Continuing our theme of the ease in which the President acknowledges mistakes, we point you to this "
online debate" between Senator John Kerry, Private Citizen Ralph Nader, and President George W. Bush at Slashdot. If you flip down to number 11, you see this interesting question.
When is it appropriate for a leader to change their opinion? Both sides have been accused of flip-flopping on important issues - President Bush on establishing the Dept. of Homeland Security and steel tariffs, Senator Kerry on the Iraq war. But changing opinion due to thoughtful reconsideration ought not to be derided as flip-flopping. Tell us about a time when you had an honest change of opinion on a topic of national importance.
I will admit that none of them answered the question directly, but the President's answer is particularly enlightening, and I will reprint it in its entirety.
President Bush declined to answer this question. - Editor
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