As convention goers last night chanted "flip-flop" during the VP's speech, I decided to check up on W some more. You know, the President who Giuliani said was "a leader who is willing to stick with difficult decisions even as public opinion shifts." The one Schwarzenegger called a "leader who doesn't flinch, doesn't waver, does not back down."
Yesterday, I mentioned his switch on abortion nearly 30 years ago. I'll be a bit more topical today. Bush initially opposed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, then changed his mind when it was clear the votes were against him. He opposed the creation of the 9/11 Commission, then supported it. He opposed a congressional investigation into the intelligence failures that led to the war in Iraq, then supported it. The president who was praised so often this week for his "unflinching" war on terror once said he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive", then said that he didn't really care about finding him. The president who never wavers used to say that America will win the war on terror; over the weekend, he said "I don't think we can ever win it"; over the last week, he's been explaining that he didn't really mean what he said when he said it.
And it's not just W. On Tuesday night, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist tried to make Bush look like a strong leader on domestic issues, saying that he would stand up to the trial lawyers who are driving up the costs of healthcare. Repeating a line used by Bush himself, Frist declared: "Let's be clear. You can no longer be both pro-patient and pro-trial lawyer." He said that Kerry has "made his choice" by choosing Edwards as his running mate. But Frist has made his choice, too: in the Republican Senate primary in Florida, Frist endorsed Mel Martinez, a millionaire trial lawyer.
I just posted a quote from a Republica icon, Teddy Roosevelt. Well, here's one from their #1 icon, which I guess they've taken to heart - "Facts are stupid things" Ronald Reagan 1988
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