Watch them All Fall Down!

Bob Herbert has a good article over at Working For Change on the Flip-Flop Mantra. His take on it isn't entirely new, but it is entertaining.

Recently, several Bush supporters took issue with my suggesting that the president's stance on winning the war on terror was indeed a flip-flop.

In addition to calling me "terminally stupid" and reminding me of Sen. John Kerry's numerous flip-flops over the years, one individual posed a direct question: "How can anyone support a candidate who flip-flops?"

His question gave me cause for self-reflection.

My terminal stupidity notwithstanding, I ultimately came to the conclusion that the gentleman was correct. How could anyone support a candidate who flip-flops? Americans want a guy who says what he means and does not deviate. We want Howard Roarke incarnate!

I thought how fortunate we were to have a president who was immune from flip-flops. Could you imagine if President Bush were guilty of flip-flopping? That might change the whole rationale for supporting his candidacy.

He then proceeds to list a few the dozens of times President Bush has flip-flopped. Such as on the need for a Homeland Security office or Campaign Finance Reform. But of course, President Bush by virtue of being President Bush, a Republican, a Conservative, cannot really flip-flop. When he appears to flip flop, and it's often, you need to look a little closer to realize how it's not really a flip flop. Or something.