I don't see any flip-flops in that post. Picking one item at random:
Kerry Used To Defend His Vote. “Most of [The Patriot Act] has to do with improving the transfer of information between CIA and FBI, and it has to do with things that really were quite necessary in the wake of what happened on September 11th.” (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Town Hall Meeting, Manchester, NH, 8/6/03)
Now, Kerry Attacks Patriot Act. “We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a knock in the night. So it is time to end the era of John Ashcroft. That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same time. I’ve been a District Attorney and I know that what law enforcement needs are real tools not restrictions on American’s basic rights.” (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Iowa State University, 12/1/03)
Kerry liked some of the Patriot Act, disliked some of it. He had no choice but to vote for the whole thing or nothing. Now, he says it should be changed. Not abolished, just changed. As before, he likes some parts of it, dislikes other parts of it.
How is that a flip-flop?
Tom |
