Is Pandering the Key to Election Success? | Newsweek Global Literacy | Newsweek.com Quote: |
Candidates Think Flip-Flopping is the Only Way to Win Elections
| This is a bit of an interesting articale from Newsweek about the apparent need for candidates to do the flippity-floppity dance in order to win.
I'll take a candidate to task on some flip-flops and yet I am willing to applaud them for others. On long standing issues like gun rights I don't really have much tolerance for flip-flopping, as it is unlikely that something new or illuminating will develop to allow one to change their point of view on the issue. On the other hand on issues like taxes I would be more willing to forgive a flip-flop as I can see justification for change/revision of one's position depending upon economic conditions at a given point in time.
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