DU This Yahoo! story about Bush being the bigger flip-flopper

[Eric J in MN]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/flipping_and_flopping

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If he is a flip-flopper, Kerry has company.

_In 2000, Bush argued against new military entanglements and nation building. He's done both in Iraq.

_He opposed a Homeland Security Department, then embraced it.

_He opposed creation of an independent Sept. 11 commission, then supported it. He first refused to speak to its members, then agreed only if Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) came with him.

_Bush argued for free trade, then imposed three-year tariffs on steel imports in 2002, only to withdraw them after 21 months.

_Last month, he said he doubted the war on terror could be won, then reversed himself to say it could and would.

_A week after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Bush said he wanted Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) "dead or alive." But he told reporters six months later, "I truly am not that concerned about him." He did not mention bin Laden in his hour-long convention acceptance speech.

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[acmavm]

1. Good article. Shows what a bunch of phonies bush* & his crowd are.

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[Sydnie]

2. Done n/t

[wishlist]

3. He also reversed position on drilling in ANWR

I heard babyBush state on TV four years ago that he would not advocate drilling in ANWR, when he was courting the moderate voters. Then he reversed his position after taking office.

He has made a frequent habit of taking extreme and unpopular positions (such as stonewalling the 9/11 Commission) until being backed into a corner by Repubs as well as Dems and shamed into changing positions. Other changes in his views or positions seem to just be a result of his inability to keep his insincere rhetoric straight. But our sorry media gives him a pass on all of his flip-flops.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. done

MKJ

[AntiFascist]

5. Why not turn this into a MoveOn.org commercial?

It's not a personal attack. Reverse the trend of the Repub convention and associate, in peoples' minds, flipflopping with Bush.

[Cha]

6. Rated!

Only a 3.47 now.

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. Done (eom)

In Memorium
http://brainscream.com/MP3/wtc-Roger_Waters_and_Waking_Born-World_Trade_Center_Tribute.mpg

[krkaufman]

8. Mars, anyone? n/t