Word: flipped
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...organizers of the RNC spoke to mainstream America with expertise that was envied by their Democratic counterparts, crafting every detail of the massive production to effectively communicate the desired message to average Americans. Ask these average Americans what comes to mind when they hear the words “flip-flop” and the answer is likely to be John Kerry. While it’s easy to dismiss such an epitaph as a baseless partisan attack, doing so runs the risk of overlooking the disturbing degree to which it is justified...
Accused of flip-flopping on the war in Iraq, Kerry defends his force-authorizing vote by claiming that he voted to threaten force rather than to actually use it. But the fact is that in an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News on May 4, 2003, after Saddam Hussein had been disarmed, Kerry clearly said, “I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein, and when the President made the decision, I supported him, and I support that fact that we did disarm him.” In direct contradiction to his most recent...
Like many Democrats, when I hear the words “flip-flop,” I cringe. I cringe because flip-flops are unimportant and easily dismissed. I cringe because many hear “flip-flop” and are irritated by “Republican spin” rather than troubled by unprincipled ambition. Flip-flops are trivial, but our decision this November is not. In comparing John Kerry and President Bush, we would do well to look beyond talking points and press releases to a record that reflect the true character...
...while Bush acts flip about his flop in Iraq, John Kerry has made his position on the war perfectly clear: at a speech Monday at New York University, Kerry declared that he would not have invaded Iraq. He stands by his vote for authorizing the possible use of force. (Reminder for President Bush: this is the resolution you were referring to in October 2002 when you said “Approving this resolution does not mean that military action is imminent or unavoidable.”) But Kerry feels that force was not necessary. After all, Hussein admitted weapons inspectors...
...population and the international community could do more harm than good. And the prospect of the January deadline producing a flawed election has led observers from UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Jordan's Crown Prince Abdullah to Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry to urge a postponement. But the flip-side of the coin may be equally dangerous: the consequences of not holding the election on schedule could add the prospect of massive Shiite unrest to the security challenge posed by multiple insurgencies, and leave the Allawi government in a legal and political limbo in which the basis...