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...John Kerry is a flip-flop, then President Bush is a stiletto driven straight into my heart...

Author: By Rena Xu, | Title: Words, Words, Words | 9/29/2004 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Matthew P. Downer, | Title: More than Just 'Flip-Flops' | 9/29/2004 | See Source »

Language presents us with many opportunities to compromise accuracy for cleverness. In the statement above, the bargain is clearly worth it. Kerry is a “flip-flop,” just as his accuser is another type of shoe? Double entendre, phallic imagery, anti-war allusions? Incredible...

Author: By Rena Xu, | Title: Words, Words, Words | 9/29/2004 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Eoghan W. Stafford, | Title: Marshall Plan vs. Man With No Plan | 9/28/2004 | See Source »

...commercial or military type. The film then shows a young man, his clothes soaked in blood, with what appear to be bullet wounds in his legs and arms. Another young man and a woman, also seemingly with bullet wounds, are also filmed. "I lost my flip-flop when I was running," the woman says. "I bent down to pick it up, and the bullet went through my basket and hit me." Va Char then films Mao and Chao Lee's mother, weeping. At the site of the alleged ambush, a girl is seen, dead in the bushes, her intestines spilling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Blackbird's Song | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

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