Kerry's not much better ... can anyone still follow this guy? (Unlike with Dean, I've given him up a while ago).
It's not just the continuous changing of opinion in itself - sometimes, you just don't know. It's more the insistence on still being all high & mighty, speaking down to his opponents and rivals, on whatever is his latest turn on the topic.
This article chronicles his latest stand on Iraq and how it compares to his previous positions ...:
Quote:Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, meanwhile, reclaimed some media attention with a speech accusing Bush and his aides of a "sudden embrace of accelerated Iraqification and American troop withdrawal dates." Kerry said he feared that Bush was going to follow what he called "a cut-and-run strategy."
One of Kerry's advisers said he "would not rule out the possibility" of sending additional U.S. troops to Iraq if they were needed.
It was a noteworthy shift by a candidate who:
Voted for the congressional war resolution on Iraq last October.
Complained in March that even despite that vote, Bush had still not earned "the legitimacy and consent of the American people."
Warned in September that "the worst thing" would be to send more U.S. troops to Iraq,
And finally voted in October against the $87 billion Bush sought to sustain military operations in Iraq.
Questions occurred: Had Kerry written off the anti-Iraq war voters, conceding them to Dean and to Rep. Dennis Kucinich? Were there enough Iraq hawks among Democratic primary voters to lift Kerry to victory? Would voters see a thread of logic in Kerry's statements and votes on Iraq?
(The Dean quote is from there, too.)