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Originally Posted by njbchbum
good post, tal...but do you think that politicians of any flavor will begin to use the word 'evolving' instead of 'flip-flop' when thay get caught up in an issue where they have reversed/modified their stance on any given issue?
the concept of 'evolving' seems, to me, to be much more acceptable than 'flip-flopping'. flip-flop has had a long history of being used - and it seems to have developed a very negative connotation.
personally, as a woman, i could never understand why changing one's mind is so difficult for some to accept! i always thought that it was one's prerogative  |
Well, here is agreement.
I find it just fine to "evolve". In our personal lives we do it all the time. As we get older, more experiences and supposedly wiser we see some things differently and in politics where everything seems to be defined as black or white, I think evolving is not a bad thing.
I didn't agree on all the tags placed on Kerry in this regard, as I could see on specific issues how minds can be changed (evolved)