Why The Washington Post Is Worse Than The Times

The Post has a nauseating lead editorial today discussing how Bush waffles far worse the Kerry.

Their charge is:

Flip-flops aren't always bad; there's nothing to admire in politicians who never change their minds and never learn from experience. Though Mr. Kerry has been in public life longer than President Bush, his supporters can find a Bush flip for just about every Kerry flop. Mr. Bush fought the creation of a homeland security department until one day he loved the idea. As a candidate he supported regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants; as president he opposed it. Most famously, the great belittler of nation-building has dispatched American troops on hugely ambitious projects to rebuild the nations of Afghanistan, Iraq and now Haiti.

But Bush reversals differ from Kerry waffles. Mr. Bush seems to his detractors to change course with worrisomely little thought -- and to feel just as sure of himself in his new position as he was in his old. Earlier, he was jauntily certain that the United States should conduct a humble foreign policy; now he is jauntily certain that it should pursue a grand campaign against evil. Because the administration rarely admits that its positions have changed, even when the change is obvious, and because no introspection or process of deliberation is evident, the depth of commitment may be suspect.

Now, lets deconstruct, shall we.

As a candidate he supported regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants; as president he opposed it.

Yeah, not quite. He supported research into the issue and was willing to look at the issue. He still is, and to a horrifying degree, still lends credance to public fraud number 1 - that anthropogenic climate change is occuring. Sure, we haven't ratified Kyoto yet, but not only is that a good thing, the Post (as the rest of the media) seem to forget thats entirely outside of Bush's hands. If its such a smart idea, why didn't Clinton Gore do it .... oh, thats right. They couldn't. The Senate needs to sign off on a treaty and the Senate (of which John Kerry was and is a member) unanimously rejected Kyoto.
All that Bush has really done in this arena is not to include a Climate Change provision in his Clear Skies plan. Seems reasonable to me that something as divisive as Climate Change should be dealt with seperately, out in the open, instead of preventing passage of a bill that will ensure, by an overwhelmingly large margin, the largest single reductions air pollution in the nations history.

Mr. Bush fought the creation of a homeland security department until one day he loved the idea. ..... Most famously, the great belittler of nation-building has dispatched American troops on hugely ambitious projects to rebuild the nations of Afghanistan, Iraq and now Haiti.
The post then goes on to say Mr. Bush seems to his detractors to change course with worrisomely little thought ... he was jauntily certain that the United States should conduct a humble foreign policy; now he is jauntily certain that it should pursue a grand campaign against evil ... because no introspection or process of deliberation is evident, the depth of commitment may be suspect

Uuuh, yeah, right. I guess they were out of the country on 9/11 (presumably in France or Baghdad)

This crap doesn't even warrant a response and its the reason why on November 2, 2004 the American people will overwhelmingly re-elect George W. Bush. To criticize Bush for changing his political philosophy after the most disasterous attack (and act of war) EVER committeed on American Soil is mindboggling. What F'ing deliberation or introspection do we need. How the F can they question the depth of his commitment. What, should he have sat around with his elitist northeastern liberal pals smoking pot and listening to folk tunes as they deliberated the evils of America and what we could change to make everyone love us???? What the F***!!!!!.

What we should have done, and what Bush did, is destroy anyone who attacked us.

I'm sorry, but the Post just ruined my day. They can all rot in the same pit of vile pig grease thousands of deceased al queada are floating in.