An Ethos
Nihilists! F##k me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
-Walter Sobchak
At corrente, I wrote a guest post on developing a blogosphere ethos. I won't repeat it here, but I want to put a question to supporters of the Clinton/Edwards vision of a mandate for universal health care. Suppose for a moment that Barack Obama changed his position (aka flip flopped) on the issue and embraced mandates. Would you consider that a good thing?
A corollary to the question, what if he changed his position due to political pressure as opposed to a good faith change of mind - would that make a difference? To understand why I ask these questions, read my post at corrente.
Speaking for me only
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- July 3, 2008
I would feel that the important part of his commitment
was to healthcare for all. How that is achieved is a mere detail. Call it pressure or call it reason, I'd call it a good thing.
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By gt6July 3, 2008 - 9:50pmFlip-flopping is so passe
Now that the right is suffering from the pangs of "flip-flopping", of course the right would be exempt! Read Ruth Marcus' piece in the Washington Post, yesterday (7-1-08). She belongs to the school of "if they do it it's VERY bad, but if WE do it, there's some kind of excuse".
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By NamaimoJuly 3, 2008 - 11:02pmIOKIYAR.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manJuly 3, 2008 - 11:37pm