Norm Coleman's irrationality amazes me. Once again, he has accused a politician--this time, Al Franken, of "flip-flopping." Is he out of his mind? Was he, or was he not, formerly a Democrat?? That hardly puts him in a position to criticize others for changing their positions. Amazingly, this is not even the first time he's tried that approach. In 2004, as an attack dog for President Bush, he took on John Kerry. His line of attack, once again, was "flip flopping."
It gets even stupider than that, though. Coleman is not even accusing Franken of changing his stance on the issues. He's saying that Franken has changed his demeanor:
...his extremely liberal viewpoints are couched in softer, more acceptable terms
What an outrage!
What's difficult to understand is why Coleman persists in using this attack. Surely there are other aspects of Franken's candidacy Coleman could find to attack? Ultimately, I think there's a simple answer here: Coleman cannot think for himself. He used the "flip-flopping" line in 2004 because it was fed to him by the Bush administration, just like he has voted with Bush 86% of the time. Now he's going to keep using it, until some other high-ranking Republican tells him to think something else.
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