Shock: John Kerry Straddles Both Sides of Israel's Fence

Believe it or not, he's got a nuanced position on this one, too.

The press is always yammering that our elections should be decided "on the issues."

And yet they're giving John Kerry a pass on announcing his issues at all. The problem with John Kerry isn't flip-flopping, actually. An actual flip-flop is a confession of prior error but leaves the public with little doubt as to the candidate's current position.

John Kerry isn't flip-flopping. He's simply taking both sides of every issue simultaneously; a true flip-flop involves taking two different positions in succession.

This strategy is designed to conceal John Kerry's actualy positions from the public, rather than announcing them and then defending them, as has usually been the practice.

And the media has no interest whatsoever in pinning him down on any issue whatsoever. They know that taking clear positions -- single positions, that is -- on any issues can only hurt Kerry; so they are consciously allowing him to take multiple positions at once, each position geared at appeasing a different constituency.

It's a dishonest strategy: Obviously, when he takes two incompatible positions, he's lying to someone; we just aren't sure who that someone is.

One would think the media -- remember, all about the "issues" -- would attempt to pin Kerry down one one position or another.

One would be wrong.

posted by Ace at 04:14 PM

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