[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Actually, it's Kerry who's in fantasy land about Iraq.

He is so obsessed with Vietnam that he sees everything as though he is still on the swift boat.

The insurgency is not the Viet Cong.

Kerry is stuck in the middle of the last century fighting within himself a war of conscience.

His apparent flip-flops are a transparent window into a soul racked with insecurity and doubt.

On the other hand, George W. Bush sees the war clearly and is focused on victory, not a past quagmire of will.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Excellent analysis, IMHO.

Sure you didn't stay in a Holiday Inn last night? ;-)

[TomGuy]

His apparent flip-flops are a transparent window into a soul racked with insecurity and doubt.

Several articles showed up yesterday about Kerry being 'deliberative' as the reason for him being slow to make decisions.

I have known people like that. They, like Kerry, weren't 'deliberative', but used the 'need to gain a bit more information' as an excuse to put off having to make decision. Kerry flipflops because Kerry is incapable of coming to the point in his mental processes of making (and staying with) a decision. Kerry is easily swayed by external opinions.

We remember x42 making decisions based on polls. Kerry would make decisions based on the last analyst he consulted. If Kerry's decision went wrong, he would blame the analyst.

Kerry is nearly incapable of making decisions. And Kerry blames others for his own foibles and mistakes.