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If I Hear The World "Flip-Flop" One More Time....
.....I am going to scream. No I have nothing against that ever popular summer footwear. So far both Obama and McCain have been accused of flip-flopping on certain key points. Does it matter? Is it important? I personally do not think it matters much. At least not as much as the party leaders think.These two campaigns are just now starting to take shape. They are just now trying to figure out what it is going to take to win this election. In many ways they are trying to figure out what is best for our country and what we the people need and want.
If the world and our lives were static then there would never be any need to change our opinions or ideas. However our world and our lives are constantly changing. Thank goodness or it would be pretty boring.
As I have grown older and wiser I too have changed many of my opinions from when I was young and perhaps foolish. My family is very grateful for that fact.
If it were true that "you cannot teach an old dog new tricks" then McCain would be in serious trouble. Holding on to ideas or even ideals that you once did just so people cannot call you a "flip-flopper" makes one stubborn and dangerous. I keep hearing that the McCain of 2000 would not vote for the McCain of 2008. Good. Let us just hope that the McCain of 2008 is a little smarter than the one that inhabited his body eight years prior.
I would imagine that when you have reached the level that these two candidates have reached that they have access to advisors and experts that they did not prior to this. No one man can be an expert in everything. I do not expect Obama or McCain to know everything there is to know about the military, economics, agriculture, foreign policy etc. etc.. I do however expect them to surround themselves with people that are the experts in these areas. I expect them to listen to their advice and act once all the information is in. These two men are learning. The one who does become President of the United States will have access to even more information. I suspect that some of this information will further effect and possibly change how they will handle things.
Many commentators have speculated that these two men are making policy changes just to appease the voters. The implication is that this is a terrible thing. Not necessarily. In democratic rule the belief is held that those we elect represent we the people. We are going to vote for the candidate that most closely represents our interests. Moving toward the center is certainly politically expedient. More voters congregate in the center. If you stay to the far left or the far right you represent a smaller portion of the population. If by changing your policies you satisfy a larger portion of the population then this would seem to me to be a good thing.
Of course this is only true if we consider the voters to be intelligent, informed and have the best interest of our country in mind.
I am a voter and you are a voter. I am not prepared to think either of us are stupid.
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