCain???s not careful, ???he???s liable to break a hip.??? Of course, any doctor will tell you a broken hip can be very difficult to recover from.???

The past couple of weeks have been especially difficult when it comes to McCain flip-flops.

* McCain supported the drilling moratorium; now he???s against it.

* McCain strongly opposes a windfall-tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea.

* McCain thought Bush???s warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite.

* McCain defended ???privatizing??? Social Security. Now he says he???s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.)

Wait, I???m not done with the last two weeks yet???.

* McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn???t.

* McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite.

* He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it ???one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.???

* McCain said he would ???not impose a litmus test on any nominee.??? He used to promise the opposite.

The list goes on..............

This is also Rich:

Johnnie Midnight is at it again

There's a myth out there that the McCain campaign and the media have cooperated to create. It says that John McCain is reluctant to exploit his Vietnam POW story for political advantage, so modest and full of integrity is he. We've seen this repeated again and again, not just by McCain and his supporters but by reporters who ought to know better.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

From the first time he ran for Congress in 1982 up to the present day, McCain has made his POW story the centerpiece of his entire political career. The key moment of that 1982 campaign was when he responded to his opponent's (absolutely true) accusation that McCain was a carpetbagger by saying, "As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi." At every point since, it has been the deft use of this tool that has brought McCain renewed attention or won him a key victory.

McCain has every right to talk about Vietnam all he wants -- it's his story, and no serious person has ever disputed the details. But don't tell us he's reluctant to use it, because he isn't. He talks about it to voters, he talks about it to contributors, he talks about it to reporters, he talks about it with seriousness, he jokes about it, and his campaign makes every attempt it can to remind people of what happened to him in Vietnam.

But what happened with Gen. Clark reveals the McCain Rules, as he and the press would have us understand them. Here's how things are supposed to work: It's fine for the McCain campaign to run ads touting his time as a POW, create web videos touting his time as a POW, have him mention his time as a POW in speeches, and have him bring it up in debates (remember "I was tied up at the time"?). In other words, it's fine to have John McCain's entire presidential run be presented through the filter of his POW experience. Should, however, someone even ask the question of whether the fact that McCain was a POW really qualifies him to be president, that would be a deeply offensive affront to all that is right and good, and must not be tolerated. Talk about having it both ways.

As assuredly as the last 7 + years in the States has been unbelievably lame it will, even more assuredly continue with your vote for McCain

The Rovebots are out tonight

Have a blog night, but be civil
yeah right,.....Ha Ha Ha

I wish the loony lefties and the Right wing Whackos would SHUT UP.
The other 80% of us understand that
A) These issues are complex. If there was a simple "right" answer, somebody would have used it. All solutions have consequences, some of them good, some bad, and some just unintended.

B) People who don't revise their opinions when presented with new information are IDIOTS.

C) The "situation on the groun" changes constantly..in war, the economy, healthcare, etc. So hat worked yesterday may not work today, and what didn't work yesterday may be just right at this particular point.

GROW UP.

KOOL-AID??????..From the kitchen of the obama sheeple!! take one heaping spoonful of an inexperienced elitist white male seeking self validation through exploitation of his african-american genetics. Combine two parts black liberation theology clerics spewing intolerance! With two parts of unrepentant intellectuals committed to the destruction of America. Stir in one cup of militant black wife harboring the overwhelming desire to stick it to whitey and one spoonful of typical white person grandmother mix well. Pour a gallon of anti-patriotism into tall glasses and sprinkle with naïve foreign policy ideations. Serve on a platter of meaningless oratorical hyperbole with a generous dollop of wealth re-distribution. Sprinkle liberally with zest of white guilt flip it and flop it till it tastes right.top it off with a ounce of anti-semitism and Serve large portions to the undiscerning and spellbound masses convinced that the Second Coming is upon America and now you have a complete recipe for disaster!

Flip flopping politicians should not be penalized as bad... but let their difficulty in building support around their goals be the penalty among their peers --our law makers.
Wether it's law, the work place or private life one can not be all rudder and no keel or you become very difficult to deal with!
Also people who are all keel and no rudder face penaltys,.
A politician should not be called a flip flopper if he changes his mind about something in fresh light of new information he or she recieved. And consideration!
Our challeng in listening to the nomonees for president is to determine if there is a lie, or indeed new information came to light to them.
There is a problem with inflexibility in all keel, no rudder. the other extream of all rudder and no keel is inconsistancey.
A good leader has to have some keel AND some rudder. something our news industry ignores.It's an industry of all keel and no rudder. (change of a politicians stance is always "flip flopping").

Posted By: Concerned Ctzn @ 07/02/2008 11:00:37
Comment: Hey BoogieShoes, quit flattering yourself. In the grand scheme of thangs, nobody's relevant here. Your BS is no better than my BS---or anybody's for that matter .... hehehe.

Sappy days are here again!


CC, If you read the post again, you'll notice that that was exactly my point. Thanks for reiterating, though.

LOL!!!! Catchy tune ain't it?

the kool-aid recipe is the reason you should not vote for him it sums up his reasons for running and if you think he's qualified to be president then you have been slipped a micky so to speak someone slipped you some obama kool-aid check his record his votes but most important check his agenda and ask your self is this who i want to run the country ! think about his tax plan think about his willing to give free health care to 15 million illeagles think about his forgien policy or lack there of think about all his plans and if you feel like he's the one take some ipecac syrup because you've ingested his kool-aid then go vote for someone who will get this country back on track i prefer the John McCain/ Mitt Romney ticket hopfully thats who will win the election in november if Obama gets it we are gonna have a hard row to hoe !!