Flippity Floppity
By The always good Matt Duss (you know, someone should write him a letter of recommendation for grad school) has written an excellent post that captures, in microcosm, the idiocy of “flip-flop” charges against Kerry by the Bush administration and its press allies.
The nuance of Kerry’s (correct) position shouldn’t be that hard to understand, even for Lopez (who’s always been a bit slower to the punch than her fellow Cornerites), but it seems that willful obtuseness and aversion to complexity are requirements for conservatives these days. To illustrate this, I’ve written a short play.
KERRY
We should support research into interstellar travel. Eventually we will be able to explore planets in other solar systems.
BUSH
I’d like to announce that I am building a space ship with a faster-than-light drive, and I am sending astronauts to explore Planet X. It’s going to cost $450 trillion dollars, which will be paid for by tax cuts.
KERRY
But we don’t currently possess faster-than-light technology, the cost is too high, and tax cuts won’t begin to pay for it. I’m saying we should make interstellar travel a goal for the future, and not pimp it out as an election year treat.
LOPEZ
(carrying water)John Kerry flip-flopped again!
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