RICHARD, you really hate protesters, don't you? Why is that? It's the most American activity I can think of. Boston Tea Party, anyone?

Sirrahbed, I wasn't trying to avoid the issue. It's a serious one. W likes to talk in black and whites and mock others who have a more nuanced view of the world and claim he's the only one who can win the war on terror.

In the quote I selected, W actually attempted to give a nuanced view - but rejected it immediately afterwards and had his people out in the media making sure that, indeed, the war on terror can be won. And for that he becomes a flip-flopper and a hypocrite since he likes to go on and on about Kerry flip-flopping.


These aren't word games, these are issues of character and strength. I wasn't joking or attempting to be funny. I was being honest. W likes to portray himself a certain way and routinely enacts policies that defy it. But if you say something enough times eventually people will believe it.