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Stuck in the middle with you
January 30, 2007 8:52 AM
Just as the turning of the leaves marks the start of the fall season, the beginning of the presidential primary season can be marked by the turning of the politicians. Presidential candidates who have tried to appear centrist suddenly run to the right, or to the left, to win their party's nomination. And as they do they risk being perceived as less than sincere, less than authentic.
More on that HERE on Clinton, Romney, McCain...et al....
What do you think?
Big day today. Judy Miller testifies at the Scooter Libby trial....Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., calls two government scientists who will testify before his committee that the White House attempted to suppress or distort global warming science... and on and on...
-- jt
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With the first primaries about a year away, some candidates are going to be turning so fast that they'll make a hurricane look like a gentle summer's breeze! What the politicians on both sides fail to understand is that it's all right to change one's mind on issues as long as he or she is honest about it in explaining why the change came about. ("Knowing what I know now, I would never have voted for the war. I based my vote on the intelligence--later discredited--which was gathered then.") What erodes a politician's credibility more than anything else is to take a position now (usually popular or prevailing) which he or she was previously against AND assert that it was his or her position all along. ("I voted for the war before I voted against it.") Politicians who "rewrite history" don't just *risk* being perceived as less than sincere or less than authentic, but actually *are*! I think that the better politicians should be able to adequately explain and defend their views without trying to pander to everyone in their party.
Posted by: chuck | Jan 30, 2007 9:48:56 AM
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