Chidanand Rajghatta
Times of India - Sep 29, 2012
WASHINGTON: "I actually
did vote for the $ 87 billion (war funding) before I voted against it,"
was a line that destroyed John Kerry's presidential campaign in 2004. He
could never live down the flip-flopper reputation after opponents
simplified his statement to "I was for the Iraq War
before I was against it." Subtle nuances and elegant explanations, not
to speak of a possible change of heart after things went south, were
lost in the verbal melee in an atmosphere where you were either "for it
or against it."
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