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Originally posted by Five-hole@Oct 19 2004, 09:24 PM
You know, Bingo, I'm not so sure the fact that Kerry can't stick to an opinion is a bad thing. I know you were just making light of the situation, but this is a sentiment that is repeated all over the place. Are opinions not supposed to change? Can they not be malleable in the light of new facts rising to the surface? Can they not change based on the will of the people and current events? In my opinion, a stiff, uncompromising, near-zealot-minded leader is far worse than one that "flip-flops". It shows that he understands that not all issues are just black and white, yes-or-no questions. The world is far more complex than a zeal-minded attitude can possibly comprehend and compensate for.
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Well that's certainly a pro-Kerry way of looking at things.
I guess the other side of the coin could go something like ... a country needs a leader that is strong in his convictions and refuses to bail out when the going gets tough and his opinion polls are down. Someone that licks his finger and puts it up to see the direction of the wind isn't showing wisdom due to changing information, he's showing that he wants to be elected above all else.
The former is a leader, the latter a politician.
Bottom line though? I don't think your or my example extreme are fair ... both are over cooked as the truth lies somewhere in the middle.