From today's LTTE section of the New York Times

[ceebeegee]

President Bush opposed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Then he supported it. President Bush opposed the creation of an independent 9/11 commission. Then he supported it.

During the election of 2000, Mr. Bush opposed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill, denounced nation-building and said gay marriage was an issue to be decided by the states. This was before he signed McCain-Feingold into law, invaded Iraq and called for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

It is time for the media to stop propagating the myth that John Kerry is a morally equivocal flip-flopper while excusing the president's reversals as mere political pragmatism.

And even better:

In "All Things to All People," David Brooks writes, "There were so many military men at the Democratic convention I almost expected John Kerry to mount the stage in full body armor and recite the war speech from 'Henry V.' "

That indeed would have looked foolish, not anything like landing on an aircraft carrier in a jump suit under a banner declaring "Mission Accomplished."

Beautiful.

And might I add, it looks especially foolish from a man who never actually, you know, fought for his country.

Comments

[dje2004.livejournal.com]

And not just Bush either. There are so many pro-war Republicans who have managed to avoid military service that there was a term coined to describe them: chickenhawk. This list includes Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rove, "Scooter" Libby, Bill Bennet, Limabaugh, O'Reilly, and Richard Perle.

I personally don't view military service as a major issue, but since the Republicans made it a big issue during the Clinton campaign, and since they're very gung-ho when it comes to beating the war drum, I'm happy to see Kerry stick it to them.