Liberals? Employing doubles standards? Get out! Here's Charles Krauthammer on Obama's newfound position on same-sex marriage:
He was pro when running for the Illinois legislature from ultra-liberal Hyde Park. He became anti eight years later when he was running for U.S. senator and had to appeal to a decidedly more conservative statewide constituency. And now he’s pro again.
When a Republican engages in such finger-to-the-wind political calculation (on abortion, for example), he’s condemned as a flip-flopper. When a liberal goes through a similar gyration, he’s said to have “evolved” into some more highly realized creature, deserving of a halo on the cover of a national news magazine.
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2 comments:
Since Obama's opponent is Romney, he is pretty much inoculated from criticism for flip-flopping. Glass Houses and all.
How to Become a Repulican Hero: Go with the flow"
A politician changing an opinion to get elected is as universal as the Golden Rule.
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